Eliphalet Burbank Wight (1846 - 1908)

Born 17 Aug 1846 in Gorham, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abbie Beatrice (Pinkham) Wight — married [date unknown] in Natick, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 13 Nov 1908 at age 62 in Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Eliphalet Burbank Wight was born on August 17, 1846, in Gorham, New Hampshire, the son of Ephraim Wight and Priscilla Savory Burbank.^[1] He was said to have studied in Gorham schools.

Eliphalet, or "E. B." as he was commonly known, was a shoemaker. He resided in Natick, Massachusetts from 1877-1878; Auburn, Maine from 1878-1883; and finally Lynn, Massachusetts, where he and his family lived for many years.^[2]

His first wife was Hattie A. Lander, whom he married on February 12, 1870, in Auburn, Maine. They had two children who died in infancy. Hattie died on January 19, 1877. His second wife was Abbie Beatrice Pinkham, whom he married on December 15, 1877, in Natick, Massachusetts. They had two children, Eva Helen and Leroy Pinkham Wight.^[3][2]

He died on November 13, 1908, in Revere, Massachusetts.^[4] His obituary appeared in the Daily Evening Item, published in Lynn, Massachusetts.^[5] He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts.^[6]

He did not leave a will. His next of kin, mentioned in a probate document, were the following persons:^[7]

• wife Abbie A. Wight, of 557 Beach St. Revere, Massachusetts
• daughter Eva W. Tingley, same address as above
• minor son Le Roy P. Wight, same address as above

Research Notes

Suffolk County Probate Case #143421.^[8] McCann-752 00:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Wight, William Ward. The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield (Swain & Tate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1890) p. 201
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sinnett, Charles Nelson, Rev, 1908. Richard Pinkham of Old Dover New Hampshire, and His Descendants, East and West, Rumford Printing Company, Concord, NH, 334 pp, p. 195.
3. ↑ Wight, William Ward. The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield (Swain & Tate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1890) p. 278
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWB6-CF8 : 10 December 2022), Eliphalet Burbank Wight, 1908.
5. ↑ Daily Evening Item (Lynn, Mass.), 14 Nov 1908, p. 8
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78600994/eliphalet-burbank-wight: accessed 19 September 2023), memorial page for Eliphalet Burbank Wight (1846–Nov 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78600994, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ace (contributor 49862805).
7. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate, Vol. 929, Page 470
8. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-RXZZ?i=452&cat=120561