William Ewing, II, son of William Ewing and Eliza Milford and brother to Robert Ewing, was brought to Ireland from Scotland by his parents when they removed to Ulster. William II settled around Coleraine, while Robert lived near Londonderry. There are many more records concerning William's family than that of his brother Robert. All of the male children of William II traveled to America in 1727, along with their cousin, Alexander Ewing, Robert's son. All sailed aboard the same ship, according to family tradition a vessel chartered by the Ewings for the voyage and christened The Eagle Wing.

Although the places of death of these children, excepting that of Nathaniel, are not known, they certainly died in the Colonies, probably in Cecil County, MD, where most of this group of Ewing immigrants settled.