Mary (Hewitt) Wheeler (1781 - 1850)

Born 1 Dec 1781 in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Wheeler II — married 25 May 1811 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1850 at age 68 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Mary (Polly) Hewitt was born 01 Dec 1781, to [[Hewitt-38|Charles Hewitt & Hannah Stanton Hewitt of Stonington, Connecticut. She was their ninth and final child.

On 25 May 1811, she became the second wife of Richard Wheeler II. This meant she also became the step mother to his remaining 2 children from his first marriage to Anna Gallup, Jemima and Lydia. Together Mary and Richard had two more children.

Children

From Richard Wheeler II's first marriage:

Jemima, b. 17 Mar 1800

Lydia Esther, b. 10 Apr 1806

From Richard Wheeler II's second marriage:

Hannah S., born 26 July 1812

Richard Anson Wheeler, b. 29 Jan 1817

Mary (Hewitt) Wheeler died 22 Jan 1850 at Stonington, Connecticut. Her grave is represented to be in Jonathan Wheeler Cemetery, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[1]. No grave marker is depicted.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10081845

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 24-99: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/309/mode/1up

• Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997, index, FamilySearch [1] Richard Wheeler and Mary Hewet, 10 Jun 1811; citing Connecticut, United States, reference p53; FHL microfilm 3316.

• Richard Anson Wheeler, (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; PG 422, 651, 653; no. 116, no. 362: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n675/mode/1up