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Anna Dwight (Flynt)

Also Known As: "Anna Flint"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Death: January 29, 1686 (42)
Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Henry Flint and Margery Flint
Wife of Capt. Timothy Dwight
Mother of Justice Nathaniel Dwight; Samuel Dwight; Rev. Josiah Dwight; Seth Dwight; Anna Dwight and 6 others
Sister of Dorothy Shepard; Rev. Josiah Flynt; Margaret Flint; Joanna Newman; David Flint and 4 others
Half sister of Charles Matthews

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About Anna Dwight

Evidence needed to support as daughter of Rev. Henry Flint & Margery Flint


3. Ann Flint (Flynt) was [not?] the daughter of Rev Henry Flint and Margery Hoar who was born Sept 11 1643.

Timothy Dwight married (third),January 9, 1664-65, Anna, who died January 29, 1685-86. Of this marriage were born ten children:

  • 1. Josiah, born October S, 1665, died young.
  • 2. Nathaniel, born November 20, 1666.
  • 3. Samuel, born December 2, 1668, died young.
  • 4. Rev. Josiah, born February 8, 1670.
  • 5. Seth, born July 9, 1673.
  • 6. Anna, born August 12, 1675.
  • 7. Captain Henry, born December19, 1676.
  • 8. Michael, born January 10, 1679-80.
  • 9. Daniel, born September 23. 168 1. died young.
  • 10. Jabez, born September 1, 1683.

More likely it was Anna, the daughter of Rev. Henry Flint, who married Timothy Dwight, and that It was Hannah, the daughter of Rev. Thomas Flint of Concord, who married John Dassett. (1)


References

  • "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVT-WYM : 15 January 2020), Annah Flynt, 1643.
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8N-J6F4 : 11 May 2022), Tymo. Dwight and Ana Flint, 9 Nov 1664; citing Marriage, Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007548965.
  • Anna Dwight in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. < AncestrySharing >
  • BYU Film Number 355556 EGBERT GENEALOGY Descendants of Egbert Sanderson Collateral Lines A-Z, This genealogy was Collected and organized in 5 volumes by Darrell Dwight Matthews. Microfilmed May 1963. < FamilySearch >
  • 1. page 536 of The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut, Its English Ancestry, A.D. 1389-1662, and American Descendants, A.D. 1662-1908: Comprising Numerous Branches in Many States of the United States, Also Appendices Containing Information Concerning Some of Its Maternal Ancestors. Press of the Walter N. Brunt Company, 1908 - 592 pages Married in Dedham, Ma.
  • Braintree births: Anna Flynt the daughter of Mr Henry Flynt and Margery his wife was borne the 11th. mo. 7th 1643.
  • Dedham marriages: Tymo. Dwight, & Ana Flint was married 9: 11, 1664.
  • Dedham deaths: Anna Dwight, deceased 29 January 1685. (Note: spelling is exactly as I found it in the records) Information provide by Find A Grave Contributor: Bill Boyington
  • The Adams-King Genealogy published in "The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut, by Cameron Haight King, 1908 lists her parents as: Rev. Henry Flynt, who came to America in 1635, and was ordained at Braintree, (now Quincy), Mass. in 1639, where he died 4/27/1668. Rev. Flynt married Margery Hoar who was born in England and died in Braintree, Mass 3/10/1687
  • Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 28 2017, 23:14:07 UTC
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Anna Dwight's Timeline

1643
September 11, 1643
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1665
October 8, 1665
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1666
November 20, 1666
Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1668
December 2, 1668
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1670
February 8, 1670
Dedham, Norfolk , Massachusetts
1671
December 21, 1671
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
1673
July 25, 1673
Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA
1675
August 12, 1675
Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
1676
December 10, 1676
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States