SAMUEL WING, SON OF EBENEZER WING AND ELIZABETH BACKHOUSE Samuel Wing (Ebenezer Wing, Stephen Wing, Rev. John, Matthew), born March 24, 1703/04 at Sandwich, the Old Fort House. Samuel Died January 2, 1793 at Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts at the approximate age of 89. "Samuel Wing was Born the 4 Day of 4 mo 1704 and Departed this Life the 3rd Day of 1mo 1793 aged 88 and 9 months." He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Samuel Wing married Hepzibah Hathaway on October 26, 1740 at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts by Samuel Willis, Justice of the Peace. Hepzibah was born March 18, 1718 at Dartmouth, the duaghter of Thomas Hathaway and Hepzibah Starbuck. Hepzibah died February 16, 1810 at the approximate age of 91/92. Hepzibah Hathaway Wing was also buried at Spring Hill Cemetery at Sandwich. What follows is a letter that Samuel wrote to his married daughters who were living on the Island of Nantucket. The letter is a part of the Hoxie papers: "Sandwich 9 of 6 mo. 1785 Silvanus Hussey, William Coleman and your wives and children, Hepzibah and Lydia After a harty Sallutation of Love to you all, and those of your famleyes, Hoping these may find you all in good health. We have ben very poorly allmost all the Spring, all three of us myself yhour mother and Ebenezer, hardly able to go forward with Bissness in doors or out, but at present, threw favour, we are on the Recruit. We understood by thy last letter young Shove intonated to you we was---your mother and I---a comeing to see you all, which we should be hartely glad to Do, but Shove was mistaken. I told I had thought of comeing to see you sometime next Sumer, and I am not without thought of coming, but how it will be I coat tell, but your mother did not tell of going to Shove. It was out of her thought so to do, but we should be hartely glad, and Rejoice to see you all, and your little babs, which I never expect to see many times more. These may inform that Paul and Abigail Wing yester Day Buried their daughter Sarah, that has been aleing from her berth, never had a well Day. As we think, there was an alteration about a week ago and so grew weaker and weaker, and as Departed without and Distress seemingly. I have nothing more at present, but Close in Love to you all. My wife and Eben joynes me. SAMUEL WING" *Note...the reference to Paul and Abigail Wing and their daughter Sarah is a reference to his daughter, Abigail and her husband, Paul Wing who were 3rd cousins. Paul was the son of Zaccheus Wing and Content Swift and a great-grandson of Daniel Wing. Sarah was their daughter who died at about the age of 17. It appears that Samuel lived in Sandwich his whole life. After his father's death it is believed that Samuel and his brothers, Joshua and Joseph continued to live at the Old Fort House with their mother. Samuel eventually moved to Spring Hill River in Sandwich. Inthe census of 1790 Samuel is recorded as a resident of Sandwich and his family consisted of two males over 16 years and two females and one colored free person. Among the ancient deeds preserved in one of the families descending from Stephen Wing, Samuel's brother, is a conveyance executed March 18, 1754, by Samuel and Joshua Wing to their brother Stephen for a consideration of £500 of two tracts of land: One tract being described as 20 acres "adjoining the sd Stephen Wing's homestead, and bounded easterly by sd Stephen Wing's land; northeasterly by the land of Edward Wing; Westerly by the land of John Atkins and William Freeman; southwesterly by the land of John Allen and Joshua Hall. The other tract was 30 acres known as "the 26th lot by number in the Division called the Weed lots." Samuel Wing and Hepzibah Hathaway had the following children: 1. Joseph Wing, born January 27, 1741 at Sandwich, Joseph died in infancy. 2. Abigail Wing, born January 17, 1742/43 3. Joseph Wing, born January 12, 1743/44 at Sandwich, died in 1745/46 at the age of two. 4. Ebenezer Wing, born January 19, 1745/46 5. Hepzibah Wing, born October 11, 1747 6. Lydia Wing, born January 22, 1752