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Capt. Justus Dwight

Male 1739 - 1824  (85 years)


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  • Name Justus Dwight  [1
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth 13 Jan 1739  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Jul 1824  Belchertown, Hamsphire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I18230  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2020 

    Father Capt. Nathaniel Dwight,   b. 20 Jun 1712   d. 30 Mar 1784, Belchertown, Hamsphire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Hannah Lyman,   b. 14 Jul 1709   d. 1794 (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1735  [2
    Family ID F11136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Lamb,   b. 4 Sep 1736, Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1832, Belchertown, Hamsphire, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 19 Jan 1763  [2, 3
    Children 
    +1. Daniel Dwight,   b. 7 Sep 1775   d. 5 Nov 1851, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F11132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2018 

  • Notes 
    • From The History of the Descendants of John Dwight (citation details below):

      He was a farmer and town surveyor and “a man of means,” residing at Belchertown, and of a decidedly religious turn of mind, and much given to theological speculation. He left behind him many essays on religious subjects. […]

      Capt. Justus Dwight was a tory of the negative sort. Although thinking that the hour for colonial revolution and independence must and should one day come, he did not feel that it had arrived when those around him shouted and thundered that it had. Although remaining at home, he hired another to represent him on the battle-fields of strife.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2558] Donna Valley Russell, "Some Descendants of John2 Lamb of Springfield, Massachusetts." Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine 48:33, Oct 1984; 48:51, Dec 1984; 48:119, Apr 1985; 48:161, Jul 1985; 49:19, Oct 1985.

    2. [S2430] The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight. New York: John F. Trow, 1874.

    3. [S2455] Find a Grave page for Sarah Lamb Dwight.