Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Hannah Cushman

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 79 
  • Father:
  • Moses Cushman 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Jackson   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 13 Feb 1731/1732 
  • Christening Location:
  • Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 19 Apr 1806 
  • Death Location:
  • Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jonathan Hayden
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Jun 1754 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Hayden

  Hannah Hayden

  Bettie Hayden

  Bettie Hayden (Ahnentafel No:39 )

  Jonathan Hayden

  Mary Hayden

  Moses Cushman Hayden

  Levinia Hayden

• Sources for Hannah Cushman

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Worcester County, 16 MAR 1788, Probate records for spouse Jonthan Hayden.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Plympton, Vol. 1, p. 84, Baptism record for Hannah Cushman.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Bridgewater, Vol. 1, p. 142, Birth record for daughter Bettie Hayden.
  • ⁴ Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 8, 2nd ed., Degory Priest, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2008), 148.
  • ⁵ Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 17, Isaac Allerton, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2015), 51, 162-163.

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