. if their characters were not accept-able to the governor. Cnurch membership, communion at theLords table and a regular attendance upon and a proper supportof public worship at authorized places were indispensable re-quisites to becoming a freeman. The whole body of freemen in the town had the right to decideby vote whether any one should be admitted a member of theircommunity, subject, however, to the revision of the governor andhis assistants. A sufficient quantity of land was granted to theoriginal association to provide liberal
. if their characters were not accept-able to the governor. Cnurch membership, communion at theLords table and a regular attendance upon and a proper supportof public worship at authorized places were indispensable re-quisites to becoming a freeman. The whole body of freemen in the town had the right to decideby vote whether any one should be admitted a member of theircommunity, subject, however, to the revision of the governor andhis assistants. A sufficient quantity of land was granted to theoriginal association to provide liberally for three score families,according to the number and ability of each householders the direction of committees appointed by the court, the truebounds of every inhabitants land were laid out and ordered. In 1651. when the conditions on which the grant of the townshipwas made had been complied with, a deed of the plantation wasexecuted by the governor to Mr. Freeman, who then made con-veyances to his associates. The town was incorporated as early. COAT OK ARMS OF WING. BATCHELDER GENEALOGY. H5 as 1639, and the Indian name of Shawme was exchanged for thatof Sandwich. In addition to these private holdings certain meadows ormarshy lands on the shore near the town were left for the grazingof cattle, as towns commons, and controlled by the town as time these became the property of the representatives of theoriginal freeman. Other woodlands were at first free for every one to obtain fromihem limber and fuel for private use, but not for exportation. Inwhat part of the township John Wing had his residence it is nowpernaps impossible to determine. The old traditional home ofone branch of the family for subsequent generations was situatedabout a mile from the present village of Sandwich, near a streamof water between two beautiful ponds, and on a highland over-looking the lower sheet of water and the town. This seems as likely as any other spot to have been selecteda
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