Born in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Wight
and Sarah (Plimpton) Wight
Sister of
David Wight Sr., Jonathan Wight, Sarah Wight, Semion Wight, Lois Wight, Eunice (Wight) Adams, Aaron Wight, Moses Wight, Moses Wight, Thankful (Wight) Perigo, Henry Wight and Job Wight
Wife of
Daniel Adams
— married
26 May 1777 (to 16 Sep 1778) [location unknown]
Wife of
John Baxter
— married
25 Nov 1784 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 73
in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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| Created 17 Aug 2021
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Biography
Silence was born on 11 Dec 1743 to Jonathan Wight (1705-1782) and Sarah (Plimpton) Wight (1711-1798), in Medfield, Massachusetts.[1]
On May 10 of 1777, she married in Medway Daniel Adams (1746-1778)[2], a Medway native who had graduated from Harvard in 1774 and was preparing for work in the ministry. Their first son, Horatio Adams, was born in Medfield in September of 1777[3]
She moved with Daniel to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1778, where he had been called to serve as a minister[4]. Unfortunately, Daniel died of dysentery in September of 1778[5] and Silence was pregnant with their second son, born in Watertown in 1779 and also named Daniel.[6]
Eventually, Silence returned to her family home in Medfield, where she married John Baxter (1746-1832) in Medfield on 25 November 1784.[7]
She passed away in Medfield on 15 April 1817.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here. Subscription required.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here. Subscription required.
- ↑ The Wights a record of Thomas Wight of Dedham p60
- ↑ Historical Sketch of Watertown by Convers Francis p108
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here. Subscription required.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here. Subscription required.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here. Subscription required.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Found here. Subscription required.
- Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1903) Page 106. Birth record.
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