Born about in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Wight
and Isabella (Hall) Wight
Wife of
Nichol Mowat
— married
about 1825 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Barbara (Mowat) Eckford
Died
at about age 55
in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Margaret Wight
Died 2 Mar 1858 Earlston, BEW, SCT
- cert. shows Margaret Mowat as married, 58, d/o James Wight, joiner, dec'd and Isabella m.s. Hall (not shown as dec'd!), cod chronic hepatitis from Jan 1855, bur. Earlston, cert by James .. undertaker, inf husband Nichol Mowat, reg. Earlston Mar 2nd [1]
Buried 02 MAR 1858 Earlston, BEW, SCT
Census
1841 Earlston, BEW, SCT
- MAAT (as indexed): Nicol 40 ; Margaret 35 b SCT; Isabella 8; Barbary 3 both b BEW; also William REA 10 b BEW [2]
1851 Earlston, BEW, SCT
- MOWAT: Nicol 52 mason & grocer b Redpath, BEW; wife Margaret 48 b Jedburgh, ROX; Dtr Barbara scholar b Earlstown, BEW [3]
Sources
- ↑ Source #S56: Dth 2 Mar 1858 Margaret MOWAT nee WIGHT, reg. Earlston, BEW, Dist 736 Pg 3 #7
- ↑ Source #S201: Earlston, BEW Par 736 ED 1, hsehold of Nicol & Margaret MAAT (as indexed)
- ↑ Source #S203: Earlston, BEW Par 736 ED 1 Pg 8 Sched 27, hsehold of Nicol & Margaret MOWAT
- Source S56: Scotland BDM cert.s 1855+ from ScotlandsPeople
- Source S201: 1841 Census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com
- Source S203: 1851 Census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com
- WikiTree profile Wight-207 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 Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~3.12%
Peter Sinton
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T969594 [compare]
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~1.56%
William Henderson :
23andMe, GEDmatch JU914728C1 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JU914728C1 [compare]
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~1.56%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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~1.56%
R Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T439654 [compare]
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~1.56%
W Henderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T310402 [compare]
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~1.56%
Ron Wight :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #T176610
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