John Wightman (b. Jan 07, 1597/98, d. Nov 13, 1692)
John Wightman (son of Edward Wightman and Frances Darbye) was born Jan 07, 1597/98 in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, and died Nov 13, 1692 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He married Ruth ?? on 1626 in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Notes for John Wightman: John immigrated from England to Newport, Rhode Island in 1654 with four of his five sons. They made their way to Richard Smith's trading post at Wickford in the Narragansett country where Valentine Wightman, his eldest son, had been employed for 6 years as an Indian interpreter. The Wightmans arrived in America with considerable wealth. They may have left England to escape religious persecution by Cromwell.
More About John Wightman: Burial: Unknown, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
More About John Wightman and Ruth ??: Marriage: 1626, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Children of John Wightman and Ruth ?? are:
Valentine Wightman, b. 1627, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, d. date unknown.
Daniel Wightman, b. 1629, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, d. date unknown.
Abraham Wightman, b. 1631, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, d. date unknown.
+George Wightman, b. Nov 04, 1632, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, d. Jan 07, 1721/22, Quidnessett, Washington County, Rhode Island.
John Wightman (b. Jan 07, 1597/98, d. Nov 13, 1692)
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