Ancestry of
John Lithgow

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Helen Wesson

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of John Lithgow — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 79 
  • Father:
  • Timothy Wesson Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Esther Lamson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jul 1763 
  • Birth Location:
  • Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Oct 1829 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Amos Whittemore
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jun 1781 
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  • Child:

  Helen Whittemore (Ahnentafel No:39 )

  • Notes: 

  • Helen Wesson's maiden name is also seen as Weston.

• Sources for Helen Wesson

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/22/2022).
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death record for daughter Helen Prentis.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Concord, Vol. 1, p. 214, Birth record for Helen Wesson.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1954, Vol. 108, p. 249.
  • ⁵ Cutter, Dr. Benjamin and William Richard Cutter, A History of the Cutter Family of New England, Boston: David Clapp and Son (1871), 231-232.

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