Benjamin Wing (1698 - aft. 1776)

Born 1 Feb 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Content (Tucker) Wing — married 18 Oct 1722 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Rhoda (Rogers) Wing — married 19 Oct 1738 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 15 Oct 1776 after age 78 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was a Friend (Quaker)

Birth

Mathew and Elizabeth Wing's son Benjamin Wing was born 1 Feb 1698 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriages

He married first Content Tucker in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on 18d 8m 1722 [18 Oct 1722].^[2][3]

He married second Mary Potter, widow to Nathaniel Potter of Dartmouth, on 6d 12m 1764.^[4]

He married third Mary Devol Potter.

Children

Content and Benjamin Wing's children, born in Dartmouth, Mass:

1. Elizabeth Wing, born 06 Apr 1724 ^[5]

Their children, born in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay:

1. Hannah Wing, b. 26 Apr 1726^[6]
2. Benjamin Wing, b. 25 Mar 1732^[7]
3. Abigail Wing, b. 25 Apr 1734^[8]

Benjamin & Rhoda Wing's children born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay:

1. Rhoda Wing, b. 22 Oct 1741 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay. ^[9]
2. David Wing, b. 02 Jan 1743 ^[10]

Notes

The following is from a Raymond Wing web page:^[11]

He married three times. He married Content Tucker in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, 18 October 1722. Benjamin Wing, s. Matthu of D., and Content Tucker, d. Abraham of D., 18th, 8 mo., "called October," 1722, C.R.3.(8948) Content was born in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 1st month, 12, 1695.(8949) Content was the daughter of Abraham Tucker and Hannah Mott.

He married Rhoda Rogers in Pembroke, Plymouth, MA, 19 October 1738.(8950) Rhoda was born in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 25 May 1713.(8951) Rhoda was the daughter of Thomas Rogers and Bethia Ewell. Rhoda died 21 April 1758 at 44 years of age.(8952)

He married Mary Devol Potter in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, 6 DEC 1764. Benjamin Wing, s. Mathew and Elisabeth both dec'd of D., and Mary Potter, wid. Nathaniel of D., 6th 12 mo. 1764, C.R.3.(8953) Mary was born in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts 3 APR 1705.(8954) Mary was the daughter of Joseph Devol and Mary Soule. Mary died 5th 11 mo. 1798 in Westport, Bristol, MA, at 93 years of age.(8955)

Conflicting evidence states that Benjamin was born in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, Feb. 1, 1698[/9]. Like his parents, Benjamin was a member of the Apponnegansett Meeting [of Friends].(8956)

He resided in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Westport. The house created by Benjamin Wing upon his farm in Westport was standing up to about the year of 1898. Mrs. Sophia WIng Pettey, who had always lived near the old house, wrote in 1903, "As a child I heard that after the house was raised and boarded that on account of war it was left; that the builders went away, where I never learned, and when they returned, rees had grown up to the rafters, probably on the lower side." This abandonment might have occurred during the Revolutionary War when the British were operating in the vicinity of Newport and Dartmouth. There is now standing in the vicinity of the old house a pear tree more than 150 years old and still in bearing condition.(8957)

Conflicting evidence states that he died in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, possibly in 1771. In the stone wall, near the front of the house, is a large flat stone serving as a stile. In it is a deeply cut "B.W.--1771," none other than young Benjamin Wing, who with Joseph, were his only two sons. This may have been his gravestone.(8958)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZV2-FPR : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Wing, 01 Feb 1698; citing DARTMOUTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.
2. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 208.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4W-Y9W : 9 February 2018), Benjamin Wing and Content Tucker, 18 Oct 1722; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.
4. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 466.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVJ-6Z2 : 10 February 2018), Elizebeth Wing, 06 Apr 1724; citing DARTMOUTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4TJ4 : 5 November 2017), Benjamin Wing in entry for Hannah Wing, 26 Apr 1726; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,870.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4T2P : 5 November 2017), Benjamin Wing in entry for Benjamin Wing, 25 Mar 1732; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,870.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4TGC : 5 November 2017), Benjamin Wing in entry for Abigail Wing, 25 Apr 1734; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,870.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVJ-LPY : 10 February 2018), Rhoda Wing, 22 Oct 1741; citing DARTMOUTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZV2-P3Y : 10 February 2018), David Wing, 02 Jan 1743; citing DARTMOUTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823562 IT 1-3.
11. ↑ http://www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/RaymondWing/WINGDESC/

• Clarence Almon Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985.
• Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 ( Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,1929-1930)