Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . No. 53 State street was the home of Jonathan Dwight, Sr. It formerly stoodwhere W. F. Adams Companys store now is, and fronted on Main street, and wasmoved to its present location about 1840. For several years previous to 1845 itwas occu])ied by Chester W. Chapin. 13 178 SKETCHES OF THE OLD INHABITANTS. JONATHAN DWIGHT, Sk. AND MANSIONS OF SPRINGFIELD. 179 3, 1745, and died February 8, 1789, aged 43 years, 5months. On the 29th of March, 1790, he married,
Sketches of the old inhabitants and other citizens of old Springfield of the present century, and its historic mansions of "ye olden tyme," . No. 53 State street was the home of Jonathan Dwight, Sr. It formerly stoodwhere W. F. Adams Companys store now is, and fronted on Main street, and wasmoved to its present location about 1840. For several years previous to 1845 itwas occu])ied by Chester W. Chapin. 13 178 SKETCHES OF THE OLD INHABITANTS. JONATHAN DWIGHT, Sk. AND MANSIONS OF SPRINGFIELD. 179 3, 1745, and died February 8, 1789, aged 43 years, 5months. On the 29th of March, 1790, he married, for a secondwife, Margaret Van Veghten Vanderspiegel of New Haven,Conn., who died July 25, 1795, aged 42 years. October 13,1796, he married, for a third wife, Hannah Buckminster, ofBrookfield, Mass. She died May 26, 1824, aged 79 children : five sons, three daughters. He died September 5, 1831, aged 88 years, 2 months, 19days. Hon. Jonathan Dwight, 2d, son of Jonathan and Mar-garet (Ashley) Dwight, was born at Springfield, Mass.,December 28, 1772. He entered Harvard College, andgraduated in 1793, read law with Hon. George Bliss (knownas Master George, the ablest lawyer in the town). , though admitted to the bar, did not follow the pro-fession of law, but engaged in mercantile affairs, in whichhe was successful, an able financial manager. In 1793 hewas chosen tax collector. He was one of the original incor-porator
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