Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Moses Cushman Marsh

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 18 
  • Father:
  • Moses Marsh 
  • Mother:
  • Betty Lyon   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Dec 1785 
  • Birth Location:
  • Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Jun 1833 
  • Death Location:
  • Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsyvlania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Betsey Forbush
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 May 1810 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Mary Louise Marsh (Ahnentafel No:9 )

• Sources for Moses Cushman Marsh

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Grafton, Vol. 1, p. 248, Marriage record for Moses Marsh and Betsey Forbush.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Grafton, Vol. 1, p. 89, Birth record for Moses Marsh.
  • ³ The Encyclopedia of the New West: Containing Fully Authenticated Information of the Agricultural, Mercantile, . . ., Marshall, Texas: The United States Biographical Publishing Company (1881), 335.
  • ⁴ Bowman, Fred Q., 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1999), Death record for Moses Marsh.
  • ⁵ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Forbes and Forbush Genealogy: The Descendants of Daniel Forbush, Who Came from Scotland About the Year 1655 . . ., Chicago: Rand McNally and Co. (1892), 55-56.

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