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Hannah Dwight (daughter of John Dwight and Hannah Close) was born Abt. 1625 in Dedham, Essex, England, and died 04 Nov 1714 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.She married Nathaniel Whiting on 04 Nov 1643 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, son of Timothie Whiting and Anne Bunning.
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Hannah Dwight came to America with her nonconformist parents and others with the "celebrated" preacher, John Rogers, of Dedham, England.
They were given permission to settle in what became Dedham, Massachusetts (they wanted to call the place 'Contentment' but the General Court of Massachusetts chose to call these commons Dedham).
Nathaniel and Hannah owned a grist mill (which apparently had been capitalized at least in part by her father, John Dwight, a prosperous townsman and selectman.
More About Hannah Dwight and Nathaniel Whiting:
Marriage: 04 Nov 1643, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Children of Hannah Dwight and Nathaniel Whiting are:
  1. +Jonathan Whiting, b. 09 Oct 1667, Dedham, Massachusetts, d. 04 Sep 1729, Roxbury, Mass..