Walter
Wight
Born in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of William Wight
and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wight
Brother of
James Wight, Margaret Wight, Robert Wight, William Wight, Isabella (Wight) Stephenson, John Wight and Elizabeth (Wight) Waldie
Husband of
Helen (Sinton) Wight
— married
20 Jun 1841 in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
Jane H (Wight) Middlemas, Elizabeth Richardson (Wight) Whitson, William Wight, Helen Sinton (Wight) Henderson, Peter Sinton Wight, Margaret (Wight) Soutar, Isabella (Wight) Clark, Beatrice Thomson (Wight) Gibson and Susan Robertson Wight
Died
at age 70
in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Walter Wight
Baptized 15 Oct 1816 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- "William Wight, carrier in Maxton and his wife Elisabeth Richardson had a child born 17th Sept 1816 and baptised 15th Oct following called Walter" [1]
Died 31 Oct 1886 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- cert. reads: "Walter Wight (Farmer) (widower of Helen m.s. Sinton), 1886 Oct 31 between 7 & 8 o'clock am, Maxton, 71 yrs (should be 70). Father: William Wight , farmer, dec, Mother: Elisabeth m.s. Richardson dec. Cause: Cardiac exhaustion after alcoholic excess. Certified by Jas Galt FRCSE(M?), informant Peter S Wight, son, registered Nov 2nd at Maxton Schoolhouse" [2]
- Dtr Helen's 1875 note reads "Walter Wight my Father died Oct 31st 1886 aged 71" [3]
Buried: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Married 20 Jun 1841 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- by banns, entry reads: "Pro.(clamation) of Walter Wight & Helen Sinton both of this parish" [4]
- Husband: Walter Wight
- Wife: Helen Sinton
- Children:
- Jane H Wight
- Elizabeth Richardson Wight
- William Wight
- Helen Sinton Wight
- Peter Sinton Wight
- Margaret Wight
- Isabella Wight
- Beatrice Thomson Wight
- Susan Robertson Wight
Census
1841 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- WIGHT: William 75, farmer; Walter 24; Helen Sinton 22, fem. serv. All b County (within 2 wks of this census Helen had become the wife of Walter [5]
1851 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- WIGHT: Walter, 31, b Maxton, carter & farmer of 20 ac, wife Helen 31 b Chesters. Children: Elizabeth 7, Jane 9, William, 5 all scholars, Helen 3, Peter 10 mths, all b Maxton. [6]
1861 West End Farmhouse, Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- WIGHT: Walter, 44 b Maxton, farmer 20 acres & carter, wife Helen 42 b Southdean. Children, all b Maxton: Elisabeth, 17, William 15 farmer's son ag lab, Helen 13, Peter 10, Margaret 8, Isabella 6, Beatrice T 4 [7]
Links
Sources
- ↑ Source #S2: Birth 17 Sep Bap. 15 Oct 1816 Walter s/o William WIGHT & Elizabeth RICHARDSON, Maxton, ROX
- ↑ Source #S1: Dth cert. Walter WIGHT, 31 Oct 1886, Dist 798 Cert #8, transcribed by LornaHen
- ↑ original held by L Henderson
- ↑ Marriage proclamations 1841, from the Borders Archives at Selkirk
- ↑ Source #S3
- ↑ Source #S3
- ↑ Source #S3
- Source S1: ScotlandsPeople BDM certs. 1855+
- Source S2: ScotlandsPeople OPR entries pre 1855
- Source S3: Census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com, or images via ScotlandsPeople
- WikiTree profile Wight-176 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. Reference: 44
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter 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 Walter 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
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~6.25%
William Henderson :
23andMe, GEDmatch JU914728C1 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JU914728C1 [compare]
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~6.25%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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~6.25%
R Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T439654 [compare]
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~6.25%
W Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T310402 [compare]
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~6.25%
Ron Wight :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #T176610
-
~1.56%
Ralph Richardson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T521073 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Runciman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T063539 [compare]
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