Daraty
Clefton was born on 25 March 1699.
2,3,4 She was the daughter of
Savory Clefton and
Dority Burge.
1 Daraty was also known as Dorothy Clifton.
2 As of 3 January 1720/21, her married name was Daraty Wing.
Dorothy, age 21, married first,
Samuel Wing, age 30, son of
Daniel Wing , Jr. and
Deborah Dillingham, on 3 January 1720/21.
5,6 As of 6 December 1737, her married name was Daraty Hoxey.
Dorothy, age 38, married second,
Solomon Hoxey, age 58, son of
Lodowick Hoxsie and
Mary Presbury, on 6 December 1737
[See Research Note below].7 Research Note: Anne Bowerman, in her "Bowerman Family History", page 271, states:
"Savory signed as a witness for the second marriage of his widowed daughter, Dorothy (Clifton) Wing, to Solomon Hoxey on the 6d 10m 'December' 1737 (SMM)."
Upon examination of the Sandwich Vital Records, Vol. 2, Page 1256, the following is found:
"Soloman Hoxey of Sandwich And dorathy Wing daughter of Samuell Wing of the Town and County Afore said ... [were married] the Sixth day of the tenth Month Called December In the year 1737"
Further examination of Falmouth, Sandwich and Rochester VR's does not show a birth record for a dau. named Dorothy to Samuel Wing. Should the Sandwich VR read "widow of Samuel Wing"? Daraty Clefton died in July 1750 at the age of 51 years and 3 months.
8 Research Note: According to a note found in MFIP [Patience Brewster], pg.4: "The General Society of Mayflower Descendants has accepted membership based on lineage documented through Dorothy Clifton who was born in Rochester 25 March 1699, and married on 3 January 1720/1, to Samuel Wing. MacLean W. McLean, F.A.S.G., has also placed her as the daughter of Savory and Dorothy (Burgess) Clifton in his article in
NGSQ 59:168 (1971). Their children were Jemima, Daniel, Deborah and Bamabas, names which represented the paternal grandparents and other Wing family members, but were not representative of the reputed maternal grandparents or the Brewster family.
Of concern to this compiler is the fact that the Index to the Book of Birth Records of Rochester listed the births of all of the children of Clifton Savory, with the exception of the fifth child, for which there is only a blank space with a line drawn through it. The published vital records of births in Rochester printed Dorothy as the name of the fifth child of Savory and Dorothy (Burgess) Clifton but examination of the original page containing the birth record shows a marking over on the entry of the name of the fifth child. The first letter appears distinctly as a "D." Thereafter it is difficult to read. Strike over of the lettering makes deciphering the entry impossible. Use of the imagination allows one to read the strikeover as either Dorothy or Deborah. The last letter is definitely a "y." This creates a question as to how the name should be read. The index was never amended to show this addition of name. It is unknown when the name was entered on the record under the births or who and what primary source evidence determined the name to be Dorothy Clifton, as was in the Vital Record book published in 1914.
A problem arises with the knowledge that reputedly there was a contemporary female bearing the name Deborah Clifton. This Deborah Clifton reputedly married Joseph Wing, son of Jashub and Anna (Hoxie) Wing in the fifth month of 1725. Joseph and Deborah (Clifton) Wing had the following children born in Dartmouth, Mass.: Anna, Jabez or Savory (24 Oct 1729), Dorothy (1 May 1731), Jashub (I Sep 1733), Paul (22 Jan 1736/7), Patience (6 July 1740), Josephus (16 July 1742). The given names of the first four Wing children do imply they may well belong in this family as Anna and Jashub would have been named for their paternal Wing grandparents and Savory and Dorothy might have been named after the reputed maternal Clifton grandparents.
It has been suggested that Dorothy and Deborah Clifton might have been twins. In view of the fact that there was empty space both above and below the illegible entry beginning with the "D," it appears unlikely that the scribe would elect to write over the original birth entry leaving it illegible, rather than enter an additional name in the space above or below, if there was a twin child. The striking over seems to indicate the specific intention to correct a single name.
The surname of Deborah, wife of Joseph Wing should be further explored. The marriage record must be located to ascertain that her surname was Clifton. Might she actually be an unidentified Clifton daughter?
Need a thorough deed search for all land transactions by these Wings and proof of parentage before accepting descent through either Dorothy or Deborah Clifton again!"
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