Thomas Wight

- 1690

• Name	Thomas Wight
  Birth	Isle of Wight, England
  Residence	1658	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  He was accepted as a townsman.
  Married	say 1662  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Mehitabel Cheney, the daughter of William and Margaret (Cule) Cheney. She was born on 1 June 1643 and was christened on 4 June 1643 both in Roxbury, Massachusetts. [this marriage] Mehitabel was mentioned in the will of her father, William Cheney. She died in 1693/94 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mehitabel Wight (1663-____) 2. Thomas Wight (1665-____) 3. Marie Wight (1667-1705) 4. Eleazer Wight (1669-1747) 5. Joshua Wight (1681-1762)
  History	1676	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 4]
  His home was burnt by the Indians in 1676.
  Death	1690	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  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	I21060
  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 1Thomas Wight( – 1690) 2Thomas Wight( – 1674) 3Alice( – 1665)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - - Isle of Wight, England Residence - 1658 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1676 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 1690 - Medfield, 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

  [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S467] Pope, Charles H. The Cheney Genealogy, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897). [S1061] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Hastings-Cheney, (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/hastings.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998).