Robert Wight1

ID#10987, (16 June 1800 - 28 January 1865)
Robert Wight|b. 16 Jun 1800\nd. 28 Jan 1865|p10987.htm|William Wight|b. 29 Nov 1767\nd. 12 Sep 1847|p1628.htm|Elizabeth Richardson|b. 11 May 1773\nd. 15 Jun 1831|p1629.htm|James Wight|b. say 1743\nd. Oct 1791|p3088.htm|Issobel Thomson|b. say 1740||Robert Richardson|b. 29 Mar 1747||Margaret Runchaman|b. 2 Nov 1746\nd. aft. 1784|p11325.htm|
FatherWilliam Wight1 (Nov 1767 - Sep 1847)
MotherElizabeth Richardson1 (May 1773 - Jun 1831)
ChartsAncestors & siblings of Les Henderson
RICHARDSON
Earlston/Wanton Walls RUNCIMAN
WIGHT
Relationship3rd great-uncle of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Robert Wight was born on 16 Jun 1800 at Maxton, ROX, SCT.1 He was christened on 6 Jul 1800 at Maxton, ROX, SCT; Entry reads: William Wight carrier in Maxton and his wife Elisabeth Richardson, had a child born June 16th 1800 & baptd 6th July called Robert.1
     Robert Wight married Janet Scott bet 1820 - 1845 ?BEW or ?ROX, SCT, date assumed, no mar. obvious on igi, and no children listed either.
     Robert Wight died on 28 Jan 1865 at Pinnacle, Ancrum, ROX, SCT, ; his cert showing him as aged 65, which was a few mths short of the truth (Pinnacle from MIs, Ancrum from death cert.) Malignant disease of stomach, 11 mths; Inf: George W, son.2 He was buried at Maxton, ROX, SCT, in a group of Wight and Thomson family graves. Hhis h/stone (on a rather grand obelisk) reads: Sacred to the memory of Robert Wight who died at Pinnacle 28.1.1865 aged 65 years.3
     
     The census of 1861 showed Robert with his wife Janet, their sons George and Robert at Mollylees, Par. of Sprouston, ROX, SCT, household enumerated as WIGHT: Robert, 61 farm serv. b Maxton; wife Jannet, 52 b Eckford; Sons: George 13; Robert 8, both scholars b Coldstream, BEW.4 Robert Wight was a farm steward, dec. when son John married in Apr 1868.5
     Subsequent to the info listed under son George, I have now added a 3rd son to the family, John. In the English 1881 census, Robert's son Robert was listed as having a niece Ellen Wight with him, born Birmingham. This trail led to the births of two girls in Birmingham, Ellen and Janet, to a Spirit Merchant, John Wight and his wife Elizabeth Brown. John died in 1874, and I suspect Elizabeth died in childbirth with Janet. John and Elizabeth's marriage cert back in Edinburgh in 1868 proved the link. Wonder how many more children there are out there waiting to be discovered?5,6,7

Family

Janet Scott (cir. 1809 - aft. 1881)
Children
  • John Wight5 (cir. 1845 - Jul 1874)
  • George Wight+2 (cir. 1848 - aft. 1891)
  • Robert Wight4,8 (cir. 1853 - aft. 1881)
Last Edited3 Apr 2009

Citations

  1. Births baptisms burials: Maxton, ROX, Bap 1800 Robert WIGHT, p/copy taken Sep/Oct 1994/5.
  2. Letter, Bob WILCOX to Lorna Henderson, Dth 1865 Robert WIGHT, transcr. rcvd Dec 1995.
  3. Borders FHS, MIs: ROX Maxton, Entry #118, extracted pre 1999, (and seen Oct 1995).
  4. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, 1861 Census: Sproutson, ROX: Dist 807 (ED4? Folio 2?) pg 2 Sched 7, copy d/loaded Dec 2005.
  5. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 1868 John WIGHT and Elizabeth BROWN, Dist 685/4 Pg38 #76, copy d/loaded Jan 2006, relationship initially based on dtr Ellen being shown as the niece of Robert (s/o Robert and Janet (SCOTT) WIGHT) in the 1881 census, confirmed by John's marr. cert.
  6. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Jan 2006.
  7. Certified copy, Birth 1872 Janet WIGHT, reg. Birmingham, Mar qtr 1873 6d/146, copy rcvd Jan 2006.
  8. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 10 Sep 1874 Robert s/o Robert WIGHT & Janet SCOTT; Mary d/o Thomas BOYD and Margaret SCOTT, Coldstream, BEW Dist 733 Pg 7 # 14, copy d/loaded Apr 2009.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.
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