Puffer Genealogy

WIGHT, Thomas Potwin

Male 1820 - 1842  (22 years)


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  • Name WIGHT, Thomas Potwin 
    Birth 16 Jan 1820  Skaneateles, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
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    Death 22 Oct 1842  Troy, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I52386  Puffers
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 

    Father WIGHT, Ephraim,   b. 24 Feb 1792, South Brimfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1823, Wolcott, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Mother POTWINE, Lydia,   b. 9 Nov 1792, East Windsor, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1826, Wolcott, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1818 
    Family ID F5161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was removed in his early childhood by his step-father from his home in Wolcott, N. Y. to Phelps in the same state, where he lived until the fall of 1831. He then went to reside with his uncle Daniel, in Troy, N. Y. In May, 1842, he started a dry goods business in Troy in partnership with Joseph J. Alden, but died October 22, 1842. He was unmarried.

  • Sources 
    1. [S426] The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of his descendants.

    2. [S426] The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of his descendants, page 223.