Ancestry of
Jim Carrey

TV & Movie Actor

Marie Elisabeth Nims-Touatogouach

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• • 6th Great-grandmother of Jim Carrey — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 331 
  • Father:
  • Godfrey Nims 
  • Mother:
  • Mehitable Smead   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 May 1701 
  • Birth Location:
  • Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 15 Jun 1704 
  • Christening Location:
  • Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada 
  • Death Date:
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  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
  • 3 Jan 1747 
  • Burial Location:
  • Oka, Québec, Canada 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ignace Raizenne-Shoentakouani
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jul 1715 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Oka, Québec, Canada 
  • Child:

  Marie Anastasie Raizenne-Shoentakouani (Ahnentafel No:165 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Nimbs was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, as Abigail Nims. She was captured as a child by the French in a raid on Deerfield in 1704 and renamed. She would later marry a fellow captive. In 1898, C. Alice Baker published an account of the "Two Captives."

    Abigail Nims's maiden name is also seen as Nimes.

• Sources for Marie Elisabeth Nims-Touatogouach

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2017, Vol. 18.1, pp. 22-23.
  • ² History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1880-1889, Vol. 2, Deerfield, Massachusetts: Published by the Association (1898), 411-431.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Deerfield, Vol. 1, p. 99, Birth record for Abigail Nims.
  • ⁴ Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique database (PRDH).

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