Lyman Wight son of Levi Wight and Sarah Corbon was bonrn the 9^th of
May 1796 in the township of Fairfield, Herkimer Co, N Y. The commencement
of the Wights in the US ware from two brothers emigrating from the Isle of Wight
one landed in Mass and the other Virginia. Levi Wight who landed in Salem
Mass settloed in Leister. The other one we have known ^nothing^ of till within the
last half century. I have found quite a number that sprung from that family
during my travels and preaching sufficient to know that they sprung from
the one that landed in Virginia, but like those of the other family ware never
very numerous till within the last falf century. But to return to the one that
settled in Leister his family consisted of several girls and boys but he was
so unfortunate as to raise but one of the males his name also was Levi he lived
and died in the same place he raised a family of three boys and two girls
the oldest by the name of Uzial died at sea the second by the name of
Caleb went to sea and was never heard of more nor vessel or cargo the third
whose name was Levi died in Leister after raising a family of five boys
and four girls two of the boys died without families namely Uzial and
Abner the other three namely John, Levi, and Caleb raised large families
Levi was my father he was the first to move ^from^ the township the township
where they first commenced settleing he moved in the month of March 1796 to
the state of N Y where I was born I was the seventh child a and the sixth
son three brothers unitedly had 26 children and the four girls 46. In a few years
after my father moved, his brothers and sisters all followed and their descendants
are scattered over the western world. My aquantance with my ancesters on
my Mothers side is very limited indeed I know nothing further than that
my Mother's father name was Jabes Corbon his wifes name was Sarah Ab^b^ot
they had but two children my Mother and a brother older; their father died
when they was quite young their Mother married a man by the name Chapman
of whom I know nothing except that they had no children the two ware raised
as orphans in Mudy Brook Parish Ct joining Mass there ware four children
in my father's family younger than myself I was six years old when my father

Lyman Wight son of Levi Wight and Sarah Corbon was bonrn the 9th of May 1796 in the township of Fairfield, Herkimer Co, N Y. The commencement of the Wights in the US ware from two brothers emigrating from the Isle of Wight one landed in Mass and the other Virginia. Levi Wight who landed in Salem Mass settled in Leister. The other one we have known nothing of till within the last half century. I have found quite a number that sprung from that family during my travels and preaching sufficient to know that they sprung from the one that landed in Virginia, but like those of the other family ware never very numerous till within the last falf century. But to return to the one that settled in Leister his family consisted of several girls and boys but he was so unfortunate as to raise but one of the males his name also was Levi he lived and died in the same place he raised a family of three boys and two girls the oldest by the name of Uzial died at sea the second by the name of Caleb went to sea and was never heard of more nor vessel or cargo the third whose name was Levi died in Leister after raising a family of five boys and four girls two of the boys died without families namely Uzial and Abner the other three namely John, Levi, and Caleb raised large families Levi was my father he was the first to move from the township where they first commenced settleing he moved in the month of March 1796 to the state of N Y where I was born I was the seventh child and the sixth son three brothers unitedly had 26 children and the four girls 46. In a few years after my father moved, his brothers and sisters all followed and their decendants are scattered over the western world. My aquantance with my ancesters on my Mothers side is very limited indeed I know nothing further than that my Mother's father name was Jabes Corbon his wifes name was Sarah Abbot they had but two children my Mother and a brother older; their father died when they was quite young their Mother married a man by the name Chapman of whom I know nothing except that they had no children the two ware raised as orphans in Mudy Brook Parish Ct joining Mass there ware four children in my father's family younger than myself I was six years old when my father