Spooner Family - Ourfolk
Martha Spooner (Wing) ABT 1657 - AFT 25 MAR 1717
Martha was born on ABT 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA and died on AFT 25 MAR 1717 .
She was the daughter of William Spooner (1 Jan 1621-1 Jan 1622 - 8 Mar 1683-8 Mar 1684) and Hannah Pratt (Spooner) (ABT 1630 - ABT 1684).
Martha was married to John Wing on ABT 1683 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
John was born on 14 NOV 1656 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA and died on 1 AUG 1717 (age: 60) in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA and was buried in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA .
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| Parents | Grand Parents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ John Spooner (1594 - 6 JUL 1628) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ William Spooner (1 Jan 1621-1 Jan 1622 - 8 Mar 1683-8 Mar 1684) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Ann Peck (Spooner) (ABT 1598 - ABT 1650) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Martha Spooner (Wing) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Hannah Pratt (Spooner) (ABT 1630 - ABT 1684) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources:
S1 Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and HisDescendents
John Wing took the oath of fidelity at Sandwich and was admitted atownsman in 1681. His marriage to a daughter of the house of Spooneroccurred soon after, and we imagine that he made his settlement atSippican about the year 1682.CI:1182:?4:CI
The first migration of the children of Deborah Wing from Sandwich wasprobably that of her son John when he removed to what afterward becameHarwich some twenty years after the settlement at Sandwich in 1637. Thesecond, and the first to the Westward, was that of John, son of Daniel,who became one of the very earliest settlers on the western shores ofBuzzard Bay, probably as early as 1680. This settlement was first knownas Sippican, afterward, Rochester, and from Rochester were carved thetowns of Wareham, Marion, etc. The earliest settlements were made at andaround the mouth of the Sippican River where it empties its dark watersinto Buzzard Bay, and the neck of land extending into the bay was formany years known as 'Wing's Neck.' It is thought by some that John'soriginal settlement was made on this peninsula, but we were unable tofind any traces or record of it. Wing's Neck extends a great distanceinto Buzzard Bay and nearly meets the 'Wing's Neck' which projects outfrom the east side of the bay at the end of which is 'Wing's NeckLighthouse.' It is almost directly opposite the home of Ex-PresidentCleveland at Gray Gables. The principal settlement near at hand is thevillage of Marion, with a population of possibly one thousand, theprincipal occupation of which is the entertainment of summer visitors.Richard Harding Davis makes his home there. Rochester Center, where thetown hall is located, is some six miles to the northwest. It is alongand in the vicinity of this pleasant, fine Macadam road, that theprincipal points of interest to the Wing family lie. For more than 220years the Wings have figured more or less prominently in the affairs ofRochester and ancient Sippican, and here are to this day to be foundnumerous descendants of John Wing. It is one of the historicallocalities of peculiar interest to the family and is well worthy of avisit from all readers of The OWL.CI:246:?4:CI
After the close of the King Philip war in 1677, new impetus was given tothe settlement of the lands on the west shore of Buzzard's Bay. Sippicanoriginally extended from Sandwich on the northwest coast of Buzzard's Bayto Dartmouth. In 1679, Joseph and Barnabas Lothrop of Barnstable actedas agents for its settlement. Freeman in his 'History of Cape Cod' saysthat between the years 1684 and 1689 rev. Samuel Arnold, John and SamuelHammond, Peter Blackman, Moses and Aaron Barlow, Samuel White, John Wing,Joseph Doty, Jacob Bumpas, Joseph Burgess, John Haskell, Abraham Holmes,Jobe Winslow and _____ Sprague became actual settlers. We have it onrecord however, that John Wing owned land at Mettapoisett which he soldto William Randall as early as April 17, 1683. In this deed (book 4,folio 47, Plymouth Records) he is styled 'John Wing of Sippican,cooper... His home was at Great Hill upon the extreme point of a neck ofland extending far out into Buzzard's Bay from the west shore, known formany years as 'Wing's Neck.' Directly across the bay a few miles, hiscousin, Nathaniel Wing, had made a settlement about the same time as hisown. Nothing but the ever lasting sands on Cape Cod could ever haveinduced young John Wing to establish himself at Great Hill. The soil isstony, sandy, and poor. The settlement at Sippican was first made alongthe Sippican River, and it was not until 1686 that it was incorporatedunder the title of 'Rochester in the County of Barnstable,: but it wassoon set off to Plymouth County and has since been divided into severaltowns...
The site of the home of John Wing at Great Hill is now an extensive parkenclosed in a high stone wall, handsomely laid out and with buildings,erected by a New York merchant named Searles, who planned here amagnificent estate. The place was probably selected by Mr. Wing becauseof its proximity to the water, which then must have been the principalhighway for travel. John Wing participated prominently in the earlypolitical affairs of Rochester, and was at different times, sealer ofweights and measures, overseer of highways and selectman of the town. Ina deed made in 1716-17, in which he conveyed forty acres of land toSavory Clifton, lying on the 'easterly side of the Sippican River, whichadjoins the Clifton homestead,' he is styled 'John Wing, agent.' He wasa selectman of Rochester in 1700, 1702, 1703, 1704, and a sealer in 1706,1708, 1709 and 1710.'CI:1181:?4:CI
Mentions wife Martha Eldest son Stephen Wing, Samuel Wing (not yet 21),Heirs of my son, Joseph Wing Deceased, son John Wing, daughters HannahBoweman, Desire Wing, Deborah (deceased) John Wing of Rochester; willproved Sept. 18, 1717;... The inventory of his entire estate amounted to 1126.CI:3268:?4:CI
The first migration of the children of Deborah Wing from Sandwich wasprobably that of her son John when he removed to what afterward becameHarwich some twenty years after the settlement at Sandwich in 1637. Thesecond, and the first to the Westward, was that of John, son of Daniel,who became one of the very earliest settlers on the western shores ofBuzzard Bay, probably as early as 1680. This settlement was first knownas Sippican, afterward, Rochester, and from Rochester were carved thetowns of Wareham, Marion, etc. The earliest settlements were made at andaround the mouth of the Sippican River where it empties its dark watersinto Buzzard Bay, and the neck of land extending into the bay was formany years known as 'Wing's Neck.' It is thought by some that John'soriginal settlement was made on this peninsula, but we were unable tofind any traces or record of it. Wing's Neck extends a great distanceinto Buzzard Bay and nearly meets the 'Wing's Neck' which projects outfrom the east side of the bay at the end of which is 'Wing's NeckLighthouse.' It is almost directly opposite the home of Ex-PresidentCleveland at Gray Gables. The principal settlement near at hand is thevillage of Marion, with a population of possibly one thousand, theprincipal occupation of which is the entertainment of summer visitors.Richard Harding Davis makes his home there. Rochester Center, where thetown hall is located, is some six miles to the northwest. It is alongand in the vicinity of this pleasant, fine Macadam road, that theprincipal points of interest to the Wing family lie. For more than 220years the Wings have figured more or less prominently in the affairs ofRochester and ancient Sippican, and here are to this day to be foundnumerous descendants of John Wing. It is one of the historicallocalities of peculiar interest to the family and is well worthy of avisit from all readers of The OWL.CI:246:?4:CI
After the close of the King Philip war in 1677, new impetus was given tothe settlement of the lands on the west shore of Buzzard's Bay. Sippicanoriginally extended from Sandwich on the northwest coast of Buzzard's Bayto Dartmouth. In 1679, Joseph and Barnabas Lothrop of Barnstable actedas agents for its settlement. Freeman in his 'History of Cape Cod' saysthat between the years 1684 and 1689 rev. Samuel Arnold, John and SamuelHammond, Peter Blackman, Moses and Aaron Barlow, Samuel White, John Wing,Joseph Doty, Jacob Bumpas, Joseph Burgess, John Haskell, Abraham Holmes,Jobe Winslow and _____ Sprague became actual settlers. We have it onrecord however, that John Wing owned land at Mettapoisett which he soldto William Randall as early as April 17, 1683. In this deed (book 4,folio 47, Plymouth Records) he is styled 'John Wing of Sippican,cooper... His home was at Great Hill upon the extreme point of a neck ofland extending far out into Buzzard's Bay from the west shore, known formany years as 'Wing's Neck.' Directly across the bay a few miles, hiscousin, Nathaniel Wing, had made a settlement about the same time as hisown. Nothing but the ever lasting sands on Cape Cod could ever haveinduced young John Wing to establish himself at Great Hill. The soil isstony, sandy, and poor. The settlement at Sippican was first made alongthe Sippican River, and it was not until 1686 that it was incorporatedunder the title of 'Rochester in the County of Barnstable,: but it wassoon set off to Plymouth County and has since been divided into severaltowns...
The site of the home of John Wing at Great Hill is now an extensive parkenclosed in a high stone wall, handsomely laid out and with buildings,erected by a New York merchant named Searles, who planned here amagnificent estate. The place was probably selected by Mr. Wing becauseof its proximity to the water, which then must have been the principalhighway for travel. John Wing participated prominently in the earlypolitical affairs of Rochester, and was at different times, sealer ofweights and measures, overseer of highways and selectman of the town. Ina deed made in 1716-17, in which he conveyed forty acres of land toSavory Clifton, lying on the 'easterly side of the Sippican River, whichadjoins the Clifton homestead,' he is styled 'John Wing, agent.' He wasa selectman of Rochester in 1700, 1702, 1703, 1704, and a sealer in 1706,1708, 1709 and 1710.'CI:1181:?4:CI
Mentions wife Martha Eldest son Stephen Wing, Samuel Wing (not yet 21),Heirs of my son, Joseph Wing Deceased, son John Wing, daughters HannahBoweman, Desire Wing, Deborah (deceased) John Wing of Rochester; willproved Sept. 18, 1717;... The inventory of his entire estate amounted to 1126.CI:3268:?4:CI
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