Born
30 Dec 1759 in
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
[sibling(s) unknown]
Descendants
Died
2 Jan 1801
at age 41
in
Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut
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Biography
Nathan was born 30 Dec 1759 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. He was the son of Samson and Sarah Wheeler. [1]
Marriage
Nathan married twice:
Mary (Doolittle) Wheeler 23 Mar 1786 in Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut. [2] Mary died 4 Aug 1822 - there were six known children from this union.
Ruth (Hunt) Wheeler
Children
Nathan and Mary had six children: [3]
Nancy
Minerva
Pamela
Hildah
Anson
Alma
Nathan and Ruth had one known daughter: Francis (Wheeler) Lockwood
Death
Nathan died 02 Jan 1801 in Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut at the age of 42. His death was a result of a farming accident. He fell from a hay mow & was killed when a pitchfork pierced him. [4] [5] [6]
Notes
Sources
↑ Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MassVitalsTo1850&h=162350&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2557
↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) - Mary Doolittle and Nathan Wheeler in Winchester, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=BarbourCTMar&h=260499&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525
↑ [1]
↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120355882?search=true
↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2557&h=2436116&ssrc=pt&tid=3574625&pid=110042863368&usePUB=true
↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9049&h=884806&ssrc=pt&tid=3574625&pid=110042863368&usePUB=true
Doolittles of America web site – 279 Ensign Jesse Doolittle - [2]
William Frederick Doolittle, M.D, The Doolittle Family in America, Vols 1-7 (Cleveland, 1901-1908), p 199, 315.
Donald S Barber, Barber, Thomas of Windsor, CT, The CT Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of (McDowell Publications, Utica, KY 1992), p 71.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61157&h=2887033&ssrc=pt&tid=115623317&pid=370182810330&usePUB=true
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