Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Lydia Mason (496) & Seth Wight

939. Nahum Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 20 Nov 1807. Died Gilmanton, N. H., on 12 May 1884. Residence: Gilmanton, N. H. Data from Mason.

Nahum Wight studied medicine with Dr. John Grover of Bethel and attended his first course of lectures at Bowdoin Medical School, 1830, his second course at Dartmouth Medical College, 1831, and his third course at Bowdoin, 1832, when he graduated N.D.

He married Mary Ann Straw, daughter of Lieut. Gideon Straw & Mary Robinson, on 2 Sep 1833. Born on 26 Oct 1809. Died Gilmanton, N. H., on 2 Aug 1879. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Nahum O'Neil. Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 24 Jul 1834. Data from Mason.
ii.  Mary Robinson. Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 2 Feb 1836. Died Gilmanton, N. H., on 1 Dec 1842. Data from Mason.
iii.  Lydia Mason. Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 14 Mar 1838. Data from Mason.
iv.  Agnes Straw. Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 12 Aug 1840. Data from Mason.
v.  Mary Robinson (Twin). Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 30 Aug 1842. Died Gilmanton, N. H., on 1 Oct 1843. Data from Mason.
vi.  Albert Robinson (Twin). Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 30 Aug 1842. Data from Mason.
vii.  Walter. Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 21 Dec 1848. Died Gilmanton, N. H., on 28 Jan 1851. Data from Mason.
viii.  Sewell Greeley. Born Gilmanton, N. H., on 27 Mar 1852. Died Gilmanton, N. H., on 22 Jun 1863. Data from Mason.

940. Daniel Ormsby Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 1 Mar 1811. Died Boston Highlands, Mass., on 7 Jun 1872. Residence: Brunswick and Calais, Maine. Data from Mason.

He married Julia Ann Peabody, daughter of Thomas Peabody & Mary Reed, on 24 Jul 1832. Born on 17 Apr 1811. Died on 17 Nov 1873. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Mary Reed. Born Brunswick, Maine, on 24 Nov 1833. Data from Mason.
ii.  Julia Peabody. Born Brunswick, Maine, on 26 Sep 1835. Data from Mason.
iii.  Celia Perkins. Born Brunswick, Maine, on 7 Nov 1838. Data from Mason.
iv.  Daniel Ormsby. Born Brunswick, Maine, on 10 Dec 1840. Died Brunswick, Maine, on 14 Mar 1842. Data from Mason.
v.  Daniel Ormsby. Born Calais, Maine, on 10 May 1844. Data from Mason.
vi.  Edward Sugustus. Born Calais, Maine, on 2 Sep 1846. Data from Mason.
vii.  Walton. Born Calais, Maine, on 2 Apr 1850. Data from Mason.
He married Ada A. Twitchell, daughter of Joseph Abbott Twitchell (852) (14 May 1817-2 May 1890) & Orinda Leonard Mason (505) (22 Mar 1812-19 Sep 1894). Born Bethel, Maine, on 12 Dec 1856. Data from Mason.
viii.  Flora Ella. Born Calais, Maine, on 14 Nov 1852. Data from Mason.
ix.  Jessie Fremont. Born Calais, Maine, on 1 Feb 1856. Data from Mason.

941. Rebecca Hayward Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 22 Dec 1812. Died Gilead, Maine, on 20 Feb 1885. Residence: Gilead, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Asa Peabody, son of Thomas Peabody & Mary Reed, on 7 Dec 1833 in Gilead, Maine. Born Gilead, Maine, on 3 Jan 1806. Died Gilead, Maine, on 3 Jul 1878. Data from Mason.

Asa Peabody was a farmer.

They had the following children:
i.  Asa Franklin. Born Gilead, Maine, on 3 Jan 1835. Died on 17 May 1908. Data from Mason.
He married Sarah Maria Garcelon, daughter of Moses Garcelon & Louise Bennett, in Oct 1861. Born on 15 May 1836. Data from Mason.
1528 ii.  William Reade (1837-1901)
iii.  Eli Tenny. Born Gilead, Maine, on 15 Jan 1839. Data from Mason.
iv.  Charles Henry. Born Gilead, Maine, on 24 Jun 1841. Data from Mason.
v.  Lydia Wight. Born Gilead, Maine, on 19 Dec 1850. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
vi.  Esther Sewell. Born Gilead, Maine, on 8 Aug 1852. Died on 23 May 1921. Data from Mason.
She married Henry Wellen Verrill. Data from Mason.

942. Seth Wight Jr. (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 8 Aug 1815. Died Bethel, Maine, on 20 Sep 1902. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

He married Barbara Ann Bean, daughter of Justus Bean & Sarah Rumney, on 13 Dec 1838. Born Bethel, Maine, on 1 Nov 1818. Died Bethel, Maine, on 4 Jan 1892. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
1529 i.  Augusta Ward (1839-1922)
ii.  Eli Mellen. Born Bethel, Maine, on 4 May 1841. Data from Mason.
iii.  Seth Jarvis. Born Bethel, Maine, on 8 Apr 1843. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary Elizabeth. Born Bethel, Maine, on 7 Mar 1845. Died Bethel, Maine, on 15 Apr 1847. Data from Mason.
v.  Edwin Eastman. Born Bethel, Maine, on 15 May 1847. Died Bethel, Maine, on 26 Feb 1854. Data from Mason.
vi.  Henry Spencer. Born Bethel, Maine, on 1 Sep 1851. Data from Mason.
vii.  Loui Jane. Born Bethel, Maine, on 12 Jan 1853. Data from Mason.
viii.  Charles Smith. Born Bethel, Maine, on 13 Nov 1854. Data from Mason.
ix.  Anna Rebecca. Born Bethel, Maine, on 11 Jan 1857. Data from Mason.
x.  Sarah Belle. Born Bethel, Maine, on 28 Feb 1861. Data from Mason.

943. Mary Moore Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 22 Jan 1820. Residence: Oxford, Maine, and Plymouth, N. H. Data from Mason.

She married Dr. Cyrus Kingsbury Kelley, son of John Kelley & Lydia Ham, on 23 May 1844. Born on 21 Jun 1820. Data from Mason.

Cyrus K. Kelley studied medicine with Dr. Nahum Wight and graduated Vermont Medical College 1844, and received honorary degree of doctor of medicine from Dartmouth Medical College, 1869.

They had the following children:
i.  Everard Home. Born Oxford, Maine, on 2 Sep 1846. Data from Mason.
ii.  Seth Wight. Born Oxford, Maine, on 26 Jun 1848. Data from Mason.
iii.  Mary Esther. Born Plymouth N. H., on 21 Mar 1859. Died on 19 Feb 1866. Data from Mason.

944. Lydia Mason Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 9 Feb 1822. Residence: Calais, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Joseph Smith, son of Reuben Smith & Sarah Johnson, on 8 Oct 1848. Born on 1 May 1819. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Frederic. Born Calais, Maine, on 8 Jul 1849. Died on 28 Aug 1851. Data from Mason.
ii.  Harriet Emmeline. Born Calais, Maine, on 5 May 1851. Died on 5 Oct 1851. Data from Mason.
iii.  Daughter. Born Calais, Maine, on 3 Feb 1853. Died on 10 Feb 1853. Data from Mason.
iv.  Lelia Impgene. Born Calais, Maine, on 6 Mar 1854. Died on 8 Sep 1855. Data from Mason.
v.  Seth Wight. Born Calais, Maine, on 5 Apr 1856. Died on 8 Nov 1856. Data from Mason.
vi.  Harry Herbert. Born Calais, Maine, on 4 May 1858. Data from Mason.
vii.  Joseph Franklin. Born Calais, Maine, on 24 Jan 1863. Data from Mason.

945. Harriet Delphina Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 7 May 1824. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Charles Douglass Smith, son of Reuben Smith & Sarah Johnson, on 12 Jun 1851. Born on 19 Nov 1814. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Ida Esther. Born Bethel, Maine, on 6 Feb 1856. Data from Mason.
ii.  Edward Sidney. Born Bethel, Maine, on 3 Apr 1861. Data from Mason.

946. Alexander Patrick Wight (Lydia Mason6, John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 17 Mar 1826. Residence: Belleville, Ont., and Waupun, Wisc. Data from Mason.

He married Eliza Ann Hart, daughter of George Hart & Elizabeth Young, on 19 Apr 1854. Born on 4 Apr 1831. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Ida Esther. Born Trenton, Ont., on 23 Sep 1855. Data from Mason.
ii.  George Nahum. Born Belleville, Ont., on 28 Mar 1858. Data from Mason.
iii.  Frances Lydia. Born Belleville, Ont., on 24 Nov 1859. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary Augusta. Born Belleville, Ont., on 14 May 1868. Data from Mason.

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