Rockingham County NH Archives News.....Wingate, Pain Oldest Survivor of First Congress September 17, 1836 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nh/nhfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 September 8, 2014, 6:10 pm Weekly Chronicle And Farmers Register Sep 17, 1836 September 17, 1836 Weekly Chronicle and Farmers Register Sep 17, 1836 (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Pain Wingate, Esq. of Stratham, N. H. is believed to be the only survivor of either House in the first Congress, under our present Constitution. He was born in May 1739, and was a member of the old Continental Congress. He married the sister of Timothy Pickering in 1764 -- they are both at the age of more than 97 and 94, are able to walk, and appear to enjoy life. Additional Comments: New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 Name:Pain Wingate Marriage Date:23 May 1765 Event Type:Marriage Marriage Place:Hampton Falls, New Hampshire Gender:Male Spouse Name:Eunice Pickering Spouse Gender:Female FHL Film Number:1001319 Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Name:Rev. Pain Wingate Gender:Male Spouse:Eunice Pickering Marriage Date:23 May 1765 City:Salem County:Essex Source:Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0761210. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nh/rockingham/newspapers/wingatep2nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/nhfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb