James Wight (1796 - 1825)

Born 23 Aug 1796 in Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Aitken) Middlemas — married 30 Jun 1820 in Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1825 at age 29 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

James was born 1796^[1] to William Wight and Elizabeth / Betsy Richardson. He passed away in 1825. He was presumed, from accumulating DNA matches, to be the James Wight who married Lydia Aitken, and with the now found death record (thank you Harry) providing a firm age for him, this ID seems certain.

Born 23 Aug 1796 ^[2]

Baptized 11 Sep 1796 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Entry reads: William Wight carrier in Maxton, and his wife Elisabeth Richardson had a child born 23rd Aug and baptized Sep 11th 1796 called James ^[3]

Died 21 Nov 1825 Tynecastle Toll, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland

entry shows James Weight as 29, resid. Tyne Castle Toll, cod inflamn, this address being that given by Lidia when they married in 1820 ^[4]

Family

Married 30 Jun 1820 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland

entry in the Register of Proclamations reads: James Wight Smith ?Sun hall? & Liddia Aitken, daughter of the late James Aitken, residing ?Tynecastle? Toll, that they are unmarried persons and not within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity, and have resided in this Parish for the space of six weeks previous to the above date (30 Jun 1820) is certified by William Moffat Elder as per certificate ^[5]

Husband: James Wight

Wife: Lydia Aitken

Children:

Elizabeth Aitken Wight - marr. Robert Paterson

James Wight - marr. Beatrice Douglas

Links

James on Lorna's web pages

DNA

It is looking increasingly possible that James, smith, marrying Lydia Aitken really might be the James born to William Wight and Elizabeth Richardson in 1796 at Maxton

This is currently based on a set of DNA matches between three descendants (2nd cousins to each other) of Walter Wight and Helen Sinton, a descendant of Walter's sister Isabella, and two descendants (uncle/nephew) of James and Lydia's son James. Unfortunately none yet triangulated, so just an accumulation of shared matches presumed to be accounted for by this connection.

DNA yet to be more fully explored (not all tested descendants are on the same sites for comparison, please consider using the free uploads to any / all of MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, GEDmatch and GeneaNet for cross company comparisons)

It would be good to confirm this working assumption with a yDNA test - I have one with your name on it if you are a direct male line descendant, pretty pleasee :) Henderson-2297 20:52, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Source #S1: BIrth 23 Aug Bap. 11 Sep 1796 Maxton, Roxburghshire
2. ↑ Source #S1: BIrth 23 Aug Bap. 11 Sep 1796 Maxton, Roxburghshire
3. ↑ Source #S1: BIrth 23 Aug Bap. 11 Sep 1796 Maxton, Roxburghshire
4. ↑ Dth 21 Nov 1825 James WEIGHT, age 29, of inflamn, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN 685/2 490 208, copy rcvd from HDW
5. ↑ Source #S1: Marr. 30 Jun 1820 James WIGHT (smith, ?Lunhall?) & Liddia (Tynecastle Toll) d/o late James AITKEN, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, 685/02 0400 0167,

• Source S1 Maxton parish registers via ScotlandsPeople/FamilySearch film

• WikiTree profile Wight-187 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
• Source S1 ScotlandsPeople, Parish Registers

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 December 2017, 10:44), entry for James Wight(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:97S2-69T); contributed by various users.