Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Nathaniel Whitney

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 9th Generation
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  • 308 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Whitney 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Hagar   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Mar 1675/1676 
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  • 23 Sep 1730 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Robinson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Nov 1695 
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  Nathaniel Whitney (Ahnentafel No:154 )

• Sources for Nathaniel Whitney

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1857, Vol. 11, p. 226.
  • ² Weston, MA: Vital Records to 1850, p. 580, Whitney family vital statistics.
  • ³ Whitney, Henry Austin, A Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown, Mass., Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son, Printers (1857), 9, 15.

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