Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Wightman
1674 - Abt 1750 (75 years)-
Name John Wightman [1] Birth 16 Apr 1674 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island 
[2] Gender Male Death Abt Apr 1750 Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island [2] 
Siblings1 sibling Person ID I12534 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW Last Modified 8 Nov 2021
Father George Wightman, b. 4 Nov 1632, England d. Between 25 Jan 1722 and 1 Feb 1722, Quidnesset, Rhode Island (Age 89 years) Mother Elizabeth Updyke, b. Bef 27 Jul 1644 d. Between 25 Dec 1712 and 25 Apr 1716, Quidnesset, Rhode Island (Age > 68 years) Marriage Abt 1663 Kings Province, later called Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island [2] Family ID F21658 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Bentley d. Bef Jun 1729 Marriage 6 Jan 1700 Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island [1, 2] Children + 1. John Wightman, b. 11 Mar 1707, Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island d. 8 Feb 1787, Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)Family ID F7387 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Nov 2021
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Notes - He held a number of public offices in Kingstown, including Overseer of the Poor and town council member. He was Town Treasurer in North Kingstown from 1729 until the division of the town in 1743.
From George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants (citation details below):
He was a Baptist, his name and that of Jane, his first wife, appearing in the membership of the rural Six-Principle Baptist Church, called Stony Lane Church, situated about five miles to the northeast in No. Kingstown (Old Church Book), and he was doubtless a Deacon although there is no direct evidence. Of this church John Wightman lived to see his second son, James, installed as pastor about 1740, some ten years before his own death. He was one of the signers of a Petition from the Association of Baptist Churches meeting with this No. Kingstown Church, 8 Sept. 1729, praying the General Court in Connecticut for exemption from unjust taxation for the Baptist Churches there. The name of his brother. Rev. Valentine Wightman of Groton, Conn., appears on this Petition following that of the local pastor, Richard Sweet; and the name of a brother-in-law, Samuel Weight, follows his own.
His first wife, Jane, was the daughter of William Bentley, a currier, who had come from England on the ship "Arabella," sailing from Gravesend 27 May 1671.
- He held a number of public offices in Kingstown, including Overseer of the Poor and town council member. He was Town Treasurer in North Kingstown from 1729 until the division of the town in 1743.
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Sources - [S715] History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 by Richard Anson Wheeler. New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900.
- [S6074] George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman by Mary Ross Whitman. Chicago, 1939.
- [S715] History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 by Richard Anson Wheeler. New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900.