Ephraim
Wheeler
Born in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer Wheeler Jr.
and Priscilla (Hayward) Wheeler
Brother of
Ebenezer Wheeler [half], Jonathan Wheeler [half], Rachel (Wheeler) Winter [half], Susannah (Wheeler) Thurston [half], Zaccheus Wheeler [half], Mary (Wheeler) Thurston [half], Nathan Wheeler [half], Priscilla (Wheeler) Thurston, James Wheeler, Rebecca (Wheeler) Dexter, Sarah (Wheeler) Smith, Esther Wheeler, Ebenezer Wheeler and Anna (Wheeler) Pratt
Husband of
Hannah (Goodell) Wheeler
— married
22 Jun 1772 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Reuben Wheeler, Jasper Wheeler, Ephraim Wheeler, Hannah Wheeler, Washington Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler, Timothy Wheeler, Marcy (Wheeler) Sheldon, Mary Polly (Wheeler) Elliott, Reuben Wheeler, Jubal Wheeler, David Wheeler and Jonathan Wheeler
Died
at age 73
in Clarenceville, Mississquoi, Quebec, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Oct 2014
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This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.
Biography
Ephraim Wheeler was born on June 07, 1754 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts. His parents were Ebenezer Wheeler and Priscilla Hayward. He married Hannah Goodell on June 22, 1772 Together they had 13 children:
- Reuben Wheeler
- Jasper Wheeler
- Ephraim Wheeler
- Hannah Wheeler
- Washington Wheeler
- Joseph Wheeler
- Timothy Wheeler
- Marcy Wheeler
- Polly Wheeler
- Reuben Wheeler
- Jubal Wheeler
- Jonathan Wheeler
- David Wheeler
He died on September 15, 1827 in Clarenceville, Mississquoi, Quebec, Canada
Military
Ephraim was a Lieutenant in the American Revolutionary War. He served in the state New Hampshire. DAR Ancestor #: A123851
Sources
- The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America
https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKC-KVYK : 10 September 2021), Ephraim Wheeler, ; Burial, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery; citing record ID 39871826, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39871826/ephraim-wheeler: accessed 06 November 2022), memorial page for Ephraim Wheeler (7 Jun 1754–4 Sep 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #39871826, citing Saint Georges Anglican Cemetery, Clarenceville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Leatrice Zina (contributor 47635715) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Lyle Wheeler
:
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I1, MitoYDNA ID Z11325 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jeanne Wheeler :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Halfwaytothestars
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~1.56%
P Minor :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal PATac26b918, Ancestry member PatriciaMinor50
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~1.56%
Elaina Doucet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T490420 [compare], FTDNA kit #484102
-
~0.78%
Darlene Bissonnette :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A473464 [compare], Ancestry member Tabraea
-
~0.78%
Clara Hurd :
23andMe, GEDmatch LC6681747 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Denise Fischer :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N35370
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
-
~0.78%
Tracy Huston :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tracyhuston64
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~0.78%
Mark Marontate :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Susan (Wheeler) Gleason :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Swgleason
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~0.78%
Charles Nagle :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FF3994188 [compare]
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~0.39%
Erin (Loveless) Squires :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tsukinymph
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References several sources claiming he probably did not serve in the Revolutionay War and that he was a Tory. Apparently there was another Ephraim born on the same date who may be confused with this one.