Elizabeth (Twitchell) Wight (1743 - 1800)

Born 27 Jul 1743 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 19 Apr 1800 at age 56 in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1743. She is the daughter of Joseph Twitchell and Deborah Fairbanks. She married to Joel Wight on May 30, 1768. They resided in Dublin, New Hampshire. She was said to be a "very pious good woman."

Christ is a star he'll safely guide
My spirit though the vale of death
ye living friends in him confide
Prepare to yield your vital breath.

Sources

• Wight, William Ward. "The Wights. A record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of his descendants, 1635-1890". Milwaukee: Swain & Tate, Printers, 1890. pp. 64-65
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147827345/elizabeth-wight : accessed 9 July 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Twitchell Wight (27 Jul 1743–19 Apr 1800), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147827345, citing Dublin Town Cemetery, Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
• Ancestry.com. Genealogy of the Twitchell family : record of the descendants of the Puritan, Benjamin Twitchell [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data:Twitchell, Ralph Emerson,. Genealogy of the Twitchell family : record of the descendants of the Puritan, Benjamin Twitchell, Dorcester, Lancaster, Medfield, and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1637-1927. New York, N.Y.: H.K. Twitchell, 1929.