Rev
Edward
Wight
Born about in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Wight DD
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Catherine (Wight) Spring
Husband of
Mary (Bowen) Wight
— married
1773 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 67
in Newtown, County Limerick, Ireland
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Biography
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Edward was born about 1750. He was the son of Edward Wight.
He was educated by Dr Benson and entered Trinity College Dublin on 1 November 1767. B.A. 1771, M.A. 1781. [1]
Rector of Rathronan
Edward married his cousin Mary Bowen, daughter of the Rev. William John Bowen, of Bowen's Court, in 1773. [2]
Children
- Edward b. 1776, died unmarried
- Catherine, died unmarried.
He died in 1817. [3]
Sources
- ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
- ↑ https://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246533_00346.pdf
- ↑ https://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246590_00240.pdf
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