Sarah (Nichols) Wheeler (1650 - 1718)

Born 1 Dec 1650 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Wheeler Jr. — married 24 Oct 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1718 at age 67 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah NICHOLS was born 1 Dec 1650 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. She died 23 Dec 1718 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. Sarah married Moses WHEELER Jr. on 20 Oct 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.

Marriage

24 OCT 1674 Stratford, Fairfield County, CT

Husband: Moses Wheeler

Child: Moses Wheeler

Child: Caleb Wheeler

Child: Sarah Wheeler

Child: Samuel Wheeler

Child: James Wheeler

Child: Robert Wheeler

Child: Elizabeth Wheeler

Child: Nathan Wheeler UNKNOWN

Child: Nathan Wheeler

Source

• Nicholls, Walter. Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford (New York, The Grafton Press, 1909) Pages 19, 26 (#1)
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 1, Page 436. Page 678.
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862) Vol. 4
• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1913) Vol 4, p 1637.
• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (New Haven, Conn. : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1886) Page 1252, Orcutt claimed that Sarah was born in 1650 vice 1651.
• Index to Vital Records from Stratford Land Records, Vol. I (1641-1680), (Stratford, CT: Indexed under the Auspices of the Stratford Historical Society), Page 7 & 9, In the transcribed Land Records of Stratford, Fairfield County, CT, Sarah Nichols is named as the wife of Moses Wheeler and daughter of Caleb Nichols. Her birth is recorded as December 1, 1650 in Stratford. The original record is in Stratford Land Records, Volume I, page 43. The Stratford Historical Society index to these records incorrectly list the birth date of Sarah and Ann Nichols as December 1, 1650. The actual transcribed records show that Sarah was born in 1650 and her sister Ann was born March 1, 1651. Page 6.
• Vital Records from Stratford Land Records, Vol. I, (Stratford, CT: Indexed under the Auspices of the Stratford Historical Society), Page 494, These records list the marriage of Moses Wheeler, Jr. and Sarah Nicholls, "ye daughter of Caleb Nicholls," on October 20, 1674. The original record is maintained in Stratford's Town Hall under Stratford Land Records, Volume I, page 494.
• 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 (#11)
• Nicholls, Walter (1909) Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639, and the Descendants of his son, Caleb Nicholls. The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York. page 26