John Wing and his first wife, possibly Elizabeth Dillingham, would have six children. His second marriage to Miriam Deane would be childless. 1. Susannah Wing, born about 1647 at Harwich, Barnstable Co., MA., married William Parslow. 2. Ephraim Wing, oldest son of John Wing & Unknown. Ephraim died at about a year old by drowning in the snow. 3. Joseph Wing, born September 2, 1650 at Harwich,Barnstable Co., MA., married Jerusha Mayhew on April 12, 1672 at Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Thomas Tupper II, (the son of Thomas Tupper,one of the "ten men of Saugus," who founded Sandwich, Massachusetts ) married Martha Mayhew, the daughter of the notorious Governor Thomas Mayhew. Martha's brother, the Rev. Thomas Mayhew, married Jane Paine and they had a daughter; Jerusha Mayhew who married Joseph Wing, son of John. Rev. Thomas Mayhew was lost at sea in 1657, leaving young Jerusha without a father at the age of seven. By all accounts, the widow and children of Rev. Mayhew suffered severe financial difficulties; Jerusha Mayhew (wife of Joseph Wing and the Mayhew Family, relying heavily upon the charity of the Thomas Tupper. There is no question that when Joseph Wing married Jerusha, it was a marriage in which Jerusha's uncle, Thomas Tupper, had a great deal of influence. While the Mayhew name was and still is an honored and significant name of worth, The Mayhew Family of Martha's Vineyard was basically destitute. After Joseph Wing's death in 1679, Jerusha married Thomas Eaton of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., East Jersey. Jerusha survived Thomas, but he left her very well off; Thomas Eaton's will. The narratives of Matthew Mayhew, Jerusha's brother, tell of the extreme financial hardships caused by his father's death. Visit The Tombstone of Bethia Mayhew Clark , the daughter of Matthew Mayhew, the niece of Jerusha Mayhew Wing. 4. Ananias Wing, born approximately 1652 at Harwich,Barnstable Co., MA., married Hannah Tilton. 5. Oseah Wing, born September 12, 1652 to John Wing and Unknown. Oseah would marry twice; (1) Nathan Turner, (2) Joseph White 6. John Wing, the youngest child of John Wing and Unknown, born November 16, 1655, married Mary Unknowm |
The Children of John Wing & Elizabeth Dillingham