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
Birth 1756-09-17 Northampton, Hampden Co., Massachusetts   1
Death 1821-02-14 Northampton, Hampden Co., Massachusetts   2

Age: 64y 4m 28d

Christening 4633      

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father DWIGHT, Timothy1726-05-271777-05-10
Mother EDWARDS, Mary1734-04-071807-02-28
    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