Rev. James Wightman

Male 1709 - 1791  (82 years)

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  • Name James Wightman 
    Title Rev. 
    Birth 17 Feb 1708/09  Exeter, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Mar 1791  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I05810  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John Wightman,   b. 16 Apr 1674, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Apr 1750, Exeter, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Jane Bentley,   b. Abt 1687   d. 29 Jun 1729 (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1700/01  North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F02290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bridget Sweet,   b. Abt 1716 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1734 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Wightman,   b. 13 May 1736, Exeter, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1826, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. John Wightman,   b. 17 Jul 1738, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F02229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Phebe Rhodes   d. Bef 1770 
    Marriage Abt 1758 
    Family ID F02291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 3 Susannah Eldred,   b. Abt 1734   d. 1799, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1770  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F02292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • James was elder of the Six-Principle Baptist Church of North Kingstown for more than 20 years.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012643] Mary Ross Whitman, compiler, George Wightman of Quidnessett, RI and Descendants, (1939), 77.

    2. [S012870] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 92.

    3. [S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 111.