Ancestry of
Mitt Romney

70th Governor of Massachusetts

Joanna Haskell

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Mitt Romney — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 235 
  • Father:
  • Ephraim Haskell 
  • Mother:
  • Mehitable Tobey   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 May 1740 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Aug 1769 
  • Death Location:
  • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Samuel Wing Jr.
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Apr 1759 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Moses Wing

  Martha Wing (Ahnentafel No:117 )

  Roger Wing

  Peleg Wing

  • Notes: 

  • While there are published sources that state that Joanna Haskell, wife of Samuel Wing, was the daughter of Mark Haskell and Mary Spooner, born at Rochester in 1737, and therefore has a Mayflower descent through Mary Spooner, others claim she was the daughter of Ephraim (brother of Mark) and Mehittable (Tobey) Haskell, born at Rochester in 1740. Joanna's tombstone says she died “in the 29th year of her age.” This would indicate she was born about 1740 and would point to father being Ephraim Haskell. Supporting this is a book titled Historical Sketches by Jabez Haskell Hayden, grandson of Jabez Haskell (brother of Joanna) and great-grandson of Ephraim Haskell. In his book about his family, he refers to Joanna Haskell, wife of Samuel Wing, Jr., as the "sister of Jabez Haskell [b1746] and Mrs. Seth Dexter," the latter referring to Deborah Haskell [b1743]. (see page 127).

• Sources for Joanna Haskell

  • ¹ Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, Death record for Joanna Wing.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A128577.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/27/2012).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rochester, Vol. 1, p. 166, Birth record for Joanna Haskell.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rochester Marriages, Vol. 2, p. 166.
  • ⁶ Haskell, Ira J., Chronicles of the Haskell Family, Lynn, Massachusetts: Ellis Printing Company (1943), 118.
  • ⁷ Hayden, Jabez Haskell, Historical Sketches, Windsor Locks, Connecticut: Arranged and Published by The Windsor Locks Journal (1915), 127, gives Joanna's brother as Jabez and sister as Mrs. Seth Dexter.
  • ⁸ Paige, Lucius R., History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: With a Genealogical Register, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company (1883), 389, does not give Joanna's husband.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 63, incorrectly gives Joanna's parents as Mark Haskell and Mary Spooner.
  • ¹⁰ Spooner, Thomas, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants, Vol. 1, Cincinnati, Ohio: Press of F. W. Freeman (1883), 66, incorrectly gives Joanna's father as Mark Haskell.

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