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Henry Wight 1752–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 May 1752

Birth Location: MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

Death Date: 12 Aug 1837

Death Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND

Father: Jonathan Wight

Mother: Sarah Plimpton

Spouse(s): Alice Burrington, Clarissa Leonard

Children(s): William Wight, Martha Wight, Charlotte Wight, Adeliza Wight, Abigail Wight, Fanny Wight, Clara Wight, Henry Wight, John Wight, Alice Wight

The story of Henry Wight began in 1752 in MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS. Henry Wight married Alice Burrington, Clarissa Leonard, and had children including Abigail Alden Wight, Adeliza Wight, Alice Burrington Wight, Charlotte Dewolfe Wight, Clara Leonard Wight, Fanny Leonard Wight, Henry Wight, John Burt Wight, Martha Gibbs Wight, William Osborne Wight. Henry Wight passed away in 1837 in BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Wight began in 1752 in MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS.
  • Henry Wight married Alice Burrington, Clarissa Leonard, and had children including Abigail Alden Wight, Adeliza Wight, Alice Burrington Wight, Charlotte Dewolfe Wight, Clara Leonard Wight, Fanny Leonard Wight, Henry Wight, John Burt Wight, Martha Gibbs Wight, William Osborne Wight.
  • Henry Wight passed away in 1837 in BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jonathan Wight
1705–1782
Birth Location: MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
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Sarah Plimpton
1711–1798
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Alice Burrington
1762–1797
Birth Location: –
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Clarissa Leonard
1771–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

William Wight
1814–1815
Birth Location: –
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Martha Wight
1807–
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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Charlotte Wight
1805–1809
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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Adeliza Wight
1794–1794
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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Abigail Wight
1802–1843
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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Fanny Wight
1816–
Birth Location: –
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Clara Wight
1812–1880
Birth Location: –
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Henry Wight
1791–1885
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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John Wight
1790–
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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Alice Wight
1800–1867
Birth Location: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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Henry Wight's Ancestors

Self
Henry Wight
1752–1837
Birth Place: MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Parents
Jonathan Wight
1705–1782
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Sarah Plimpton
1711–1798
Grandparents
Jonathan Wight
1682–1779
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Margaret Fairbanks
1686–1787
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Henry Plimpton
1684–1731
Mary Smith
1688–
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Wight
1639–1716
Hannah Albee
1641–1723
George Captain
1650–1737
Unknown Susanna
1651–1750
John Plimpton
1650–1704
Elizabeth Fisher
1659–1694
Samuel Smith
1641–1691
Sarah Clark
1651–1704
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wight
1607–1674
Alice Roundy
1610–1665
Benjamin Albee
1617–1696
*hannah Miller
1617–
George Fairbanks
1606–1682
Mary Adams
1620–
John Plimpton
1620–1677
John Fisher
1622–1668
Elizabeth Boylston
1628–1665
Henry Smith
1607–1681
Elizabeth Cooper
1603–1670
Joseph Clark
1608–1684
Alice Pepper
1628–1711

Henry Wight's Descendants

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Henry Wight (26 May 1752–12 Aug 1837) m. Alice Burrington (1762–19 Apr 1797) m. Clarissa Leonard (09 Nov 1771–)
  1. 1. William (Osborne) Wight 1814–1815
  2. 2. Martha (Gibbs) Wight 1807–
  3. 3. Charlotte (Dewolfe) Wight 1805–1809
  4. 4. Adeliza Wight 1794–1794
  5. 5. Abigail (Alden) Wight 1802–1843 m. Byron Diman 1795–1865
    1. 1. George (Byron) Diman 1824–
    2. 2. Abby (Byron) Diman 1838–1838
    3. 3. Henry (Wight) Diman 1835–1884
    4. 4. Jeremiah (Lewis) Diman 1831– m. Emily (G.) Stimson 1837–
      1. 1. Emily Diman 1873–
      2. 2. Louise Diman 1869–
      3. 3. Maria (Stimson) Diman 1862–1881
      4. 4. John (Byron) Diman 1863–
    5. 5. Clara (Anna) Diman 1828– m. Algernon (S. De) Wolf 1822–1879
      1. 1. John (De) Wolf 1850–
      2. 2. Algernon (Sidney De) Wolf 1865–1878
      3. 3. Florence (Griswold De) Wolf 1863–
      4. 4. Lewis (Henry De) Wolf 1855–
      5. 5. Byron (Diman De) Wolf 1848– m. Harriet (Ramsay) Tucker 1856–
        1. 1. Byron (De) Wolf 1885–
        2. 2. Philip (De) Wolf 1880–
        3. 3. Harold (De) Wolf 1881–
      6. 6. Grace (Giddings De) Wolf 1860– m. Jose` Lugo-Vina 1840–
      7. 7. Clara (Anna De) Wolf 1853– m. Nathaniel (Greene) Herreshoff 1848–
        1. 1. Algernon (Sidney) Herreshoff 1886–
        2. 2. Agnes (Muller) Herreshoff 1884–
        3. 3. Nathaniel (Greene) Herreshoff 1888–
  6. 6. Fanny (Leonard) Wight 1816– m. Robert (Mathis) Cleveland 1803–1876
    1. 1. Vannoy Cleveland 1841–
    2. 2. Harriet (Dawkins) Cleveland 1844–
    3. 3. Jesse (Dougherty) Cleveland 1853–1858
    4. 4. Barnet (Franklin) Cleveland 1846– m. Elizabeth (Hightower) Pepper 1851–
      1. 1. Martha (Wight) Cleveland 1875–
      2. 2. Mary (Alice) Cleveland 1873–1874
      3. 3. Jesse (Franklin) Cleveland 1881–
      4. 4. Robert (Mathis) Cleveland 1879–1879
      5. 5. William (Pepper) Cleveland 1877–
      6. 6. Eliza (Poole) Cleveland 1884–
    5. 5. Robert (Mathis) Cleveland 1855– m. Martha (Elizabeth) Marvin 1859–
      1. 1. John (Linton) Cleveland 1888–1888
      2. 2. Mary (Louisa) Cleveland 1885–1888
      3. 3. Robert (Marvin) Cleveland 1883–1884
    6. 6. Caroline (Choice) Cleveland 1842– m. Walter (Sims) Ryall 1811–
    7. 7. Georgia (Alden) Cleveland 1851– m. John (Bomar) Cleveland 1848–
      1. 1. John (Alden) Cleveland 1878–1886
      2. 2. Fanny (Leonard) Cleveland 1876–
      3. 3. Henry (Mathis) Cleveland 1874–
      4. 4. Jesse Cleveland 1872–
      5. 5. Caroline (Choice) Cleveland 1880–
      6. 6. Alice (Victoria) Cleveland 1887–
      7. 7. Vannoy (Vernon) Cleveland 1884–
      8. 8. Ellison (Capers) Cleveland 1889–1889
  7. 7. Clara (Leonard) Wight 1812–1880 m. William (Maltbie) Rowland 1792–
    1. 1. Alice (Alden) Rowland 1840–
    2. 2. Abigail (Leonard) Rowland 1844–1844
    3. 3. Julia (Jones) Rowland 1849–1853
    4. 4. Frances (Wight) Rowland 1838–
    5. 5. William (Leonard) Rowland 1831–
    6. 6. Horatio (Leonard) Rowland 1846–1871
    7. 7. Clara (Augusta) Rowland 1854–
    8. 8. Mary (Hewson) Rowland 1842–
    9. 9. Wheeler (De Forest) Rowland 1851–
    10. 10. Robert (Cleveland) Rowland 1844– m. Hattie Waterman 1844– m. Cecelia (Bruce) Howes 1844–1874
    11. 11. Charles (Alden) Rowland 1833– m. Catherine (B.) Whitehead 1838–
      1. 1. Clarence (Leonard) Rowland 1872–
      2. 2. Amos (Whitehead) Rowland 1865–1866
      3. 3. William (Maltbie) Rowland 1861–
      4. 4. Charles (Alden) Rowland 1870–
      5. 5. Annie (Winter) Rowland 1867–
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Whitehead) Rowland 1868–1869
  8. 8. Henry Wight 1791–1885 m. Abby Wardwell 1794–1871
    1. 1. Abby (Wardwell) Wight 1819–1820
    2. 2. Byron (Diman) Wight 1830–1853
    3. 3. William (Henry) Wight 1817–1845
    4. 4. John (Bowen) Wight 1823–1854 m. Tabitha Sheffield 1829–
      1. 1. Abbie Wight 1854–1854
      2. 2. William (Henry) Wight 1851–1852
      3. 3. Mary Wight 1850– m. Henry (Dorrington) Darden 1847–
        1. 1. John (Wight) Darden 1877–1880
        2. 2. Henry (Elton) Darden 1885–
        3. 3. Lena (Elouisa) Darden 1875–1875
        4. 4. Abbie (Wight) Darden 1874–
        5. 5. Clara (Bertha) Darden 1882–
    5. 5. George (Alden) Wight 1834– m. Julia (Florence) Herring 1841–1860 m. Margaret (Louisa) Powell 1834–
      1. 1. Carrie (Bell) Wight 1868–
      2. 2. Walter (Lee) Wight 1872–
      3. 3. William (Samuel) Wight 1865–
      4. 4. Kendar (Powell) Wight 1864–
      5. 5. Margaret (Augusta) Wight 1880–
      6. 6. Thomas Wight 1870–
      7. 7. George (Alden) Wight 1878–
      8. 8. Alice (Pearl) Wight 1875–
      9. 9. John (Byron) Wight 1859– m. Alice Slater 1864–
      10. 10. Henry Wight 1862– m. Susie Bouchelle 1866–
        1. 1. Louis (Alden) Wight 1888–1889
    6. 6. Samuel (Bowen) Wight 1821–1886 m. Clara Scollay 1824–
      1. 1. Charles (Henry) Wight 1862–
      2. 2. Samuel (Bowen) Wight 1866–
      3. 3. Henry Wight 1849–1853
      4. 4. Georgia (Lena) Wight 1860–1877
      5. 5. Edwin (Leigh) Wight 1846– m. Mary (Maud) Billinglea 1846–
        1. 1. Edwin (Leigh) Wight 1877–
        2. 2. Edwin (Leigh) Wight 1876–1876
        3. 3. Ruby Wight 1879–
      6. 6. Stella (Vernon) Wight 1858– m. Andrew (Pickens) Coles 1862–
      7. 7. Clara (Isabel) Wight 1855– m. William (Silbert) Wilson 1835–
        1. 1. Georgia (Wight) Wilson 1880–
        2. 2. William (Silbert) Wilson 1889–
        3. 3. Clara (Bell) Wilson 1882–
      8. 8. Abbie (Irene) Wight 1848– m. Charles (Ward) Tift 1828–
      9. 9. Ella (Byron) Wight 1853– m. Robert (Ellwood) Rushton 1833–
        1. 1. Ella (Byron) Rushton 1887–
        2. 2. Robert (Ellwood) Rushton 1878–
        3. 3. Clara (Bell) Rushton 1877–
        4. 4. Charles (Emmett) Rushton 1883–
        5. 5. Alice (May) Rushton 1885– m. Barrington King 1884–
        6. 6. William (Wight) Rushton 1880–
  9. 9. John (Burt) Wight 1790– m. Sarah Grout 1793–1851 m. Sarah Grout 1793–1851
    1. 1. John Wight 1825–1831
    2. 2. Martha Wight 1818–
    3. 3. Sarah Wight 1822–1878 m. Edward (Pearson) Bond 1824–
      1. 1. Alice (Wight) Bond 1857–
      2. 2. Amos (Lawrence) Bond 1853–
      3. 3. Mary (Ware) Bond 1859–
    4. 4. Henry Wight 1820–1886
  10. 10. Alice (Burrington) Wight 1800–1867 m. Charles (Henry) Alden 1798–1846
    1. 1. Georgia (Anna) Alden 1830–1874
    2. 2. Abby (Frances) Alden 1826–
    3. 3. Charles (Henry) Alden 1836– m. Katherine (Russell) Lincoln 1838–
      1. 1. Alice (Wight) Alden 1865–
      2. 2. Eliot Alden 1874–
      3. 3. Charles (Henry) Alden 1867–
      4. 4. Mary (Lincoln) Alden 1872–1879

Henry Wight's Timeline

2 Records

1752
26 May 1752
Birth of Henry Wight in MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
1837
12 Aug 1837
Age 85
Death of Henry Wight in BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 May 1752
    Event Place: MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1837
    Event Place: BRISTOL, BRISTOL CO., RHODE ISLAND
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