Thomas Wight

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1658, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was accepted as a townsman.
• Married: say 1662; 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; His home was burnt by the Indians in 1676.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: say 1635; He came to this land it is said from the Isle of Wight with his wife, Alice, and three sons.
• Residence: 1636, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Freeman: 1640, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 6 Sep 1640, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Thomas and Alice were admitted as members of the Dedham Church on 6 (7) 1640.
• Moved To: 1652; He was one of the original thirteen settlers of Medfield to which he removed his family in 1652.
• Will: 7 Feb 1672/73
• Probate/Proved: 2 Apr 1674; The record is dated 2 (2) 1674.

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Thomas married Alice. Alice was born in Isle of Wight, England; died on 15 Jul 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 6 Sep 1640, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Thomas and Alice were admitted as members of the Dedham Church on 6 (7) 1640.