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Descendents of John Wightman (Jun 1789 – 13 Jan 1867)
and Mary Davison (1795 – 19 Aug 1871)

Third Immigrant Generation Continued...

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25. John Alexander Wightman. Son of John Wightman & Ann Isabel "Annie" Messer. Born 20 Mar 1862 in Harvey. Christen 15 Jun 1862 in Presbyterian Church, Harvey. Died 26 Feb 1936 in Tweedside. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.

    Life long resident of Tweedside.   Died at the home of his niece, Mrs Carrol Patterson.   He played the violin.   Unmarried.

    From newspaper obituary - 1936:  

    Died at Harvey, John Wightman, Tweedside Farmer, Died at Home of Daughter (sic)

     Harvey Station, Feb 26--The death of John Wightman, aged 74, occurred this afternoon at the home of his niece, Mrs Karl (sic) Patterson, where he had been ill for the last three weeks.   He was a well known farmer and a life long resident of Tweedside.   He leaves to mourn three sisters, Mrs Thomas Moffitt, Mrs Thomas Grieve and Mrs Frederick Grieve all of Harvey and a number of nieces and nephews.

 

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Supplemental data:

Based on a mtDNA test result of direct maternal descendat Ellis Craig the haplogroup designation and HVR1 mutations of Mary Davison are provided below. Since mtDNA is passed directly from mothers to their children with virtually no changes the test values obtained are generally applicable to all direct maternal descendants including grandson John Alexander Wightman.

Test Subject: Ellis Craig	Test Company: SMGF
Earliest Maternal Ancestor:	Cornelius Settler: Mary Davison (ca 1795 - 19 Aug 1871) b. Northumberland, United Kingdom d. Harvey Settlement, NB
mtDNA Haplogroup: J1

HVR1 Mutations 16069C 16126T 16193C 16519T

HVR2 Mutations 00073A 00152T 00263A 00295C 00315.1C

HVR3 Mutations 00462C 00489T