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Stephen Wing
Son of Rev. John Wing & Deborah Bachiler
Son of Rev. John Wing & Deborah Bachiler
This ancestry chart was sent to me by my cousin, John Jackson. The author
of this work was Elizabeth Wing Kurfman, the daughter of Truman Perry Wing.
My many thanks to John
Jackson for sharing this with all of us.
Stephen Wing, born at Flushing in 1621, came to America when he was nine years old. He married Oshea Dillingham in the fall of 1646. In March of 1647, young Stephen was fined because a son was born to his wife too soon after their marriage. Stephen confessed his guilt, paid the fine and settled his family in what had originally been built for a fort to protect the settlers from Indian attacks. Though he converted it to a confortable home, it is still called the old fort house. Stephen and Oshea were parents of, Nathaniel, Deborah, born 10 October, 1648 and Ephraim, born 2 April, 1649, Mercy born 13 Nov. 1650. Oshea died April 29, 1654 and Stephen married (2) Sarah Briggs in November of the same year.
Sarah was the orphaned daughter of John and Catharine Briggs. She had one brother, Samuel. The parents died soon after reaching America and Sarah's dowry consisted of one brown cow. She was a bride at 14, and barely 16 when her son Stephen was born. She was thirty-five when news came to her of his death at Seakonk, while fighting in Captain Michael Pierce's Company, in King Phillips War. In additon to Stephen, born 2 September, 1656, Sarah was the mother of Sarah, born February 5, 1658, John, born September 25, 1661, Abigail, born May 1, 1664, Elisha, born February 2, 1669, Ebenezer, born July 11, 1671 and Matthew, born March 1, 1674. The Owl also listed the births of sons Joseph and Benjamin. Sarah Briggs Wing died in the Old Fort House on March 26, 1689.
Stephen Wing served as town clerk and was a court official in Sandwich until he joined the Quaker faith. He was an original member of the first Friends meeting at Spring Hill in 1658. Persecution of Quakers ceased and in 1666 he was appointed surveyor of highways. He served as the towns attorney. When he was past eighty, he executed a deed conveying the old fort house and all his lands in Sandwich to his sons Ebenezer and Matthew. Matthew was living in Dartmouth with porperty of his own, and it is believed Ebenezer was living with his father and the old house passed to him. Some of the walls of the house are 18 inches thick. It is still owned by the Wing Family and is open to the public during July and August. No admission is hcarged but donations are accepted to maintain the property. Nearby is the oldest Friends Meeting House in continuous use in America, but the building has been rebuilt twice. The current one was built in 1810. Stephen died in 1710 and he and Daniel Wing, their wives and many other Wings are buried in the metting house cemetery at Spring Hill. With the exception of Nathaniel, all of Stephen's children followed the Quaker faith. A memorial to Stephen was erected at the Old Fort House in July 1910.
Matthew Wing, son of Stephen and Sarah Briggs Wing, ws born January 1, 1674 in the "Old Fort House" at Spring Hill, Sandwich, Massachusetts. He married September 4, 1696, the widow Elizabeth Ricketson. Her maiden name is sometimes found as West, and in other places we read she was the granddaughter of Admam Mott. Perhaps Mr. Mott was her mother's father. Matthew settled at Hicks Bridege, Westport (the Dartmouth) Mass., before 1695. Dartmouth was burned during King Phillip's War and later Matthew built a home on the east side of the Westport River. The house, with it's diamond shaped window panes, was said to be the finest of it's time in Massachusetts. Matthew's descendants lived in the house for over 210 years, but it was finally torn down. One of the chimneys from the house was preserved by the Bedford, Mass. Hisotrical Society. An older house, built by Elizabeth's first husband, still stands. Also still standing is the Apponegansett Meeting House, erected in 1689. This was near the time that Matthew moved to Dartmouth and became a member of the meeting there. He was chosen Grand Juryman for the Supreme Court at Bristol in 1700, constble in 1704-5, and surveyor of highways January 28, 1709. At that time every planter was required to kill 12 blackbirds, betwen January 1 and May 15. If they exceeded their quota they were given a bonus, but if they failed to meet it they were fined. The same quota was required for crows. Collecting these fines was one of the constable's duties.
Matthew's inventory of 1724: "My bible, 19 chairs, a round table and another table, one grate table, 17 napkins, 12 pewter plates, 10 platters, 4 porringers, one tankard, 13 silver spoons, knives and forks, a case of drawers, 5 feather beds with furniture well completed, 7 pairs of new linen sheets, 12 pairs other sheets, a cradle and spinning wheel. In back of where the house stood is the family burying ground, where Matthew and Elizabeth are buried. There is a memorial to Matthew in the Old Dartmouth Historical Society of New Bedford. Their descendants were Quakers for many years. The children born to Matthew and Elizabeth Ricketson Wing were:
1. Joseph, born February 20, 1697. Joseph married Catharine Cornell.
2. Benjamin, born February 1, 1698. Benjamin married Content Tucker. Married (2) Rhoda Rogers.
3. Abigail, born Feruary 1, 1702. Abigail married David Durfee.
Joseph Wing, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Ricketson Wing, was born February 20, 1697 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In 1717 he married Catherine (believed to be Cornell, daughter of Samuel Cornell). About 1724 Joseph came into possession of his father's house and lands. His brother built a house across from him, which stood until 1898. Joseph served as juryman in 1726 and grand juryman for supreme court in 1731. His will, dated 1778, gave to his wife Catherine and son Edward, a farm and a lot he had purchased from William Ricketson. (William was a half brother to Joseph). The will mentioned sons Matthew and Daniel, daughter Ruth Howland, grandaughters Elizabeth Salsbury, Catharine Briggs and Dorcas Allen, and a grandson John. The children of Joseph and Catharine Wing were:
1. Ruth, born 1718, married Thomas Howland.
2. Edward, born 1719, married Hannah Tallman.
3. Matthew, born September 26, 1721, married Elizabeth Sisson.
4. John, born 1731
5. Daniel, born 1734
Matthew Wing, son of Joseph and Catharine Cornell Wing, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, September 26, 1721. In the town record of his birth the word blind is added. He married Elizabeth Sisson, of Tiverton on July 24, 1740 at Dartmouth. They moved to Batemantown, Dutchess County, New York. They were living there in 1763, but in 1775 they went to Danby, Vermont. The history of Danby says that Matthew came from Dartmouth in 1775 and died in 1810 at 90 years of age. Matthew and his son Giles Wing settled on a farm at Danby. Matthew is found in the first census of Vermont. The children of Matthew and Elizabeth Sisson Wing were:
1. Giles Wing, born about 1750, married Mary Cornell.
2. Matthew, born March 3, 1763, married Katherine Bullis, married (2) Keziah Jenkins.
3. Ruth, married Jesse Irish
4. Elizabeth, married John Salsbury
5. Mary, married Elihu Allen
Giles Wing, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Sisson Wing, was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He went with his father to Danby, Vermont in 1775. He married Mary Cornell, born January 16, 1755, the daugther of Daniel and Elizabeth Cornell. The history of Danby says he settled first at Mt. Tabor, then Danby and died in St. Lawrence County, New York. Family members said he was an early settler of Plattsbury, New York, and died at age 103. Giles married for the 2nd time after the death of Elizabeth Sisson Wing, his 2nd wife was Beulah Button. Giles children are listed below with the number they may be found under in the Owl.
The children of Giles Wing and Mary Cornell Wing were:
1. John, born 1777, married Hannah Brayton #2412
2. Samuel, married Polly Mosher #2413
3. Joseph, married Amy Pettis #2414
4. Giles Jr., married Content Cook #2415
5. Matthew, married Anna Parr #2416
6. Catharine #2417
7. Elizabeth #2418
The children of Giles Wing and Beulah Button are:
8. Abigail, married Jonathan Moshier #2419
9. Hyrum, married Sylvia Dunham #2420
10. Orange, married Rhoda Moon #2421
11. Margaret, married Orange Moon #2422
12. Delorum, #2423
Joseph Wing, son of Giles and Mary Cornwell (Cornell) Wing, was born at Danby, Vermont on February 28, 1782. He married Amy Pettis, June 24, 1804, when he was 22, his bride only 16. Soon after his marriage, the young couple left Vermont for Cayuga County, New York. Some years ago the Plattsburgh Republican, under the headline, "Plattsburg Original Settlers", gave an account of 3,000 acres of land sold in 100 acres lots for the encouragement of settlers. Giles Wing was one of the purchasers and this was August 23, 1785.
Joseph Smith Wing, son of Joseph and Amy Pettis Wing, said his parents moved to Alburg, Vermont, which is on an island in Lake Champlain some 4 or 5 miles from the Canadian border. They moved from there in the cold season, crossing the lake on the ice. They next settled in Lock, some 15 miles from Cayuga Bridge. Their son Mathias gave his birthplace as Luzerne, New York.
Before we decide that this branch of the Wing family were gypsies, let us review our history. Many people left Vermont after the Revolutionary War, hoping to find less rocky and more productive farmland. Where the Wing family settled soon became the main battlefield of the War of 1812. The British had a number of ships on both Lake Erie and Lake Champlain. Two of the chief battles of the war were fought on these two lakes. In the Land Campaign of 1812 the third United States Army, stationed at Lake Champlain, marched from Plattsburg, New York to the Canadian frontier. The untrained militia refused to leave United States territory and returned to Plattsburg. By 1814 the army of the New York frontier were well trained and disciplined. Mathias Wing was born in 1813, the same year Commodore Perry won his great victory on Lake Erie...Mathias would give his first born son the hero's name in 1839.
In 1814, British General Provost was advancing against Plattsburg on the west shore of Lake Champlain, when American Commandent, Thomas McDonough, anchored his fleet of ships across the mouth of Plattsburgh Bay, so the British had to approach him head on. This, along with his skillful maneuvering of his flagship Saratoga, brought about the surrender of the entire British fleet on Lake Champlain. Near Niagara Falls, the Battles of Lundy's Lane in 1814 and Queenston Heights in 1813, resulted in a great loss of men. In additon to the fighting between the American and British forces, the settlers had to cope with the Indian raids which were encouraged by the British.
Catherine Wing, a sister of Joseph, married Colonel Stephen Pettis, in Kinsbury, New York on January 7, 1776. Their children were Ann, John, Rowena, Charles, Polly, Sally and a baby girl who died at birth. Catherine cooked for the soldiers in the War of 1812. She died in childbirth at Alburg, Vermont on November 22, 1812.
Joseph Smith Wing said, "I have heard my father talk about the Mohawk Flats in New York and of their being very sandy, and how they sowed plaster in them, and in planting corn they often placed a small fish in each hill for fertilizer." In 1616 Joseph and Amy buried their small son, Giles Joseph, and in 1823, they lost little Amy. They settled in Trumbull County, Ohio about 1826, but in 1836 they left the farm in Ohio with their son Stephen and brought the rest of the family to Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois. Many relatives and friends from New York and Ohio settled near them.
Joseph prospered in Pike County and in the winter of 1843-44, he and Amy returned to Ohio to visit their son Stephen and his family. Joseph died there on February 12, 1844. Amy returned to Pike County, where she finished raising her three youngest sons alone. She died December 22, 1864 at age 74 and was buried in the Stephen Pettis Burial Ground at Newburg, Pike County, Illinois.
Joseph's will left the farm in Ohio to his son Stephen, to Mathias he left 80 acres in Pike County, described as the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 26 in township 5, south of 3, west of the fourth principal meridan. For her lifetime or until she remarried, Amy was to have the farm consisting of 120 acres in section thirty, the house and furnishins and all livestock. To Phobe...fifty dollars, and the household funiture was to be divided between Phobe and Elizabeth Hatch at Amy's death. At that same time, or at Amy's remarriage, the land was to be divided equally between sons Joseph Smith, Charles and Benjamin.
It is said that Joseph became a Baptist at age 24. His will was witnessed by the Reverend Jesse Elledge in 1843. The Reverend Elledge was a pioneer Baptist preacher in Pike County. Joseph Wing was 54 years old when he pioneered in Pike County, Illinois. The children of Jseph and Amy Pettis Wing were:
1. Phoebe, born April 16, 1805, married Samuel Parker. Phobe and Samuel Parker raised their family in Pike County, Illinois. They had three sons, Stephen, Alfred and Leander, the latter became a doctor.
2. Elizabeth, born March 23, 1807, married John Hatch from Warren, Ohio. Elizabeth (Betsy) and John Hatch had several children whom they raised in Pike County. Their daughter Eunice married a Hosford and married (2) Samuel M. Williams. Betsy was widowed and worked as toll gate keeper in Pike County.
3. Stephen, born in Vermont on May 19, 1810, married Olive Rice in Ohio on October 12, 1896, he died at Clayton Township, Adams County, Illinois and is buried at Howe Cemetery. Their children were, Rose Linda, Sarah Elizabeth and Theodore. See Alice Wing Jackson's history for more on Stephen and his family.
4. Mathias, born November 28, 1813, married Elizabeth M. Chenoweth...married (2) Lavina Fletcher. Mathias was born in Luzerne, New York. He lived for a time in Trumbell county, Ohio, but in 1836 came with his parents to Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. Mathias married on December 24, 1837, Elizabeth M. Chenoweth, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Orr Chenoweth. (See Jess M. Thompson's History of Pike County for story of Chenoweth family.) Elizabeth was the mother of four sons: Commodore Perry, born 1839, Samuel Joseph, Born 1842, John William, born 1845, and Norman Allen Wing, born September 1, 1848. Elizabeth died 11 of September, 1848. Mathias married (2) Mrs. Lavina Fletcher Bennett but there were no children by that marriage. After Lavina's death in 1877, Mathias went to Utah, where he made his home alternately with his sons, Samuel Joseph and John William. He died at Lehi, Utah, Aguust 22, 1896 in his 83rd years. His obituary stated that "He was a man of strict morals, as straight as an arrow in build until the day of his death, an honest man in all his dealings, devot in worship, beloved by many friends. His nephew described ham as a tall, strong and large man who worked as a farmer, mechanic and woodworker.
5. Giles Joseph, born January 27, 1816, died February 1816
6. Amy, born September, 1821, died July 1823
7. Charles, born January 24, 1829, married Helen Foreman. Charles and Helen Foreman Wing's known children were, Alonzo G., born 1846, Sarah E., born 1848 and Ann, born 1850.
8. Joseph Smith, born September 18, 1830, married (1) Rebecca Davis ...and many, many more. Joseph Smith Wing married in Pike County in 1848 to Rebecca Davis. They were divorced and for a time their children Byron and Adelia were left in the custody of Amy Pettis Wing, their grandmother. Joseph returned and claimed Adelia, but Stephen Wing, Joseph Smith Wing's brother, adopted Byron and Byron was raised as the son of Theodore and Alice Wing. (Theodore was Stephen Wing's son...Joseph Smith Wing's nephew). Adelia went west with her father where she married Mark Bony (Martin Bohne). Joseph Smith Wing married a second wife in Wisconsin, then went to Utah in 1862 and joined the Mormon Church. He was the first to discover gold in Mary's Vale, Piute County, Utah in December, 1865. He also practiced medicine. The picture he sent to the Owl showed him to be a very handsome man. Joseph Smith Wing had numerous wives and left many descendants. He died in Utah.
9. Benjamin Franklin, born August 16, 1833, married Christina Knudston, married (2) Anna Erickson. Benjamin Franklin Wing, son of Joseph and Amy Pettis Wing was born in Pennsylvania (?) on August 16, 1833. At about two years of age he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio and in 1836 his family settled in Pike County, Illinois. He went to Black River Falls, Wisconsin in 1852, then moved to Mounds Springs and from there to Whitehall, in the Trempealeau Valley. He gave Whitehall it's name and it is now the County seat. In 1863 Benjamin married Christina Knudtson and they had the Albert F. and Rosalinda. Christina Knudtson Wing died March 4, 1870 and Benjamin married (2) Anna Erickson who bore him Francis who died in infancy, Blanche who married F. W. Hall and Frank B, a druggist of Abbotsford. Benjamin was engaged in several businesses in Whitehall including merchantile, farming, grain buying, carpentering, wagon repair and at one time he owned the American Hotel. Benjamin died at the home of his son Frank B. Wing on June 5, 1914.
Included in this family history was the manuscript of Alice E. Wing Jackson's " Family History of the Wings" that was written for a project when she was a student at Clayton High School in 1933-34. The story was related to Alice by her grandfather, Ezra D. Wing.
I take this opportunity to present it here because it starts with Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis Wing. I have taken the liberty to edit this where it is required which was hardly at all. I hope some of you can see the humor I see when you read the descriptions of the children of Stephen and Amy Pettis Wing. Alice's descriptions were no doubt colored by her grandfather's perceptions of those people. My advance apologies to Mathias and Betsy:
"The Wing's are of Welch blood. They come from Great Britian and from Wales. The fartherest ancestor we can trace is Joseph Wing."
"Joseph was born in Danby, in the state of Vermont, February 23, 1782. In 1826, he with his family emigrated from the state of New York to Ohio, and settled in the township of Mecca, Trumbull County, where he lived an indutrious, honest and enterprising citizen and a much respected life. In 1835, when the tide of emigration to the western states influenced him to dispose of his property and move with his family (except one son, Stephen) to Pike County, Illinois where by his indusry he was able to purchase a tract of land and settle his family confortably around him. In the autumn of 1843, he and his wife returned to Mecca, Ohio to visit their son Stephen ,who had remained in Mecca and to visit their former friends. After having spent a few weeks among them, death called him to his reward. He died in peace at the home of his son, Stephen on February 12, 1844, age 62, after an illness of nine days with pneumonia. He joined the Baptists when he was 24. He had an amiable disposition and honesty of heart."
" Joseph Wing's wife was Amy Pettis. She was also a Yankee. To this union were born seven children, Besty, Phebe, Joseph, Charles, Mathias, and Stephen."
"Benjamin was tall, slim, body well porportioned, very strong, and dark complexion. He became overheated while fighting a forest and prairie fire which caused him to become deaf. He was infidel in religion. He was a merchant and a trader."
"Joseph was a large and tall man, dark complexion. He was a Mormon and several wives. He divorced his wives and gave each a house and lot, he lived in Utah. He was a Doctor by profession."
"Mathias was by religion a member of the United Brethen. He became overheated while wrestling and after that was a little queer. He was tall, strong and was a large man. Dark complexion. He was a farmer, mechanic and woodworker."
"Phebe married a Mr. Parker and had three sons, Stephen, Alfred, and Leanda. Leanda was a doctor and a Baptist. Phebe was dark complexioned."
"Betsy was a very large woman."
"Stephen was born May 10, 1810 and died October 24, 1896 at the age of 86 at the Wingdale farm home at Clayton, Illinois. He married Olive Rice on October 12, 1834 at Greenburgh, Turmbell County, Ohio. They had three children."
"Stephen Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis Wing was a well educated man. He was a teacher and taught school in Canada. He was well posted on the Bible. He was a Christian Adventist. He also studied the stars and knew them quite well. He was medium height, dark complexed. Hic occupation was farmer, carpenter, mason, brick layer, and he could finish a house from celler to attic, hewing the timbers from the trees of the forest. In 1845 he moved with his family from Mecca, Ohio to Pike County, Illinois where they lived for 12 years. In 1857 he and his family moved to Clayton, Illinois where he bought land and with the help of his son, Theodore, built the Wingdale homestead.
"Olive Rice Wing, wife of Stephen was born May 11, 1810 and died January 24, 1881. She was tall, slender, brown hair, gray eyes, fair education and was a Yankee. She died with inflammation of the bowels. The Wing big ears were inherited from the Rices."
(Toni's note...I fear that Alice gives Olive Rice Wing too much credit for the famous Wing Big Ears. Stephen, Olive's husband was my great-great grandfather's (Joseph Smith Wing) brother...which means we couldn't have inherited anything from Olive...and yet several of us have inherited those famous Wing Big Ears...myself excluded of course...but let's continue here:
"The bricks of the Wingdale homestead were made and baked out of the farm land and the home was of brick and fine wood with gingerbread trim. At one time four generations of Wings lived at Wingdale...Stephen, Theodore, Ezra with his wife and their two sons, Floyd and Neil." Stephen died October 25, 1896, shortly before the birth of the second great grandson, Theodore Corneilus (Neil) Wing was born on November 18, 1896. The funerals of Stephen and later of his son Theodore were both held in the home at Wingdale."
"Theodore, Stephen's son attended Hazel Dell School at Concord Township in 1856. In 1869 the contract for a new Hazel Dell school house was let to Stephen Wing for the carpentering work. Stephen, assisted by his son, Theodore built the new school where four generations of Wings attended school; Theodore, Ezra, and his sons, Floyd and Neil and Floyd's daughter and son, Alice and Roy. This school was later sold when community school units were formed. Wingdale farm was inherited by Neil from his father Ezra and was later sold in the early 1970's to Mr. And Mrs. Richard Hapke who later tore down the homestead and bilt a new ranch style home. The Stephen, Theodore, Ezra and Floyd Wing families are buried in the Howe Cemetery east of the Wingdale homestead in Brown County, Lee Township."
"Stephen Wing and Olive Rice Wing had three children":
1. Theodore...Eldest and only son, born in Ohio on March 21, 1836 and died April 10, 1905 at the age of 69 at the home of his son Ezra, at Wingdale Farm, Clayton, Illinois.
2. Rose Linda, born February 23, 1840, died June 24, 1898 at the age of 58. Medium height, slender, dark complexion, educated, smart, pretty and very ingenius.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, born October 13, 1841, died January 2, 1893 at the age of 52. Short, heavy set and dark complexion.
"Theodore was of medium height, slender, blue eyes, brown hair. Stephen and Theodore were both nice looking men, high cheekbones, and fair education. Their religion was Christian Adventist. Theodore was a farmer and was born in Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio."
"Theodore Wing (Stephen,Joseph,Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John, Matthew) removed to Pike County, Illinois with his father's family in 1845 where they lived for 12 years...and then in the year 1857 moved to Clayton, Illinois. In 1866 on April 12th Theodore and Alice Wing(Giles Nelson, Matthew, Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John, Matthew), daughter of Nelson and Miltida Pettis Wing were married. To this union one child was born, a son, Ezra on August 8, 1867, who in later years kindly cared for his father in his last illness."
(Toni's note: Alice Wing, wife of Theodore Wing was the daughter of "Nelson Wing and Matilda Pettis Wing"..that could only be Giles Nelson Wing...who, for whatever reason must have dropped his first name. (see the history above starting with Giles Wing and his family). Giles Nelson Wing was the son of Matthew Wing and Anna Parr. Matthew Wing was the son of Giles Wing and Mary Cornwell (Cornell) Wing.This would mean that Theodore and Alice were 3rd cousins or something like that.)
" Six years after Theodore's marriage he lost his wife, Alice on October 23, 1871 at the age of 26 years, due to childbirth and tuberculois of the lungs. The baby, a son, also died or was born dead. In 1882 Theodore married his second wife, Miss Rhoda Carter. They lived together happily of 12 years when death called Rhoda home. Theodore united with the Christian Adventist Church in Clayton in 1872 and died in the faith and teaching of his church on April 10, 1905 at the age of 69 at Wingdale Farm. He expressed his willingness and readiness to go when death called him. He was an upright citizen, good neighbor and a kind man to his family. The funeral was held in the home of Ezra, his son, at Wingdale Farm and burial was in Howe Cemetery."
Alice Wing , 1st wife of Theodore was tall and slender, red curly hair, blue eyes, very pretty. Educated school teacher. Lover of horses and splendid horsewoman. Very brave. She was born September 30, 1845 and died Oct. 23, 1871 at the age of 26. She had a son Ezra and a second son, born dead."
"Alice Wing's family...wife of Theodore, mother of Ezra... Alice Wing's father was Nelson Wing (Giles Nelson Wing)(Matthew, Giles,, Matthew, Joseph,Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John, Matthew). His people came from Vermont to Ohio and then to Illinois. He was of medium height, heavy set, and at one time the strongest man in Pike County, Illinois. Sandy hair, blue eyes, he was a farmer and had a fair education. His religion was Christian Adventist. He died of old age, ninety and some years. Nelson was married to Mitilda Pettis, daughter of Colonel Pettis, Yankees. Mitilda was tall, slim, raw boned, high cheek bones, and well educated. She was also a Christian Adventist. She died with pneumonia. Nelson Wing went to California in the gold rush in a covered wagon...he had his wife a ring made out of the gold he dug. Nelson died with a stroke. Nelson and Matilda Pettis Wing's children were: Alice, Olive, Homer, Myra, Ernest, Myrtle, and Steven."
"Olive...dark complexion, medium height, slim, and pretty. Educated and taught school. Married Caleb Kelly, had one child, Robert. Olive died with T.B."
"Homer...Tall, large, dark complexion. Was a farmer, and married Orsy Bulter. Died of hardening of the arteries. Born March 29, 1855, died December 17, 1917."
" Myra...Red curly hair, light complexion, tall and slender. Educated and taught school. Married Caleb Kelly, who was first married to her sister, Olive. They had two children, Edna and Walter. Edna married William Fisher of Hardin, Illinois. Myra died with T.B in California."
" Ernest...Light complexion, big and stout. Married Ella Rose and had three girls. He dropped dead while working."
" Myrtle...Tall, dark complexed, educated and taught in Church College. Very smart woman. Religion was Seventh Day Adventist. Her husband was a Mr. Haugh, they had one child, Willie. She died with the flu."
"Steve...Medium height, red hair, blue eyes, and light complexed. Educated...did a lot of traveling...could do most anything. Had a wife named Ollie, and had one child Orlo. Steve was only a few months younger than his nephew Ezra Wing, son of Alice. They bore so close a resemblance they could have been brothers. Steve died in Fulton, Missouri. Ezra and his son Floyd, Floyd's daughter and her husband Emmett and Alice Jackson attended his funeral."
"Ezra Delano Wing (Theodore and Alice Wing Wing, Stephen, Joseph, , Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John Wing, Matthew Wing)"
Toni's note...Ezra was a double Wing, he was son of Theodore Wing (Theodore, Stephen, Joseph, Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John and Matthew) and he was the son of Alice Wing (Alice, Giles Nelson, Matthew, Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John and Matthew)
"Ezra Wing was born to Theodore and Alice Wing at Wingdale Farm, Clayton, Illinois. He was of medium height, red curly hair and light complexed. His religion was Baptist. Ezra's mother died when he was four years old. He started to Hazel Dell School when he was eight years old. He went eight years to Hazel Dell and graduated when he was sixteen from grade school. After school he farmed with his father. On February 5, 1891, Ezra and Mary Frances Anderson were married in the brides home by the Reverend Mr. Reed, a Methodist Minister. Both Ezra and Mary (Molly) had been schoolmates at Hazel Dell School. Ezra, at the age of 23, along with his wife, Mary, moved to Sue City, Missouri where they lived for three years and their first son, Floyd Delmar was born Novermber 8, 1891. Then they moved to Harland County, Nebraska, where they lived in a sod house for ten months...they had friends there...the Hopper brothers. Due to the death of Ezra's step mother they moved back to Wingdale Farm at Clayton. They had a second son, Theodore Corneilus who was born in November, 1896. In 1921 Ezra moved to town but didn't like it and moved back to Wingdale in 1926."
"On February 12, 1941 Mr. & Mrs. Ezra D. Wing celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home at Wingdale with family and friends. Mary Frances Died January 12, 1951 at her home at Wingdale at the age of 85. She had fallen and had broken her hip a year or so before and never completely recovered. Her religion was Baptist. The funeral was held at Meaders Funeral Home in Clayton, Illinois...burial was at Howe Cemetery. Ezra died December 19, 1953 at the age of 86, in St. Mary's hospital, Quincy, Illinois. Cancer was the cause of death....his funeral was also held at Meaders Funeral Home and his burial was next to Mary Frances at Howe Cemetery. Ezra and Mary were survived by two sons, Floyd and Neil and Floyd's daughter and son, Alice and Roy and Neil's son and daughters (the son and a daugher, Maurice and Mary Ruth were twins), Maurice, Mary Ruth, and Jean. He was also survived by his granddaughter, Alice's son John Floyd Jackson and his grandson Roy's daughter, Susan Elizabeth Wing, who celebrated her 1st birthday on December 19, 1953, the day of Ezra's death."
"Floyd D. Wing, son of Ezra and Mary Frances Anderson Wing was born in Sue City, Missouri on Nov. 8, 1891. He attended Hazel Dell and Clayton Schools. He was a Baptist and a farmer. He was very well read and talented in giving readings, taught in Clayton Baptist Church Mens Class for many years. Floyd was a much respected and honest man. On Sept. 18, 1913 Floyd and Edna Marrett, daughter of Samuel S. and Nettie Hough Marrett were married at the brides farm home at Clayton, Illinois by Reverend John. R. Vance. They lived all their married lives on the same farm, four miles southeast of Clayton in Concord Township. On Sept. 18, 1963 Floyd and Edna Marrett Wing observed their 50th wedding anniversary and on Sept. 18 , 1973, their 60th wedding anniversary. They were both members of the Clayton Baptist Church. He lovingly cared for his invalid wife for many years until illness struck him and forced the family to place her in a nursing home. Edna died November 19, 1976 at Grandview Manor Nursing Home, Clayton, Illinois...she had a long illness and several strokes over a 4 1/2 year period. She received a pacemaker at the age of 79. The funeral was at Hamilton Funeral Home, Clayton, Illinois and burial was at Howe Cemtery....there was no visitation. Edna was survived by her husband Floyd, her daughter, son, grandaughter, three great grandsons, and a great grandaughter ."
"Alice, daughter of Floyd and Edna Wing married Emmett Jackson on Nov. 23, 1948 in Keokuk, Iowa by Reverend Williams. One son, John Floyd Jackson, born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 20, 1944."
"Roy, son of Floyd and Edna Wing married Norma Jean DeLonjay Peters on March 14, 1952, in Burlington, Iowa. One daughter, Susan Elizabeth was born on December 19, 1952. Roy later divorced."
" Neil Wing, brother of Floyd and son of Ezra and Mary Frances Wing married Vivian Shelly, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Shelly on May 29, 1918 at Keokuk, Iowa. They had twins, Maurice and Mary Ruth and then another child, a daughert, Jean. In later years Neil and Vivian were divorced."
"March 29, 1977...The later notes on the family were written by Alice Wing Jackson with the loving help and information given to her by her beloved and cherished father, Floyd D. Wing. To be given to Alice's son, John Floyd and any other interested persons. The notes taken in 1933-34 were for Alice's school project-Biology Class at Clayton High School."
And so that ends the manuscript of Alice Wing...who later became Alice Wing Jackson and had a son, John Floyd Jackson. I certainly hope she got an A+ because she deserved it. My many thanks to John Jackson for his contribution. Thank you John.
Stephen Wing, born at Flushing in 1621, came to America when he was nine years old. He married Oshea Dillingham in the fall of 1646. In March of 1647, young Stephen was fined because a son was born to his wife too soon after their marriage. Stephen confessed his guilt, paid the fine and settled his family in what had originally been built for a fort to protect the settlers from Indian attacks. Though he converted it to a confortable home, it is still called the old fort house. Stephen and Oshea were parents of, Nathaniel, Deborah, born 10 October, 1648 and Ephraim, born 2 April, 1649, Mercy born 13 Nov. 1650. Oshea died April 29, 1654 and Stephen married (2) Sarah Briggs in November of the same year.
Sarah was the orphaned daughter of John and Catharine Briggs. She had one brother, Samuel. The parents died soon after reaching America and Sarah's dowry consisted of one brown cow. She was a bride at 14, and barely 16 when her son Stephen was born. She was thirty-five when news came to her of his death at Seakonk, while fighting in Captain Michael Pierce's Company, in King Phillips War. In additon to Stephen, born 2 September, 1656, Sarah was the mother of Sarah, born February 5, 1658, John, born September 25, 1661, Abigail, born May 1, 1664, Elisha, born February 2, 1669, Ebenezer, born July 11, 1671 and Matthew, born March 1, 1674. The Owl also listed the births of sons Joseph and Benjamin. Sarah Briggs Wing died in the Old Fort House on March 26, 1689.
Stephen Wing served as town clerk and was a court official in Sandwich until he joined the Quaker faith. He was an original member of the first Friends meeting at Spring Hill in 1658. Persecution of Quakers ceased and in 1666 he was appointed surveyor of highways. He served as the towns attorney. When he was past eighty, he executed a deed conveying the old fort house and all his lands in Sandwich to his sons Ebenezer and Matthew. Matthew was living in Dartmouth with porperty of his own, and it is believed Ebenezer was living with his father and the old house passed to him. Some of the walls of the house are 18 inches thick. It is still owned by the Wing Family and is open to the public during July and August. No admission is hcarged but donations are accepted to maintain the property. Nearby is the oldest Friends Meeting House in continuous use in America, but the building has been rebuilt twice. The current one was built in 1810. Stephen died in 1710 and he and Daniel Wing, their wives and many other Wings are buried in the metting house cemetery at Spring Hill. With the exception of Nathaniel, all of Stephen's children followed the Quaker faith. A memorial to Stephen was erected at the Old Fort House in July 1910.
Matthew Wing, son of Stephen and Sarah Briggs Wing, ws born January 1, 1674 in the "Old Fort House" at Spring Hill, Sandwich, Massachusetts. He married September 4, 1696, the widow Elizabeth Ricketson. Her maiden name is sometimes found as West, and in other places we read she was the granddaughter of Admam Mott. Perhaps Mr. Mott was her mother's father. Matthew settled at Hicks Bridege, Westport (the Dartmouth) Mass., before 1695. Dartmouth was burned during King Phillip's War and later Matthew built a home on the east side of the Westport River. The house, with it's diamond shaped window panes, was said to be the finest of it's time in Massachusetts. Matthew's descendants lived in the house for over 210 years, but it was finally torn down. One of the chimneys from the house was preserved by the Bedford, Mass. Hisotrical Society. An older house, built by Elizabeth's first husband, still stands. Also still standing is the Apponegansett Meeting House, erected in 1689. This was near the time that Matthew moved to Dartmouth and became a member of the meeting there. He was chosen Grand Juryman for the Supreme Court at Bristol in 1700, constble in 1704-5, and surveyor of highways January 28, 1709. At that time every planter was required to kill 12 blackbirds, betwen January 1 and May 15. If they exceeded their quota they were given a bonus, but if they failed to meet it they were fined. The same quota was required for crows. Collecting these fines was one of the constable's duties.
Matthew's inventory of 1724: "My bible, 19 chairs, a round table and another table, one grate table, 17 napkins, 12 pewter plates, 10 platters, 4 porringers, one tankard, 13 silver spoons, knives and forks, a case of drawers, 5 feather beds with furniture well completed, 7 pairs of new linen sheets, 12 pairs other sheets, a cradle and spinning wheel. In back of where the house stood is the family burying ground, where Matthew and Elizabeth are buried. There is a memorial to Matthew in the Old Dartmouth Historical Society of New Bedford. Their descendants were Quakers for many years. The children born to Matthew and Elizabeth Ricketson Wing were:
1. Joseph, born February 20, 1697. Joseph married Catharine Cornell.
2. Benjamin, born February 1, 1698. Benjamin married Content Tucker. Married (2) Rhoda Rogers.
3. Abigail, born Feruary 1, 1702. Abigail married David Durfee.
Joseph Wing, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Ricketson Wing, was born February 20, 1697 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In 1717 he married Catherine (believed to be Cornell, daughter of Samuel Cornell). About 1724 Joseph came into possession of his father's house and lands. His brother built a house across from him, which stood until 1898. Joseph served as juryman in 1726 and grand juryman for supreme court in 1731. His will, dated 1778, gave to his wife Catherine and son Edward, a farm and a lot he had purchased from William Ricketson. (William was a half brother to Joseph). The will mentioned sons Matthew and Daniel, daughter Ruth Howland, grandaughters Elizabeth Salsbury, Catharine Briggs and Dorcas Allen, and a grandson John. The children of Joseph and Catharine Wing were:
1. Ruth, born 1718, married Thomas Howland.
2. Edward, born 1719, married Hannah Tallman.
3. Matthew, born September 26, 1721, married Elizabeth Sisson.
4. John, born 1731
5. Daniel, born 1734
Matthew Wing, son of Joseph and Catharine Cornell Wing, was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, September 26, 1721. In the town record of his birth the word blind is added. He married Elizabeth Sisson, of Tiverton on July 24, 1740 at Dartmouth. They moved to Batemantown, Dutchess County, New York. They were living there in 1763, but in 1775 they went to Danby, Vermont. The history of Danby says that Matthew came from Dartmouth in 1775 and died in 1810 at 90 years of age. Matthew and his son Giles Wing settled on a farm at Danby. Matthew is found in the first census of Vermont. The children of Matthew and Elizabeth Sisson Wing were:
1. Giles Wing, born about 1750, married Mary Cornell.
2. Matthew, born March 3, 1763, married Katherine Bullis, married (2) Keziah Jenkins.
3. Ruth, married Jesse Irish
4. Elizabeth, married John Salsbury
5. Mary, married Elihu Allen
Giles Wing, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Sisson Wing, was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He went with his father to Danby, Vermont in 1775. He married Mary Cornell, born January 16, 1755, the daugther of Daniel and Elizabeth Cornell. The history of Danby says he settled first at Mt. Tabor, then Danby and died in St. Lawrence County, New York. Family members said he was an early settler of Plattsbury, New York, and died at age 103. Giles married for the 2nd time after the death of Elizabeth Sisson Wing, his 2nd wife was Beulah Button. Giles children are listed below with the number they may be found under in the Owl.
The children of Giles Wing and Mary Cornell Wing were:
1. John, born 1777, married Hannah Brayton #2412
2. Samuel, married Polly Mosher #2413
3. Joseph, married Amy Pettis #2414
4. Giles Jr., married Content Cook #2415
5. Matthew, married Anna Parr #2416
6. Catharine #2417
7. Elizabeth #2418
The children of Giles Wing and Beulah Button are:
8. Abigail, married Jonathan Moshier #2419
9. Hyrum, married Sylvia Dunham #2420
10. Orange, married Rhoda Moon #2421
11. Margaret, married Orange Moon #2422
12. Delorum, #2423
Joseph Wing, son of Giles and Mary Cornwell (Cornell) Wing, was born at Danby, Vermont on February 28, 1782. He married Amy Pettis, June 24, 1804, when he was 22, his bride only 16. Soon after his marriage, the young couple left Vermont for Cayuga County, New York. Some years ago the Plattsburgh Republican, under the headline, "Plattsburg Original Settlers", gave an account of 3,000 acres of land sold in 100 acres lots for the encouragement of settlers. Giles Wing was one of the purchasers and this was August 23, 1785.
Joseph Smith Wing, son of Joseph and Amy Pettis Wing, said his parents moved to Alburg, Vermont, which is on an island in Lake Champlain some 4 or 5 miles from the Canadian border. They moved from there in the cold season, crossing the lake on the ice. They next settled in Lock, some 15 miles from Cayuga Bridge. Their son Mathias gave his birthplace as Luzerne, New York.
Before we decide that this branch of the Wing family were gypsies, let us review our history. Many people left Vermont after the Revolutionary War, hoping to find less rocky and more productive farmland. Where the Wing family settled soon became the main battlefield of the War of 1812. The British had a number of ships on both Lake Erie and Lake Champlain. Two of the chief battles of the war were fought on these two lakes. In the Land Campaign of 1812 the third United States Army, stationed at Lake Champlain, marched from Plattsburg, New York to the Canadian frontier. The untrained militia refused to leave United States territory and returned to Plattsburg. By 1814 the army of the New York frontier were well trained and disciplined. Mathias Wing was born in 1813, the same year Commodore Perry won his great victory on Lake Erie...Mathias would give his first born son the hero's name in 1839.
In 1814, British General Provost was advancing against Plattsburg on the west shore of Lake Champlain, when American Commandent, Thomas McDonough, anchored his fleet of ships across the mouth of Plattsburgh Bay, so the British had to approach him head on. This, along with his skillful maneuvering of his flagship Saratoga, brought about the surrender of the entire British fleet on Lake Champlain. Near Niagara Falls, the Battles of Lundy's Lane in 1814 and Queenston Heights in 1813, resulted in a great loss of men. In additon to the fighting between the American and British forces, the settlers had to cope with the Indian raids which were encouraged by the British.
Catherine Wing, a sister of Joseph, married Colonel Stephen Pettis, in Kinsbury, New York on January 7, 1776. Their children were Ann, John, Rowena, Charles, Polly, Sally and a baby girl who died at birth. Catherine cooked for the soldiers in the War of 1812. She died in childbirth at Alburg, Vermont on November 22, 1812.
Joseph Smith Wing said, "I have heard my father talk about the Mohawk Flats in New York and of their being very sandy, and how they sowed plaster in them, and in planting corn they often placed a small fish in each hill for fertilizer." In 1616 Joseph and Amy buried their small son, Giles Joseph, and in 1823, they lost little Amy. They settled in Trumbull County, Ohio about 1826, but in 1836 they left the farm in Ohio with their son Stephen and brought the rest of the family to Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois. Many relatives and friends from New York and Ohio settled near them.
Joseph prospered in Pike County and in the winter of 1843-44, he and Amy returned to Ohio to visit their son Stephen and his family. Joseph died there on February 12, 1844. Amy returned to Pike County, where she finished raising her three youngest sons alone. She died December 22, 1864 at age 74 and was buried in the Stephen Pettis Burial Ground at Newburg, Pike County, Illinois.
Joseph's will left the farm in Ohio to his son Stephen, to Mathias he left 80 acres in Pike County, described as the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 26 in township 5, south of 3, west of the fourth principal meridan. For her lifetime or until she remarried, Amy was to have the farm consisting of 120 acres in section thirty, the house and furnishins and all livestock. To Phobe...fifty dollars, and the household funiture was to be divided between Phobe and Elizabeth Hatch at Amy's death. At that same time, or at Amy's remarriage, the land was to be divided equally between sons Joseph Smith, Charles and Benjamin.
It is said that Joseph became a Baptist at age 24. His will was witnessed by the Reverend Jesse Elledge in 1843. The Reverend Elledge was a pioneer Baptist preacher in Pike County. Joseph Wing was 54 years old when he pioneered in Pike County, Illinois. The children of Jseph and Amy Pettis Wing were:
1. Phoebe, born April 16, 1805, married Samuel Parker. Phobe and Samuel Parker raised their family in Pike County, Illinois. They had three sons, Stephen, Alfred and Leander, the latter became a doctor.
2. Elizabeth, born March 23, 1807, married John Hatch from Warren, Ohio. Elizabeth (Betsy) and John Hatch had several children whom they raised in Pike County. Their daughter Eunice married a Hosford and married (2) Samuel M. Williams. Betsy was widowed and worked as toll gate keeper in Pike County.
3. Stephen, born in Vermont on May 19, 1810, married Olive Rice in Ohio on October 12, 1896, he died at Clayton Township, Adams County, Illinois and is buried at Howe Cemetery. Their children were, Rose Linda, Sarah Elizabeth and Theodore. See Alice Wing Jackson's history for more on Stephen and his family.
4. Mathias, born November 28, 1813, married Elizabeth M. Chenoweth...married (2) Lavina Fletcher. Mathias was born in Luzerne, New York. He lived for a time in Trumbell county, Ohio, but in 1836 came with his parents to Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. Mathias married on December 24, 1837, Elizabeth M. Chenoweth, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Orr Chenoweth. (See Jess M. Thompson's History of Pike County for story of Chenoweth family.) Elizabeth was the mother of four sons: Commodore Perry, born 1839, Samuel Joseph, Born 1842, John William, born 1845, and Norman Allen Wing, born September 1, 1848. Elizabeth died 11 of September, 1848. Mathias married (2) Mrs. Lavina Fletcher Bennett but there were no children by that marriage. After Lavina's death in 1877, Mathias went to Utah, where he made his home alternately with his sons, Samuel Joseph and John William. He died at Lehi, Utah, Aguust 22, 1896 in his 83rd years. His obituary stated that "He was a man of strict morals, as straight as an arrow in build until the day of his death, an honest man in all his dealings, devot in worship, beloved by many friends. His nephew described ham as a tall, strong and large man who worked as a farmer, mechanic and woodworker.
5. Giles Joseph, born January 27, 1816, died February 1816
6. Amy, born September, 1821, died July 1823
7. Charles, born January 24, 1829, married Helen Foreman. Charles and Helen Foreman Wing's known children were, Alonzo G., born 1846, Sarah E., born 1848 and Ann, born 1850.
8. Joseph Smith, born September 18, 1830, married (1) Rebecca Davis ...and many, many more. Joseph Smith Wing married in Pike County in 1848 to Rebecca Davis. They were divorced and for a time their children Byron and Adelia were left in the custody of Amy Pettis Wing, their grandmother. Joseph returned and claimed Adelia, but Stephen Wing, Joseph Smith Wing's brother, adopted Byron and Byron was raised as the son of Theodore and Alice Wing. (Theodore was Stephen Wing's son...Joseph Smith Wing's nephew). Adelia went west with her father where she married Mark Bony (Martin Bohne). Joseph Smith Wing married a second wife in Wisconsin, then went to Utah in 1862 and joined the Mormon Church. He was the first to discover gold in Mary's Vale, Piute County, Utah in December, 1865. He also practiced medicine. The picture he sent to the Owl showed him to be a very handsome man. Joseph Smith Wing had numerous wives and left many descendants. He died in Utah.
9. Benjamin Franklin, born August 16, 1833, married Christina Knudston, married (2) Anna Erickson. Benjamin Franklin Wing, son of Joseph and Amy Pettis Wing was born in Pennsylvania (?) on August 16, 1833. At about two years of age he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio and in 1836 his family settled in Pike County, Illinois. He went to Black River Falls, Wisconsin in 1852, then moved to Mounds Springs and from there to Whitehall, in the Trempealeau Valley. He gave Whitehall it's name and it is now the County seat. In 1863 Benjamin married Christina Knudtson and they had the Albert F. and Rosalinda. Christina Knudtson Wing died March 4, 1870 and Benjamin married (2) Anna Erickson who bore him Francis who died in infancy, Blanche who married F. W. Hall and Frank B, a druggist of Abbotsford. Benjamin was engaged in several businesses in Whitehall including merchantile, farming, grain buying, carpentering, wagon repair and at one time he owned the American Hotel. Benjamin died at the home of his son Frank B. Wing on June 5, 1914.
Included in this family history was the manuscript of Alice E. Wing Jackson's " Family History of the Wings" that was written for a project when she was a student at Clayton High School in 1933-34. The story was related to Alice by her grandfather, Ezra D. Wing.
I take this opportunity to present it here because it starts with Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis Wing. I have taken the liberty to edit this where it is required which was hardly at all. I hope some of you can see the humor I see when you read the descriptions of the children of Stephen and Amy Pettis Wing. Alice's descriptions were no doubt colored by her grandfather's perceptions of those people. My advance apologies to Mathias and Betsy:
"The Wing's are of Welch blood. They come from Great Britian and from Wales. The fartherest ancestor we can trace is Joseph Wing."
"Joseph was born in Danby, in the state of Vermont, February 23, 1782. In 1826, he with his family emigrated from the state of New York to Ohio, and settled in the township of Mecca, Trumbull County, where he lived an indutrious, honest and enterprising citizen and a much respected life. In 1835, when the tide of emigration to the western states influenced him to dispose of his property and move with his family (except one son, Stephen) to Pike County, Illinois where by his indusry he was able to purchase a tract of land and settle his family confortably around him. In the autumn of 1843, he and his wife returned to Mecca, Ohio to visit their son Stephen ,who had remained in Mecca and to visit their former friends. After having spent a few weeks among them, death called him to his reward. He died in peace at the home of his son, Stephen on February 12, 1844, age 62, after an illness of nine days with pneumonia. He joined the Baptists when he was 24. He had an amiable disposition and honesty of heart."
" Joseph Wing's wife was Amy Pettis. She was also a Yankee. To this union were born seven children, Besty, Phebe, Joseph, Charles, Mathias, and Stephen."
"Benjamin was tall, slim, body well porportioned, very strong, and dark complexion. He became overheated while fighting a forest and prairie fire which caused him to become deaf. He was infidel in religion. He was a merchant and a trader."
"Joseph was a large and tall man, dark complexion. He was a Mormon and several wives. He divorced his wives and gave each a house and lot, he lived in Utah. He was a Doctor by profession."
"Mathias was by religion a member of the United Brethen. He became overheated while wrestling and after that was a little queer. He was tall, strong and was a large man. Dark complexion. He was a farmer, mechanic and woodworker."
"Phebe married a Mr. Parker and had three sons, Stephen, Alfred, and Leanda. Leanda was a doctor and a Baptist. Phebe was dark complexioned."
"Betsy was a very large woman."
"Stephen was born May 10, 1810 and died October 24, 1896 at the age of 86 at the Wingdale farm home at Clayton, Illinois. He married Olive Rice on October 12, 1834 at Greenburgh, Turmbell County, Ohio. They had three children."
"Stephen Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis Wing was a well educated man. He was a teacher and taught school in Canada. He was well posted on the Bible. He was a Christian Adventist. He also studied the stars and knew them quite well. He was medium height, dark complexed. Hic occupation was farmer, carpenter, mason, brick layer, and he could finish a house from celler to attic, hewing the timbers from the trees of the forest. In 1845 he moved with his family from Mecca, Ohio to Pike County, Illinois where they lived for 12 years. In 1857 he and his family moved to Clayton, Illinois where he bought land and with the help of his son, Theodore, built the Wingdale homestead.
"Olive Rice Wing, wife of Stephen was born May 11, 1810 and died January 24, 1881. She was tall, slender, brown hair, gray eyes, fair education and was a Yankee. She died with inflammation of the bowels. The Wing big ears were inherited from the Rices."
(Toni's note...I fear that Alice gives Olive Rice Wing too much credit for the famous Wing Big Ears. Stephen, Olive's husband was my great-great grandfather's (Joseph Smith Wing) brother...which means we couldn't have inherited anything from Olive...and yet several of us have inherited those famous Wing Big Ears...myself excluded of course...but let's continue here:
"The bricks of the Wingdale homestead were made and baked out of the farm land and the home was of brick and fine wood with gingerbread trim. At one time four generations of Wings lived at Wingdale...Stephen, Theodore, Ezra with his wife and their two sons, Floyd and Neil." Stephen died October 25, 1896, shortly before the birth of the second great grandson, Theodore Corneilus (Neil) Wing was born on November 18, 1896. The funerals of Stephen and later of his son Theodore were both held in the home at Wingdale."
"Theodore, Stephen's son attended Hazel Dell School at Concord Township in 1856. In 1869 the contract for a new Hazel Dell school house was let to Stephen Wing for the carpentering work. Stephen, assisted by his son, Theodore built the new school where four generations of Wings attended school; Theodore, Ezra, and his sons, Floyd and Neil and Floyd's daughter and son, Alice and Roy. This school was later sold when community school units were formed. Wingdale farm was inherited by Neil from his father Ezra and was later sold in the early 1970's to Mr. And Mrs. Richard Hapke who later tore down the homestead and bilt a new ranch style home. The Stephen, Theodore, Ezra and Floyd Wing families are buried in the Howe Cemetery east of the Wingdale homestead in Brown County, Lee Township."
"Stephen Wing and Olive Rice Wing had three children":
1. Theodore...Eldest and only son, born in Ohio on March 21, 1836 and died April 10, 1905 at the age of 69 at the home of his son Ezra, at Wingdale Farm, Clayton, Illinois.
2. Rose Linda, born February 23, 1840, died June 24, 1898 at the age of 58. Medium height, slender, dark complexion, educated, smart, pretty and very ingenius.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, born October 13, 1841, died January 2, 1893 at the age of 52. Short, heavy set and dark complexion.
"Theodore was of medium height, slender, blue eyes, brown hair. Stephen and Theodore were both nice looking men, high cheekbones, and fair education. Their religion was Christian Adventist. Theodore was a farmer and was born in Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio."
"Theodore Wing (Stephen,Joseph,Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John, Matthew) removed to Pike County, Illinois with his father's family in 1845 where they lived for 12 years...and then in the year 1857 moved to Clayton, Illinois. In 1866 on April 12th Theodore and Alice Wing(Giles Nelson, Matthew, Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John, Matthew), daughter of Nelson and Miltida Pettis Wing were married. To this union one child was born, a son, Ezra on August 8, 1867, who in later years kindly cared for his father in his last illness."
(Toni's note: Alice Wing, wife of Theodore Wing was the daughter of "Nelson Wing and Matilda Pettis Wing"..that could only be Giles Nelson Wing...who, for whatever reason must have dropped his first name. (see the history above starting with Giles Wing and his family). Giles Nelson Wing was the son of Matthew Wing and Anna Parr. Matthew Wing was the son of Giles Wing and Mary Cornwell (Cornell) Wing.This would mean that Theodore and Alice were 3rd cousins or something like that.)
" Six years after Theodore's marriage he lost his wife, Alice on October 23, 1871 at the age of 26 years, due to childbirth and tuberculois of the lungs. The baby, a son, also died or was born dead. In 1882 Theodore married his second wife, Miss Rhoda Carter. They lived together happily of 12 years when death called Rhoda home. Theodore united with the Christian Adventist Church in Clayton in 1872 and died in the faith and teaching of his church on April 10, 1905 at the age of 69 at Wingdale Farm. He expressed his willingness and readiness to go when death called him. He was an upright citizen, good neighbor and a kind man to his family. The funeral was held in the home of Ezra, his son, at Wingdale Farm and burial was in Howe Cemetery."
Alice Wing , 1st wife of Theodore was tall and slender, red curly hair, blue eyes, very pretty. Educated school teacher. Lover of horses and splendid horsewoman. Very brave. She was born September 30, 1845 and died Oct. 23, 1871 at the age of 26. She had a son Ezra and a second son, born dead."
"Alice Wing's family...wife of Theodore, mother of Ezra... Alice Wing's father was Nelson Wing (Giles Nelson Wing)(Matthew, Giles,, Matthew, Joseph,Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John, Matthew). His people came from Vermont to Ohio and then to Illinois. He was of medium height, heavy set, and at one time the strongest man in Pike County, Illinois. Sandy hair, blue eyes, he was a farmer and had a fair education. His religion was Christian Adventist. He died of old age, ninety and some years. Nelson was married to Mitilda Pettis, daughter of Colonel Pettis, Yankees. Mitilda was tall, slim, raw boned, high cheek bones, and well educated. She was also a Christian Adventist. She died with pneumonia. Nelson Wing went to California in the gold rush in a covered wagon...he had his wife a ring made out of the gold he dug. Nelson died with a stroke. Nelson and Matilda Pettis Wing's children were: Alice, Olive, Homer, Myra, Ernest, Myrtle, and Steven."
"Olive...dark complexion, medium height, slim, and pretty. Educated and taught school. Married Caleb Kelly, had one child, Robert. Olive died with T.B."
"Homer...Tall, large, dark complexion. Was a farmer, and married Orsy Bulter. Died of hardening of the arteries. Born March 29, 1855, died December 17, 1917."
" Myra...Red curly hair, light complexion, tall and slender. Educated and taught school. Married Caleb Kelly, who was first married to her sister, Olive. They had two children, Edna and Walter. Edna married William Fisher of Hardin, Illinois. Myra died with T.B in California."
" Ernest...Light complexion, big and stout. Married Ella Rose and had three girls. He dropped dead while working."
" Myrtle...Tall, dark complexed, educated and taught in Church College. Very smart woman. Religion was Seventh Day Adventist. Her husband was a Mr. Haugh, they had one child, Willie. She died with the flu."
"Steve...Medium height, red hair, blue eyes, and light complexed. Educated...did a lot of traveling...could do most anything. Had a wife named Ollie, and had one child Orlo. Steve was only a few months younger than his nephew Ezra Wing, son of Alice. They bore so close a resemblance they could have been brothers. Steve died in Fulton, Missouri. Ezra and his son Floyd, Floyd's daughter and her husband Emmett and Alice Jackson attended his funeral."
"Ezra Delano Wing (Theodore and Alice Wing Wing, Stephen, Joseph, , Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John Wing, Matthew Wing)"
Toni's note...Ezra was a double Wing, he was son of Theodore Wing (Theodore, Stephen, Joseph, Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John and Matthew) and he was the son of Alice Wing (Alice, Giles Nelson, Matthew, Giles, Matthew, Joseph, Matthew, Stephen, Rev. John and Matthew)
"Ezra Wing was born to Theodore and Alice Wing at Wingdale Farm, Clayton, Illinois. He was of medium height, red curly hair and light complexed. His religion was Baptist. Ezra's mother died when he was four years old. He started to Hazel Dell School when he was eight years old. He went eight years to Hazel Dell and graduated when he was sixteen from grade school. After school he farmed with his father. On February 5, 1891, Ezra and Mary Frances Anderson were married in the brides home by the Reverend Mr. Reed, a Methodist Minister. Both Ezra and Mary (Molly) had been schoolmates at Hazel Dell School. Ezra, at the age of 23, along with his wife, Mary, moved to Sue City, Missouri where they lived for three years and their first son, Floyd Delmar was born Novermber 8, 1891. Then they moved to Harland County, Nebraska, where they lived in a sod house for ten months...they had friends there...the Hopper brothers. Due to the death of Ezra's step mother they moved back to Wingdale Farm at Clayton. They had a second son, Theodore Corneilus who was born in November, 1896. In 1921 Ezra moved to town but didn't like it and moved back to Wingdale in 1926."
"On February 12, 1941 Mr. & Mrs. Ezra D. Wing celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home at Wingdale with family and friends. Mary Frances Died January 12, 1951 at her home at Wingdale at the age of 85. She had fallen and had broken her hip a year or so before and never completely recovered. Her religion was Baptist. The funeral was held at Meaders Funeral Home in Clayton, Illinois...burial was at Howe Cemetery. Ezra died December 19, 1953 at the age of 86, in St. Mary's hospital, Quincy, Illinois. Cancer was the cause of death....his funeral was also held at Meaders Funeral Home and his burial was next to Mary Frances at Howe Cemetery. Ezra and Mary were survived by two sons, Floyd and Neil and Floyd's daughter and son, Alice and Roy and Neil's son and daughters (the son and a daugher, Maurice and Mary Ruth were twins), Maurice, Mary Ruth, and Jean. He was also survived by his granddaughter, Alice's son John Floyd Jackson and his grandson Roy's daughter, Susan Elizabeth Wing, who celebrated her 1st birthday on December 19, 1953, the day of Ezra's death."
"Floyd D. Wing, son of Ezra and Mary Frances Anderson Wing was born in Sue City, Missouri on Nov. 8, 1891. He attended Hazel Dell and Clayton Schools. He was a Baptist and a farmer. He was very well read and talented in giving readings, taught in Clayton Baptist Church Mens Class for many years. Floyd was a much respected and honest man. On Sept. 18, 1913 Floyd and Edna Marrett, daughter of Samuel S. and Nettie Hough Marrett were married at the brides farm home at Clayton, Illinois by Reverend John. R. Vance. They lived all their married lives on the same farm, four miles southeast of Clayton in Concord Township. On Sept. 18, 1963 Floyd and Edna Marrett Wing observed their 50th wedding anniversary and on Sept. 18 , 1973, their 60th wedding anniversary. They were both members of the Clayton Baptist Church. He lovingly cared for his invalid wife for many years until illness struck him and forced the family to place her in a nursing home. Edna died November 19, 1976 at Grandview Manor Nursing Home, Clayton, Illinois...she had a long illness and several strokes over a 4 1/2 year period. She received a pacemaker at the age of 79. The funeral was at Hamilton Funeral Home, Clayton, Illinois and burial was at Howe Cemtery....there was no visitation. Edna was survived by her husband Floyd, her daughter, son, grandaughter, three great grandsons, and a great grandaughter ."
"Alice, daughter of Floyd and Edna Wing married Emmett Jackson on Nov. 23, 1948 in Keokuk, Iowa by Reverend Williams. One son, John Floyd Jackson, born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 20, 1944."
"Roy, son of Floyd and Edna Wing married Norma Jean DeLonjay Peters on March 14, 1952, in Burlington, Iowa. One daughter, Susan Elizabeth was born on December 19, 1952. Roy later divorced."
" Neil Wing, brother of Floyd and son of Ezra and Mary Frances Wing married Vivian Shelly, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Shelly on May 29, 1918 at Keokuk, Iowa. They had twins, Maurice and Mary Ruth and then another child, a daughert, Jean. In later years Neil and Vivian were divorced."
"March 29, 1977...The later notes on the family were written by Alice Wing Jackson with the loving help and information given to her by her beloved and cherished father, Floyd D. Wing. To be given to Alice's son, John Floyd and any other interested persons. The notes taken in 1933-34 were for Alice's school project-Biology Class at Clayton High School."
And so that ends the manuscript of Alice Wing...who later became Alice Wing Jackson and had a son, John Floyd Jackson. I certainly hope she got an A+ because she deserved it. My many thanks to John Jackson for his contribution. Thank you John.