George Wightman
Abt 1710 - 1774 (~ 64 years)1. George Wightman was born Abt 1710, North Kingstown, RI; died Jul 1774, Warwick, RI. George married Mary Ralph 4 Jan 1736/37, Scituate, RI. Mary (daughter of Thomas Ralph and Patience Burlingame) was born Abt 1714. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Reuben Wightman was born 13 Oct 1739, Warwick, RI; died 24 Apr 1777, Warwick, RI.
- 3. Patience Wightman was born 1741, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
George married Rachel Wood 11 Feb 1759. [Group Sheet]
Generation: 2
2. Reuben Wightman (1.George1) was born 13 Oct 1739, Warwick, RI; died 24 Apr 1777, Warwick, RI. Reuben — Sarah Unknown. Sarah was born 15 Apr 1746; died 23 Nov 1816, Warwick, RI; was buried , Gideon Spencer Lot, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
3. Patience Wightman (1.George1) was born 1741, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Patience married William Arnold, Jr. 1 Jul 1764, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. William (son of William Arnold and Phebe Stafford) was born Abt 1738, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 1810, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 5. Ruth Arnold was born 1768; died 15 Nov 1853.
Generation: 3
4. Reuben Wightman, Jr. (2.Reuben2, 1.George1) Reuben — Anna Baker. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 6. Reuben Wightman, III was born 8 May 1812, Phenix, RI; died 18 Apr 1891, North Kingstown, RI.
5. Ruth Arnold (3.Patience2, 1.George1) was born 1768; died 15 Nov 1853. Ruth married Anthony Arnold Rice 4 Jan 1787, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Anthony was born 1763, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died Jul 1835, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 7. Patience Rice was born 15 Mar 1802; died 5 Sep 1887.
Generation: 4
6. Reuben Wightman, III (4.Reuben3, 2.Reuben2, 1.George1) was born 8 May 1812, Phenix, RI; died 18 Apr 1891, North Kingstown, RI. Notes:
In the 1850 Federal Census, Reuben & Lydia Whitman are living at Warwick, RI, with their children Daniel B., Reuben A., & Thomas R. Also living with them is Eli Whitman, age 23.
Reuben married Lydia Elizabeth Remington 12 Apr 1835, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Lydia (daughter of Thomas Remington and Elizabeth "Betsey" Remington) was born 8 Jan 1816, Warwick, RI; died 24 May 1888, Coventry, RI; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Ave., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 8. Anna Elizabeth (1) Wightman was born 20 May 1837; died 24 Aug 1841.
- 9. Daniel B. Wightman was born 5 Jul 1840, Warwick, RI; died 5 Oct 1861, Phenix, RI.
- 10. Reuben Adelbert Wightman was born 8 Sep 1844; died 21 Mar 1865, Fort Sedgewick, VA.
- 11. Anna Elizabeth (2) Wightman was born 21 Nov 1846; died 18 Apr 1847.
- 12. Thomas Remington Wightman was born 16 Mar 1848; died 6 Nov 1881.
- 13. Lydia Elizabeth Wightman was born 1850.
7. Patience Rice (5.Ruth3, 3.Patience2, 1.George1) was born 15 Mar 1802; died 5 Sep 1887. Patience — William H. Hathaway. William was born 18 Oct 1802; died 1839. [Group Sheet]