Henry Wight

- 1681

• Name	Henry Wight
  Birth	Isle of Wight, England
  Freeman	1647	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	say 1651  [1, 2, 3]
  Jane Goodenow, the daughter of John and Jane Goodenow. She was born in England. She and her parents, emigrated in 1638 from Semley, Wiltshire, England, on board the Confidence out of Southampton. [This marriage] On 2 March 1654 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Jane Goodenow was mentioned in the will of John Goodenow, her father. She died 16 May 1684 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Wight (1652-____) 2. Joseph Wight (1654-____) 3. Daniel Wight (1656-____) 4. Benjamin Wight (1659-1739) 5. Jonathan Wight (1662-____)
  History	1652
  He remained in Dedham, when his father removed to Medfield.
  Offices Held	1658	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  1658 - Constable Later - Selectman for 10 years
  Death	27 Feb 1681	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 1 sister
  1. Henry Wight,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 27 Feb 1681, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. John Wight,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 28 Dec 1653, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Thomas Wight,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 1690, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 4. Mary Wight   d. 7 Mar 1693, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Thomas Ellis,  m. 21 May 1659   5. Samuel Wight,   b. 5 Feb 1639/40, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Dec 1716, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)   6. Ephraim Wight,   b. 27 Jan 1645/46, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Feb 1723, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Wight,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 17 Mar 1674, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Father)  Alice,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 15 Jul 1665, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I21058
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wight,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 17 Mar 1674, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Alice,   b. Isle of Wight, England d. 15 Jul 1665, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F1052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Henry Wight( – 1681) 2Thomas Wight( – 1674) 3Alice( – 1665)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - - Isle of Wight, England Freeman - 1647 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1658 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 27 Feb 1681 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S262] Richardson, Douglas. "English Origins of the Goodenow Family" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LII, 1976). [S263] Richardson, Douglas. "The Goodenow-Haynes Connection" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LXI, 1985). [S264] Trask, William B. "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills on the Records and Files at East Cambridge, Mass., in the County of Middlesex" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XIX, 1865).