WING, Samuel and sons ~ 1787

Samuel Wing was born 11/5/1731 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA on Cape Cod, a son of Elnathan and Hannah (Allen) Wing. He married in 1755 to Hannah Sears of nearby Chatham, MA.  Their ten children were born in Harwich. Samuel came with his family to Winthrop (the part now Readfield) about 1774[i] where they settled on lot #225 off the North Road – or as it was called in the old days “Whitcher (Whittier) Road.[ii]

In 1785 Samuel fell from his house roof and died from the injuries he sustained. His two oldest children – Ruth and Paul - had married and moved out of town by that time. Daniel was the oldest child still living at home when his father died and the only one of his siblings to remain in Readfield.

The following siblings and their spouses sold 200 acres (and signed the deed) to Daniel Wing for $200 in 1811: Paul Wing; Reuben Wing; Daniel Wyman; Ruth Wyman; Samuel Perry; Tabitha Perry; Hull Abbott; Anna Abbott; Hannah Wing of Chesterville and Livermore.[iii]  This was three years prior to their mother’s death and, since Daniel carried on the family homestead, this surely was their way of assuring a lifetime home for her as well as securing Daniel’s ownership of their father’s land. 

Children of Samuel and Hannah (Sears) Wing: [iv]
1)      Ruth Sears b. 1757 d. 1835 Kingfield, Franklin County, ME m.1778 Daniel Wyman s/o Abram and Dorothy (Call) Wyman of Winthrop
2)      Paul b.1760 d.after 1820 Kingfield, Franklin County, ME m.1780 Patience Trask
3)      Daniel b.1761 d.1761
4)      Samuel b.1762 d.unknown
5)      Daniel b.1763 d.1830 Readfield m1.Rhoda Chandler d/o John and Lydia (Taylor) Chandler of Winthrop.  Her father built the mills at Winthrop village early on in our history. Rhoda d.1809 and Daniel m2. Mrs. Jane Hunt Earle See below FMI about Daniel.
6)      Tabitha b.1765 d.1855 Chesterville, Franklin County, ME m.1785 Samuel Perry
7)      William b.1767 d.1838 Stetson, Penobscot, ME m. Cynthia Cooper
8)      Elizabeth b.1768 d.1789 Highland, Somerset County, ME m. Hull Abbott
9)      Reuben b. 1771 d. 1862 Livermore, Androscoggin County, ME m1. Hannah Smith d/o Elisha and Susannah (Wing) Smith of Readfield m2. Lucy Carpenter
10)   Hannah b. 1774 d. 1865 Highland, Somerset County, ME m. Hull Abbott (her sister’s widower)

Daniel Wing married twice – his first wife, Rhoda Chandler died at age 39 in 1809. He married second to Jane Hunt Earle, a widow with a son named Joseph Earle.[v] I have not found children by his first marriage. Daniel and Jane had three.

 

The home of Jane Earle Wing and her son Joseph Earle c.1845

 

Daniel Wing remained in Readfield for the rest of his life where he died in 1830. Upon his death the homestead was willed to his son Henry Wing and step-son Joseph Earle. Henry sold his half to Joseph and the home remained in the Wing / Earle family until 1843 when it was sold by Daniel’s widow Jane Earle Wing. In 1845 she purchased 2 acres of land near Readfield Corner from James Fillebrown for $145. I surmise the house at 1110 Main Street was built about that time and her son Joseph lived with her and retained ownership upon her death.

Note the home of J. Earle on the stream on the west side of

Lake Maranacook near Readfield Corner

After Joseph Earle’s death his son Henry Wing Earle of Sacramento, CA sold his father’s homestead to Emery O. Bean[vi] who soon after sold it to Arthur Jenness. The exact date of death for Joseph Earle is not known (at this time) but one must assume it was c.1882 based on the date of this sale. Though some sources say that Joseph Earle is buried in Readfield Corner Cemetery that has not been confirmed. I have yet to find burial places for Daniel and Jane Wing.

Children of Daniel and Jane Hunt Earle Wing:
1) Henry b.1812 d.1850 in Mercer, IL m. Louisa Allen[vii]
2) Mary Jane b.1816 d. 1890 Readfield m. Samuel Howland Luce s/o Prince Luce who came to Readfield from Martha’s Vineyard with his father and brothers about 1780. Samuel and Mary Jane lived on the Luce homestead on (currently called) Luce Road near Readfield Depot. That homestead burned in 1931.[viii]
3) Mehitable b.1820 d.1873 m. William Henry Harrison Whittier, Sr. They lived on the North Road in the homestead farm of William’s paternal grandfather Moses Whittier. Their son William H. Whittier carried on that homestead place until he sold it out of the family in 1923.[ix] These Whittier's' lived near Daniel Wing's homestead where Joseph Earle lived with his family until about 1845.

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[i] Stackpole, Everett; History of Winthrop with Genealogical Notes by Keene; Heritage Books, Inc. Bowie, MD 1994; page 832

[ii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds various

[iii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 38 Page 168 3/30/1811

[iv] Boatman – Potter – Clark family tree www.ancestry.com accessed 11/10/2013

[v] Jane Earle may have had a second son named Robert. In 1836 a Robert Earle sold ½ of Daniel Wing’s homestead where Joseph Earle was then living for $800. Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 165 Page 303 2/17/1836

[vi] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds Book 338 Page 86 3/27/1882

[vii] Boatman – Potter – Clark family tree www.ancestry.com accessed 11/10/2013

[viii] http://readfield1791.blogspot.com/2013/05/luce-beriah-us-census-winthrop-1-0-3-0-0.html accessed 11/11/2013

[ix] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds various