Rossman - Cheney - Captain Valentine Whitman

Person Chart

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Mary Whitman		Mary Whitman
Mary Whitman		Mary Whitman

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	26 JAN 1701
Birth	26 JAN 1701

Kinship Report

Name	Type	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Place of Death	Date of Death
Partner
Mary Whitman	Partner or wife
Children
Mary Whitman	Daughter	Providence, Providence, RI	16 NOV 1652		27 APR 1720
Grandchildren
John Inman Jr.	Grandson	Providence, Providence, RI	7 JUL 1684	Glocester, Providence, RI	3 AUG 1741
Great grandchildren
Susanna Inman	Great granddaughter	Smithfield, Providence, RI	29 MAY 1722	Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA	21 JUL 1809
Second grandchildren
Richard Inman	Second grandson	CT	17 AUG 1751	Hanover, York, PA	5 JUL 1831
Third grandchildren
John B. Inman	Third grandson	Hanover, York, PA	28 JAN 1801	Napavine, Lewis, WA	27 SEP 1890
Fourth grandchildren
Ida Louise Inman	Fourth granddaughter	Janesville, WI	20 FEB 1857	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	27 SEP 1938
Fifth grandchildren
Mabel Ranney	Fifth granddaughter	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	28 JAN 1875	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	30 MAR 1934
Nettie Ranney	Fifth granddaughter	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	11 JAN 1877	PAOLA CEMETERY in Paola, Miami, KS	5 JUN 1955
Ralph Ranney	Fifth grandson	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	3 AUG 1878	Pueblo, Pueblo, CO	4 APR 1952
Clarence Ranney	Fifth grandson	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	12 APR 1881	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	3 MAY 1964
Addie Ranney	Fifth granddaughter		24 JUN 1883		17 AUG 1975
Anna Ranney	Fifth granddaughter		24 JUN 1883	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	25 APR 1943
Bessie Ranney	Fifth granddaughter		17 MAR 1888
Ethel Mae Ranney	Fifth granddaughter		6 JAN 1894		4 FEB 1974
6th grandchildren
Karl W. Rossman	6th grandson		24 NOV 1901
Mildred E. Rossman	6th granddaughter		27 MAR 1905
William James Rossman	6th grandson		9 JUL 1906
Ralph Ranney Rossman	6th grandson	Paola, Miami, KS	29 AUG 1908		21 MAR 1980
E. Maxine Rossman	6th granddaughter		22 OCT 1910		25 APR 1997
Maurine R. Rossman	6th granddaughter		15 NOV 1912		2 APR 1957
7th grandchildren
William Meier Rossman	7th grandson		25 JAN 1936		17 August 2018, 5:03 PM
8th grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Jr.	8th grandson	Lansing, Michigan	1958
Michael Christian Rossman	8th grandson		29 JUN 1959	Ashes spread at the Applachain Trail Overlook Route 501	28 MAY 1998
Todd Ryan Rossman	8th grandson		3 JAN 1963
9th grandchildren
Nicole Rossman	9th granddaughter		9 JAN 1986
Michael Christian Rossman	9th grandson		21 JAN 1990
Didzis Rossman	9th grandson		29 SEP 1998
William Meier Rossman III	9th grandson		6 SEP 2000
Namejs Rossman	9th grandson		10 SEP 2000
10th grandchildren
Yariah	10th granddaughter
Sons- & Daughters-In-Law
John B. Inman Sr.	Daughter-in-law	Braintree, Norfolk, MA	18 JUL 1648	Providence, Providence, RI	6 AUG 1712
Grandchildren-in-law
Susanna Ballou	Granddaughter-in-law	Providence, Providence, RI	3 JAN 1695
Great grandchildren-in-law
Elijah Inman	Great grandson-in-law	Providence, Providence, RI	AUG 1715	Hanover Twsp., Luzerne, PA	17 FEB 1804
Second grandchildren-in-law
Hannah Spencer	Second granddaughter-in-law		JUN 1763	Hanover Twsp., Luzerne, PA	23 FEB 1835
Third grandchildren-in-law
Hannah Scidmore	Third granddaughter-in-law	NY	12 NOV 1828	Napavine, Lewis, WA	1 FEB 1890
Fourth grandchildren-in-law
James Knox Polk Ranney	Fourth grandson-in-law	Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, WI	17 JUL 1848	Osawatomie, Miami, KS	4 AUG 1922
Fifth grandchildren-in-law
Charles Ernest Rossman	Fifth grandson-in-law	Tiffin, OH	ABT 4 FEB 1869	Paola, KS	5 JUN 1957
6th grandchildren-in-law
Arthur Ray	6th grandson-in-law
Frieda Louise Meier	6th granddaughter-in-law		9 NOV 1907	Pine Grove, PA	5 MAR 1995
Ersa Katherine Wilcox	6th granddaughter-in-law		30 JAN 1909		14 SEP 1998
Elmer H. Lucas	6th grandson-in-law	Olathe, Johnson, KS	1909	MO	28 DEC 1977
7th grandchildren-in-law
Nancy Jean Cheney	7th granddaughter-in-law	Niles, Michigan, US	26/03/1937	503 Lake Henry Dr., Winter Haven, FL 33881, US	27/02/2016
8th grandchildren-in-law
Patricia Kennedy	8th granddaughter-in-law		16 OCT 1960
Cymbaline Ann Sebesky	8th granddaughter-in-law		9 JUL 1963	325 Dell Dr., Perkasie, US	July 23, 2011
Gita Gemuts	8th granddaughter-in-law		12 NOV 1967

Notes


CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE WHITEMAN OR WIGHTMAN FAMILY. Furnished by James Pierce Root, of Providence, R. I. p. 267 - 275 Edward Wightman, of Burton-upon-Trent, who had the distinction of being the last martyr by fire condemned for heresy on English soil, was convicted Dec. 14, 1611, before the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, and, being delivered to the secular power, wasburned at Litchfield, April 11th, 1612. He was the last who suffered death in this way, though others have since died from the severity of persecutions in prisons, etc. * (*See Iviney's History of the English Baptists, p. 123; and Sprague's Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit.) Benj. Brook, in his 'Lives of the Puritans', (vol. i., p. 66), gives an account of the charges brought against him - eleven distinct heresies, among which are 'those of the Evionites, Cerinthians, Arians, and Anabaptists, and other heretical and unheard-of opinions.' 'If', says Crosby, 'Wightman really held all the opinions laid to his charge, he must have been either an idiot or a madman, and ought to have had the prayers of his persecutors rather than have been put to a cruel death.' Another besides Wightman had suffered death by fire in the previous month, and both met their fate with heroic endurance and constancy. Neal, in his 'History of the Puritans', says that 'there was another condemned to the fire for the same heresies [as Wightman], but the constancy of the above-mentioned sufferers moving pity in the spectators, it was thought better to suffer him to linger in Newgate than to awaken too far the compassion of the people. It seems to be a well authenticated tradition in various branches of the Wightman family of Rhode Island that the first settlers of this name in the State were descended from this Edward Wightman. Rev. David Benedict, who gives, in his 'History of the Baptists', several sketches of the variousministers of this name sprung from the Rhode Island stock, mentions this family tradition. It is also spoken of in a 'History of the Baptists in R. I.', (published in R. I. Hist. Collections, vol. vi., p. 338), this narrative being prepared in the last century. George and Valentine Wightman might have been grandsons or great-grandsons of this Edward Wightman. First Generation - Earliest settlers in Rhode Island. 1. A DANIEL WIGHTMAN is believed to have settled in Newport, and it is thought that he was one of the twenty-one persons who broke off from the First Baptist Church in that place, and established the Second in 1656. There is no record of his descendants. He is believed to have been a brother to George Wightman of Kings Towne and Valentine Whitman of Providence, the same names being variously spelled by different town clerks - Weightman, Wightman, Whiteman, and Whitman. Morgan Edwards gives the names of the supposed seceders of 1656 to the number of twenty-one, but there were in reality only a few persons who went off, and the names he gives were those of the parties to a deed received from John Clark, Jan. 23, 1707, which Edwards copied in their exact order, evidently by mistake. These names were of the church members of a date about fifty years after the secession took place, and include that of Daniel Wightman then pastor of the church. There is no evidence of any other Daniel of an earlier period. 2. VALENTINE WIGHTMAN (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) settled first in Warwick, where he was made a freeman, 18th May, 1658, but afterwards removed to Providence and represented that town in the General Court in 1675. His wife was Mary -----, her maiden name not being known. He died January 26th, 1701. She died May 31st, 1718. His will of Jany. 13, 1700, mentions all his children. 3. GEORGE WIGHTMAN, (generally spelled Weightman in early Kings Towne records), the other brother, was born in 1632. He came from England and settled in Narragansett, (now North Kingstown), R. I. He was made freeman of that town, May 6, 1673, but had been in the country at least ten years before. He was for several years a member of the town council of Kings Towne. He was also a valuable member of the Baptist Church, and probably a Deacon, as in his will he left 'twenty shillings to buy wine for thecongregation to celebrate [the Lord's] Supper.' The name of his wife does not appear in his Bible record or in his will, which last was made near the time of his death, the last of January, 1722. From a record in the old family Bible which he bequeathed to his grandson George (son of Daniel, of Newport), it appears that he was 83 years old in 1715, and was therefore born in 1632, fourth month (June). This Bible is still in existence, though in a dilapidated condition. Children of Valentine and Mary Whitman: 4. i. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1652; m. John Inman. 5. ii. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1655. She was unmarried, being spoken of in her father's will as 'weakly of body.' She died Nov. 19, 1727, in her will giving her whole property to her sister Hannah Whitman and Esther Steere. 6. iii. Susannah, b. Feb. 28, 1657-8; m. James Ballou, son of Maturin and Hannah (Pike) Ballou. 7. iv. Deborah, b. ---- ; m. Joseph Smith 8. v. Alice. 9. vi. Hannah, unmarried. 10. vii. Esther, m. John Steere, son of John and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere. 11. viii. Grace. 12. ix. Valentine (Capt.), b. Aug. 25, 1668; m. Dec. 12, 1694, Sarah Bartlett. Children of George Wightman, Senior, (from the town record, family Bible and his will): 13. i. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 16-- (probably 1664); m. Alexander Huling. 14. ii. Aylle (or Alice), b. Dec. 9, 16-- (about 1666); m. ------- Wright. 15. iii. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1668. Pastor of Second Baptist Church, Newport. 16. iv. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1671; m. (prob.) (1) Apr., 1697, Wm. Collins, (2) ----- Peterson. 17. v. George., b. Jan. 8, 1673; m. Elizabeth ------ , and removed to Warwick. 18. vi. John, b. Apr. 16, 1674; m. May 23, 1705, Jane Bently (perhaps second wife). 19. vii. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 167-- ; prob. m. Sarah Briggs. 20. viii. Valentine (Rev.), b. Apr. 16, 1681; m. Feb. 1703, Susannah Holmes.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE WHITEMAN OR WIGHTMAN FAMILY. Furnished by James Pierce Root, of Providence, R. I. p. 267 - 275 Edward Wightman, of Burton-upon-Trent, who had the distinction of being the last martyr by fire condemned for heresy on English soil, was convicted Dec. 14, 1611, before the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, and, being delivered to the secular power, was burned at Litchfield, April 11th, 1612. He was the last who suffered death in this way, though others have since died from the severity of persecutions in prisons, etc. * (*See Iviney's History of the English Baptists, p. 123; and Sprague's Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit.) Benj. Brook, in his 'Lives of the Puritans', (vol. i., p. 66), gives an account of the charges brought against him - eleven distinct heresies, among which are 'those of the Evionites, Cerinthians, Arians, and Anabaptists, and other heretical and unheard-of opinions.' 'If', says Crosby, 'Wightman really held all the opinions laid to his charge, he must have been either an idiot or a madman, and ought to have had the prayers of his persecutors rather than have been put to a cruel death.' Another besides Wightman had suffered death by fire in the previous month, and both met their fate with heroic endurance and constancy. Neal, in his 'History of the Puritans', says that 'there was another condemned to the fire for the same heresies [as Wightman], but the constancy of the above-mentioned sufferers moving pity in the spectators, it was thought better to suffer him to linger in Newgate than to awaken too far the compassion of the people. It seems to be a well authenticated tradition in various branches of the Wightman family of Rhode Island that the first settlers of this name in the State were descended from this Edward Wightman. Rev. David Benedict, who gives, in his 'History of the Baptists', several sketches of the various ministers of this name sprung from the Rhode Island stock, mentions this family tradition. It is also spoken of in a 'History of the Baptists in R. I.', (published in R. I. Hist. Collections, vol. vi., p. 338), this narrative being prepared in the last century. George and Valentine Wightman might have been grandsons or great-grandsons of this Edward Wightman. First Generation - Earliest settlers in Rhode Island. 1. A DANIEL WIGHTMAN is believed to have settled in Newport, and it is thought that he was one of the twenty-one persons who broke off from the First Baptist Church in that place, and established the Second in 1656. There is no record of his descendants. He is believed to have been a brother to George Wightman of Kings Towne and Valentine Whitman of Providence, the same names being variously spelled by different town clerks - Weightman, Wightman, Whiteman, and Whitman. Morgan Edwards gives the names of the supposed seceders of 1656 to the number of twenty-one, but there were in reality only a few persons who went off, and the names he gives were those of the parties to a deed received from John Clark, Jan. 23, 1707, which Edwards copied in their exact order, evidently by mistake. These names were of the church members of a date about fifty years after the secession took place, and include that of Daniel Wightman then pastor of the church. There is no evidence of any other Daniel of an earlier period. 2. VALENTINE WIGHTMAN (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) settled first in Warwick, where he was made a freeman, 18th May, 1658, but afterwards removed to Providence and represented that town in the General Court in 1675. His wife was Mary -----, her maiden name not being known. He died January 26th, 1701. She died May 31st, 1718. His will of Jany. 13, 1700, mentions all his children. 3. GEORGE WIGHTMAN, (generally spelled Weightman in early Kings Towne records), the other brother, was born in 1632. He came from England and settled in Narragansett, (now North Kingstown), R. I. He was made freeman of that town, May 6, 1673, but had been in the country at least ten years before. He was for several years a member of the town council of Kings Towne. He was also a valuable member of the Baptist Church, and probably a Deacon, as in his will he left 'twenty shillings to buy wine for the congregation to celebrate [the Lord's] Supper.' The name of his wife does not appear in his Bible record or in his will, which last was made near the time of his death, the last of January, 1722. From a record in the old family Bible which he bequeathed to his grandson George (son of Daniel, of Newport), it appears that he was 83 years old in 1715, and was therefore born in 1632, fourth month (June). This Bible is still in existence, though in a dilapidated condition. Children of Valentine and Mary Whitman: 4. i. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1652; m. John Inman. 5. ii. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1655. She was unmarried, being spoken of in her father's will as 'weakly of body.' She died Nov. 19, 1727, in her will giving her whole property to her sister Hannah Whitman and Esther Steere. 6. iii. Susannah, b. Feb. 28, 1657-8; m. James Ballou, son of Maturin and Hannah (Pike) Ballou. 7. iv. Deborah, b. ---- ; m. Joseph Smith 8. v. Alice. 9. vi. Hannah, unmarried. 10. vii. Esther, m. John Steere, son of John and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere. 11. viii. Grace. 12. ix. Valentine (Capt.), b. Aug. 25, 1668; m. Dec. 12, 1694, Sarah Bartlett. Children of George Wightman, Senior, (from the town record, family Bible and his will): 13. i. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 16-- (probably 1664); m. Alexander Huling. 14. ii. Aylle (or Alice), b. Dec. 9, 16-- (about 1666); m. ------- Wright. 15. iii. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1668. Pastor of Second Baptist Church, Newport. 16. iv. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1671; m. (prob.) (1) Apr., 1697, Wm. Collins, (2) ----- Peterson. 17. v. George., b. Jan. 8, 1673; m. Elizabeth ------ , and removed to Warwick. 18. vi. John, b. Apr. 16, 1674; m. May 23, 1705, Jane Bently (perhaps second wife). 19. vii. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 167-- ; prob. m. Sarah Briggs. 20. viii. Valentine (Rev.), b. Apr. 16, 1681; m. Feb. 1703, Susannah Holmes.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE WHITEMAN OR WIGHTMAN FAMILY.
Furnished by James Pierce Root, of Providence, R. I.
p. 267 - 275
Edward Wightman, of Burton-upon-Trent, who had the distinction of being the last martyr by fire condemned for heresy on English soil, was convicted Dec. 14, 1611, before the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, and, being delivered to the secular power, wasburned at Litchfield, April 11th, 1612. He was the last who suffered death in this way, though others have since died from the severity of persecutions in prisons, etc. * (*See Iviney's History of the English Baptists, p. 123; and Sprague's Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit.) Benj. Brook, in his 'Lives of the Puritans', (vol. i., p. 66), gives an account of the charges brought against him - eleven distinct heresies, among which are 'those of the Evionites, Cerinthians, Arians, and Anabaptists, and other heretical and unheard-of opinions.' 'If', says Crosby, 'Wightman really held all the opinions laid to his charge, he must have been either an idiot or a madman, and ought to have had the prayers of his persecutors rather than have been put to a cruel death.' Another besides Wightman had suffered death by fire in the previous month, and both met their fate with heroic endurance and constancy. Neal, in his 'History of the Puritans', says that 'there was another condemned to the fire for the same heresies [as Wightman], but the constancy of the above-mentioned sufferers moving pity in the spectators, it was thought better to suffer him to linger in Newgate than to awaken too far the compassion of the people. It seems to be a well authenticated tradition in various branches of the Wightman family of Rhode Island that the first settlers of this name in the State were descended from this Edward Wightman. Rev. David Benedict, who gives, in his 'History of the Baptists', several sketches of the variousministers of this name sprung from the Rhode Island stock, mentions this family tradition. It is also spoken of in a 'History of the Baptists in R. I.', (published in R. I. Hist. Collections, vol. vi., p. 338), this narrative being prepared in the last century.
George and Valentine Wightman might have been grandsons or great-grandsons of this Edward Wightman.
First Generation - Earliest settlers in Rhode Island.
1. A DANIEL WIGHTMAN is believed to have settled in Newport, and it is thought that he was one of the twenty-one persons who broke off from the First Baptist Church in that place, and established the Second in 1656. There is no record of his descendants. He is believed to have been a brother to George Wightman of Kings Towne and Valentine Whitman of Providence, the same names being variously spelled by different town clerks - Weightman, Wightman, Whiteman, and Whitman.
Morgan Edwards gives the names of the supposed seceders of 1656 to the number of twenty-one, but there were in reality only a few persons who went off, and the names he gives were those of the parties to a deed received from John Clark, Jan. 23, 1707, which Edwards copied in their exact order, evidently by mistake. These names were of the church members of a date about fifty years after the secession took place, and include that of Daniel Wightman then pastor of the church. There is no evidence of any other Daniel of an earlier period.
2. VALENTINE WIGHTMAN (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) settled first in Warwick, where he was made a freeman, 18th May, 1658, but afterwards removed to Providence and represented that town in the General Court in 1675. His wife was Mary -----, her maiden name not being known. He died January 26th, 1701. She died May 31st, 1718. His will of Jany. 13, 1700, mentions all his children.
3. GEORGE WIGHTMAN, (generally spelled Weightman in early Kings Towne records), the other brother, was born in 1632. He came from England and settled in Narragansett, (now North Kingstown), R. I. He was made freeman of that town, May 6, 1673, but had been in the country at least ten years before. He was for several years a member of the town council of Kings Towne. He was also a valuable member of the Baptist Church, and probably a Deacon, as in his will he left 'twenty shillings to buy wine for thecongregation to celebrate [the Lord's] Supper.' The name of his wife does not appear in his Bible record or in his will, which last was made near the time of his death, the last of January, 1722. From a record in the old family Bible which he bequeathed to his grandson George (son of Daniel, of Newport), it appears that he was 83 years old in 1715, and was therefore born in 1632, fourth month (June). This Bible is still in existence, though in a dilapidated condition.
Children of Valentine and Mary Whitman:
4. i. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1652; m. John Inman.
5. ii. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1655. She was unmarried, being spoken of in her father's will as 'weakly of body.' She died Nov. 19, 1727, in her will giving her whole property to her sister Hannah Whitman and Esther Steere.
6. iii. Susannah, b. Feb. 28, 1657-8; m. James Ballou, son of Maturin and Hannah (Pike) Ballou.
7. iv. Deborah, b. ---- ; m. Joseph Smith
8. v. Alice.
9. vi. Hannah, unmarried.
10. vii. Esther, m. John Steere, son of John and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere.
11. viii. Grace.
12. ix. Valentine (Capt.), b. Aug. 25, 1668; m. Dec. 12, 1694, Sarah Bartlett.
Children of George Wightman, Senior, (from the town record, family Bible and his will):
13. i. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 16-- (probably 1664); m. Alexander Huling.
14. ii. Aylle (or Alice), b. Dec. 9, 16-- (about 1666); m. ------- Wright.
15. iii. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1668. Pastor of Second Baptist Church, Newport.
16. iv. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1671; m. (prob.) (1) Apr., 1697, Wm. Collins, (2) ----- Peterson.
17. v. George., b. Jan. 8, 1673; m. Elizabeth ------ , and removed to Warwick.
18. vi. John, b. Apr. 16, 1674; m. May 23, 1705, Jane Bently (perhaps second wife).
19. vii. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 167-- ; prob. m. Sarah Briggs.
20. viii. Valentine (Rev.), b. Apr. 16, 1681; m. Feb. 1703, Susannah Holmes.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE WHITEMAN OR WIGHTMAN FAMILY.
Furnished by James Pierce Root, of Providence, R. I.

p. 267 - 275

Edward Wightman, of Burton-upon-Trent, who had the distinction of being the last martyr by fire condemned for heresy on English soil, was convicted Dec. 14, 1611, before the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, and, being delivered to the secular power, was burned at Litchfield, April 11th, 1612. He was the last who suffered death in this way, though others have since died from the severity of persecutions in prisons, etc. * (*See Iviney's History of the English Baptists, p. 123; and Sprague's Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit.) Benj. Brook, in his 'Lives of the Puritans', (vol. i., p. 66), gives an account of the charges brought against him - eleven distinct heresies, among which are 'those of the Evionites, Cerinthians, Arians, and Anabaptists, and other heretical and unheard-of opinions.' 'If', says Crosby, 'Wightman really held all the opinions laid to his charge, he must have been either an idiot or a madman, and ought to have had the prayers of his persecutors rather than have been put to a cruel death.' Another besides Wightman had suffered death by fire in the previous month, and both met their fate with heroic endurance and constancy. Neal, in his 'History of the Puritans', says that 'there was another condemned to the fire for the same heresies [as Wightman], but the constancy of the above-mentioned sufferers moving pity in the spectators, it was thought better to suffer him to linger in Newgate than to awaken too far the compassion of the people. It seems to be a well authenticated tradition in various branches of the Wightman family of Rhode Island that the first settlers of this name in the State were descended from this Edward Wightman. Rev. David Benedict, who gives, in his 'History of the Baptists', several sketches of the various ministers of this name sprung from the Rhode Island stock, mentions this family tradition. It is also spoken of in a 'History of the Baptists in R. I.', (published in R. I. Hist. Collections, vol. vi., p. 338), this narrative being prepared in the last century.

George and Valentine Wightman might have been grandsons or great-grandsons of this Edward Wightman.

First Generation - Earliest settlers in Rhode Island.

1. A DANIEL WIGHTMAN is believed to have settled in Newport, and it is thought that he was one of the twenty-one persons who broke off from the First Baptist Church in that place, and established the Second in 1656. There is no record of his descendants. He is believed to have been a brother to George Wightman of Kings Towne and Valentine Whitman of Providence, the same names being variously spelled by different town clerks - Weightman, Wightman, Whiteman, and Whitman.

Morgan Edwards gives the names of the supposed seceders of 1656 to the number of twenty-one, but there were in reality only a few persons who went off, and the names he gives were those of the parties to a deed received from John Clark, Jan. 23, 1707, which Edwards copied in their exact order, evidently by mistake. These names were of the church members of a date about fifty years after the secession took place, and include that of Daniel Wightman then pastor of the church. There is no evidence of any other Daniel of an earlier period.

2. VALENTINE WIGHTMAN (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) settled first in Warwick, where he was made a freeman, 18th May, 1658, but afterwards removed to Providence and represented that town in the General Court in 1675. His wife was Mary -----, her maiden name not being known. He died January 26th, 1701. She died May 31st, 1718. His will of Jany. 13, 1700, mentions all his children.

3. GEORGE WIGHTMAN, (generally spelled Weightman in early Kings Towne records), the other brother, was born in 1632. He came from England and settled in Narragansett, (now North Kingstown), R. I. He was made freeman of that town, May 6, 1673, but had been in the country at least ten years before. He was for several years a member of the town council of Kings Towne. He was also a valuable member of the Baptist Church, and probably a Deacon, as in his will he left 'twenty shillings to buy wine for the congregation to celebrate [the Lord's] Supper.' The name of his wife does not appear in his Bible record or in his will, which last was made near the time of his death, the last of January, 1722. From a record in the old family Bible which he bequeathed to his grandson George (son of Daniel, of Newport), it appears that he was 83 years old in 1715, and was therefore born in 1632, fourth month (June). This Bible is still in existence, though in a dilapidated condition.

Children of Valentine and Mary Whitman:

4. i. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1652; m. John Inman.
5. ii. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1655. She was unmarried, being spoken of in her father's will as 'weakly of body.' She died Nov. 19, 1727, in her will giving her whole property to her sister Hannah Whitman and Esther Steere.
6. iii. Susannah, b. Feb. 28, 1657-8; m. James Ballou, son of Maturin and Hannah (Pike) Ballou.
7. iv. Deborah, b. ---- ; m. Joseph Smith
8. v. Alice.
9. vi. Hannah, unmarried.
10. vii. Esther, m. John Steere, son of John and Hannah (Wickenden) Steere.
11. viii. Grace.
12. ix. Valentine (Capt.), b. Aug. 25, 1668; m. Dec. 12, 1694, Sarah Bartlett.

Children of George Wightman, Senior, (from the town record, family Bible and his will):

13. i. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 16-- (probably 1664); m. Alexander Huling.
14. ii. Aylle (or Alice), b. Dec. 9, 16-- (about 1666); m. ------- Wright.
15. iii. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1668. Pastor of Second Baptist Church, Newport.
16. iv. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1671; m. (prob.) (1) Apr., 1697, Wm. Collins, (2) ----- Peterson.
17. v. George., b. Jan. 8, 1673; m. Elizabeth ------ , and removed to Warwick.
18. vi. John, b. Apr. 16, 1674; m. May 23, 1705, Jane Bently (perhaps second wife).
19. vii. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 167-- ; prob. m. Sarah Briggs.
20. viii. Valentine (Rev.), b. Apr. 16, 1681; m. Feb. 1703, Susannah Holmes.

History

Date	Age	Event	Category
25 Dec 1642 - 20 Mar 1726	(-58.1) - 25.2	Life of Isaac Newton	Personalities
21 Mar 1685 - 28 Jul 1750	(-15.9) - 49.5	Life of Johann Sebastian Bach	Personalities
24 May 1686 - 16 Sep 1736	(-14.7) - 35.7	Life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit	Personalities
18 Jan 1689 - 10 Feb 1755	(-12.0) - 54.1	Life of Charles De Secondat, Baron de Montequieu	Personalities
17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790	5.0 - 89.3	Life of Benjamin Franklin	Personalities
22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799	31.1 - 98.9	Life of George Washington	Personalities
23 Dec 1732 - 5 Aug 1792	31.9 - 91.6	Life of Richard Arkwright	Personalities
1737	36.4	Dissolution of the House of Medici	Italy
28 Aug 1749 - 22 Mar 1832	48.6 - 131.2	Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe	Personalities
1 Nov 1755	54.8	Great Lisbon Earthquake	Disasters
1756 - 1763	55.5 - 62.5	Seven Years' War	Wars & Military Conflicts
10 Feb 1763	62.1	Treaty of 1763 ('Peace of Paris'), Spain cedes Florida to Britain.	USA
15 Aug 1769 - 5 May 1821	68.6 - 120.4	Life of Napoléon Bonaparte	Personalities
17 Dec 1770 - 26 Mar 1827	69.9 - 126.2	Life of Ludwig von Beethoven	Personalities
16 Dec 1773	72.9	Boston Tea Party	USA
20 Jan 1775 - 10 Jun 1836	74.0 - 135.5	Life of André Marie Ampère	Personalities
19 Apr 1775 - 3 Sep 1783	74.3 - 82.7	American War of Independence	USA
4 Jul 1776	75.5	Declaration of Independence	USA
3 Sep 1783	82.7	Treaty of Paris 1783, end of the American War of Independence	USA
30 Apr 1789 - 4 Mar 1797	88.3 - 96.2	President of the United States of America: George Washington	USA - Presidents
14 Jul 1789	88.5	Storming of the Bastille	France
3 Sep 1791	90.7	Adoption of the first French Constitution	France
1792 - 1800	91.5 - 99.5	Construction period of the White House	Monuments
22 Sep 1792	91.7	Proclamation of the first French Republic	France
1794	93.5	First railway steam locomotive	Technology
1795	94.5	Start of the exploration of the Niger	Discoveries & Colonization
22 Jul 1795	94.5	Peace of Basel	Spain
14 Feb 1797	96.1	Battle of Cape St. Vincent	Spain
30 Oct 1797 - 4 Mar 1801	96.8 - 100.2	President of the United States of America: John Adams	USA - Presidents
1799	98.5	Establishment of JPMorgan Chase	Companies