Ruby (Butts) Wightman (1780 - 1846)

Born 23 Oct 1780 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Silas Wightman — married 4 Feb 1796 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1846 at age 65 in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States

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Biography

Ruby was born on 23 Oct 1780 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.^[1][2][3][4] She was the daughter of Gideon Butts and Amy Knight. She on 10 Sep 1846 in Rome, Oneida Co., New York.^[1][2] She was burried in the Wright Settlement Cemetery in Rome, New York.

Ruby married Silas Wightman on 4 Feb 1796 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.^[1][2][5]

Ruby was named in the will of her father Gideon Butts on 21 Sep 1829 as Ruby the wife of Silas Wightman. ^[6]

The graves of Silas and Ruby Wightman are in the Wright Settlement Cemetery about a mile and a half northeast of Ridge Mills, north of Rome.^[1][2][7]

Research Notes

• The book George Wightman of Quidnessett, by Mary Ross Whitman contains an error on page 141 where it describes Ruby Butts as a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Bradford through her "grandmother" Annie Bradford; however Annie Bradford was actually Ruby's sister-in-law, married to her brother Daniel Butts (1782-1859).^[1][8]

• Some trees on Ancestry erroneously have her name as Ruby Knight Butts, which contains an invented middle name based on her mother's surname. No records support Ruby ever using any middle name. These trees all appear to be copied from other trees.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Whitman, Mary Ross. George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman, Chicago, Illinois, 1939, page 141. https://archive.org/details/georgewightmanof00whit
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wightman, Wade. The Wightman Ancestry, Volume 1, Bookcrafters, Chelsea, Michigan, 1994, p. 141 https://archive.org/details/wightmanancestry001wigh/page/141/mode/1up
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-YYC : 7 January 2020), Ruby Butt, 1780.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSK-R3FQ : 15 April 2022), Ruby Butt, ; citing Birth, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272224.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7T-6KJ8 : 15 April 2022), Ruby Butts in entry for Silas Whitman, 4 Feb 1796; citing Marriage, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272262.
6. ↑ Gideon Butts will 1829 at Ancestry: New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Oneida County, Vol. 0004-0006, 1829-1839 (image 26 of 667) https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8800/images/005115542_00026?pId=13500417
7. ↑ Findagrave memorial for Ruby (Butts) Wightman https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245982887/ruby-wightman
8. ↑ Wightman, Wade. The Wightman Ancestry [vol. 1], Bookcrafters, Chelsea, Michigan, 1994, pp. 141 and 667 https://archive.org/details/wightmanancestry01wigh/page/667/mode/1up

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