Philip Wightman (1737 - 1788)

Born 13 Jun 1737 in Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Marcy (Gorton) Holden — married 27 May 1762 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1788 at age 51 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Revolutionary War Patriot

Philip Wightman is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A211906.

Philip Wightman was born 13 June 1737, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.^[1] His parents were John Wightman and Phebe Havens.

Philip Wightman was a farmer in Warwick, living on part of the ancestral Wightman homestead in Coweset. He received his first land by "deed of love" from his father, and in 1770 under the latter's will ^[2] inherited the western part of the homestead located on the present Hardig Road. He died intestate, aged fifty-one. The final inventory of personal property was returned 14 September 1789 (Warw. Prob., iv, 208-9). His wife, Mary Gorton, was daughter of Judge Othniel Gorton, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from 1788 to 1790. ^[3]

Marriage:

Philip married Marcy Gorton on 27 May 1762 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA. ^[4]

Military:

Philip served in the Revolutionary War. ^{[5] [6]} He is listed in the 1777 Rhode Island Military Census:

• Service: RI Military Census - Phillip Wightman - Age 16-50 - Able to bear arms. ^[7]

Philip is on the roster for 33 days of service between Dec 1776 and Jan 1777, in Capt. Squire Millard. Col. John Waterman Militia.

Private Philip Wightman served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.

^[8]

Philip also served in the town government.

• 1 Jun 1776, he was chosen Grand Juryman

Warwick Rhode Island Town Meeting Records, Vol 2, Page 517

• In 1777, he was voted to the Committee to raise men for the war ^[9]

Warwick Rhode Island Town Meeting Records, Vol 2, Page 491

• In Jun 1782 he was voted in as a Surveyor of the Highway. ^[10]

Warwick Town Meeting Records, Vol 3, Page 141

Family:

Name: Philip Wightman, born 13 June 1737. ^[11]

Birth Date: 13 Jun 1737

Birth Place: Warwick, Kent, RI

Marriage Date: 27 May 1762

Death Date: 9 Dec 1788

Death Place: Warwick, Kent, RI

Father: John Wightman

Mother: Phebe Havens

Spouse: Mary Gorton, her second spouse was Thomas Henderson Holden

Children:

1. Othniel Gorton Wightman
2. Hannah Wightman
3. Mary Wightman
4. daughter Wightman
5. son Wightman
6. Theodosia Wightman
7. Elizabeth Wightman

Probate:

Philip Wightman died 09 Dec 1788, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA.

Philip Wightman did not have a will. The probate record lists his inventory. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-DFS : 17 December 2019), Philip Whitman, 1737.
2. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 39-42. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062438486?urlappend=%3Bseq=55
3. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 68. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062438486?urlappend=%3Bseq=84
4. ↑ Arnold, J. N. (James Newell). (1891). Vital record of Rhode Island: 1636-1850 : first series : births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people. v. 1- Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. Vol 1 Pg 133 - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112037798458?urlappend=%3Bseq=179
5. ↑ DAR Patriot Index. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 26, 2020), "Record of Philip Wightman", Ancestor # A211906.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online) Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com - Vol 17, Page 314, American Revolution Ancestry Record 7726 #8289
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Chamberlain, Mildred M. The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Image
8. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6T-B4DL : 15 March 2018), Philip Wightman, 07 Jan 1777; citing 07 Jan 1777, Rhode Island, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,367.
9. ↑ Rhode Island Town Meeting Records, Warwick, Vol 2, Years 1713-1779, Page 491
10. ↑ Rhode Island Town Meeting Records, Warwick, Vol 3, Years 1779-1794, Page 141
11. ↑ Whitman, M. Ross. (1939). "George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman". Chicago, Ill. ; [Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, Inc.]. Page 68. HathiTrust Digital Library: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062438486?urlappend=%3Bseq=84
12. ↑ Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com; Wills, 1703-1917 [Warwick, Rhode Island]; Author: Warwick (Rhode Island). Probate Court; Probate Place: Kent, Rhode Island, Vol 4, Page 208 Image

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