Mehitable Cheney Wight was born 6 January 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to William Cheney (1603-1667) and Margaret Cole (1604-1686) and died 1693 Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. She married Thomas Wight (1633-1690) 1663 in Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Thomas Wight (1629-1690) & Mehitable Cheney (1643-1693)
Thomas was born 1629 in Dedham, Sussex, England and died 1690 in Medford, Massachusetts. He Married 1660 Mehitable Cheney and to this union was born six children. she was the daughter of William Cheney and Margaret 'Cule' Masson.
Thomas Wight subscribed one bushel of "Endian corne" to the fund for the new "brick college" at Cambridge. The following year came the Indian War (King Phillips War), I believe. The Indians attacked Medfield on February 21, 1676 and his residence was destroyed. Accepted as a citizen of Medfield in 1658. His home lot was on Green St., east of his father' s home.
Thomas WIGHT Birth: 1629 in Dedham, Massachusetts Death: 25 Sep 1690 in Medfield, Massachusetts Accepted as a citizen of Medfield in 1658. His home lot was on Green St.,east of his father' s home. The following year came the Indian War (King Phillips War), I believe.
The Indians attacked Medfield on February 21, 1676 and his residence was destroyed. Accepted as a citizen of Medfield in 1658. His home lot was on Green St.,east of his father' s home. Thomas Wight subscribed one bushel of "Indian corn" to the fund for the new "brick college" at Cambridge. The following year came the Indian War(King Phillips War),
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mehitable Wight (1663-) | |||
| Thomas Wight (1665-1690) | |||
| Mary Wight (1667-1705) | |||
| Eleazer Wight (1670-) | |||
| Joshua Wight (1679-1762) | 25 July 1679 Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 14 August 1762 | Abigail Rockwood (1679-1698) Elizabeth Spowell (1661-1765) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Eleanor Cheney (1625-) | |||
| Margaret Cheney (1628-1678) | 26 November 1628 England | 29 September 1678 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Thomas Hastings (c1605-1685) |
| Thomas Cheney (1630-1695) | 1630 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 4 March 1695 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | Jane Atkinson (1634-1724) |
| William Cheney (1636-) | |||
| John Cheney (1639-1639) | |||
| John Cheney (1640-1671) | |||
| Mehitable Cheney (1643-1693) | 6 January 1643 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 1693 Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Thomas Wight (1633-1690) |
| Joseph Cheney (1647-1704) | 6 June 1647 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 16 September 1704 Massachusetts | Hannah Thurston (1650-1690) |