George Wightman II (1673 - abt. 1760)

Born 8 Jan 1673 in Kingstown, Kings County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wood) Wightman — married 1698 in Gloucester, New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1760 at about age 86 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island

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Biography

George Wightman was born 8 January 1673, Kingstown, Kings County, Rhode Island, ^[1] to George Wightman and Elizabeth (op ten Dyck) Wightman.

George married his first wife, Elizabeth, in 1698. ^[2] In George Wightman of Quidnesset, R. I., Mary Whitman said the family name of Elizabeth, was not determined. She reported a claim "seen in print" that Elizabeth was Elizabeth Waite, a daughter of Samuel Waite and sister to Samuel Waite, Jr., who married Alice Wightman. Whitman said found no evidence to confirm or support this claim.^[3] New Jersey records indexed on FamilySearch show the marriage in 1698, at Gloucester, New Jersey, of George Wightman and Elizabeth Wood. According to the index record, Elizabeth Wood was the daughter of John Wood and Sarah Wood and George Wightman was the son of George Wightman and Elizabeth Updike.^[4]

Early in their married life, George and Elizabeth Wightman lived in Kingstown, Rhode Island. On 10 February 1711/2 they sold their farm in Kingstown, and the following year they bought a farm in Warwick, Rhode Island, where they lived thereafter.^[5]

Elizabeth was the mother of all of the children of George Wightman:

• Samuel
• John
• Phebe ^[6]
• Deborah
• George
• Elizabeth ^[7]

George's wife Elizabeth died about 1736. He next married Sarah Ladd in 1738.

George Wightman, Deacon, wrote his will 1 September 1759, and it went to probate 15 January 1761 in Warwick.^{[8] [9]} He is buried in the Captain Reuben Whitman Lot, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 14. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062438486&view=1up&seq=30
2. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 23. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062438486&view=1up&seq=39
3. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman, Chicago, Ill.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1939. Page 24.
4. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5P-QFM : 23 February 2021), John Wood in entry for George Wightman and Elizabeth Wood, 1698; citing Gloucester, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 850,324.
5. ↑ Whitman, Mary Ross George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman, Chicago, Ill.: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1939. Page 23, citing South Kingstown Deeds, ii, 185, and Warwick Deeds, ii, 82, 83.
6. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 25. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062438486&view=1up&seq=41
7. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 26. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062438486&view=1up&seq=42
8. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649992_00317). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database online], image 317-319. Wills, No. 2, Warwick, 1745-1764, Page 540-544. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
9. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 24. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062438486&view=1up&seq=40
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 September 2020), memorial page for George Wightman (8 Jan 1673–1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #19249781, citing Captain Reuben Whitman Lot, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by CMC (contributor 47117651) .