Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Robert Wight
1570 - Bef 1618 (~ 58 years)-
Name Robert Wight Birth Between 1560 and 1570 [1] Gender Male Death Bef 8 Jan 1618 [1] Burial 8 Jan 1618 Hareby, Lincolnshire, England 
[1] Person ID I41089 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of XYZ Last Modified 4 May 2024
Family Elizabeth Fulshaw, b. Between 1580 and 1590 d. Bef 26 Jun 1611 (Age ~ 31 years) Marriage 21 Jul 1603 Alford, Lincolnshire, England [1] Children + 1. Elizabeth Wight, b. Bef 2 Nov 1606 d. Between 11 Mar 1672 and 31 Jan 1683, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 65 years)Family ID F24043 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 May 2024
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Notes - "Robert Wight did not graduate from a university. He was ordained a deacon and priest by the Bishop of Peterborough on 15 October 1598. In the years before his first marriage, Robert served as a street preacher in Alford. On 9 Apr 1603, he was admitted to the benefice at Hareby, where he preached for the remainder of his life. [...] During his tenure as minister, his exquisite handwriting graced the Hareby parish register." [Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, citation details below]
A sample of his abovementioned handwriting:
- "Robert Wight did not graduate from a university. He was ordained a deacon and priest by the Bishop of Peterborough on 15 October 1598. In the years before his first marriage, Robert served as a street preacher in Alford. On 9 Apr 1603, he was admitted to the benefice at Hareby, where he preached for the remainder of his life. [...] During his tenure as minister, his exquisite handwriting graced the Hareby parish register." [Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, citation details below]
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Sources - [S628] The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anna Powers 1839-1879 by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000.
- [S628] The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part IV: The Ancestry of Linda Anna Powers 1839-1879 by Dean Crawford Smith; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000.