Nathaniel Wing
M, #14070, b. before 2 March 1646
| Father* | Stephen Wing b. c Feb 1620 |
| Mother* | Ose(i)th-Osh(h)ea(h) Dillingham |
| Charts | Pedigree - father Charles Harold Bassett |
| Reference | 8G Grf, B1034 |
| Source* | Source(s): http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/RaymondWing/WINGDESC/d0/i2000260.htm#i2000260 Original source is broken. Here's what it said: 57. Nathaniel5 Wing (Stephen4 Wing(e), Rev. John3, Matthew2, [poss.] Rev. Godfr(i)edus1 Wynge) was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) before 2 March 1646/7. If, as tradition says, Stephen Wing lived in the old stone fort house from its earliest days, then Nathaniel was the first Wing child born there. Indeed, from all we gather, he was the first male grandchild of Deborah born in America, the honor of being the first real American Wing going to Hannah, the daughter of Daniel, born in 1642. Nathaniel made his appearance upon the scene in 1646-7. Death deprived him of his mother Oseah when he was a tender lad of eight or nine. He seems to have been the only one of Oseah Dillingham's children to survive the perils of infancy. His boyhood days were fraught with the excitements attending the persecutions of his father and Uncle Daniel and others in the neighborhood as Quakers. He was brought up in an atmosphere which inflicted a penalty for entertaining a Quaker, for speaking upon the highway with a Quaker, for being present at an assemblage of Quakers.(7386) He married Sarah Hatch in Falmouth, Barnstable Co., Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), about 1687.(7387) Nathaniel's marriage to a daughter of Jonathan Hatch of Falmouth doubtless induced him to adventure this settlement at a distance from the neighborhood of his father, brothers, uncles and cousins. He seems to have married "out of meeting" as well, and this may have been also a determining factor. Pocasset was nearby to the Falmouth line and but a few miles from "Hatchville," and here among the Hardys, Swifts and kindred of his wife he elected to make his home.(7388) Jonathon (sic) Hatch had penetrated the wilds on the east shore of Buzzard's Bay as early as 1661, and in his Nathaniel Wing found his wife, the oldest daughter, Sarah, born in Falmouth, March 21, 1664. It was probably due to this marriage, that Nathaniel himself settled on the shores of Buzzard's Bay, in the town of Sandwich, which then extended across the Cape, and not distant from his father-in-law. This marriage may have been between the years 1680-90, at a time when Nathaniel was a bachelor of mature years.(7389) Sarah was born in Saconecet (now Falmouth), (now Plymouth Co.), Plymouth Colony (now MA) 21 March 1664[/5]. Jonathan Hatch & Sarah Rowley Married 11 April 1646 . . . . his Daughter Sarah [born] 21 of March 1664(7390) Barnstable records had born March 21, 1664, while Falmouth records state born March 23, 1665.(7391) Sarah was the daughter of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley. Sarah Wing, widow of Nathaniel, of Sandwich. Will dated July 8, 1731, proved Oct. 8, 1734. Daughter Mary Wing executrix; mentions sons Joseph, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, "these other daughters" not mentioned; granddaughter Mercy, daughter of Nathaniel. Inventory shows personal estate, £80, 16s.(7392) King Philip's War broke out in 1675, and Nathaniel's half brother, Stephen Wing, was killed in the massacre of Captain Peasre's (sic) company of Seekonk, March 26, 1676. Nathaniel himself then about 30 years of age, enlisted as a soldier in the war, and served in Captain Gorham's company. Bodges Soldiers of King Philip's War at page 440, says that Nathaniel Wing was one of the residents of Sandwich granted lands in the Narragansett Grants, town of Gorham, Maine, for services in this war. His grant appears to be taken by his son Nathaniel. Gorham's company was at the Great Swamp Fight in which the Narragansetts were so thoroughly punished.(7393) He resided in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) admitted townsman 1681.(7394) The exact date at which settlement began on the Buzzard Bay side cannot be accurately determined, but probably not earlier than 1675. The first deeds to the settlers were from the Indians, it is said, in the Handy family is preserved a deed from an Indian named Numick, given about 1700, the Indian "making his mark." The first Nathaniel Wing was the son of Stephen, who came with his mother, Deborah (Bachiler) Wing, from England to America in 1632, and his first wife, Oseah Dillingham, and was born about 1646. Nathaniel was married about 1680 to Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Rowley) Hatch. Undoubtedly, his first home, probably his only home, after marriage was at Pocasset. The fact that he married into a family resident at Falmouth, leads to the supposition that he located in that vicinity before his marriage, but there is no proof that he did. The village of Pocasset, which in the early days formed a part of the town of Sandwich, is now a village of Bourne, the town having been divided in 1884 and a portion, including Pocasset, set off as a separate town. Pocasset village extends to that portion of the town known as Bourne village, and includes the peninsula known since the very early days as Wing's Neck, and originally included what is now the village of Cataumet. The name Pocasset was probably given by the Indians. The original spelling was "Pokesit." There is a tradition, or legend, that the Narragansett Indians, although their home was in another section, used to frequent that place, and that it was named after their queen, Pocasset. Another theory is that the Indians of that section had a chief Cataumet whose queen, or wife, was Wenaumet. hence the names of those villages. It is said that the first five white settlers of Pocasset bore the names of Lawrence, Swift, Nye, Handy and Wing, and that for many years they were the only families there. In the very early days, before the settlement of Pocasset, a road was cut through a forest of pitch pine trees from Falmouth to Sandwich village, and in those early days the trees were tapped for pitch, which was made into turpentine. Thus the road became known ats the "Turpentine Road." From this old road, which was probably the only one at that time between Falmouth and Sandwich, the first five settlers drew their boundary lines to the bay, the land being taken by them in the order of the names given above; the Lawrence family next to Falmouth, the Wing holdings extending a considerable distance north (including the Neck) with Handy, Nye and Swift between. When the "county road" was laid out it was made to follow the shore, or nearly so, consequently was not a direct route from Pocasset to Sandwich village. As the settlers were obliged to attend church service at Sandwich, they naturally desired to make the walk as short as possible, therefore made a track through the woods which lessened the distance about two miles and became a well traveled road. For many years they were not allowed to maintain a separate church at Pocasset. it was not until the year 1767, nearly one hundred years after the first settlement, that they got permission from the Sandwich church to establish a church in their village. At that date they were sett off as a separate precinct. During all those years they were obliged to go, usually walked, that distance or be fined for non-attendance. While it is said that the first Nathaniel was the owner of that large tract of land, the fact remains that in his will, dated Oct. 4, 1722, and probated December following, no mention is made of real estate. His personal estate was inventoried at £99, 5s, 6d, a considerable one for those days and that locality. If he owned real estate, he must have divided it among his numerous children before his death. it is, however, well known that for many generations the descendants of this Nathaniel have been extensive land holders in that section. Nathaniel9 (Alvin,8 Lemuel,7 Nathaniel,6 Ebenezer,5 Nathaniel,4 Stephen,3 Rev. John,2 Matthew1) was the last large land owner bearing the name of Wing. This Nathaniel, it is said owned a large part of Wing's Neck in addition to extensive holdings east of the Neck. When the survey was made for the railroad now running to Wood's Hole, it was run directly across his land, and although he vigorously opposed it, he was not able to prevent it, and lamented greatly that he should be obliged to give up his possessions, which he said had "come down to him through generations." ... The line between the Wing and Handy estates was a short distance south of the Pocasset House. The Wing possessions included the land upon which stands the hotel and the numerous summer cottages. The road now running past the hotel to Cataumet was formerly a private road over the Wing domains, and closed with gates and bars. About 1855 it was by the town opened as a public highway.... A few rods north of the Pocasset House, in the pasture land on the east side of the road leading down to Pocasset village, may be seen a depression in the ground. This formerly was a cellar, and here stood an old Wing home, described as being "very old and very low in the walls." No one seems able to state with certainty which one of the Wings lived there. Many years ago, probably more than sixty, the house which stood there was moved by Mr. David Dimmock to his land on the county road near Cataumet Church, and for some years occupied by him and his family. About 1855 he removed to Pocasset. The old house stood where he had placed it until 1901, when it was destroyed by fire. Near the spot where the old house originally stood may be found traces of an old road coming out on to the present road between Pocasset and Cataumet very near the hotel, but apparently unused for many years. This, too, was a private road over the Wing lands and originally ran down to a wharf on the bay. On this road faced the "Natty" Wing place, said to have been built by the first Nathaniel, at present the summer home of Mr. Harry Russell of Boston. The story of this old road seems to explain why the front door of the old house is seemingly on the back side - the public highway later laid out running in the rear of the house. On this same road near the present railroad station was still another Wing home, long occupied by the widow of Lemuel. No one states positively that it was the home of Lemuel before his death. The last Wing owners of the old house so occpied were the heirs of Nathaniel9 (Nathaniel,8 Nathaniel,7 Nathaniel,6 Ebenezer,5 Nathaniel,4 Stephen,3 John,2 Matthew1)... Mrs. Bridgeham, granddaughter of the last Nathaniel who occupied the old home, says that it is a family tradition that a portion of the old house was built by the first Nathaniel, but she does not think there is proof that it was. She also says that she has always been told that a portion of the house was moved there from some other place and attached to the original part. She thinks it was an old Wing house, but cannot tell from where it was moved. Mrs. Bridgeham has several pieces of antique glass ware which has come down to her through generations. One piece is no less than 150 years old, a rare relic. She also has an antique box of "whale ivory," so called, made by her great-uncle Thomas Wing while on one of his whaling trips. There exists a list, copied from the oldest precinct records, of the houses between Falmouth and Sandwich in 1790. On this list, No. 20 was given "Simeon Wing's house, perhaps the Lemuel Wing." There seems to be no room for doubt that the house so numbered and referred to is that known as the "Natty Wing place."... Nathaniel, brother of Simeon, died intestate, and Simeon was appointed administrator of his estate and guardian of his minor children. Therefore, it seems reasonable to suppose that upon his removal to Maine his home in Pocasset was taken by some member of his brother's family. The Nathaniel's who have for three generations been the occupants of the old home, were the direct descendants of Nathaniel,6 brother of Simeon. Thus it seems clear that the place now owned and occupied by Mr. Harry Russell was the home from which Simeon and his family went out to the wilderness of Maine. Considering the size of Simeon's family, he having three who died young in addition to ten who went to Maine. There seems ample reason for accepting as truth the tradition that a second house was moved there and attached to the original one, and that the addition was moved by Simeon is more than probable. Simeon and Nathaniel were the sons of Ebenezer, grandson of the first Nathaniel. Possibly their father and grandfather occupied the place before them. The place on Wing's Neck known as the early home of Judah Wing, is now the property of Mr. Cabot of Boston, who has there built a summer home. Of the old house occupied by Judah in the early days, it is said, that even at that very early date it was a very old house, and so insecure that when the high winds prevailed, the were wont to throw over it a huge cable, the ends of which were securely fastened. It was thereby prevented from blowing away into the bay or some other place. It seems possible that this may have been the first Wing home; that Nathaniel built near the Handy's, who were his nearest neighbors, rather than at the extreme northern limits of his estate, where he would have none nearer than Sandwich on the north, and, too, it was not far by water to the home of his father-in-law, Jonathan Hatch...(7396) Nathaniel's settlement in the western part of Sandwich may have been due to a number of causes. First, it is quite apparent that he was out of sympathy with his Father's religious views; second, his younger brother, Elisha had located about this time upon the opposite shores of Buzzard's Bay in the town of Wareham, not more than twelve miles distant across the water; third, his cousin, John Wing, had built his home upon Great Neck, directly across the bay and almost within sight of his own habitation on the east side of the water; fourth, his desire to live in close proximity to his wife's kindred, The Hatches. It is said that the first five families in the present limits of that prart of town of Sandwich bordering on the east shores of Buzzard's Bay were the Lawrence, Swift, Nye, Handy and Wing families, and that for many years they were the only settlers living in that part of town. The holdings of the Lawrence family were adjoining to Falmouth, while the Wings were to the north and the Handys, Swifts and Nyes in between. The exact place of the habitation of Nathaniel Wing is confidently pointed out by his descendants to have been in the present village of Pocasset, and the summer home of Mr. Harry Russell (also a Wing descendant) is believed to be the very house erected by Nathaniel himself. It was for many years known as the "Natty" Wing house, and was occupied by descendants of Nathaniel bearing his name, up to a few years ago. The old house bears signs of antiquity, and was visited by the Wings during the Sandwich reunion of 1908.(7397)(7395) Unconfirmed evidence states that he died in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 17 NOV 1722.(7398) Will dated Oct. 4, 1722, proved Dec. 4, 1722. Sarah Wing, widow of deceased, executrix; mentions wife Sarah and children Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Hozia, Sarah, Marey, Oaseth and Joseph. Inventory shows personal estate, £99, 5s, 6d; no real estate.(7399) The least understood of all the branches separating from the parent tree at Sandwich in the early days, is the record of Nathaniel Wing, the oldest son of Stehen of the "old fort house." Although Nathaniel lived and died in Sandwich, his home was in that part of the town now designated as Bourne and known then as Pocassett, upon Buzzard's Bay and some ten miles distant through the woods from the first homes centering around Spring Hill(7400). Nathaniel was the only surviving child of Stephen and Oseah (Dillingham) Wing to enter matrimony. He was born about 1646-7 at Sandwich. When scarcely seven years of age his mother died, leaving his father with three infant children, himself the oldest. Within a few weeks, doubtless because of the urgency of the household situation, his father brought a new wife into the home. We find no mention of Nathaniel again until October 29, 1669, when he was about twenty-two years of age, when the following appears upon the court records at Plymouth: "In reference to a shirt stolen by an Indian from Christopher Blake and sold unto Nathaniel Winge, which shirt is now in the custody of the constable of Sandwich, the Court have ordered that said Constable shall return the said shirt to Christopher Blake & to inquire the said Wings to pay 5 shillings to the said Blake in satisfaction for his trouble and charges about it, and 2 shillings & 6 pence to the said Wings be required to look up the said Indian and to bring him or cause him to be brought before some of the magistrates of this jurisdiction to answer for his said act." The action on the part of the Court was taken as a warning and preventive to the whites from purchasing articles of predatory and wandering Indians. In order that we may fully comprehend the circumstances of Nathaniel's early life at Sandwich, it may be well to call attention that he was the grandson of Mr. Edward Dillingham, prominent in Sandwich affairs, and that his uncle was Liut. John Dillingham, who had moved to Harwich with another of Nathaniel's uncles, John Wing about 1656-7.(7401) Nathaniel Wing and Sarah Hatch had the following children: + 151 i. Keziah6 Wing was born about 1689. Details: oldest child.(7402) Birth site: Pocasset. + 152 ii. Nathaniel Wing (II) was born about 1692. Birth site: Pocasset. + 153 iii. Ebenezer Wing was born 1694. Details: d. 6 JUN 1789 "in 95th yr".(7403) Birth site: ?Natty Wing House in Pocasset. + 154 iv. Sarah Wing was born circa 1695. Birth site: Natty Wing House in Pocasset. + 155 v. Hozea-Hozeth Wing was born about 1702. Birth site: Natty Wing House in Pocasset. 156 vi. Mary Wing was born in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts about 1705. Birth site: Natty Wing House in Pocasset. Mary never married.(7404) + 157 vii. Joseph Wing was born 30 March 1709. Birth site: Natty Wing House in Pocasset. Send email to preparer: raymond.wing@snet.net. | |
| Birth* | before 2 March 1646 | Nathaniel Wing was born before 2 March 1646 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. |
| Marriage* | He married Sarah Hatch. |
| Relationships | 8th great-grandfather of David Lee Bassett 6th great-grandfather of Charles Henry "Charlie" Bassett |
Family | Sarah Hatch | |
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| Last Edited | 17 Feb 2015 |