Huldah Priscilla Burgess

Brief Life History of Huldah Priscilla

Huldah Priscilla Burgess was born in 1746, in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She married Reuben Wing in 1772, in Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 10 August 1811, in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Wing
1745–1825
Huldah Priscilla Burgess
1746–1811
Marriage: 1772
Stephen Wing
1773–1840
Mehitable Wing
1777–1856
Reuben Wing Jr.
1775–1851
Mehitable Wing
1777–1862
Joseph Wing
1779–1836
Hannah Wing
1781–1843
Mercy Wing
1785–1846
Shubael Wing
1787–1857

Sources (3)

  • Priscilla Burgess Wing, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Priscilla Wing, "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999"
  • Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990

World Events (6)

1773

Historical Boundaries: 1773: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .

Americanized form of French Bourgeois .

History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.

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

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