Rhoda (Edwards) Dwight (1778-1864)

"Madam Dwight" Mrs Rhoda (Edwards) Dwight

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She was described by her descendant, Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight: "Madam Dwight (as she was universally known) was a wonder and a joy to all who knew her, for intellectual power and brightness, to the end of her very long life, and was held in veneration by the admiring people of Northampton, and by a multitude without that historic town". She married State Treasurer Josiah Dwight and by him had fifteen children (including a set of triplets born in 1806 and a pair of twins - died young - born in 1811) of whom nine (listed) survived to adulthood.

Parents

Col. Timothy Edwards

Tanner & Judge of Probate, of Stockbridge, Massachusetts

1738-1813

Rhoda (Ogden) Edwards

Mrs Rhoda (Ogden) Edwards

1741-1822

Spouse

Josiah Dwight

of Boston; Merchant & State Treasurer of Massachusetts

1767-1821

Children

Elizabeth (Dwight) Sedgwick

Mrs Elizabeth Buckminster (Dwight) Sedgwick

1801-1864

Rev. Robert Ogden Dwight

Missionary to Madura, India

1802-1844

Margaret Dwight

Headmistress of a School at Northampton, Massachusetts; died unmarried

1804-1844

Amelia (Dwight) Flint

Mrs Amelia (Dwight) Flint

1806-1883

Mary Ann Dwight

Died unmarried at Morrisania, New York

1806-1858

Susan (Dwight) Williams

Mrs Susan Edwards (Dwight) Williams

1806-1883

Timothy Edwards Dwight

Studied law at Raleigh, N.C., died unmarried

1808-1833

Caroline (Dwight) Hopkins

Mrs Caroline Williams (Dwight) Hopkins

1813-1881

Josiah Dwight

Clerk of the Circuit Court at Woodstock, McHenry Co., Illinois

1815-1878

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Remarkable Women