Daniel Wing would become the father of twelve children.
He would have nine by his first wife, Hannah Swift and he
would have three by his second wife, Anna Ewer |
| 1. Hannah Wing, born July 28,
1643, the first Wing to be born in New England, making
Rev. John Wing and Deborah Bachiler grandparents for the
first time. Of Barnstable, Barnstable Co, MA....eleven
miles away from her hometown of Sandwich. Hannah
Wing married Jedediah Lombard. 2. Lydia Wing, born May 23, 1647. Lydia would marry twice; (1) Thomas Hamilton, (2) John Abbot. Born at Sandwich, moved to Newport, Rhode Island, forty-seven miles away from Sandwich. Returned to Sandwich after the death of her husband. 3. Deborah Wing, born October 9, 1648, died about 1659 4. Samuel Batchelder Wing, born
August 28, 1652, Samuel married Mary Dillingham. Samuel
was born at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA 5. Hepiziah Wing, born November 7, 1654, presumed to have died in infancy. 6. John Wing, born November 14,
1656, born at Sandwich, moved to Rochester, Plymouth Co.,
MA...seventeen miles from Sandwich. John married Martha
Spooner. Ebenezer Spooner and his wife, Mercy Branch Spooner would have a son named John Spooner. John married Elizabeth Wells and their son Joshua Spooner would marry Bathsheba Ruggles, (WARNING...this is not proven at this time) daughter of the quite famous, Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles and his wife, Bathsheba Bourne Newcomb. Bathsheba would, with accomplices, murder Joshua Spooner on the night of March 1, 1778 at Brookfield, Massachusetts. Bathsheba Ruggles Spooner was pregnant when they executed her on July 2, 1778. Another noteworthy item worth mentioning comes from the History of Acushnet, Massachusetts, written by Franklyn Howland; The record of Spooners of Acushnet in the military service of the Revolutionary War is a remarkable one. The writer believes that more persons of one surname were in the war for our independence of British sovereignty who were natives of the little town of Acushnet than served therein from any other one town in the country. That name was Spooner. A spirit of patriotism, loyalty and courage was predominant in that generation of the Spooners of this town. These soldiers were all descendants of John Spooner, who was among the earliest land owners and inhabitants here. 7. Beulah Wing, born November 16,
1658, at Sandwich, moved to Rochester, Plymouth Co.,
MA...seventeen miles from Sandwich. Beulah Wing married
Aaron Barlow. 8. Deborah Wing, born September, 1660, at Sandwich, moved to Newport, Rhode Island, forty-seven miles away from Sandwich, may have died in Pennsylvania. Deborah married William Dungan. 9. Daniel Wing, born on January 28, 1663/64, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, he was only a few days old when his mother, Hannah Swift Wing died. Daniel married Deborah Dillingham 10. Experience Wing, born August 4, 1668., at Sandwich, moved to Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, twenty-eight miles from Sandwich. Experience Wing married Samuel Spooner. 11. Bachelor Wing, born June of 1671, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, moved to Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA, twenty-nine miles from Sandwich (as the crow flies) Bachelor Wing married Joanna Hatch. 12. Jashub Wing, born January 30, 1673/74, at Sandwich, Massachusetts. Jashub is thirty years younger than his oldest half-sister, Hannah Wing Lombard. Jashub married twice; (1) Anna Hoxie and (2) Dorothy Butler, the widow of his nephew, Joseph Wing. |