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Oliver Wight 1765–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Sep 1765

Birth Location: MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS

Death Date: 27 Oct 1837

Death Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Father: David Wight

Mother: Catherine Morse

Spouse(s): Harmony Child

Children(s): Joshua Wight, Peirpoint Wight, Silence Wight, Catherine Wight, Polly Wight, Phermele Wight, Silence Wight, Oliver Wight, Harriet Wight, Polly Wight, Harmony Wight, Mercy Wight

The story of Oliver Wight began in 1765 in MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS. Oliver Wight married Harmony Child, and had children including Catherine Wight, Harmony Wight, Harriet Wight, Joshua Morse Wight, Mercy Wight, Oliver Butler Wight, Peirpoint Edwards Wight, Phermele Wight, Polly Wight, Silence Wight. Oliver Wight passed away in 1837 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • The story of Oliver Wight began in 1765 in MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS.
  • Oliver Wight married Harmony Child, and had children including Catherine Wight, Harmony Wight, Harriet Wight, Joshua Morse Wight, Mercy Wight, Oliver Butler Wight, Peirpoint Edwards Wight, Phermele Wight, Polly Wight, Silence Wight.
  • Oliver Wight passed away in 1837 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Wight
1733–1822
Birth Location: MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
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Catherine Morse
1737–1827
Birth Location: MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
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Spouses(s)

Harmony Child
1765–1861
Birth Location: Woodstock, Connecticut
HC

Children(s)

Joshua Wight
1804–1878
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Peirpoint Wight
1802–
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Silence Wight
1791–1795
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Catherine Wight
1786–
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Polly Wight
1788–
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Phermele Wight
1806–
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Silence Wight
1796–1884
Birth Location: –
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Oliver Wight
1800–1886
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Harriet Wight
1798–1879
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Polly Wight
1788–
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Harmony Wight
1790–1866
Birth Location: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Mercy Wight
1793–
Birth Location: –
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Oliver Wight's Ancestors

Self
Oliver Wight
1765–1837
Birth Place: MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Parents
David Wight
1733–1822
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Catherine Morse
1737–1827
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Grandparents
Jonathan Wight
1705–1782
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Sarah Plimpton
1711–1798
Joshua Morse
1710–1773
MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS
Mary Partridge
1713–1778
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Wight
1682–1779
Margaret Fairbanks
1686–1787
Henry Plimpton
1684–1731
Mary Smith
1688–
Joshua Morse
1677–1749
Mary Paige
1677–1747
2nd-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
Samuel Morse
1640–1718
Elizabeth Wood
1648–1682

Oliver Wight's Descendants

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Oliver Wight (27 Sep 1765–27 Oct 1837) m. Harmony Child (1765–20 May 1861)
  1. 1. Joshua (Morse) Wight 1804–1878
  2. 2. Peirpoint (Edwards) Wight 1802–
  3. 3. Silence Wight 1791–1795
  4. 4. Catherine Wight 1786– m. Chester Lawton 1786– m. Roland Dresser 1776–1806
  5. 5. Polly Wight 1788– m. Joshua Keyes 1758–
  6. 6. Phermele Wight 1806– m. William Fiske 1796–
  7. 7. Silence Wight 1796–1884 m. Jonas Rice 1793–1841
    1. 1. Hiram Rice 1825–
    2. 2. Jonas Rice 1817– m. Louisa Winslow 1826–
      1. 1. Eugene (Winslow) Rice 1852– m. Marion (Elizabeth) Coats 1852–
        1. 1. Florence (Marion) Rice 1876–
        2. 2. Louisa (Elizabeth) Rice 1874–
    3. 3. Caroline Rice 1819–1870 m. Cephas Hyde 1799–
      1. 1. Carrie (Louisa) Hyde 1846– m. Henry (Morris Hastings) Taylor 1826–
  8. 8. Oliver (Butler) Wight 1800–1886 m. Louisa Walker 1800–1886
    1. 1. Louisa Wight 1834– m. Orville (B.) Griswold 1824–
      1. 1. Arthur Griswold 1850–
    2. 2. Edwin Wight 1833– m. Jennie (Harriet) Slate 1835–
      1. 1. Bertha (Louise) Wight 1868–
      2. 2. George (Frederick) Wight 1863– m. Mary (Adelaide) Lee 1861–
        1. 1. Marian (Lee) Wight 1886–
    3. 3. Charles (Butler) Wight 1828– m. Nancy Rice 1828–
    4. 4. Josiah (Walker) Wight 1824– m. Rhoda (A.) McArthur 1832–
      1. 1. Edwin (Walker) Wight 1858– m. Laura (Belle) Shimp 1861–
        1. 1. Carl (Homer) Wight 1889–
        2. 2. Ethel (Mary) Wight 1887–1888
        3. 3. Leroy (Chester) Wight 1886–
        4. 4. Arthur Wight 1885–
      2. 2. Mary (Louisa) Wight 1855– m. Frederick (James) Newbury 1854–
        1. 1. Winnifred Newbury 1888–
        2. 2. Grace (Louisa) Newbury 1884–
        3. 3. Esther Newbury 1886–
  9. 9. Harriet Wight 1798–1879 m. Phillip Crapo 1794–
  10. 10. Polly Wight 1788– m. Joshua Keyes 1758–
  11. 11. Harmony Wight 1790–1866 m. Baxter Rice 1788–1877
    1. 1. Infant Rice 1813–1814
    2. 2. Henry (Bolivar) Rice 1833–1862 m. Orila Hunt 1833–
      1. 1. Anna (Louisa) Rice 1858– m. William Richards 1838–
    3. 3. Adaline (Maryette) Rice 1826–1876 m. Tillinghast Gorton 1806–1871
      1. 1. Cora (Harmony) Gorton 1860–
      2. 2. George (Varnum) Gorton 1857– m. Cora (Dean) Deyo 1857–
      3. 3. William (Arthur) Gorton 1854– m. Lizzie Langley 1834–
        1. 1. Mary (Putnam) Gorton 1888–1889
    4. 4. Harriet Rice 1819–1880 m. Frederick (Nelson) Bushnell 1799–
      1. 1. Mary (Harmony) Bushnell 1857–1878
      2. 2. Harriet (Eliza) Bushnell 1843– m. Adin Miller 1823–
        1. 1. Frederick (Baxter) Miller 1869–
    5. 5. Baxter Rice 1822– m. Fidelia Barker 1822– m. Janette (M.) Barker 1822–1862
      1. 1. Frederick (Baxter) Rice 1859–1862
      2. 2. Harriet Rice 1856–1862
      3. 3. Charles (Wight) Rice 1861–1862
      4. 4. Jennie (May) Rice 1867–1883
      5. 5. Clinton (Barker) Rice 1873–1884
    6. 6. Harmony (Child) Rice 1821–1881 m. Farrand Hartwell 1801–
      1. 1. Miles (Milton) Hartwell 1860–1867
      2. 2. Harriet (Catherine) Hartwell 1858–1867
      3. 3. Homer (Hamilton) Hartwell 1855–1882
      4. 4. Mary (Harmony) Hartwell 1849–
      5. 5. Farrand (Baxter) Hartwell 1851–
      6. 6. Joseph (Luther) Hartwell 1852– m. Myra Chickering 1852–
        1. 1. Miles (Roy) Hartwell 1886–
    7. 7. Catherine (Morse) Rice 1815– m. Homer (W.) Tucker 1795–1889
      1. 1. Mary (Hillyard) Tucker 1846–
      2. 2. Helen (Louisa) Tucker 1843–
    8. 8. Oliver (Butler) Rice 1818–1885 m. Mary Hazzard 1819–1887
      1. 1. Oliver (Hazzard) Rice 1849– m. Mary (A.) Welling 1849–
        1. 1. Ray (Welling) Rice 1889–
      2. 2. William (Henry) Rice 1848– m. Frances (Adaline) Holland 1848–
        1. 1. Susie (Frances) Rice 1881–
        2. 2. Earl (Holland) Rice 1883–
        3. 3. Mary (Harmony) Rice 1879–
        4. 4. Henry (Baxter) Rice 1877–
        5. 5. Clinton (Butler) Rice 1886–
  12. 12. Mercy Wight 1793– m. Alben Allen 1773–
    1. 1. Harriet Allen 1818–
    2. 2. Alanson Allen 1815–
    3. 3. Loretta Allen 1820–

Oliver Wight's Timeline

2 Records

1765
27 Sep 1765
Birth of Oliver Wight in MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS
MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS
1837
27 Oct 1837
Age 72
Death of Oliver Wight in Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1765
    Event Place: MEDWAY, WORCESTER CO., MASSACHUSETTS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Oct 1837
    Event Place: Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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