Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

Silvanus Wing Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 68 
  • Father:
  • Silvanus Wing 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1736 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Sep 1778 
  • Death Location:
  • Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Ward
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jun 1762 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Providence County, Rhode Island 
  • Children:
  
  

  William Wing

  Martha Wing

  Silvanus Wing

  Dinah Wing

  Elizabeth Wing

  John Wing (Ahnentafel No:34 )

  • Notes: 

  • Silvanus Wing's given name is also seen as Sylvanus.

• Sources for Silvanus Wing Jr.

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/12/2016).
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Probate file for Silvanus Wing.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rehoboth, Vol. 1, p. 784, Birth records for children of Sylvanus and Elizabeth Wing.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rehoboth, Vol. 1, p. 891, Death record for Silvanus Wing.
  • ⁵ Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Providence County, Vol. 2, p. 192, Marriage record for Sylvanus Wing and Elizabeth Ward.
  • ⁶ The Owl: Genealogical Quarterly Magazine, Kewaunee, Wisconsin: George Dikeman Wing, Publisher, 1670.

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