Priscilla (Burgess) Wing (abt. 1749 - 1811)

Born about 1749 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1811 at about age 62 in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Priscilla (Unknown), the wife of Reuben Wing, is called "Huldah Priscilla Burgess" on a FamilySearch profile that says she was born in 1746 at Sandwich, Massachusetts,^[1] and cites only a FindAGrave memorial that does not make any reference to the name "Hulda" nor cite any source for her claimed birth name of Burgess, which gives a birth date of 1746 (at Sandwich), and has a photo of a modern gravestone at Wayne, Maine, that includes only the name "Priscilla Wing" with a death date of 10 Aug 1811 and a death place of Wayne.^[2] The claim is repeated on a number of Ancestry.com profiles, none of which cite any documentary evidence.

Marriage

Priscilla (Unknown) married Reuben Wing.^[2] The marriage occurred before the birth of their first known child, on 23 Apr 1773, at an unknown location.^[3]

Death

According to a modern gravestone in Wayne, Maine, Priscilla (Unknown) Wing died on 10 Aug 1811.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch profile of Huldah Priscilla Burgess
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #98164563 for Priscilla Burgess Wing
3. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 64; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 63 of 718