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Josiah (Col.) Dwight 1715–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 OCT 1715

Birth Location: Hatfield, MA

Death Date: 28 SEP 1768

Death Location: Springfield, MA

Father: Henry Dwight

Mother: Lydia Hawley

Spouse(s): Sarah Pynchon, Sarah Buckminster, Elizabeth Buckminster

Children(s): Clarissa Dwight, Josiah Dwight

Josiah (Col.) Dwight was born in 1715 in Hatfield, MA, the child of Henry Capt Dwight And Lydia Hawley. Josiah (Col.) Dwight married Elizabeth Buckminster, Sarah Buckminster, Sarah Pynchon, and had children including Clarissa Dwight, Josiah Dwight. Josiah (Col.) Dwight passed away in 1768 in Springfield, MA.

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Biography

  • Josiah (Col.) Dwight was born in 1715 in Hatfield, MA, the child of Henry Capt Dwight And Lydia Hawley.
  • Josiah (Col.) Dwight married Elizabeth Buckminster, Sarah Buckminster, Sarah Pynchon, and had children including Clarissa Dwight, Josiah Dwight.
  • Josiah (Col.) Dwight passed away in 1768 in Springfield, MA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Dwight
1676–1731
Birth Location: Hatfield, MA
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Lydia Hawley
1680–1748
Birth Location: Hatfield, MA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Pynchon
1721–1755
Birth Location: Springfield, Hampden, Ma
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Sarah Buckminster
Birth Location: –
SB
Elizabeth Buckminster
1758–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Clarissa Dwight
1762–1820
Birth Location: –
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Josiah Dwight
1767–1821
Birth Location: –
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Josiah Dwight's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Dwight
1715–1768
Birth Place: Hatfield, MA
Parents
Henry (Capt.) Dwight
1676–1731
Hatfield, MA
Lydia Hawley
1680–1748
Hatfield, MA
Grandparents
Timothy Dwight
1633–1717
Dedham, Essex, England
Anna Flint
1643–1684
Braintree, Norfolk, MA
Joseph Hawley
1654–1711
Lydia Marshall
1655–
Great-Grandparents
Henry Flint
1606–1668
Margery Hoare
1614–1686
Thomas Hawley
–1675
Dorothy Unknown
–1698
Samuel Marshall
–1675
Mary Wilson
1651–1690
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Mashall
–1665
Edward Wilson

Josiah Dwight's Descendants

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Josiah ((Col.)) Dwight (23 OCT 1715–28 SEP 1768) m. Sarah Pynchon (14 AUG 1721–4 AUG 1755) m. Sarah Buckminster (–UNKNOWN) m. Elizabeth Buckminster (4 APR 1758–UNKNOWN)
  1. 1. Clarissa Dwight 1762–1820 m. Abel ((Maj.)) Whitney 1756–1807 m. Calvin Waldo 1759–1815
    1. 1. Frances Whitney 1789–1871 m. Horatio ((Rev.)) Waldo 1778–1846
      1. 1. John Waldo 1811–1868 m. Eunice Flint 1818–1874
      2. 2. Dwight Waldo 1814–
      3. 3. Sarah Waldo 1818– m. Elmon (D.) Smith
      4. 4. Frances Waldo 1820– m. J. (S. (Dr.)) Cowdrey
      5. 5. Harriet Waldo 1822– m. William (S.) McNair
      6. 6. Margaret Waldo 1824– m. Lorin (J. (Dr.)) Ames
    2. 2. Clarissa Whitney 1788–
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Buckminster) Whitney 1785–1860
    4. 4. Josiah (Dwight) Whitney 1786–1869 m. Sarah Williston 1800–1833 m. Clarissa James 1801–
      1. 1. Josiah (Dwight (Prof.)) Whitney 1819– m. Louisa Goddard
        1. 1. Eleanor (Goddard) Whitney 1856–
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Noble) Whitney 1822– m. Samuel (Osgood) Putnam
        1. 1. Catharine (Mussey) Putnam 1849–
        2. 2. Mary (Eliot) Putnam 1854–
        3. 3. Caroline (Rankin) Putnam 1855–
        4. 4. Elizabeth Putnam 1858–
        5. 5. Osgood Putnam 1860–
      3. 3. Sarah (Birdseye) Whitney 1824–1864 m. Robert ((Rev.) Coit) Learned 1817–1867
        1. 1. Dwight (Whitney) Learned 1848–
        2. 2. Edward Learned 1851–
        3. 3. Grace (Hallam) Learned 1854–
        4. 4. Margaret (Williston) Learned 1857–1857
        5. 5. Anna (Coit) Learned 1859–
        6. 6. Sarah (Whitney) Learned 1864–
      4. 4. William (Dwight) Whitney 1826–1826
      5. 5. William (Dwight (Prof.)) Whitney 1827– m. Elizabeth (Wooster) Baldwin
        1. 1. Edward (Baldwin) Whitney 1857–
        2. 2. Williston (Clapp) Whitney 1859–1861
        3. 3. Marian (Parker) Whitney 1861–
        4. 4. Roger (Sherman Baldwin) Whitney 1863–1874
        5. 5. Emily (Henrietta) Whitney 1864–
        6. 6. Margaret (Dwight) Whitney 1866–
      6. 6. Margaret Whitney 1829–1836
      7. 7. Maria Whitney 1830–
      8. 8. Edward (Payson) Whitney 1833–
      9. 9. James (Lyman) Whitney 1835–1874
      10. 10. Alice (Clarissa) Whitney 1839–1840
      11. 11. Alice (Lincoln) Whitney 1840–
      12. 12. Henry (Mitchell (Prof.)) Whitney 1843– m. Frances Wurts
        1. 1. Albert (Wurts) Whitney 1870–
        2. 2. Edward (Payson) Whitney 1872–1873
      13. 13. Ellen (Douglas) Whitney 1845–1846
    5. 5. Francis Whitney 1792–1863
    6. 6. Robert Whitney 1794–1874
    7. 7. Sarah Whitney 1796–1874 m. Henry Marsh
    8. 8. Caroline Whitney 1798–1804
    9. 9. Abel Whitney 1800–1874
    10. 10. Hannah (Buckminster) Whitney 1802–1804
  2. 2. Josiah Dwight 1767–1821 m. Rhoda Edwards 1778–1864
    1. 1. Caroline ((Clarissa?) Williams) Dwight 1813– m. Samuel ((Rev.)) Hopkins 1807–1887
      1. 1. Elizabeth Hopkins 1834– m. J. (H. (Rev.)) Myers
      2. 2. George (H. (Rev.)) Hopkins 1837– m. Lucy Fornachon
        1. 1. Theodora (C.) Hopkins 1868–
        2. 2. Agnes (O.) Hopkins 1870–
        3. 3. Samuel Hopkins 1871–
        4. 4. Robert (O.) Hopkins 1874–
        5. 5. Ronald (M.) Hopkins 1877–
      3. 3. Isabella (T.) Hopkins 1838–
      4. 4. Margaret (D.) Hopkins 1840– m. James (Cushing) Ward
        1. 1. George (A.) Ward 1864–
        2. 2. Samuel (H.) Ward 1867–
        3. 3. James (C.) Ward 1871–
      5. 5. John Hopkins 1843–

Josiah Dwight's Timeline

2 Records

1715
23 OCT 1715
Birth of Josiah (Col.) Dwight in Hatfield, MA
Hatfield, MA
1768
28 SEP 1768
Age 53
Death of Josiah (Col.) Dwight in Springfield, MA
Springfield, MA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 OCT 1715
    Event Place: Hatfield, MA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 SEP 1768
    Event Place: Springfield, MA
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