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John Forbes Nash, Jr.

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John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician


    John Child Jr.

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    • 6th Great-grandfather of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 9th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 310 
    • Birth Date:
    • 25 Apr 1669 
    • Birth Location:
    • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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    • Death Date:
    • from 6 Apr 1742 to 14 Dec 1747 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 5 Oct 1693 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
    • Children:

    • John Child

      Jonathan Child

      Nathaniel Child

      Hannah Child

      Mary Child (Ahnentafel No:155 )

      Sarah Child

      Abigail Child

      Isaac Child

      Prudence Child

      Lydia Child

      Jonas Child

      Ruth Child

      Mehitable Child

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  • Sources for John Child Jr.

    • 1 Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, Case 4412, Probate file for John Child.
    • 4 Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, Utica, NY: Curtiss and Childs, Printers (1881), 507.
    • 5 Coburn, Frederick William, History of Lowell and Its People, Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. (1920), Part 2, p. 104.
    • 7 Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908: Part 1, The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton 1817-1879, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1996), 478.
    • 8 Watertown Historical Society, Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Online Database), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, Page 31, [Birth].
    • 9 Watertown Historical Society, Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Online Database), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, Vol. 2, Page 9, Birth record for son Jonathan Child.

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