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Paul Wightman

Birth
North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
19 May 1817 (aged 67–68)
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Alternative spelling of last name: "Whitman"
Died by hanging himself.
Husband of Harriet (and possibly Penelope).

"Paul Wightman, born in 1749 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island married Hannah Reynolds in North Kingstown in 1772. In April 1800, Paul Wightman was elected freeman of Middletown, and on May 8, 1801, took a long-term lease of a property in Middletown. The estate was Whitehall and had been the property and residence of Bishop Berkeley. Paul Wightman leased and resided at the mansion house of Whitehall until his tragic death (suicide by hanging) May 19, 1817."
-Whitehall Farm Condo Association
Alternative spelling of last name: "Whitman"
Died by hanging himself.
Husband of Harriet (and possibly Penelope).

"Paul Wightman, born in 1749 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island married Hannah Reynolds in North Kingstown in 1772. In April 1800, Paul Wightman was elected freeman of Middletown, and on May 8, 1801, took a long-term lease of a property in Middletown. The estate was Whitehall and had been the property and residence of Bishop Berkeley. Paul Wightman leased and resided at the mansion house of Whitehall until his tragic death (suicide by hanging) May 19, 1817."
-Whitehall Farm Condo Association


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