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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Wightman was born 1727 (son of Samuel Wightman and Margaret Gorton).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Wightman was born Abt 1699, North Kingstown, RI (son of George Wightman and Elizabeth Unknown); died 1745, Warwick, RI.

    Samuel married Margaret Gorton 11 Nov 1724, Warwick, RI. Margaret (daughter of Samuel Gorton and Elizabeth Collins) was born 12 May 1701; died Aft 7 May 1775. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret Gorton was born 12 May 1701 (daughter of Samuel Gorton and Elizabeth Collins); died Aft 7 May 1775.
    Children:
    1. 1. Benjamin Wightman was born 1727.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Wightman was born 8 Jan 1672/73, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI (son of George Wightman and Elizabeth Updyke); died Abt Jan 1761, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    George Wightman bought land from Thomas Remington in Cowesett, Warwick, RI, in January 1712/13. He was a deacon at Shawomet Baptist Church, Old Warwick, then located "near the fulling mill" in the Apponaug area.

    George married Elizabeth Unknown Abt 1698. Elizabeth died Bef 1738. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Unknown died Bef 1738.
    Children:
    1. 2. Samuel Wightman was born Abt 1699, North Kingstown, RI; died 1745, Warwick, RI.
    2. John Wightman was born 1701; died 1770.
    3. Phebe Wightman was born Abt 1706.
    4. Deborah Wightman was born Abt 1708.
    5. George Wightman was born Abt 1710, North Kingstown, RI; died Jul 1774, Warwick, RI.
    6. Elizabeth Wightman was born Abt 1713.

  3. 6.  Samuel Gorton was born 22 Jul 1672, Warwick, RI (son of John Gorton and Margaret Weedon); died 5 Jun 1721, Warwick, RI.

    Samuel married Elizabeth Collins 9 May 1695, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Elizabeth (daughter of Eliezar Collins, Sr. and Sarah Wright) was born 1 Nov 1672, Warwick, RI; died 9 Sep 1724. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Collins was born 1 Nov 1672, Warwick, RI (daughter of Eliezar Collins, Sr. and Sarah Wright); died 9 Sep 1724.

    Notes:

    Gorton Samuel, of John, and Elizabeth Collins, of Eliza, May 9, 1695 (Warwick VRs).

    Children:
    1. Ann Gorton was born 19 Feb 1695/96, Warwick, RI.
    2. Edward Gorton was born 18 May 1698; died 1786.
    3. 3. Margaret Gorton was born 12 May 1701; died Aft 7 May 1775.
    4. Sarah Gorton was born Abt 1703, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 19 Nov 1732, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    5. Samuel Gorton, Jr. was born 2 Jan 1705/06, Warwick, RI; died 24 Jan 1796, Warwick, RI.
    6. William Gorton was born Abt 1708, Warwick, RI.
    7. Elizabeth Gorton was born Abt 1710.


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. 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. 4. 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. 12.  John Gorton was born Abt 1641 (son of Samuell GORTON and Mary MAPLETT); died 3 Feb 1713/14.

    Notes:

    John was a mariner or sailor. He received from his father all lands west of Warwick, including Cranston. In 1677 he was granted acreage in East Greenwich for service to Rhode Island in King Philip's War.

    John married Margaret Weedon 25 Jan 1665/66. Margaret was born Abt 1642. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Margaret Weedon was born Abt 1642.

    Notes:

    Her name is sometimes spelled Wootten or Wheaton.

    Children:
    1. John Gorton, Jr.
    2. Othniel Gorton, Sr. was born 22 Sep 1669, Warwick, RI; died 13 Jun 1733.
    3. 6. Samuel Gorton was born 22 Jul 1672, Warwick, RI; died 5 Jun 1721, Warwick, RI.
    4. Benjamin Gorton was born 1682; died 15 Apr 1745.

  5. 14.  Eliezar Collins, Sr. was born 1622, England; died 29 Sep 1683, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.

    Eliezar married Sarah Wright Abt 1662. Sarah was born Abt 1637; died Aft 7 Jan 1684/85. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Sarah Wright was born Abt 1637; died Aft 7 Jan 1684/85.

    Notes:

    RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 19, p. 293 gives Sarah's maiden name as Wright, and says she was born c1626. However, I believe this year is ony a guess; therefore, I have adjusted the estimate a bit based on their first child being born in 1664. I do not know whether they had any other children born prior to Thomas.

    Children:
    1. Thomas Collins was born 26 Oct 1664, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 9 Mar 1725/26, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    2. Eliezar Collins, Jr. was born 11 Jun 1666, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 1 Feb 1685/86, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    3. William Collins was born 6 Mar 1667/68, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    4. Anna Collins was born 4 Mar 1669/70, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    5. 7. Elizabeth Collins was born 1 Nov 1672, Warwick, RI; died 9 Sep 1724.