Katherine (Westcott) Rathburn (1705 - abt. 1795)

Born 17 Apr 1705 in Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Wightman — married 11 Nov 1725 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

Wife of Jonathan Rathburn — married about Oct 1755 in Norwich-Bozrah, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about Sep 1795 at about age 90 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Catherine⁴ (Zerobabel³, Robert², Stukely¹)^[1]

Catherine Westcott, daughter of Zerubabel and Jane Westcott was born on 17 Apr 1705 at Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island.^[2][3][4][5]

Katherine married Daniel Wightman on 11 Nov 1725 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. ^{[1][2][3][6][7][8]}

Children:^[1][2][3]

1. Jane Wightman born 3 September 1726; died 26 November 1776; married (1) 5 November 1749 David Clarke; married (2) 12 January 1757 David Knight of Norwich.
2. Susanna Wightman born 11 March 1728; deceased in January 1752; married 31 October 1744 James Lamb, son of John.
3. Mary Wightman born 6 November 1729.
4. (Deacon) Valentine Wightman born 28 August 1731.
5. Freelove Wightman born 2 February 1733/4; married in Norwich, 11 March 1754 Eliphalet Gustin.
6. Daniel Wightman born 22 April 1736; died 6 June 1751 (Old Ch. Rec., Vol. II, New Concord Soc.)., baptist minister in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Changed the spelling to Whitman
7. Catherine Wightman, born 9 February 1737/8; married 7 Sep 1756 Gershom Breed Hinckley.
8. Margaret Wightman, born 24 August 1740.
9. (Captain) Zerubabel Wightman, born 2 December 1743.^[2]

Katherine married 2nd to Jonathan Rathbun on 12 Nov 1755 at Norwich-Bozrah, New London Co., Connecticut.^{[2][3][9][10][11]}

Note Bozrah was set off from Norwich in 1786.

"Katheron" named in will of her second husband Jonathan Rathbon (Rathbun) on 8 March 1766; thus demonstrating that Katherine was still living as of that date.^[12] He bequeathed to her among other possessions one of his slaves.^[12]

Eliphalet Gustin (John Gustin II Col5, John 'Augustine Juen' AuGustine4, Edmund Jean de le Tacq3, Abraham Jean2, Pierre of Lavalleaunerve1) was born 13 DEC 1723/24 in Stonington, New London Co., CT, and died 1778 in Glastonburg, MA. He married Mary Freelove Wightman 11 MAR 1754 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, daughter of Daniel Wightman and Katherine Westcott. She was born 02 FEB 1733/34 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, and died ABT 1778.

Children of Eliphalet Gustin and Mary Freelove Wightman are: + 46 i. Whitman Gustin was born ABT 1745/46 in Sussex Co., NJ. 47 ii. Loreda Gustin was born ABT 1747/48. + 48 iii. John Gustin was born 15 NOV 1762 in Sussex Co., NJ, and died APR 1821 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario, CANADA. + 49 iv. Eliphalet Gustin Jr was born 02 FEB 1766 in Sussex Co., NJ, and died 01 JUL 1860 in Burlington, Bradford Co., PA. + 50 v. George E. 'Newton' Gustin was born ABT 1768 in Sussex Co., NJ, and died 13 JAN 1857 in Lafayette Co., NJ.

Research Notes

Page 728 of the "The Wightman Ancestry" contains a correction to information on page 53 of George Wightman of Quidnessett by Mary Ross Whitman (1939), and page 53 of The Wightman Ancestry, volume 1. The correction clarifies that Jonathan Rathbun married Katherine (Wesctott) Wightman, widow of Daniel Wightman, not her daughter Katherine/Catherine Wightman who actually married Gershom Hinckley.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantation and the colony of Rhode Island. Whitman, Roscoe L. 1932. Borrowed at archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman. Chicago, Ill. 1939. Pages 53-54. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/532437/?offset=0#page=62&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Wightman, Wade C., The Wightman Ancestry, Bookcrafters, Chelsea, Michigan, 1994, Volume 1, pages 53-54, and 728 (correction) https://archive.org/details/wightmanancestry01wigh/page/728/mode/2up
4. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
5. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Apr 17, 1705.
6. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
7. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-ZZP9 : 15 April 2022), Katharine Western or Westcott, ; citing Marriage, Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272249.
8. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSL-MPQD : 7 February 2023), Katherine Western or Westcott in entry for Daniel Whitman or Wightman, 11 Nov 1725; citing Marriage, Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272262.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F759-2Q3 : 11 January 2020), Katherine Weightman in entry for Jonathan Rothbone, 1755.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F759-QJP : 11 January 2020), Katherine Weightman in entry for Jonathan Rothbone, 1755.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

    Name: Jonathan Rathborn

    Gender: Male

    Spouse's name: Katherine Weightman

    Spouse Gender: Female

    Marriage Date: Oct 1755

    Marriage Place: Norwich-Bozrah, New London

12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Cooley, John Clark. Rathbone Genealogy. Syracuse, N. Y., Press of the Courier Job, 1898. Volume 1, pp 73-74 https://archive.org/details/rathbonegenealog01cool/page/n150/mode/1up

• FamilySearch profile for Katherine Westcott: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5RG-52N
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207327098/katherine-wightman
• The Descendants of Col. John Gustin: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=thoot&id=I121969
• The Wightman Ancestry by Wade Wightman
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SYTP-DPY : accessed 2014-06-06), entry for Daniel /WIGHTMAN/.
• Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–19; page 110
• Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Births, 1636-1930 [database on-line]
• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55 (name incorrectly transcribed as Western)
• Unsourced family tree handed down to Ken Lundgren.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Martin for creating WikiTree profile Wescott-117 through the import of Harter-Martin-Tammany Family Tree_2013-11-10.ged on Nov 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.