John Wightman

1707 - 1787  (79 years)

• Name	John Wightman
  Birth	11 Mar 1707	Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Feb 1787	Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I36847	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John Wightman,   b. 16 Apr 1674, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island d. Abt Apr 1750, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Jane Bentley   d. Bef Jun 1729
  Marriage	6 Jan 1700	Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F7387	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Sweet   d. Bef 6 Oct 1796
  Marriage	12 Feb 1730	North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Titus Whitman,   b. Jan 1733, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island d. Between Jun 1766 and 10 May 1779, Dutchess County, New York (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F21656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was a yeoman. Sometime after 1735 he removed from Rhode Island to Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, where he remained until at least 1750. In that year, on the death of his father, he returned to his inheritance in Exeter, Rhode Island. In 1760 he appears in the tax list for Beekman's Precinct in Dutchess County, New York. While still there, in 1763 he bought a farm in Jericho Plantations (renamed Hancock in 1778) in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, which is where he was living when he made his will on 10 May 1779.

  
  

• Sources

  [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.