Moses Wheeler Jr. (1651 - 1725)

Born 5 Jul 1651 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Nichols) Wheeler — married 24 Oct 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Ruth (Bouton) Wheeler — married Dec 1698 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1725 at age 73 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

He is the son Moses I & Miriam Wheeler - Married Sarah Nichols 24 Oct 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT - Bur Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield, Connectictut ^[1]

Name

Moses Wheeler

Birth

05 JUL 1651 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Death

30 JAN 1725 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

30 JAN 1724

Marriage 1

Husband: Moses Wheeler

Wife: Sarah Nichols

Child: Moses Wheeler

Child: Caleb Wheeler

Child: Sarah Wheeler

Child: Nathan Wheeler

Child: Samuel Wheeler

Child: James Wheeler

Child: Robert Wheeler

Child: Elizabeth Wheeler

Marriage:

Date: 24 OCT 1674 Stratford, Fairfield County, CT^[2]

Marriage 2

Dec 1698, Ruth Bouton, d/o Richard Bouton^[2]

Marriage 3

31 Aug 1721 Mercy Lattin. widow of Thomas Lattin and prob. d/o Henry Wakelee. She m. (3) 9 May 1726 Mr John Burritt^[2]

His will is dated 1 January 1724/25 and proved on 15 February 1724/25 at Fairfield. He mentions a wife but not by name, his sons, James, Nathan, Robert, Elnathan, and Samuel, decd, his daughter Perry, wife of Samuel Perry, and his granddaughter Sarah Jesup (Samuel's daughter). His inventory was taken on 3 February 1724/25.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ US New England Marriages Prior to 1700 - CT Deaths & Burials Index 1650-1934 - Findagrave # 20899501
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield: Vol 1B page 677-678
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKRV  : 17 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 132-133, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 158-158b.

• Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, 1914. Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America. Publisher: American College of Genealogy, page 412 (#5704)
• Ward, George K. (1910) Andrew Warde and his Descendants 1597-1910 Compiled under the direction of the Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward. A.T. De La Mare Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd., New York. page 29
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930)
  • This source names Sarah Nichols, daughter of Caleb and Anne (n?e Ward) Nichols, as the spouse of Moses Wheeler, Jr. vol 1, p 436.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 677.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, pg. 678.

• William Richard Cutter, A.M., New England Families, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 4, p 1637. "He inherited the ferry from his father, together with the homestead ... was a farmer, as well as ferryman."
• James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk4/weymouth-wheeler.htm.

See Also:

• Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut, (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, Reprinted 2001 [original printed under the auspices of Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886]), Page 1252.
• Index to Vital Records from Stratford Land Records, Vol. I (1641-1680), (Stratford, CT: Indexed under the Auspices of the Stratford Historical Society), Page 9, This index records that Moses Wheeler, son of Moses Wheeler, was born on July 1, 1651. The original record is in Stratford Land Records, Volume I, Page 42 and is maintained in Stratford's Town Hall.This index also names Moses Wheeler as the father of Samuel Wheeler (1681-1721). This record is also in Stratford Land Records, Volume II, Pages 483 and 485a. All are maintained in Stratford's Town Hall.
• Index to Vital Records from Stratford Land Records, Volume II (1676-1729), (Stratford, CT: Indexed under the Auspices of the Stratford Historical Society), Page 39, Here the death of Moses Wheeler is recorded in the year 1724/25. The index actually reads "1725/15." The original record is in Stratford Land Records, Volume II, Page 485a and is maintained in Stratford's Town Hall.
• Samuel Orcutt, Burying Places of Stratford, Connecticut, (CT: Under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886), Page 237, Mose Wheelers tombstone records that he was 74 years old when he died in 1724. This supports a birth date sometime about the year 1650.
• Headstone Inscription for Moses Wheeler, (Congregational Burying Place, Stratford, Fairfield County, CT), "fig.," Moses Wheeler's headstone records his date of death as January 30, 1724. He was 74 which generally supports a date of birth sometime about 1750/51.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Stratford, Page 25.