John Wight (1756 - 1837)

Born 30 Oct 1756 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Parker) Wight — married 17 Apr 1780 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Olive (Wescott) Wight — married 29 Oct 1795 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 23 May 1837 at age 80 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Sergeant, Major John Wight served with 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment (1779), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Wight is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A126039.

John Wight is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 319603
Rank: Sergeant, Major

John Wight; b. 30 Oct 1756^[1] at Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts s/o John Wight and Abigail Bowen; m. Mrs Hannah Parker 10 Apr 1780^[2] at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; m. Olive Wescott, daughter of Samuel Wescott and Olive Perkins, 29 Oct 1795^{[citation needed]} at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 23 May 1837 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 80. He was buried at the Andrew Grindle Family Cemetery in Blue Hill

Find A Grave: Memorial #56983204

Known children of John Wight and Mrs Hannah Parker were as follows:

• i. John Wight; b. 29 Dec 1780^[3] at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.

• ii. Hannah Wight; b. 7 Jul 1783 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; b. 7 Jul 1784^[4] at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; m. Peletiah Wescott, son of Samuel Wescott and Olive Perkins, 20 Oct 1805; m. Joseph Devereux, son of Ralph Devereux and Lois Ingerson Hibbert, 5 Apr 1807 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 5 Sep 1863 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, at age 79.

• iii. Nathan Bowen Wight; b. 13 Jan 1787^[5] at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; m. Mehitable Lymburner, daughter of Cunningham Lymburner and Elizabeth Stover, 4 Jul 1808; d. 5 Jan 1823 at age 35.

• iv. Jonathan Wight; b. 4 May 1789^[6] at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Daniel Wight; b. 10 Feb 1792^[7] at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 28 Jan 1793.

Known children of John Wight and Olive Wescott were as follows:

• i. Abigail B. Wight; b. 8 Aug 1796^[8] at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Samuel Wight; b. 15 Mar 1798^[9] at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; m. Hannah Wight, daughter of Edward Wight and Hannah Perkins, 16 May 1824; d. 17 Sep 1848 at age 50.

• iii. Sarah Wight; b. 2 Jan 1800 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; m. Thomas Snowman, son of John Snowman and Comfort Horne, 23 Apr 1821; d. 12 Feb 1887 at Portland, Cumberland, Maine, at age 87.

• iv. Mary Ann Wight; b. 20 Aug 1808^{[citation needed]} at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Nancy Wight; b. 15 Aug 1806 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; b. 15 Aug 1809 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; m. John Limeburner Grindle, son of James Grindle and Molly Lymburner, 11 Nov 1824 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 2 Jan 1894^[10] at Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, at age 84; Æ 84y 4m 18d.

• vi. Olive Wight; b. 15 Jun 1811^{[citation needed]} at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; m. Daniel Merrill Perkins, son of Thomas Perkins and Clarissa Nash, 10 Sep 1832 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 4 Apr 1889 at age 77.

• vii. David Chandler Wight; b. 14 Jul 1815^{[citation needed]} at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine.

Research Note

1. Several Hancock Co. towns recorded birth dates for their residents even when they were born elsewhere. John Wight was born in Massachusetts and several children were recorded in both Penobscot and Blue Hill town records.

• Fact: Other (liv 1838)
• Fact: Burial Blue Hill, , Maine, United States

Sources

1. ↑ John "the chairmaker," enlisted from Marblehead in the war of Independence, and, his widow says, was present at Bunker Hill. John White appears as a Revolutionaiy soldie'r in Koads' Marblehead, 395, 396. On April 10, 1780, while living in Andover, Mass., he married there Hannah Parker of that place. In January, 1781, he entered the patriot service as a private and was promoted to be sergeant major in Captain Burbank's company in Colonel Crane's regiment of artillery. He was in several battles and was discharged at West Point. Soon after the close of the war he removed to Penobscot. His wife died March 1, 1794— the mother of the first four children. John married in Penobscot October 29, 1795, Olive Wescott, born in 1773, of whom were nine children. About 1820 his mental faculties declined, and he was declared mentally incompetent in court. He died at Blue Hill near Penobscot in May, 1837. His widow, Olive Wescott resided in 1838 in Salisbury, Mass., in 1842 at Sedgwick, Me., in 1849 at Blue Hill, Me., and in 1856 at Orland, Me. SOURCE: Wight, Daniel Phipps. (1848). The Wights, a record of Thomas Wight of Dedham, Mass., with genealogical notices of his descendants, from 1635-1840. Boston, MA: T. R. Marvin NOTE the handwritten record from Massachusetts identifies her as "Hannah Parker", not Mrs. Hannah Parker. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-K4J : 10 February 2018), John Wight, 30 Oct 1756; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
2. ↑ Andover - Marriages Image of page 345
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-K4V : 10 February 2018), John Wight, 29 Dec 1780; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
4. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-JNG : 10 February 2018), Hannah Wight, 07 Jul 1784; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-5Q6 : 10 February 2018), Nathan B. Wight, 13 Jan 1787; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-PQT : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Wight, 04 May 1789; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-29Y : 10 February 2018), Daniel Wight, 10 Feb 1792; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-6QW : 10 February 2018), Abigail B. Wight, 08 Aug 1796; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
9. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CC-P8M : 10 February 2018), Samuel Wight, 15 Mar 1798; citing PENOBSCOT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,752.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWZW-NY2 : 10 March 2018), Nancy Wight Grindall, 02 Jan 1894; citing Newburyport, Massachusetts, v 445 p 533, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,512.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 October 2019, 22:34), entry for John Wight Jr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7FR-Z92); contributed by various users.
• Also see: Maine Families in 1790, Volume 6
• Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 17, Page 296, 308.