Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.
“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician
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- 3rd Great-grandfather of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 6th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 38
- Father:
- David Forbush
- Mother:
- Annah Whitney
- Birth Date:
- 22 Feb 1762
- Birth Location:
- Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- 18 Apr 1762
- Christening Location:
- Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Death Date:
- 7 Feb 1798
- Death Location:
- Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Spouse Name:
- Bettie Hayden
- Marriage Date:
- 5 Nov 1782
- Marriage Location:
- Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Child:
Betsey Forbush (Ahnentafel No:19 )
- Notes:
Jonathan Forbush's surname is also seen as Fourbush and Furbush.
Jonathan Forbush
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Sources for Jonathan Forbush
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/22/2022).
- 2 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Grafton, Vol. 1, pp. 54-55, Birth records for Jonathan Forbush/Fourbush.
- 3 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Grafton, Vol. 1, pp. 54-56, Birth and baptism records for Jonathan Furbush.
- 4 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Grafton, Vol. 1, p. 206, Marriage of Jonathan Forbush, "a minor," and Betty Hayden.
- 5 Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Case No 21861, Probate for for estate of father David Forbush.
- 6 Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Case No 21896, Probate file for estate of Jonathan Forbush.
- 7 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), 39, 55-58.
- 8 Pierce, Frederick Clifton, History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the . . ., Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilton (1879), 485.
John Forbes Nash, Jr. photo by Leon Petrosyan (CC BY-SA 4.0)
