The Dwight family of

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had many members who were military leaders, educators, jurists, authors, businessmen and clergy. Around 1634, John Dwight came with his wife Hannah, daughter Hannah, and sons Timothy (1629–1718) and John (d. 1638) from

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, England, to

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. John and Hannah Dwight had two more daughters before John Dwight died in 1660. The known descendants of John and Hannah Dwight are from their two grandsons (children of Timothy and his third wife Anna Flint): Justice Nathaniel Dwight (1666–1711) and Captain Henry Dwight (1676–1732).

Nathaniel Dwight

Justice Nathaniel Dwight (1666–1711) married Mehitable Partridge (1675–1756)Mehitable Partridge was a daughter of Samuel and Mehitable Crow Partridge (c.1652-1730). Mehitable Crow Partridge was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Goodwin Crow. Elizabeth Goodwin Crow was a daughter of Elder William (b.c. 1591-1673) and Elizabeth White Goodwin. William was remarried to Susanna Harkes Garbrand Goodwin (1593 -1676. He died in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut. (William and Elizabeth White were ancestors of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, founder of the Goodrich Tire Company. Dr. Goodrich was a brother-in-law of Gen. Selden Erastus Marvin, a nephew of Judge William Marvin, who resided in Key West, Florida. Marvin became the seventh Governor of Florida.) Susanna had first married Rev. Thomas Hooker ll. Their son-in-law was Rev. John Wilson Jr., who married her daughter Sarah Wilson. Sarah Hooker Wilson was born in Little Baddow, Essex County, England, around 1629. Sarah Hooker Wilson was an ancestor of President William H. Taft. She died in Braintree, Massachusetts on August 20, 1725. Rev. John Wilson was a colleague of Rev. Richard Mather. Rev. John Wilson Jr. was born in London, England and came to New England in 1630. He graduated from Harvard College in 1642, the first graduating class, along with Rev. John Woodbridge. in 1693. Their descendants were: * Colonel Timothy Dwight II (1694–1771), lawyer married Experience King (1693–1763) ** Major Timothy Dwight III (1726–1777), married Mary Edwards (1734–1807), daughter of

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Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) *** Timothy Dwight IV (1752–1817), president of

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1795–1817, married Margaret (or Mary) Woolsey (1754–1777) **** Benjamin Woolsey Dwight (1780–1850), physician married Sophia Woodbridge Strong (1793–1861. ***** Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1816–1889), educator and author *****

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(1822–1892), lawyer ***** Edward W. Dwight (1827–1904), member of the

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**** James Dwight (1784–1863), married Susan Breed (1785–1851) ***** Timothy Dwight V (1828–1916), president of

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1886–1898 **** Sereno Edwards Dwight (1786–1850), author and minister, married Susan Edwards Daggett, daughter of

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(1826–1902), governor of Ohio **** John Mumford Woolsey (1796–1870) married Jane Andrews ***** Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835–1905), author published ''

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'' as "Susan Coolidge" ***** Elisabeth Dwight Woolsey (1838–1910) married

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(1895–1968), author, married

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Theodore Dwight Woolsey Theodore Dwight Woolsey (31 October 1801 – 1 July 1889) was an American academic, author and President of Yale College from 1846 through 1871. Biography Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born 31 October 1801 in New York City. His mother was Elizabe ...

(1801–1889), president of Yale 1846–1871, married Elizabeth Salsbury and then Sarah Pritchard *****

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(1852–1929), legal scholar ****** Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr. (1880–1933), forestry professor * Abiah Dwight (1704–1748), married Samuel Kent ** Abiah Kent (1724–1782), married John Leavitt (1724–1798), Esq., brother of Jemima (Leavitt) Ellsworth ***

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(1750–1826), merchant,

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, married Elizabeth King **** Thaddeus Leavitt Jr. (1778–1828), married Jemima Loomis (1779–1846) ***** Jane Maria Leavitt (1801–1877) married Jonathan Hunt Jr. (1787–1832) ******

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(1824–1879), painter, married Louisa Dumerique Perkins of Boston ****** Jonathan Hunt, M.D., (1826–1874)

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, France ******

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(1827–1895), architect, married Catherine Clinton Howland (1841–1880), sister of

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(1831–1907), pioneer photographer, attorney, inventor, farmer, married Katherine Jarvis *******

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(1863–1941), architect,

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*** Captain John Leavitt (1755–1815), co-founder, Leavittsburg, Ohio, farmer, innkeeper **** Humphrey H. Leavitt (1796–1873),

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politician,

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judge ***** John McDowell Leavitt (1824–1909),

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clergyman, university president ****** John Brooks Leavitt (1849–1930),

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attorney, author and civic reformer * Mehitable Dwight (1705–1767), married Captain Abraham Burbank (1703–1767), large landholder, residing at Suffield, Connecticut. ** Abraham Burbank, Esq. (1739–1808), lawyer, Yale 1759, Massachusetts Legislature from 1779 to 1808; delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1780; Justice of the Peace in June 1772 and a commissary during the Revolutionary War; married (1) Bethia Cushing (1740–1768) (2) Sarah Pomeroy (1744–1808), daughter of General Seth Pomeroy. *** Arthur Burbank (1782–1839) farmer, married Sarah Bates (1789–1870), daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier Eleazer Bates (1749–1826) **** Abraham Burbank (1813–1887), largest real estate owner in Pittsfield, Mass.; builder, hardware store owner, hotel operator, married Julia M. Brown (1812–1897)

Henry Dwight

Captain Henry Dwight (1676–1732), farmer, merchant and judge, married Lydia Hawley (1680–1748). Their descendants were: * Brig. General Joseph Dwight (1703–1765), judge in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, married Mary Pynchon, and then Abigail (Williams) Sargeant (1721–1791), half-sister to

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Jr. **Lydia Dwight (1732-1798) married Rev. Dr. John Willard (1733-1807), brother of Joseph Willard, former president of Harvard College. Rev.Dr. John Willard was a mentor of Rev. Abishai Alden and a descendant of Major Simon Willard. See Endicott Rock history. ** Joseph Dwight, Jr. (1737–1826) married Lydia Dewey (1745–1811) *** Solomon Dwight (1769–1813) married Veina Foster **** Elijah Dwight (1797–1868) married Olive Standish (1795–1874), descended from

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***** Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819–1885),

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politician ****** John Wilbur Dwight (1859–1928), New York State politician ** Pamela Dwight (1753*–1807), married Judge

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(1746–1813) ***

(1780–1839), lawyer and diplomat, married Susan Anne Livingson (1788–1867) ****

(1811–1859), lawyer and author *** Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1785–1831), anti-slavery lawyer, married Jane Minot (1795–1859) **** Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824–1857), married Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick (1829–1899) *** Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), novelist *** Charles Sedgwick (1791–1856), clerk of Massachusetts Supreme Court, married Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight (1801–1864) **** Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1820–1880) married William Minot II (1817–1894) ***** Charles Sedgwick Minot (1852–1914), anatomist ** Henry Williams Dwight (1757–1804), married Abigail Welles (1763–1840), descended from

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*** Henry Williams Dwight (1788–1845), lawyer and politician *** Edwin Welles Dwight (1789–1841), author and minister * Captain Seth Dwight (1707–1774), farmer, married Abigail Strong (1710–1780) ** Ensign Josiah Dwight (1747–1796) married Tabitha Bigelow (c. 1740–1796) *** Seth Dwight (1769–1825), merchant, married Hannah Strong (1768–1813) **** Harriet Dwight (1792–1870) married James Dana *****

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(1813–1895), geologist, married Henrietta Frances Silliman (1823–1907), daughter of chemist

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(1779–1864) ******

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(1849–1935), mineralogist **** Harrison Gray Otis Dwight (1803–1862), missionary to Turkey, married Mary Lane (1811–1860) ***** Henry Otis Dwight (1843–1917), missionary to Turkey, married Mary A. Bliss ***** Sarah Hinsdale Dwight, missionary married Edward Riggs, the son on

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(1810–1901) *** Josiah Dwight Jr. (1772–1826) married Sarah Hartwell (1772–1822) **** Morris Dwight, M.D. (1796–?) married Minerva Bryant (1800–?) ***** Colonel Augustus Wade Dwight (1827–1865) died in

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* Colonel Josiah Dwight (1715–1768), merchant and judge, married Elizabeth Buckminster (1731–1798) ** Thomas Dwight (1758–1819), politician, married Hannah Worthington (1761–1833) ** Clarissa Dwight (1762–1820) married Major Abel Whitney (1756–1807) *** Josiah Dwight Whitney (1786–1869), merchant, married Sarah Williston (1800–1833) ****

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(1819–1896), geologist ****

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(1827–1894), linguist, married Elizabeth Wooster Baldwin, daughter of

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(1857–1911), judge, married A. Josepha Newcomb, daughter of

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(1907–1989) mathematician ** Josiah Dwight, Jr. (1767–1821), merchant, married Rhoda Edwards (1778–1864), granddaughter of Jonathan Edwards *** Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight (1801–1864) married distant cousin Charles Sedgwick (1791–1856), see above * Edmund Dwight (1717–1755) married Elizabeth Scutt (1724–1764) ** Jonathan Dwight (1743–1831) married Margaret Ashley (1745–1789) *** Jonathan Dwight Jr. (1772–1840), merchant and politician, married Sarah Shepard (1774–1805) **** Jonathan Dwight, third (1799–1856), merchant, married Ann Bartlett ***** Jonathan Dwight fourth (1831–1910), civil engineer, married Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck ******

Jonathan Dwight Jonathan Dwight V (1858–1929) was an American ornithologist. Life Jonathan Dwight was born December 8, 1858 in New York City. His father was civil engineer Jonathan Dwight (1831–1910), grandfather Jonathan Dwight (1799–1856), great grandfa ...

fifth (1858–1929),

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**** William Dwight (1805–?) married Elizabeth Amelia White ***** General William Dwight, Jr. (1831–1888), in

**** Thomas Dwight (1807–?) married Mary Collins Warren, daughter of John Collins Warren ***** Thomas Dwight (1843–1911), physician,

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author and teacher *** Edmund Dwight (1780–1849), merchant and philanthropist, married Mary Harrison Eliot

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