Aaron Wight (1742 - 1813)

Born 24 Feb 1742 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima (Rutter) Wight — married 17 Jan 1776 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1813 at age 70 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Aaron was born in 1741/2. He was the son of Jonathan Wight and Sarah Plimpton. He passed away in 1813.

A country doctor of Medway, Massachusetts, Aaron Wight was also a diarist -- in fact, he kept detailed diaries from 1769 until his death, chronicling his medical career, births and deaths in his family, and his purchases of clothing. He also recorded his hobby of clock making (as he completed only 3 clocks a year, it did not become his primary source of income). Many of his entries were adorned with small drawings. In February 1770 he treated Widow Ball for "canser", only to record her death that fall.

After his first wife, Mary Kitttredge, died in 1772 Wight recorded his search for a new wife. In fall 1775 he recorded an "Extrordnery Event": he met his next wife, Jemina (Mima) Rutter. A few days later he recorded an excursion with Jemima, his young daughter Polly, and his sister Thankful, with a drawing of a man and woman holding hands with a dog in the background. He and Jemima Rutter married in January 1776.

Sources

• Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JP-3RH : 5 November 2017), Aaron Wight, 24 Feb 1741; citing Birth, Lowell, Middesx, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
• Marriage to Mary Kitteridge: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCC5-65M : 9 February 2018), Aaron Wight and Mary Kitteridge, 05 Nov 1767; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 3.
• Marriage to Mary Haven: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNV-TTG : 6 November 2017), Dr. Aaron Wight and Mary Haven, 17 Nov 1774; citing Marriage, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 763,666.
• Marriage to Jemima Rutter: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCC5-65Z : 9 February 2018), Aaron White and Jemima Rutter, 17 Jan 1776; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 3.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13262565
• Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1903) Page 103. Birth record. Twin.

• McCarthy, Molly. The Accidental Diarist: A History of the Daily Planner in America. United Kingdom, University of Chicago Press, 2013.