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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Catherine Wightman was born 28 Feb 1724/25 (daughter of George Wightman and Mary Clarke).

    Catherine married Benjamin Boss 23 Sep 1750. Benjamin (son of Edward Boss, Jr. and Philip\Philippa Carr) was born 23 Jul 1727, Newport, RI; died 14 Jul 1824, Scituate, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Mary Boss was born 10 Oct 1753; died 2 Jan 1835.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Wightman was born 8 Sep 1699, Newport, RI (son of Daniel Wightman and Catherine Holmes); died Between 1777 and 1778, North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    In 1763 George contributed to the repair of the meetinghouse of the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich -- although it may have been his son.

    George married Mary Clarke 11 Jun 1724. Mary (daughter of Carew Clarke and Anne Dyer) was born 8 Aug 1700. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Clarke was born 8 Aug 1700 (daughter of Carew Clarke and Anne Dyer).
    Children:
    1. 1. Catherine Wightman was born 28 Feb 1724/25.
    2. George Wightman was born 7 Nov 1726, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died 1820, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Daniel Wightman was born 2 Jan 1667/68, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI (son of George Wightman and Elizabeth Updyke); died 31 Aug 1750, Newport, RI.

    Notes:

    Rev. Daniel Wightman was "a zealous pioneer of Baptist faith," along with his brother Valentine. Daniel was ordained in 1704, and appointed co-pastor of Second Baptist church in Newport, a Six-Principal Baptist church.

    Daniel — Catherine Holmes. Catherine (daughter of Jonathan HOLMES and Sarah BORDEN) was born 1671; died 8 Sep 1699. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Holmes was born 1671 (daughter of Jonathan HOLMES and Sarah BORDEN); died 8 Sep 1699.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Wightman was born 1697.
    2. 2. George Wightman was born 8 Sep 1699, Newport, RI; died Between 1777 and 1778, North Kingstown, RI.

  3. 6.  Carew Clarke

    Carew — Anne Dyer. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anne Dyer
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Clarke was born 8 Aug 1700.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George Wightman was born Abt 4 Nov 1632, England (son of John Wightman); died Jan 1721/22, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    George came to America sometime between 1653 and 1663. His older brother, Valentine, was already here in Providence, where his first child was born in 1653. Their grandfather Edward had been burned at the stake in England for his faith, so they came here for religious freedom, as many RI families did.

    The area called Quidnessett was defined in 1659 by agreement with Indian sachem Kachanaquant; its boundaries were the Potomomut River (now Hunt's River) on the north, the Indian road or Pequot Path (now Post Road) on the west, Richard Smith's land (Wickford area) on the south, and Narragansett Bay on the east, totalling about 6x3 miles.

    In 1660 the Atherton Company, a group of land speculators from MA Bay Colony and CT, was ordered by the Assembly to open up the Quidnessett tract to purchase by private individuals. Valentine Wightman, George's brother, procured an area of 100-plus acres bordering the bay. This land soon became the property of his brother George, and was handed down intact through 6 generations and known for over 200 years as the Wightman homestead in Quidnessett. George later acquired more land, totalling about 2000 acres.

    For a fascinating history of the Wightman family, see: http://www.concentric.net/~Ssbray/wightman.htm

    George married Elizabeth Updyke Abt 1663, Cocumscussuc, Kingstowne, RI. Elizabeth (daughter of Gysbert Updyke and Catherine Smith) was born Abt 27 Jul 1644, New Amsterdam, America; died Between 25 Dec 1712 and 26 Apr 1716, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Updyke was born Abt 27 Jul 1644, New Amsterdam, America (daughter of Gysbert Updyke and Catherine Smith); died Between 25 Dec 1712 and 26 Apr 1716, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Wightman was born 26 Jul 1664, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt Jan 1756, North Kingstown, RI.
    2. Aylice Wightman was born 29 Dec 1666, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died Aft 30 Dec 1747, Exeter, RI.
    3. 4. Daniel Wightman was born 2 Jan 1667/68, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died 31 Aug 1750, Newport, RI.
    4. Sarah Wightman was born 25 Feb 1670/71, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI.
    5. George Wightman was born 8 Jan 1672/73, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt Jan 1761, Warwick, RI.
    6. John Wightman was born 16 Apr 1674, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt Apr 1750, Exeter, RI.
    7. Samuel Wightman was born 9 Jan 1675/76, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt Jun 1724, North Kingstown, RI.
    8. Valentine Wightman was born 16 Apr 1681, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, Washington Co., RI; died 7 Jun 1747, Groton, New London Co., CT.

  3. 10.  Jonathan HOLMES was born Abt 1636, England (son of Obadiah HOLMES and Katherine HYDE); died 1713; was buried , Holmes Family Cemetery, River Rd., Middletown, RI.

    Notes:

    Son of Obediah & Catherine Holmes.

    Jonathan married Sarah BORDEN Between 1664 and 1667. Sarah (daughter of Richard BORDEN and Joan FOWLE) was born May 1644, Portsmouth, RI; died 1705; was buried , Holmes Family Cemetery, River Rd., Middletown, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah BORDEN was born May 1644, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of Richard BORDEN and Joan FOWLE); died 1705; was buried , Holmes Family Cemetery, River Rd., Middletown, RI.
    Children:
    1. Sarah HOLMES was born 1664; died 10 Sep 1761; was buried , Jonathan Slade Cemetery, Somerset, MA.
    2. 5. Catherine Holmes was born 1671; died 8 Sep 1699.
    3. Martha Holmes was born 1675; died 10 Mar 1728/29, Providence, Providence Co., RI; was buried , Tillinghast Family Cemetery, Benefit St., Providence, RI.