John
Wight
Born about in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John Wight
and Helen (Thomson) Wight
Brother of
Elizabeth (Wight) Gray and Isabella (Wight) Sinton
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
John Adam Thomas Wight
Died
at about age 82
in Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jun 2023
This page has been accessed 20 times.
Biography
John was born about 1838 to John Wight and Helen Thomson, He passed away in 1920.
Family
- Husband: John Wight
- Wife Janet Elliot Hobkirk
Married 16 Feb 1866 Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland
- cert shows: John WIGHT policeman 28 of Denholm s/o John WIGHT ag lab dec. and Hellen m.s. THOMSON, marr. 16th Feb at Kirkhope banns est CoS, to Jessie E Hopkirk, dom serv 26 of Kirkhope d/o Adam HOPKIRK shepherd and Margaret m.s. ELLIOT. Wit: Wm Laidlaw and Thos Hopkirk [1]
Children:
- Margaret E Wight
- Helen T Wight
- John Adam Thomas Wight [2]
Census
6 Jun 1841 Scraesburgh, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland[3]
| Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Wight | M | 30 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Helen Wight | F | 30 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Mary Wight | F | 10 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Elisabeth Wight | F | 7 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Jennet Wight | F | 6 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| John Wight | M | 4 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Isabella Wight | F | 0 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Christian Scott | F | 20 | Scotland |
30 Mar 1851 Maxton East Farm, Maxton, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- servant in hsehold of grandparents, as was John's sister Mary[4]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Thomson | Head | Married | M | 74 | Farmer of 268 acres employing 9 labourers 5 men & 4 women | Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
| Mary Thomson | Wife | Married | F | 69 | Farmer's wife | Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
| Robert Thomson | Son | Unmarried | M | 35 | Farmer's son employed on farm | Brecknockshire, Wales |
| Janet Thomson | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 33 | Farmer's daur | Brecknockshire, Wales |
| Alison Thomson | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 23 | Farmer's daur empioyed in house | Brecknockshire, Wales |
| John Thomson | Son | Unmarried | M | 28 | Farmer's son employed on farm | Brecknockshire, Wales |
| Mary Wight | Servant | Unmarried | F | 19 | Ag lab or byrewoman | Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| John Wight | Servant | Unmarried | M | 12 | Ag lab | Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| John Thomson | Servant | Unmarried | M | 18 | Ag lab | Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| James Graham | Servant | Unmarried | M | 17 | Ag lab | Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
| Margaret Halliday | Servant | Unmarried | F | 16 | Ag lab | Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Adam Murray | Visitor | Unmarried | M | 18 | Selkirkshire, Scotland |
2 Apr 1871 3rd Division East, 4, Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland[5]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Wight | Head | Married | M | 33 | Police constable | Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Janet E Wight | Wife | Married | F | 30 | Police constable's wife | Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
| Margaret E Wight | Daughter | F | 4 | Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||
| Helen T Wight | Daughter | F | 2 | Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
3 Apr 1881 Douglas Square, Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland[6]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Wight | Head | Married | M | 43 | Police constable | Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Janet Elliot Wight | Wife | Married | F | 40 | Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland | |
| Helen T Wight | Daughter | F | 12 | Scholar | Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| John A T Wight | Son | M | 5 | Scholar | Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
5 Apr 1891 Langlee Police Stn, Melrose, Ladhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland[7]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Wight | Head | Married | M | 52 | Police constable | Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Janet Wight | Wife | Married | F | 51 | Constables wife | Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
| Helen Wight | Daughter | Single | F | 22 | Tweed darner | Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| John A Wight | Son | Single | M | 15 | Scholar | Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
31 Mar 1901 Hawthorn Cottage, Bowden, Selkirkshire, Scotland[8]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Wight | Married | M | 62 | Retired policeman | Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland | |
| Janet Wight | Married | F | 60 | Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
Sources
- ↑
Marriage Registration:
"Statutory Register of Marriages"
National Records of Scotland, Ref: 776/1
ScotlandsPeople (accessed 18 June 2023)
John Wight marriage to Jessie E Hopkirk registered 1866 in Kirkhope. - ↑
Birth Registration:
"Statutory Register of Births"
National Records of Scotland, Ref: 801/30
ScotlandsPeople (accessed 19 June 2023)
John Adam Thoma Wight birth registered 1875 in Morebattle, mother's maiden name Hopkirk. - ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: -; Piece number: -; Page: -; Schedule: 62, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 18 June 2023), John Wight (4) in Scraesburgh, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
- ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 28, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 18 June 2023), John Wight (12), unmarried servant, Ag lab, in household of John Thomson (74) at Maxton East Farm, Maxton in Melrose registration district in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
- ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: -; Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 3, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 18 June 2023), John Wight (33), married, Police constable, head of household at 3Rd Division East, 4 in Morebattle registration district in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
- ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: -; Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 77, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 18 June 2023), John Wight (43), married, Police constable, head of household in Douglas Square in Castleton registration district in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
- ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: -; Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 1, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 18 June 2023), John Wight (52), married, Police constable, head of household in Langlee Police Stn, Melrose in Ladhope registration district in Selkirkshire, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
- ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: RG13; Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 28, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 18 June 2023), John Wight (62), married, Retired policeman, in Hawthorn Cottage in Bowden registration district in Selkirkshire, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ron Wight
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #IN24327
-
~1.56%
William Henderson :
23andMe, GEDmatch JU914728C1 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JU914728C1 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
-
~1.56%
R Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T439654 [compare]
-
~1.56%
W Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T310402 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Ron Wight :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #T176610
-
~0.78%
Ralph Richardson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T521073 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured Female Poet connections: John is 18 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 17 degrees from Ruth Niland, 32 degrees from Karin Boye, 31 degrees from 照 松平, 17 degrees from Anne Barnard, 41 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 23 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 18 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 36 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 24 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 19 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 21 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.