Martha (Wing) Haight (1743)

Born 18 Jan 1743 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Haight Jr. — married about 9 Jul 1766 in Oblong Meeting House, New York

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Biography

Martha was a Friend (Quaker)

Martha was born 18 Jan 1743 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 18d 10m 1743 [18 Dec 1743].^[1] She was the daughter of John Wing and Hannah (Gifford) Wing.^[1]

Her sister Hannah was the last of her family's children who's birth was recorded in Rochester, indicating that the family had relocated to Dutchess County, New York by 1747.^[2]

She married Joshua Haight Jr. on 9d 7m 1766 [9 Jul 1766] in the Oblong Meeting House in Dutchess County, New York.^[3]

Children

Children of Martha Haight:

• Miriam Haight.
• Molly Haight.
• Hannah Haight.
• Abraham Haight.
• Isaac Haight.

Birth and Siblings

Children of John and Hannah Wing:^[1]

• Dinah Wing. b. 12 of 10m, 1739.
• Mehitable Wing. b. 31 of 5m, 1741.
• Martha Wing. b. 18 of 10m, 1743.
• Hannah Wing. b. 22 of 8m, 1745.
• John Wing. b. 31 of 5m, 1747.
• William Wing. b. 19 of 9m, 1750.

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-24Y : 5 January 2021), John Wing in entry for Martha Wing, 1743.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99XF-73HG?i=164 : 5 January 2021), Hannah Wing, 1745.
3. ↑ Marriages from the Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess, NY, Part I LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost