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Motto: "A Wightman never wanted a weapon"

Wightman, Thomas - 8th. January 1818 - {Father James Wightman} - {Mother Martha Smiley} - c1823 he and his family emigrated to the USA - See "Other at bottom of page"

Wightman, Hugh - 3rd. August 1836 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Ferris}
Wightman, William John - 3rd. June 1842 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Ferris}
Wightman, James - 14th. September 1844 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Ferris}
Wightman, Elizabeth - 24th. May 1847 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Ferris}
Wightman, Jane - 16th. December 1849 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Ferris}
Wightman, Mary Elizabeth - 18th. September 1855 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Ferris}

Wightman, Anna Bella - 1st. May 1838 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Ann Kennedy}

Wightman, Jane - 19th. December 1844 - {Wife to Robert Murray} - Mother of William Murray

Wightman, Mary - 18th. June 1847 - {Wife to Alexander Cumming} - Mother of Eliza Jane Cumming

Wightman, Augustus - 19th. March 1849 - {Father William Wightman a teacher} - {Mother Jane Annabella McCullough}

Wightman, Mary Fleming - 2nd. December 1850 - {Father William Wightman a shoemaker of Mark Street } - {Mother Mary Flemming}

Wightman, Jane - 28th. April 1865 - {Father John Wightman} - {Mother Mary Ann Stevenson}

Wightman, Alexander Stewart - 12th. November 1867 - (Father John Wightman) - (Mother Margaret Hogg) - regd. Bangor
Wightman, (Female) - 15th. January 1870 - (Father John Wightman) - (Mother Margaret Hogg) - regd. Newtownards
Wightman, Isabella - 11th. October 1872 - (Father John Wightman) - (Mother Margaret Hogg) - regd. Newtownards

Wightman, Elizabeth Ann - 17th. May 1868 - {Father James Wightman} - {Mother Ellen Parry} - Co.Down
Wightman, Eleanor 12th. June 1870 - {Father James Wightman} - {Mother Ellen Parry} - Co.Down
Wightman, Margaret Jane - 17th. June 1871 - {Father James Wightman} - {Mother Ellen Parry} - Co.Down

Wightman, Ellen - 13th. February 1876 - {Father James Wightman} - {Mother Ellen Perry}

Whiteman, (Female) - 24th. March 1869 - (Father James Whiteman) - (Mother Margaret Anderson)
Whiteman, William John - 25th. August 1878 - (Father James Whiteman) - (Mother Margaret Anderson)

Whiteman, Isabella - 13th. August 1873 - Mother of Hugh Whiteman

Wightman, William - 26th. November 1876 - {Father William Wightman} - {Mother Isabella Lawther}

Wightman, Hugh - 23rd. October 1885 - Went on to join the Navy #219294 where he was awarded a medl - Under research

Wightman, Mary - 20th. November 1887 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}
Wightman, Ann Jane McClean - 22nd. January 1889 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}
Wightman, Robert - 6th. May 1891 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}
Wightman, Alexander - 14th. October 1893 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}
Wightman, Elizabeth Waugh - 23rd. November 1896 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}
Wightman, Susan - 12th. April 1899 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}
Wightman, Maggie Eleanor - 30th. June 1901 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith of Shuttlefield } - {Mother Annie Moore}

Wightman, David - 5th. January 1835 aged 20 - @ Ballyalton

Wightman, John - 25th. September 1835 - Married Isabella Ferris
Witnesses were David Davidson, Robert Woods and James Chambers

Wightman, Mary a servant of Cunningburn - 23rd. September 1846 aged 21 - {Father William Wightman a labourer} - Married Alexander Cumming
Witnesses were Bailie Close and Lucius Crymble

Wightman, William - 28th. December 1846 - Married Agnes Henry

Wightman, William a teacher - 26th. April 1847 - {Father John Wightman a farmer} - Married Jane Annabella McCullough
Witnesses were James Wightman and Bess Gordon

Wightman, William a shoemaker of Mark Street - 24th. December 1849 - {Father William Wightman a weaver} - Married Mary Flemming
Witnesses were James McGowan and Ellen Kelly

Wightman, Margaret - 30th. November 1850 - {Father John Wightman} - Married Robert Wallace

Wightman, John - 12th. February 1851 - (Father John Wightman) - Married Margaret Hogg

Weightman, Thomas - 29th. October 1853 - {Father John Weightman} - Married Jane Irvine

Wightman, Isabella - 23rd. September 1856 - {Father Henry Wightman} - Married John M. Roberts - {Father Hans Roberts

Wightman, Robert - 4th. May 1857 - Married Isabella McClenaghan
Died prior to 1877 when Isabella remarried

Wightman, Thomas - 6th. April 1858 aged 21 - {Father Henry Wightman} - Married Bridget Coughlin aged 21 - {Father Patrick "Pat" Coughlin}

Wightman, Hugh - 1st. April 1861 - {Father John Wightman} - Married Mary Ann Stevenson aged 21 - {Father James Stevenson}

Wightman, Eliza Jane - 6th. September 1862 aged 28 - {Father John Wightman} - Married Samuel Scott

Wightman, Mary Elizabeth of Mark Street - 10th. June 1880 - {Father John Wightman a shoemaker} - Married Married Robert Robb
Witnesses were Hugh Brown and Julia Kerr

Wightman, Robert a coach smith of Shuttlefield - 26th. December 1885 - {Father John Wightman a dealer} - Married Annie Moore
Witnesses were Robert Morrison and Jane Ferguson

Wightman, Mary Ann a mill worker - 17th. December 1890 aged 20 - Married John Brett Witnesses were Mary Hamilton and James Skilling

Wightman, Sarah a stitcher - 10th. September 1895 - {Father John Wightman a labourer} - Married William Cardy Witnesses were Christopher J.C. Maton and Maggie Cardy

Wightman, Mary a typist of 25 Mary Street - 24th. March 1921 - {Father Robert Wightman a coach smith} - Married William L. Wallace
Witnesses were John K. Wallace and Elizabeth Wightman

Wightman, Patrick - 30th. July 1798 - Honourably acquitted of treason and rebellion during the United Irishmens Uprising

Wightman, Hugh - 31st. December 1857 - Witness to the marriage of Hugh Stevenson and Fanny Elen McWhinney

Wightman, Robert - 1863 - Leased out a house,yard and garden to William Lyons of Shuttlefield Lane

1901 Census - Residents of a house 11 in Donaghadee Road (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 12 in James Street Part of. (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 119 in Mill Street Part of. (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Wightman, Thomas - 1907

Thomas Wightman, youngest son of James and Martha (Smiley) Wightman, was born near Newtownards, on Lough Strangford, county Down,
Ireland, January 8, 1818. He was but seven years of age when he came to the United States wuth his parents, and his education was acquired in a small
red brick school house in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, under the tuition of A. W. Campbell, at that time one of the most efficient teachers in the city.
He developed a decided aptitude and liking for mathematics and, after entering upon his business career, continued his studies in this direction in the evening schools,
and supplemented this by assiduous home work. He was but fourteen years of age when he accepted his first business position, which was that of clerk
in a grocery store, and he resigned this at the expiration of two years in order to accept a position in a glass manufactory of William McCully, this being
at that time the leading industry of that section of the country. He was assigned to the packing department, and here his diligence and faithful and
methodical attention to the duties of his position did not fail to attract the attention of Mr. McCully. So great was his confidence in the capacity and
reliability of young Wightman that when he had occasion to go to New Orleans for an extended period of time, he left the plant in his charge, feeling
that he was fully capable of managing it to his entire satisfaction. This confidence was not misplaced, and upon the return of Mr. McCully,
Mr. Wightman, though but a mere youth, was advanced to the position of superintendent.
This office he retained until he was twenty-two years of age when he was admitted to partnership in the firm, the name being changed to William
McCuIly & Company. This connection was in force until 1851, when Mr.Wightman formed a partnership with Frederick Lorenz, who died suddenly
five years later, leaving- the business affairs in a very involved condition. It was assigned to Mr.Wightman for the benefit of the creditors, and at the
same time he entered the employ of Alexander D. Chambers & Sons, in the same line of business. Shortly afterward Atwood Lorenz, a son of Frederick
Lorenz, died, and Mr. Wightman resumed the personal management of the concern, conducting it for several years under the name of Lorenz & Wight-
man, later changing the name to Wightman &: Company, and still later to the present firm name of The Thomas Wightman Glass Company, under which
title it has been favorably known in the business world since 1896. This company has an extensive plant, consisting of two factories in Pittsburg, one
for the manufacture of window glass, the other for bottle manufacture, and factories at Parker's Landing and !Monongahela. The phenomenal success of
this business is due in a great measure to the indomitable energy, executive ability and sound judgment of Mr. Wightman. In addition to this concern,
Mr. Wightman is interested in a number of other business enterprises. He is vice-president of the First National Bank, and is a director of the People's
Bank of Savings and of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company. He is the owner of a quantity of real estate in the city, including the ten-acre lot in
Forbes street, on which his residence is located. Though now (1907) almost ninety years of age, Mr. Wightman goes to his office every day, attending to
business matters until three o'clock. Early in life he acquired the habit of devoting at least a small portion of each day to the reading of good literature,
and this habit he has carried through his life, and is now a man of wide and diversified knowledge. In politics he was formerly a member of the Whig
party, but affiliated with the Republican party when that body was organized, and has been a staunch supporter of its principles since that time. He has been
a member of the Presbyterian church for more than forty years and has been an elder in the Bellfield church for a third of a centurry
He married. July 30, 1845, Isabella Ruth Russell, daughter of John Russell, who was a leading merchant of Pittsburg in his day. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Wightman were devoted to their family ties, and until the death of the wife and mother, the entire family were wont to gather in the old home at all
holidays. Mrs. Wightman was born July 30, 1824. died March i. 1904. Thev had children: i. Rev. John R., archdeacon in the Protestant Episcopal church
and identified with the missionary work in his native city. 2. James Smiley. 3. Algernon. 4. Sidney. 5. William Henry. 6. Mary, died in 1890, aged
twenty-eight. 7. Samuel Ralston. 8. Isabella Ruth. 9. Thomas, Jr. Four of the sons are associated with their father in business.

Wightman, Mrs - 1911~1913 - leased a house,office,yard and garden at 45 South Street from Thomas paisley

1911 Census - Residents of a house 12 in Ballywatticock (Newtownards North, Down)

1911 Census - Residents of a house 8 in Donaghadee Road (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Wightman, Augustus - 1920 - Leased a house at 4bb Ballymagreehan from Robert Ferguson

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