Colonel George Wightman

Male 1726 - 1820  (93 years)

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  • Name George Wightman 
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 7 Nov 1726  Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1820  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I05835  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Colonel George Wightman,   b. 8 Sep 1699, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1777 and 1778, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Clarke,   b. 8 Aug 1700 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1724 
    Family ID F02235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Waite,   b. 1726, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1796, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1746 
    Children 
     1. George Wightman,   b. 19 Jan 1756, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1834, Pawtuxet, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F02236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • George Wightman was "undoubtedly a Baptist" (see p. 8 of Descendants of George Wightman). As a member of the Six-Principle Baptist Church of North Kingstown, and possibly a deacon, he bequeathed money for the pastor to buy bread and wine for the congregation. His great Bble, printed in 1587 in London, is still owned by a direct descendant, George W. Wightman, of Brookline, MA. In later generations his property in Quidnessett was sold to another family, and more recently was called "Cedar Crest Farm," owned by Mr. Clinton Prescott Knight. The present home predates the Revolution.