Dr
Nathaniel
Dwight
Born in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Timothy Dwight III
and Mary (Edwards) Dwight
Brother of
Esther Dwight, Timothy Dwight S.T.D LDD, Maurice William Dwight, Mary (Dwight) Morris, Theodore Dwight Sr, Fidelia (Dwight) Porter, Elizabeth (Dwight) Woolsey, Cecil Dwight and Henry Edwin Dwight
Husband of
Rebecca (Robbins) Dwight
— married
24 Jun 1798 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Theodore Mason Dwight
Died
at age 61
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Dec 2021
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Biography
Nathaniel Dwight was born on January 31, 1770 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Timothy Dwight and Mary Edwards. He married Rebecca Robbins on June 24, 1798 Together they had 1 child:
He died on June 11, 1831 in
Birth
- Name: Nathaniel Dwight
- Sex: Male
- Baptism Date: 31 Jan 1770
- Baptism Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
- Baptism Place (Original): Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Christening Place: NORTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS
- Father's Name: Timothy Dwight
- Father's Sex: Male
- Mother's Name: Mary
- Mother's Sex: Female[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDM5-3JT2 : 10 November 2020), Nathaniel Dwight, 1770.
- Familysearch.com
- "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7G5-5PP : 11 January 2020), Rebecca Robbins in entry for Nathaniel Dwight, 1798.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106138025/nathaniel-dwight : accessed 27 December 2021), memorial page for Dr Nathaniel Dwight (31 Jan 1770–11 Jun 1831), Find A Grave: Memorial #106138025, citing Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Frank & Shirley Hankins (contributor 46783998) .
- Dwight, Nathaniel. A Short But Comprehensive System of The Geography of The World (Simeon Butler, Greenfield, Northampton, Mass., 1814)
- Dwight, Nathaniel. Sketches of The Lives of The Signers of The Declaration of Independence (New York, 1830)
- Dwight, Nathaniel. The lives of The Signers of The Declaration of Independence (Harper & Brothers, New York, 1840)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathaniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nathaniel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nathaniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nathaniel:
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~0.78%
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