Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . ushing, Holland, in 1621, and died at Sandwich, Massachusetts,24 April, 1710. With his brothers he joined the military company of Sand-wich in 1643, but on 6 October, 1659, he was complained of by MarshallBarlow, for refusing to assist him in the countryes services, being required att three severall times, and wasaccordingly fined. About this timehe accepted the principles of the So-ciety of Friends, and became a mem-ber of the Sandwich Meeting. Hesuffered the usual fines for non-con-formity in civil matters,
Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . ushing, Holland, in 1621, and died at Sandwich, Massachusetts,24 April, 1710. With his brothers he joined the military company of Sand-wich in 1643, but on 6 October, 1659, he was complained of by MarshallBarlow, for refusing to assist him in the countryes services, being required att three severall times, and wasaccordingly fined. About this timehe accepted the principles of the So-ciety of Friends, and became a mem-ber of the Sandwich Meeting. Hesuffered the usual fines for non-con-formity in civil matters, but served onthe Grand Inquest, as surveyor ofhighways, and as town clerk, beingappointed to the latter office in tradition locates the house of Stephen Wing on a farm nearSpring Hill. Part of the original house, now over two hundred and fiftyyears old, is said to be comprised in the residence of Alvin P. Wing, a directdescendant in the seventh generation of the original Stephen. The part ofthe house erected by Stephen, and now standing, serves as the parlor of the. Stephen Wing House * Sandwich Early Friends Records give these births as occurring in November. 216 THE WING FAMILY present home. The family history places the date of the erection in section still standing is said to have been erected as a block-house,as a place of refuge in case of attacks from the savages. From father to sonthe house has come down through the ages,—from Stephen to Ebenezer toJoshua to Presbury to Joshua to Seth to Alvin P. Wing, the present main part of the old house is thought to have been originally con-structed of stone, the walls still being some eighteen inches in are many quaint nooks and corners, and an attic full of retiredcolonial household furniture and utensils. The part of the house said tohave been erected as a block-house is the room at the right hand ofthe front door shown in this illustration. This is the oldest Wing house inA
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