Biography[]
John Dwight Coat of Arms
John Dwight was born in 1601 in England and died on 24 Jan 1660 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He arrived in the latter part of 1635 ro the beginning of 1635 to New England, North America. He married in about 1626 to his first wife Hannah ( - 1656).
Facts[]
He wrote his will on 16 Jun 1658 in Dedham, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. He is the ancestor of the New England Boston Brahmin Dwight family. He first settled in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America and was a proprietor there. He was a co-founder of the First Church of Dedham, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America He was at the first town meeting on 1 Sep 1635, which is also the date that the town of Dedham, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America started to keep records. He was granted land in 1625 with nineteen other persons by the General Court of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America for helping the settlement of Dedham, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America.
Occupation[]
He was a Selectman for sixteen years in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, North America.
Lineage[]
John Dwight (1601 - 1660)
m. Hannah Unknown ( - 1656)
Hannah Dwight (1625 - 1714)
m. Nathaniel Whiting (1609 - 1682)
John Whiting (1665 - 1732)
m. Mary Billings (1675 - 1728)
Capt. Nathaniel Whiting (1690 - 1779)
m. Margaret Mann (1691 - 1775)
Lt. Nathaniel Whiting (1725 - 1790)
m. Mary Metcalf (1728 - )
Mary Whiting (1757 - 1834)
m. John Fairbanks (1759 - 1844)
Nathan Fairbanks (1788 - 1825)
m. Sally Nurse (1795 - 1819)
William Nelson Fairbanks (1818 - 1854)
m. Abby Augusta Reed (c.1826 - 1899)
Helen Suzette Fairbanks (1841 - 1921)
m. Frederic Crowninshield (1845 - 1818)
Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)
m. Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)
Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)
m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)
Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)
m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)
Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)