John Dight (1772–1837)
Death – At Richmond on Sunday last, after a long and afflicting illness, which he endured with exemplary patience, Mr John Dight, aged 65 years, one of our oldest and most respectable free settlers. He has left a widow with a numerous family, who will long lament the loss of a truely affectionate husband, and most tender parent.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Dight genealogy, Singleton Argus (NSW), 20 May 1935, p 4
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Dight, Hannah (wife)
- Dight, Sarah (daughter)
- Hume, Elizabeth (daughter)
- Dight, Mary (daughter)
- Howe, Ann (daughter)
- Sharp, Jane (daughter)
- Watson, Susannah (daughter)
- Mackay, Frances Elizabeth (daughter)
- Dight, Sophia (daughter)
- Dight, John (son)
- Dight, George (son)
- Dight, Charles Hilton (son)
- Dight, Samuel Billingsley (son)
- Dight, Arthur (son)
- Dight, Emma (daughter-in-law)
- Dight, Isabella (daughter-in-law)
- Dight, Sophia (daughter-in-law)
- Dight, Emma Maria (daughter-in-law)
- Dight, Elizabeth Ann (daughter-in-law)
- Dight, Janet (daughter-in-law)
- Watson, John (son-in-law)
- Hume, Hamilton (son-in-law)
- Mackay, George Edward (son-in-law)
- Sharp, James Burleigh (son-in-law)
- Howe, James (son-in-law)
- Dight, Arthur Hilton (nephew)
- Brodie, Emily Jane (granddaughter)
- Walker, Jessie (granddaughter)
- Dight, Helen S. (granddaughter)
- Dight, Muriel Templeton (granddaughter)
- Dight, John Richard (grandson)
- Dight, James George (grandson)
- Dight, George William (grandson)
- Dight, Charles Hilton (grandson)
- Dight, Richard Howe (grandson)
- Mackay, John Dight (grandson)
- Dight, John (grandson)
- Dight, Hilton James (grandson)
- Dight, Arthur Hilton (grandson)
- Worrall, George (assigned convict)
Citation details
'Dight, John (1772–1837)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/dight-john-17588/text29244, accessed 26 May 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
24 March,
1772
Axminster,
Devon,
England
Death
2 July,
1837
(aged 65)
Richmond,
New South Wales,
Australia
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