Captain Timothy Dwight represented Dedham in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts and was the progenitor of the Dwight family.
Timothy Dwight's tombstone
The history of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699, begins with the first settlers' arrival in 1635 and runs to the end of the 17th century. The settlers, who built their village on land the native peopl
Timothy Dwight (Massachusetts politician)
…was born in England in 1629 to John and Hannah Dwight née Close and was brought to Dedham, Massachusetts in 1635 as a child. John Dwight was one of the first settlers of Dedham. Timothy was made a freeman in 1655 and was a member of the First Church and Parish in Dedham beginning in 1652. Dwight was married six times and…
The first taxpayer-funded public school in the United States was in Dedham.
The Fairbanks House is the oldest timber-frame house in North America.
Gilbert Stuart Fisher Ames NPG.79.215 National Portrait Gallery
Seal of Dedham, Massachusetts