Person:William Wightman (6)

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William Wightman
b.27 Apr 1770 Wickford, Washington, Rhode Island
d.17 Jun 1854 Groveland, Livingston, New York
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m. 1769
  1. William Wightman1770 - 1854
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  • H.  William Wightman1770 - 1854
  • W.  Ruth James1770 - 1846
m. 1 Aug 1790
  1. Barbara Ann Whitman1800 - 1875
  2. Randall Whitman1806 - 1847
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Name William Wightman
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Apr 1770 Wickford, Washington, Rhode Island
Marriage 1 Aug 1790 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusettsto Ruth James
Death? 17 Jun 1854 Groveland, Livingston, New York
Reference Number? 512+91464.4


BIOGRAPHY: George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632 - 1721/2) and Descendants Compiled by Mary Ross Whitman Chicago, Illinois 1939 Page 128 

  Born in the village of Wickford, a busy shipping port, and his father a sea-captain, William Whitman early felt the call of the sea and made at least on trip as cabin boy before he was fourteen. His mother, strongly opposed to his being a mariner, brought about the removal of the family about 1784 to So. Shaftsbury, Vt., where her family, the Olins, had recently gone.
  Following his marriage, William located to Norway Twp., Herkimer Co., N.Y. (census 1800) where the James family had settled, removing thither from Windsor, Berkshire Co., Mass. Successive removals took him to Lenox, Madison Co., Manlius, Onondaga Co., where he sold a farm of fifty acres in 1821; and then to Livingston Co., where their farm of one hundred acres overlooked the beautiful Genesco Valley.
  It was pioneer life; but their two-story log house was open to travelers; they entertained the itinerant preachers; and gave of their substances to wayfarers tarrying temporarily around Lake Conesus, a mile away. The were Free Will Baptists.
  The graves of both William and Ruth are in Lakeview Cemetery near Hunt's Corner's, in Groveland.
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