Mary Smith Wing

Brief Life History of Mary Smith

When Mary Smith Wing was born on 28 September 1807, in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Bachelor Wing, was 31 and her mother, Mary Smith, was 30. She married Jacob B Emery on 20 October 1824, in West Salem, Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and West Salem, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 4 January 1887, in West Salem, Congress Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in West Salem, Wayne, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob B Emery
1799–1871
Mary Smith Wing
1807–1887
Marriage: 20 October 1824
Emery
1823–
Elbridge Gery Emery
1824–1915
Theresa Emery
1832–
Henry J Emery
1846–1913
Angeline D Emery
1828–1918
Elisabeth B Emory
1836–1914
Cyrus W Emery
1839–1909
Percis M 'Percie' Emery
1842–1913

Sources (12)

  • Mary S Emery in household of Jacob Emery, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Smith Wing, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Mary S. Emery, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Weng (Old West Scandinavian Wenge, perhaps originally a nickname from vengi ‘pillow, cushion’).

English and Scottish: habitational name from either Wing in Buckinghamshire or Wing in Rutland. The Buckinghamshire placename probably means ‘the people of Wiwa’, from an Old English personal name Wiwa + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas. The Rutland placename and probably derives from Old Norse vengi ‘field’.

Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 榮, see Rong 4.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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