DWIGHT, Erastus 1
Birth Name | DWIGHT, Erastus |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 64 years, 4 months, 27 days |
Narrative
BIOGRAPHY: Attended Yale. He was mentally incapacitated upon hearing ofhis father's death in 1777 and remained a recluse until his death living his entire life in the house of his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Dwight. He would go to his mother's house for dinner every night after others were done and, after his mother died, did the same at his brother Cecil's house.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | 1756-09-17 | Northampton, Hampden Co., Massachusetts | 1 | |
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Death | 1821-02-14 | Northampton, Hampden Co., Massachusetts | 2 | |
Age: 64y 4m 28d |
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Christening | 4633 | |||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | DWIGHT, Timothy | 1726-05-27 | 1777-05-10 | |
Mother | EDWARDS, Mary | 1734-04-07 | 1807-02-28 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Timothy | 1752-05-03 | 1817-01-11 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Sereno Edwards | 1754-12-10 | 1783-10-10 | |
DWIGHT, Erastus | 1756-09-17 | 1821-02-14 | ||
Brother | DWIGHT, Jonathan Edwards | 1759-01-29 | 1800 | |
Sister | DWIGHT, Sarah | 1761-05-09 | 1805 | |
Sister | DWIGHT, Mary | 1763-01-09 | 1813 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Theodore | 1764-12-15 | between 1840-06-11 and 1846 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Maurice William | 1766-12-15 | 1796-08-11 | |
Sister | DWIGHT, Fidelia | 1768-08-07 | 1847-01-22 | |
Sister | DWIGHT, Elizabeth | 1772-01-29 | 1813-12-08 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Cecil | 1774-06-10 | 1839-11-29 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Henry Edwin | 1776-09-20 | 1824-05-00 | |
Brother | DWIGHT, Nathaniel | between 1763-01-31 and 1770 | 1831-06-11 |