Ann (Sweet) Vaughn (abt. 1800 - 1877)

Born about 1800 in Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Feb 1877 at about age 77 in Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Ann was born about 1800, in Rhode Island, to Samuel Sweet (1756-1836) and Hannah Carpenter (1767-1842).

Marriages

1. Oliver Arnold Wightman was her first husband. Their daughter, Ann Marcy Wightman, was born in 1825. Six months after her birth, in the Providence Patriot & Columbian Phenix on Wednesday, Nov 02, 1825, (Vol 23, Issue 88, Page 3) Oliver took out an ad stating Ann Sweet had left his bed and board, and he would no longer pay her debts. GenealogyBank Clipping

1. 22 May 1856, William Macks Vaughn, widower, who died 24 July 1867, son of Rodman and Sybil (Macks) Vaughn. ^[1]

Ann Sweet Wightman Vaughn died 19 February 1877, in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Her probate, case 674, ^[2] leaves her estate to her only child, Ann Marcy Wightman.

Ann is buried in the East Greenwich Cemetery, ^[3]

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 178. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062438486?urlappend=%3Bseq=194
2. ↑ East Greenwich (Rhode Island). Probate Court; Probate Place: Kent, Rhode Island - Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts. Image
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2020), memorial page for Ann Sweet Vaughn (1801–19 Feb 1877), Find A Grave: Memorial #68603670, citing East Greenwich Cemetery, East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Researcher (contributor 47314859) .