John Wightman

1599 - 1669  (70 years)

• Name	John Wightman
  Birth	1599  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1669	Rhode Island, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I21035	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Edward Wightman,   b. Between 1545 and 1576   d. 11 Apr 1612, Litchfield, England (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Darbye,   b. Between 1554 and 1579   d. Between 1602 and 1667 (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 Sep 1593	Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F2713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Marriage	Between 1618 and 1648  [1]
  Children	1. Valentine Whitman,   b. Between 1614 and 1639   d. 26 Jan 1701, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #5006, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1997] John Wightman, the immigrant, with four of his five sons, his wife having died in England, reached Newport in Rhode Island in 1654. They made their way to Richard Smith's trading post at Wickford in the Narrangansett country, where Valentine Wightman, eldest son of John, had been employed for six years as an interpreter to the Indians. He was also a member of the general assembly. All of the Wightmans apparently arrived in the New World with considerable wealth, so it would seem that it was not for material gain that they came to Rhode Island. The time of their immigration was during the Crimwell Protectorate, and perhaps the disturbed condition of political and religious affairs in England had something to do with leaving England.

  
  

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