Born in Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nahum Wight
and Mary Ann (Straw) Wight
Sister of
Nahum O'Neil Wight, Lydia Mason (Wight) Clarke, Albert Robinson Wight and Sewall Greeley Wight
Wife of
John Sullivan Tufts
— married
22 Sep 1861 in Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Agnes (Tufts) Knapp
Died
at age 45
in Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
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Biography
Agnes Straw (Wight) Tufts was born on August 12, 1840, in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Nahum Wight and Mary Ann Straw.
On September 22, 1861, she married John Sullivan Tufts.[1][2] Their children were:[1][3]
- Nahum Wight, b. 6 Aug 1862; d. 4 Nov 1888
- Mary Agnes or Ann, b. 12 May 1864; m. Theodore B. Knapp
- Alice Mason, b. 17/18 Apr 1869; m. William M. Peppard
She died on June 17, 1886, in Plymouth, New Hampshire.[4][1] She is buried in Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in Holderness, New Hampshire.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stearns: Page 683
- ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDLY-RQ9 : 24 January 2020), Agnes S. Wight in entry for John S. Tufts, 1861.
- ↑ Wight: Page 279
- ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLG-721 : Sun Oct 15 07:10:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Agnes S Tufts and Nahum Wight, 17 Jun 1886.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43801051/agnes-straw-tufts: accessed 05 January 2024), memorial page for Agnes Straw Wight Tufts (12 Aug 1840–17 Jun 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43801051, citing Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, Holderness, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by AenneLa (contributor 48548982).
- Wight, William Ward. The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield (Swain & Tate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1890) Page 201, Page 279
- Stearns, Ezra Scollay. History of Plymouth, New Hampshire (University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1906) Vol. 2, Page 683
- Notice of funeral: Bristol Weekly Enterprise (Bristol, N.H.), 24 Jun 1886, Page 2
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Patrick McCann
Wight-1141 and Wight-236 appear to represent the same person because: Name and birth year are approximately correct, clear duplicate
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