Stephen Wing
M, #14072, b. circa February 1620
| Father* | Rev John Wing b. 12 Jan 1584 |
| Mother* | Deborah Bachiler b. 1592 |
| Charts | Pedigree - father Charles Harold Bassett |
| Reference | 9G Grf, B2068 |
| Source* | Source(s): http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/RaymondWing/WINGDESC/d0/i2000263.htm#i2000263 Original source is broken. Here's what it said: 34. Stephen4 Wing(e) (Rev. John3, Matthew2, [poss.] Rev. Godfr(i)edus1 Wynge) was born in Sandwich, Kentshire, England about FEB 1620/1.(7121) We are fortunate in knowing the age of Stephen and that he was three years old in 1624 when his mother embarked from England with him and his older sister Deborah for Holland. Stephen, like his brothers, spent the first years of his life at Flushing and at The Hague, and came to New England with his mother when nine years old. (7122) Stephen Wing Deceased ye 24 day of ye 2 mo 1710(7123) April 25 [1710] "Stephen Wing died aged 88"(7124) It will be noted that Stephen committed, "my body to Decent Buruall at our friends Burieng place att Spring Hill until when God shall please to call me Hence." Unquestionably he lies there among the unmarked graves.(7125) He married twice. He married Ose(i)th-Os(h)ea(h) Dillingham in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), fall of 1646. Be that as it may, young Stephen and Osheah "loved well but not wisely.".. He married Osheah Dilingham sometime in the Fall of 1646 being at that time twenty-five years of age. Then followed an event possible only under the strict code of morals which devised and punished with the Scarlet Letter. Indiscretions and trivial offenses were taken note of by the rigorous laws of the Pilgrims. At different times, many of the leading men of the Colony were before the Court, charged with irregularities. The rich, the poor, high and low stood upon an equality before the stern mandates of Plymouth. So we must take no particular shame or chagrin to ourselves that young Stephen was before the Plymouth Court, March 2, 1647, and fined because of the fact that a child was born to his wife at an unseasonable time after their marriage. The Court records the "the said Wing coming into the face of the Court, freely acknowledging, he was according to order of the Court fined and discharged." Governor Bradford signed the record.(7126) Oseah was the daughter of Edward Dillingham and Ursula Carter. Oseth Wing the wife of Steven wing Died 29th of aprill Ano: 1654(7128) She was christened in Cottesbach, Leicester, ENG, 10 February 1621[/2].(7129) He married Sarah Briggs in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), 7 11 mo [JAN] 1654[/5]. Stephen Wingtephen Wing and Sarath Bridggs was mareid the 7 of 11. 1654(7130) stephen Wing & sarah Briggs was married ye seventh Day of ye eleventh moneth in ye yeare one thousand six hundred ffifty & foure: 1654(7131) Sarah was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) before 1641.(7132) Sarah was the daughter of John Briggs and Katherine (Unknown). Sarah Wing ye wife of Stephen wing Deceased ye 26 day of ye first moth in ye yeare 1689(7133) She was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts). Unconfirmed evidence states that Sarah was born poss. at England or Lynn, circa 1635. Stephen was listed in a muster roll in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), AUG 1643. It is generally believed that immediately following the marriage of Stephen and Osheah they located in the "Old Fort House" near Spring Hill. Deborah and her son John, (and possibly Matthew) were living upon their first homestead; Daniel had purchased the Hallett farm, and it was left to Stephen to establish himself with his young family. In the days of the first settlements upon the Cape, the pioneers had at various points built substantial stone and brick enclosures as defences from possible Indian forays. They soon came to know the Cape Indians were inclined to be peaceable and friendly and that these block houses or forts were unnecessary. It seems probable that, thru the influence of his father-in-law and brothers, the town of Sandwich sold or assigned the old fort and its surrounding acres to Stephen. Anyway, he seems to have lived there from the very first.(7137) Swift in his "History of Barnstable Families," says of the "Old Fort House:" "All the old houses at Spring Hill have undergone similar transformations. The Wing House, probably the oldest house in Massachusetts, built before 1643 as a fortification, has been altered so often that little of the original remains." The writer first visited the "Old Fort House" in the summer of 1901, and since that time has carefully examined it many times. Its walls, like those of the majority of the old Cape houses, are shingled. The fort itself now constitutes the parlor of Mr. Wing's home, a room 15x18 feet in dimension. Deep embrasures for the windows show the thickness of the stone walls encased, and old oaken rafters overhead indicate the size of the original building. A great fireplace almost occupies one end of the room, leading to an immense chimney around which the several parts of the building seem to have been gathered. A quaint, narrow stairway leads to the second floor, and the entire ensemble impresses one with its self-evident antiquity... The building nestles at the foot of a hill, just across the old road leading up to Spring Hill Meeting House, a half mile away. At the rear of the house are salt marshes stretching away to the waters of Cape Cod Bay, partially covered at high tide. A full panoramic sweep of the bay is presented, and a five minute walk brings one to the beach itself. We have the satisfaction of knowing that the home of Stephen and Osheah was most pleasantly situated.(7138) The story of the Wing house in brief is told upon a tablet erected by the Wing Family of America, which once or twice has held reunions at this original source of the various branches of the family. It reads: "Stephen Wing, son of the Rev. John and Deborah Wing, settled in Sandwich in 1637. He lived on this land and built this house in 1641. He was a member of the first Friends Meeting in America, established at Spring Hill in 1658, and suffered a great persecution at the hands of the Plymouth Government in the cause of Religious Liberty. He died in 1710 and is buried at Spring Hill." There is, it seems, another version that the house was built in 1637: ...When the house was completed it was believed that Mrs. Deborah Wing lived there, and there is a tradition that the name of Sandwich was given to the town through the Widow Wing in fond memory of Sandwich, England, where her husband had received signal honors. (7139)(7136) Stephen Wing was appointed Constable of Sandwich by the Plymouth Court, January 8, 1655.... Notwithstanding the fact that Stephen Wing had been an official of Sandwich the previous year, in October, 1658, he was, with eight others, denied the "Privileges of towns men" and it was declared that "they had no power to act in town meeting until better evidence appeared of their legal admittance."(7140) We are informed, that the meeting at Sandwich arose in the year 1657. By the year following quite a proportion of the hitherto Puritan community had identified itself with "Friends." The meeting was gathered through the instrumentality of John Copeland and Christopher Holder, who were the first gospel messengers to visit the town. Report went out shortly, that nearly the entire town was adhering to the Quakers, and thus the foundation was laid for a large and flourishing Monthly Meeting of Friends... We are not informed as to the exact time when the Monthly Meeting was organized, or when the first meeting house was built. The written records appear soon after 1670 and the number of members is conjectural. Bowden, the historian, speaks of 18 families as identified with Friends in 1658, and we may assume a steady increase in years following at the present spot and at Falmouth and Yarmouth, which were included in the Monthly Meeting. Yet, in its best days, it never attained to the size of the Monthly Meetings at the westward, as Dartmouth and Rhode Island. There was the difference between the chilling influence of the Plymouth colony and the hospitable atmosphere of the Rhode Island colony, whose activities at Newport.(7142) Then came on the Quaker persecution of 1657. Stephen Wing was one of the first to unite with the Friend's movement at Sandwich. The very first record we find in the Plymouth Court relative to the legal proceedings against the Sandwich Quakers was upon March 2. 1657-8, when Peter Gaunt, Daniel Wing, Ralph and William Allen were brought before the Plymouth Court and admonished for their "tumultuous carriage" at a Quaker meeting, and finally fined twenty shillings apiece for coming before the Court with their hats on. On the same day this entry in the Court record appears: "Lieut. Ellis, Steven Winge and Thomas Hutler, being summoned to answer for tumultuos carriage as aforesaid, being examined, and not found so faulty as supposed, where admonished and clared."(7143) Stephen was elected Town Clerk in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), at least between 1669 - 1674.(7144) We are fortunate in the possession of an ancient deed executed by Stephen Wing on the 2nd day of December, 1700, the original of which is owned by a member of the Sandwich family, which throws considerable light upon the history of his family. This deed was executed when Stephen was a widower and upward of eighty years of age, and conveys the "Old Fort House" and all its landed possessions in the Town of Sandwich to his sons Ebenezer and Matthew. Matthew was living at that time in Dartmouth and in possession there of an estate of his own, and just why he was selected by his father as a grantee in this deed of the old homestead is not quite clear. The consideration named is two hundred and fifty pounds. The deed was witnessed by Jeremiah Gifford and William Bassett and acknowledged by Stephen Skiffe, Justice of the Peace, and is of record in Barnstable County. It conveys "All that my messuage or Tennement both Dwelling House barn and out Housing together with all my Upland marsh meadow ground Orchards Garden feeding pastures closes yards and all other lands whatsoever situate lying and being within the Town of Sabdwich." It is presumed from this deed that Stephen in his old age made his home with his son Ebenezer who is known to have lived in the "Old Fort House" and it is more than likely that the aged pioneer died there.(7145) When but three years of age, young Stephen seems to have been a favorite with his grandfather Stephen, who by a deed of gift, May 19, 1705, in consideration of "that Good will and natural affection I have and bare unto my grandson Stephen Wing the son of my son Ebenezer," gave to the lad, "all the lands he then owned in the town of Sandwich."(7146) Stephen died testate. Will dated Dec. 2, 1700, proved July 13, 1710. Sons Ebenezer and Matthew executors; mentions sons Nathaniel, Elisha, John, Ebenzer, Matthew, daughters Sarah Gifford, Abigail and grandson Jeremiah Gifford. Inventory shows personal estate, £27, 3s. Stephen Wing "dyed the 24th day of Aprile, 1710." (7147) The three brothers have been characterized thusly: "John was the fearless practical pioneer; Daniel, the idealist and religionist; and Stephen, the scholar and man of affairs." The two latter helped to establish the first Friends' (otherwise Quakers') Meeting in America and it is claimed that this occurred on the farm of Daniel."(7148) For the subsequent thirty years of Stephen's live there is little to be found concerning his public life. He was probably one of the last, if not the very last, of the original settlers of Sandwich to survive. He lived 63 years in Sandwich after the date of the first settlement in 1637.(7149) Stephen Wing(e) and Ose(i)th-Os(h)ea(h) Dillingham had the following children: + 57 i. Nathaniel5 Wing was born before 2 March 1646/7. 58 ii. Ephraim Wing was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) 2 APR 1649. Birth site: Old Fort House. 1649 Sandwidge Regester of the beirth of theire Children Ephraim Winge born aprell the 2cond(7150) 1649 Sandwidge Regester of Marriages and burialls ... Ephraim Wing was buried December the 10th(7151) Conflicting evidence states that Ephraim was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), 4th month, 21, 1649 [21 JUN 1649].(7152) 59 iii. Mercy Wing(7153) was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) 13 NOV 1650. Birth site: Old Fort House. 1650 Sandwidge Regester of beirth of theire Children Mercy Winge the Daughter of Steven Winge was born the 13th of November(7154) Mercy Wing the daughter of Steven Wing was borne the 13th of November Anno. 1650.(7155) No further record. It is assumed that she died in infancy. 60 iv. [poss.] Deborah Wing was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) about 1653. Birth site: Old Fort House. OWL records give Stephen & Oseah a daughter, Deborah, (28) born about 1647-48 & died in infancy. This is probably in error. The Sandwich register for the Plymouth Colony Vital Records did not record the parents names for children born in 1648 & 1649. This has caused some difficulty in separating the children of Daniel and Stephen.(7156) The Ephraim recorded at Sandwich born apreli the 2cnd (1649) is said to be the son of Stephen. OWL records have Ephraim, son of Stephen, born 4th month, 21, 1649. The Deborah, born the tenth of October (164[8]) at Sandwich would have to be the daughter of Daniel.(7157) If Stephen & Oseah had a daughter Deborah, she would have been born between 13 NOV 1650 (when Stephen & Oseah's daughter Mercy was born) and 29 APR 1654 (when Oseah died). Stephen Wing(e) and Sarah Briggs had the following children: 61 v. Stephen Wing was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) 2 SEP 1656. Birth site: Old Fort House. Stephen Winge the sonn of Stephen wing was boarne the 2. Day of Septembar In the yeare 1656(7158) Stephen Wing ye son of Stephen & Sarah Wing Was borne ye 2d Day of ye 7th mo. 1656(7159) Five men from Sandwich joined Captain Michael Pearse's Plymouth County Company to engage in the defense of the colonies during the King Philip War. They were Benjamin Nye, John Gibb, Stephen Wing, Daniel Bessey, and Caleb Blake. March 26, 1676, Captain Pearse's company was ambushed by the Narragansett Indians under Canonchet at Seekonk, and the day after the battle, the Rev. Noah Newman of Rehoboth wrote giving the names of forty-six of the unfortunate men who fell in the ambush. Among the names were those of Stephen Wing and Benjamin Nye. The facts are told in Bodge's Soldier's of the Colonial wars, pages 331-2. The story of young Stephen, the first to perish in defense of his home and country, is well worth preserving. The five recruits from Sandwich joined Captain Pearse's company, consisting of 50 whites and 20 friendly Indians all from Cape Cod. Captain Pearse was ordered to pursue the enemy who were under the personal leadership of the famous Narragansett Chief Cnoenchet. He came up with them at Seekonk and immediately made an attack. The fighting on the first day resulted in no loss to the whites, who rested that night in the village. The next day, Captain Pearse prepared for the second engagement. At a short distance from the town four or five Indians were discovered limping along as if wounded. Suspecting no treachery, the whites eagerly followed them and soon found themselves in the presence of an overwhelming force. To escape was impossible; to retreat was desperate. A furious attack ensued, and a fresh body of Indians appearing the gallant band like the Spartans at Thermoplae, were completely surrounded, and after a brave resistance of two hours, in which Captain Pearse and his men fought in a double ring, the company was annihilated, and of 50 white, 46 were slain. Thus perished young Stephen Wing in his twentieth year of age.(7160) Conflicting evidence states that Stephen was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), 11th mo, 5, 1656.(7161) + 62 vi. Sarah Wing was born 5 FEB 1658/9. Birth site: Old Fort House. + 63 vii. John Wing was born 25 SEP 1661. Birth site: Old Fort House. 64 viii. Abigail Wing was born in Sandwich, (now Barnstable Co.), Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) 1 MAY 1664.(7162) Birth site: Old Fort House. Abigirl Wing the Daftar of Stephen wing was boarne The first Day of may In the yeare 1664(7163) Abigall Wing ye Daughter of stephen & sarah Wing was borne ye 1st Day of ye 3mo in ye yeare 64 1664(7164) Dr. Conway P. Wing states that she died unmarried. She is mentioned in her father's will, Dec. 2, 1700, and is left a legacy of twenty shillings. She was at that time 36 years of age and apparently unmarried. It is generally believed that she remained with her father and kept house for him in the "Old Fort House" after the death of her mother in 1689. No record has been preserved of her death.(7165) + 65 ix. Elisha Wing was born 2 12 mo. [FEB] 1668[/9]. + 66 x. Ebenezer Wing was born 11 5 mo [JUL] 1671. Birth site: Old Fort House. + 67 xi. Matthew Wing was born 1 1 mo [MAR] 1673[/4]. Birth site: Old Fort House. | |
| Birth* | circa February 1620 | He was born circa February 1620 at Sandwich, Kentshire, England. |
| Marriage* | He married Ose(i)th-Osh(h)ea(h) Dillingham. |
| Relationships | 9th great-grandfather of David Lee Bassett 7th great-grandfather of Charles Henry "Charlie" Bassett |
Family | Ose(i)th-Osh(h)ea(h) Dillingham | |
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| Last Edited | 17 Feb 2015 |