Surname Saturday - WIGHT (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1095 who is  Mary WIGHT (1638-1693) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this WIGHT family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

136.  Moses Smith (1732-1806)
137.  Patience Hamant (1735-1780)

272.  Henry Smith (1680-1743)
273.  Ruth Barber (1696-????)

546.  Zechariah Barber (1656-1705)
547.  Abiel Ellis (1662-1716) 

1094.  Thomas Ellis, born before 13 December 1629 in Wrentham, Suffolk, England; died 12 December 1690 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 21 May 1657 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1095.  Mary Wight, born about 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 07 March 1693 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Thomas Ellis and Mary Wight are:

*  Judith Ellis (1658-????), married 1678 Benjamin Rockett (1651-1747).
*  Mary Ellis (1660-1717), married 1678 Jonathan Adams (1655-1718).
*  Abiel Ellis (1662-1716), married 1683 Zechariah Barber (1656-1705).
*  Samuel Ellis (1664-1712), married 1695 Deborah Lovell (1675-1740).
*  Thomas Ellis (1666-1670).
*  Patience Ellis (1669-1695), married 1691 Henry Adams (1663-1749).
*  Ruth Ellis (1670-????).
*  Thomas Ellis (1674-1692)
*  Joanna Ellis (1678-????), married 1698 Jonathan Rockett (1665-????).

2190.  Thomas Wight, born about 1607 in England; died 17 March 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1627 in England.
2191.  Alice LNU, born about 1608 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; died 15 July 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Wight and Alice are:
*  John Wight (1627-1653).
*  Thomas Wight (1629-1690), married 1661 Mehitable Cheney (1643-1693).
*  Anne Wight (1634-????), married 1655 Isaac Bullard (1630-1676).
*  Mary Wight (1638-1693), married 1657 Thomas Ellis (1629-1690).
*  Samuel Wight (1640-1716), married 1663 Hannah Albee (1640-1723).
*  Ephraim Wight (1646-1723), married Lydia Morse (1645-1722).
*  Henry Wight (1646-1680), married Jane Goodman.

Information about the Thomas Wight of Medfield family was obtained from:

*  William Ward Wight, A Record Of Thomas Wight Of Dedham And Medfield And Of His Descendants 1635-1890 (Milwaukee, Wis. : Swain & Tate?Printers, 1890).

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