Capt. Valentine Wightman

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Valentine Wightman

Also Known As: "Whitman"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: North Kingstown, Kings County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Death: October 12, 1820 (73)
Lenox, Madison County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Madison County, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Valentine Wightman and Rebecca Wightman
Husband of Barbara Wightman
Father of William Wightman and John Whitman
Brother of Elizabeth Fowler; John Wightman; Josiah Wightman; Paul Wightman; Silas Wightman and 8 others

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About Capt. Valentine Wightman

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He was the son of Valentine Wightman and Rebecca Jamain. He married in North Kingstown, about 1769, Barbary Olin. Valentine (Capt.) was a master mariner, engaged in coast-wise trade out from Wickford, North Kingstown. During the War for Independence he commanded a privateer, "Lady Washington" commissioned August 24, 1776.

Valentine and Barbary had 13 children: William, John, Gideon, Phebe, Giles, Gideon, John, Phebe, Benjamin, Susan, Giles, Peleg and Henry.


He was the son of Valentine Wightman and Rebecca Jamain. He married in North Kingstown, about 1769, Barbary Olin. Valentine (Capt.) was a master mariner, engaged in coast-wise trade out from Wickford, North Kingstown. During the War for Independence he commanded a privateer, "Lady Washington" commissioned August 24, 1776. Valentine and
Barbary had 13 children: William, John, Gideon, Phebe, Giles, Gideon, John, Phebe, Benjamin, Susan, Giles, Peleg and Henry.

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Capt. Valentine Wightman's Timeline

1747
July 12, 1747
North Kingstown, Kings County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1770
April 27, 1770
Wickford, Kings County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1780
April 14, 1780
Rhode Island, United States
1820
October 12, 1820
Age 73
Lenox, Madison County, New York, United States
2001
October 9, 2001
Age 73
MTIMP
October 9, 2001
Age 73
MTIMP
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Chaffee Cemetery, Madison County, NY, United States