Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Ellen Empson

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• • 9th Great-grandmother of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2481 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Empson 
  • Mother:
  • Ame Ymal   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 21 Sep 1570 
  • Christening Location:
  • St. Margaret, Westminster, London, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Wolston Child
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 May 1590 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chalfont St. Peter's, Buckinghamshire, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Nathaniel Child

  Benjamin Child

  Ephraim Child

  Joshua Child (Ahnentafel No:1240 )

  Elizabeth Child

  • Notes: 

  • Ellen Empson's given name is also seen as Hellen.

• Additional marriages for Ellen Empson

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  • Spouse:
  • Edward Warren
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1602

• Sources for Ellen Empson

  • ¹ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for daughter Elizabeth Childe.
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine, Fall 2002, Vol. 3.4, p. 35.
  • ³ New England Ancestors Magazine, Holiday 2003, Vol. 4.5, p. 38.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1988, Vol. 63, pp. 17-28.
  • ⁵ The American Genealogist, 2010, Vol. 84, pp. 185-188.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 352.
  • ⁷ Phillimore, W. P. W. and Thomas Gurney, Buckinghamshire Parish Registers: Marriages, Vol. 4, London: Phillimore and Co. (1908), p. 110, Marriage record for Wolstone Childe and Elen Empsone.
  • ⁸ Phillimore, W.P.W., Buckinghamshire Parish Registers, London: Phillimore and Co. (1923), 110.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 500.

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