Dwight, John^{[1, 2]}

1600 - 1660  (60 years)

• Name	Dwight, John
  Born	1600	England
  Gender	Male
  Will	16 Jun 1658  [3]
  Died	24 Jan 1660	Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA   [4]
  Probate	5 Mar 1660/1661  [3]
  _UID	E4ACF448383EFA468C39778D7AFC64103506
  Person ID	I7452	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2005

  
  

  Family	Close, Hannah,   b. 1604,   d. 5 Jul 1656, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 52 years)  [1, 2]
  Married	Abt 1624
  _UID	F3FA43E93286F743B7E02C3AA361C2A7754C
  Children	+ 1. Dwight, Hannah,   b. 1625, England ,   d. 4 Nov 1714, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 89 years)   2. Dwight, Timothy,   b. 1629, England ,   d. 31 Jan 1717/1718, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 89 years)   3. Dwight, John Or Richard,   b. 1632, England ,   d. 24 Mar 1637/1638, MA, USA  (Age 6 years)   4. Dwight, Mary,   b. 25 Jul 1635, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 3 Feb 1685/1686  (Age 50 years)   5. Dwight, Sarah,   b. 17 Jun 1637, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 24 Jan 1664/1665  (Age 27 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Dwight emigrated from Dedham, England, to New England around late 1634 or early 1635, as followers of John Rogers, the celebrated preacher. He settled in Watertown for a short time. John Dwight was one of the original proprietors of Dedham, and he was present at their first town meeting on 1 Sep 1635. As a proprietor, he was included among the signers of the Dedham Covenant. He was a freeman on March 13 1639. He brought with him his wife Hannah, whose family name is unknown, two sons and a daughter Hannah. He was a wealthy farmer in Dedham and known as an effective peace maker. He was elected selectman for 16 years (1639-1655). John was a founder of the Church of Christ, when it had its first meeting in Dedham in 1638. He was also one of five trustees of the first free school in America supported by a town tax, in 1644. John Dwight was second in line on the tax assessment roles. Savage, vol. 2 John of Watertown, removed with the first settlers to Dedham about 1635, he was a Freeman 13 Mar 1639, had brought wife, Hanna (who died 5 Sep 1656) and some children from England, as his eldest son, perhaps named John, was lost in the woods between Dedham and Boston 24 Mar 1633, aged 7 years; Hannah and Timothy. He had Mary, b. 25 July 1633, called the first female child of Dedham; and Sarah, 17 June 1638; and died 24 Jan 1661. In his will of 16 June 1758, probayted 5 Mar 1661, he names wife Eliz. (m. 20 Jan 1658, who was a widow of William Ripley, and had been widow of Thomas Thaxter, and died July 1660, shortly before the testator; only son Timothy; daughters, Hannah, wife of Nathaniel Whiting, m. 4 Nov. 1643, Mary, third wife of Henry Philips; and Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Reynolds, m. 7 Jan 1658. From: Gravestone inscriptions: Springfield,Mass., Ancestors and descendants of early settlers of the Connecticut River Valley in Conn, Mass, Vt., and NH page 130: " John Dwyt or Dwite supposed to be the root of all of that name in America, came to this country in 1636, He was a son of a wool comber. He settled in Dedham [Mass]. His eldest son Richard, was lost in the wilderness, when about 7 years old. Timothy his only remaining son, married Reua Flint, by whom he had ten children. Henry the fourth surviving son of Timothy, married and settled in Hatfield, died 1732. Henry's son Edmund, moved to Halifax, and died 1755. Josiah was the father of Thomas Dwight, and Edmund was the father of Jonathan Dwight of this town"

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] GEDCOM File : GED Joanna Draper Anc.ged, 21 Feb 2003. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative. [S170] Bacon and Allied Familes, J. Dean Bacon, (Murray & Gee, Inc. Culver City, California, 1958). [S165] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md.), Vol. 2, P. 48-49.