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- Valentine was probably the first of John Wightman's family to immigrate t o America. Valentine had been in the colony long enough in 1648 to mast er the Indian language, for in that year he is recorded as an interpret er at the Indian trading post of Richard Smith at Wickford in Narragans ett county (now North and South, Kingstown, Rhode Island. Valentine was a n endentured servant to Richard Smith until earning his freedom. Valent ine's residence in Wickford explains why his brother George, when he ar rived in Newport in 1654, immediately went to the Wickford area in Rhod e Island."
Valentine Wightman (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) s ettled first in Wickford, where he was made a freeman, 18 May 1658, but a fterward removed to Providence and represented that town in the General C ourt in 1675.
Valentine was probably the first of John Wightman's family to immigrate t o A merica. Valentine had been in the colony long enough in 1648 to mast er t he Indian language, for in that year he is recorded as an interpret er a t the Indian trading post of Richard Smith at Wickford in Narragans ett c ounty (now North and South, Kingstown, Rhode Island. Valentine was a n e ndentured servant to Richard Smith until earning his freedom. Valent in e's residence in Wickford explains why his brother George, when he ar r ived in Newport in 1654, immediately went to the Wickford area in Rhod e I sland."
Valentine Wightman (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) s e ttled first in Wickford, where he was made a freeman, 18 May 1658, but a f terward removed to Providence and represented that town in the General C o urt in 1675.
Valentine was probably the first of John Wightman's family to immigrate t o America. Valentine had been in the colony long enough in 1648 to mast er the Indian language, for in that year he is recorded as an interpret er at the Indian trading pos t of Richard Smith at Wickford in Narragans ett county (now North and South, Kingstown, Rhode Island. Valentine was a n endentured servant to Richard Smith until earning his freedom. Valent ine's residence in Wickford explains why his brother Geor ge, when he ar rived in Newport in 1654, immediately went to the Wickford area in Rhod e Island."
Valentine Wightman (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) s ettled first in Wickford, where he was made a freeman, 18 May 1658, but a fterward removed to Providence and represented that town in the General C ourt in 1675.
Valentine was probably the first of John Wightman's family to immigrate t o A merica. Valentine had been in the colony long enough in 1648 to mast er t he Indian language, for in that year he is recorded as an interpret er a t the Indian trading p ost of Richard Smith at Wickford in Narragans ett c ounty (now North and South, Kingstown, Rhode Island. Valentine was a n e ndentured servant to Richard Smith until earning his freedom. Valent in e's residence in Wickford explains why his brothe r George, when he ar r ived in Newport in 1654, immediately went to the Wickford area in Rhod e I sland."
Valentine Wightman (generally spelled on Providence records as Whitman) s e ttled first in Wickford, where he was made a freeman, 18 May 1658, but a f terward removed to Providence and represented that town in the General C o urt in 1675.
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Abt 1627 - 1701 (74 years)