Edward Wightman

1566 - 1612  (45 years)

• Name	Edward Wightman
  Birth	20 Dec 1566	Burbage, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Mar 1612	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  Person ID	I30015	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John Wightman,   b. Abt 1536, Of Burbage, Leicestershire, England d. Bef 3 Jun 1580, Burton-On-Trent, England (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mawdelin Haytor,   b. Abt 1545, England d. 3 Jun 1580, Burton-On-Trent, England (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F10729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis Darbye,   b. 1569, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	2 Sep 1593	Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Children	1. John Wightman,   b. 7 Jan 1598, Of Wickford, Washington, Rhode Island d. 1669 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F11398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Edward was a minister of the Six-Principle Baptist Church, which laterbecame the faith of the first church founded in Rhode Island and thefirstBaptist church organized in America, the old First Baptist Church of Providence,1638,of which Roger Williams and Stuckely Westcott, our ancestors,were two ofthe founders. Being a non-conformist of the radical wing, the Separatists, hewasdestined to be persecuted.  In the Spring of 1611 he was condemned to burn atthestake in the following Spring on the 9th March 1612, this throughawarrant issued by King James I.

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] Book: The Wightman Heritage.