Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Annah Whitney

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 77 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Whitney 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Child   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 29 Mar 1730 
  • Christening Location:
  • Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jan 1785 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • David Forbush
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 May 1749 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Jonathan Forbush (Ahnentafel No:38 )

  • Notes: 

  • Annah Whitney's given name is also seen as Hannah.

• Sources for Annah Whitney

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Grafton, Vol. 1, pp. 54-55, Birth records for son Jonathan Forbush/Fourbush.
  • ² 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), 27, 37-39.

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