Brief Life History of Edmond
When Edmond Dwight was born on 19 January 1718, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Capt. Henry Dwight Magistrate, King William's War, was 41 and his mother, Lydia Hawley, was 37. He married Elizabeth Scutt in 1742, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1718. He died on 28 October 1755, in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 37.
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- Edmond Dwight, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Edmund Dwight, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Edward Dwight in entry for Elizabeth Dwight, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire): probably a variant of Twite , from various places called with Old Norse thveit ‘clearing’ (see Thwaites ). Alternatively, it may be a variant of Tuite .
History: Timothy Dwight (1752–1817), Congregational minister, author, and president of Yale College (1795–1817), was the dominant figure in the Established Order of CT. He was born in Northampton, MA, a descendant of John Dwight, who came from Dedham, England, in 1635 and settled in Dedham, MA, and the grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the great theologian of American Puritanism.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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