Peter
Sinton
Wight
Born in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Jane H (Wight) Middlemas, Elizabeth Richardson (Wight) Whitson, William Wight, Helen Sinton (Wight) Henderson, Margaret (Wight) Soutar, Isabella (Wight) Clark, Beatrice Thomson (Wight) Gibson and Susan Robertson Wight
Husband of
Jessie Ellen (Davidson) Wight
— married
14 Nov 1883 in Sandystone, Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
Alice (Wight) Stein and George Davidson Wight
Died
at age 76
in Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Peter Sinton Wight
Born 11 May 1850 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Baptized 07 JUL 1850 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died 21 Mar 1927 Denholm Hall, Roxburghshire, Scotland [1]
- Dth notice reads: The Late Mr WIGHT - We regret to announce the death of Mr Peter WIGHT, farmer, which occurred at his residence, Denholm Hall on Monday night. It is sixteen years since he came to the village, and he was highly regarded by all in the district. He is survived by a widow, four sons and four daughters."
- Scotsman dth notice: WIGHT At Denholmhall suddenly on the 21st inst Peter S WIGHT farmer in his 77th yr. Funeral to Denholm Cem. on Fri at 1pm
Buried Denholm, Roxburshire, Scotland
Family
- Husband: Peter Sinton Wight
- Wife: Jessie Ellen Davidson
Married 14 Nov 1883 Sandystone, Ancrum, Roxburshire, Scotland
- Wit: John Fairbairn, Mary Unthank Davidson (assumed to be Jessie's sister) [2]
Children:
- Walter Wight
- Janet Wight
- Helen Sinton (Wight) Dunlop
- Alice (Wight) Stein (1890-1962)
- Jean (Wight) Nichol
- George Davidson Wight (1895-1978)
- William Wight
- Mary (Wight) Kelly
- Peter Sinton Wight
- Thomas Davidson Wight
Census
1891 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- Peter S WIGHT, 40 b Maxton, farmer, wife Jessie E, 28 b Hutton, BEW. Children all b Maxton: Walter, 6 scholar; Janet 4; Helen S 2; Alice 9 mths. [3]
1901 Farmhouse, Maxton West End, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- WIGHT: Peter S 49 farmer b Maxton, ROX; wife Jessie E 38 b Hutton, BEW; Children: Walter 16 farmer's son; Janet 14 farmer's dtr; Helen 12, Alice 10, Jane 7, George 5, all scholars; Mary 1; All b Maxton; Also visitor Thomas MIDDLEMASS 23 wholesale stationer b Gorgie, Edin; (most likely Peter's nephew) [4]
Sources
- ↑ Source #S1: Dth 21 Mar 1927 Peter Sinton s/o Walter WIGHT & Helen SINTON, husb. of Jessie Ellen DAVIDSON, Denholm Hall, ROX, Inf. son Walter WIGHT; reg. Denholm
- ↑ Source #S1: Marr. 14 Nov 1883 Peter Sinton WIGHT & Jessie DAVIDSON
- ↑ 1891: Dist 798 Sched 26: Maxton hsehold of Peter S & Jessie E WIGHT
- ↑ Maxton, ROX Reg 798 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 40 hsehold Peter S & Jessie E WIGHT
- Source S1 ScotlandsPeople certificates 1855+
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Ron Wight and R Henderson, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Walter Wight and Helen Sinton, the great great grandparents of both Ron Wight and R Henderson. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3rc coudin, based on sharing 52 cM across 5 segments.
- WikiTree profile Wight-180 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter 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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~12.50%
Ron Wight :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #T176610
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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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~3.12%
Peter Sinton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T969594 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ralph Richardson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T521073 [compare]
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