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About John Wight
- Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Abiel Manning (born Wight) by SmartCopy: Oct 27 2014, 9:22:35 UTC
JOHN WIGHT Generation 2
John, the son of Thomas and Alice Wight, was born in England. His name is in the Dedham, Massachusetts, records only in the instance before mentioned of a transfer of land from Thomas Wight “unto John Wight his sonne” in 1652. He was one of the thirteen original settlers of Medfield, going there with his father. He received as his grant for a house lot “six acres abutting on Thomas Wight on the southwest, all else on waste land.” Wight’s Lane led from North Street to this place. John married ANN (or, in Dedham records, “An”), surname unknown. He was made a freeman in Medfield on May 18th, 1653, but died September 28th, the same year. He was the first of the thirteen pioneers of Medfield to die. Administration of his estate was granted to “Ann late wife of John Wight in behalfe of herselfe & ye childe she goes withall”. The inventory of his estate was taken on October 3, 1653, and amounted to £171:02:09, which was ordered equally divided between Ann and her still unborn child. As John’s estate in 1652, just a year earlier, amounted to only £88, it is presumed that his marriage was the cause of the increase in so short a time. CHILD OF JOHN & ANN WIGHT:
ABIHAILE WIGHT, born on January 1st, 1654 in Medfield, Massachusetts, three months after the death of her father.
Whether Ann raised her daughter in the home of a family member, or alone is unknown. A little over a year later, on April 11th, 1655, she remarried, Isaac Bullard of Dedham, the son of William Bullard. By Mr. Bullard, she had a large family. No doubt her firstborn, Abiel, was a great help to her. Isaac Bullard died in 1676. [See Morse’s Sherborn and Holliston, pg. 46, for Ann’s descendants of the Bullard marriage.] After Mr. Bullard’s death, Ann (-) Wight Bullard remarried for a third time, David Jones Sr., of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Nothing more is known of her, including the date of her death or where she is buried.
http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/hopkins/robinson/robinson-manning-w...
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History of Medfield
p.The Hinsdale house stood on the east side of North Street, north of the brook. He took the remainder of his twelve acres in another place. 12. To Thomas Wight, twelve acres, touching upon Robert Hinsdale at one angle, otherwise upon waste land. This was on what is now Green Street, a little way from North Street. 13. To John Wight, six acres, abutting on Thomas Wight on the south-west, all else on waste land. " Wight's Lane " led from North Street to these houses. The committee for the ordering of affairs held another meeting in November, at which the following order was passed: — ' ^ ^'
.. Forasmuch as there are divers trees as will fit for timber in woods
growing near about the brook that runs out of the meadows, in the middle of the town, which trees may be of much use, as well for shadow as for other public occasions of the t45
https://ia600306.us.archive.org/14/items/historyoftownofm00tild/his...
_____________________ 1653: John was the first one to die, and he was one of the youngest of the men. 1657: We read in contemporaneous history that " there is a vil- lage on the banks of Charles River containing forty families." We find this year in Medfield forty-one proprietors, including Abiel Wight, posthumous daughter of John. p.63 from book -The History of the Town of Medfield Massachussets
Book: The History of the town of Medfield Massachussets https://ia600306.us.archive.org/14/items/historyoftownofm00tild/his...
GEDCOM Note
2 AGE 25-26
GEDCOM Note
!James Savage Vol IV p543, Medfield, MA VR p242.
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John Wight's Timeline
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1627
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Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
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| 1653 |
September 28, 1653
Age 26
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Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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September 28, 1653
Age 26
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Medfield, Suffolk (now Norfolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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January 1, 1654
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Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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