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Obadiah Wheeler, son of John Wheeler (d. c. 1644) and Elizabeth ___ was baptized 10 Dec 1609 at Cranfield.[1]Obadiah Wheeler, was baptised at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England on 5 Dec 1609, the son of John Wheeler.[2]
Obadiah Wheeler, was the founder of a large and distinguished family. He was born in England in 1608 and settled in Concord Massachusetts in 1638. He was a farmer and died in Concord October 29, 1671. He married first Susannah ___ and the first six of his children were borne by her in Concord. He had a second wife whose name is not preserved, who was the mother of the last two children. (p. 90)
His children were:
The year of his arrival in America is not known but it is very probable that he came with the Concord settlers from Odell, England.
[Note: Will of Obadiah Wheeler[4] and Children[5]
History of Concord:
The names of all the settlers who had reached the place of settlement by 1635 and 1636 is uncertain but a part of them are: Rev. Peter Bulkeley, Elder John Jones, Hayward Heald, Fletcher William, and Thomas Bateman, Hosmer, Potter, Ball, Rice ,Hartwell, Meriam, Judson, Griffin, George, Joseph and Obadiah Wheeler, and John Scotchford. (p. 65)
1654: Laying out lands; That some particular persons shall have some inlargement who are short in lands paying 12 d. per acre, as others have don, and 6d. per acre if the towne consent thereto: the persons are as follows: Georg Wheeler, 20 acres Obadiah Wheeler 20 acres, Michel Wood 12 acres, Thomas Daken 10 acres, Thomas Batman 15 acres, Bapties Smedly 14 acres. (p. 285)
Obadiah Wheeler Sr. died Oct. 27, 1671, aged 63 and his wife Susannah died 1650. (March 24, 1649)[6]
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Obadiah had a 2nd wife, Eliza Knight, married about 1650.