Family
Very little is known about the subsequent fate of his wife and children, though it is known that his son, John, and grandsons, George (1632–1722) and Valentine, emigrated to Quidnesset, Rhode Island about 1655. George Wightman, and hence Edward Wightman, is the ancestor of some people living in the United States under the names "Wightman," and some called "Whitman," (though not including the poet Walt Whitman).
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.”
—Francis Picabia (1878–1953)
“As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.”
—John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla] (b. 1920)
“Family living can go on existing. Very many are
remembering this thing are remembering that family
living living can go on existing. Very many are quite
certain that family living can go on existing. Very
many are remembering that they are quite certain that
family living can go on existing.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)