Ephraim Oliver Wheeler

Husband of Hannah Abigail (Woods) Wheeler — married 10 Oct 1747 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1804 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Biography

I adopted this profile to fix a number of mistakes. As it is this profile still contains many errors. Unfortunately, this appears to come from wide spread and widely copied files on Ancestry.com. No person named Ephraim Oliver Wheeler existed; many of his supposed children are not siblings.. If anyone has good knowledge of this family, please correct.

He was the son of Jonathan Wheeler, 1683–1747, and Hannah Russell Wheeler, 1690 – unknown. [Oliver Wheeler]

Born: Abt 1720, Of Greenwich, Hampshire, MA [Ephraim Wheeler] Died: 1805

Marriage Information: Ephraim married Mrs Hannah Wheeler. He was sealed to his spouse on 17 Oct 1947 at Salt Lake City, UT. (Mrs Hannah Wheeler was born about 1724 in Of Greenwich, Hampshire, MA.)

Name

Name: Ephraim Oliver /Wheeler

Birth

Birth:

Date: 06 MAR 1720

Place:

Birth:

Date: 17 FEB 1722/23

Place: Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Death

Death:

Date: 31 JUL 1804

Place: Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Burial

Greenwich Cemetery (Defunct) Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage

Husband: Ephraim Oliver Wheeler

Wife: Hannah Abigail Woods

Child: Susannah Wheeler

Marriage:

Date: 10 OCT 1747

Place: Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Source notes:

Note N1035http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=mamarr&h=115414&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt.

Research Notes

This profile, imported as a GEDcom some years ago, appears to conflate two different men and their wives - Oliver Wheeler and wife Abigail (Woods) of Acton, MA, ^[1]and Ephraim Wheeler and wife Hannah (Marks) of Quabbin/Greenwich, MA.^[2][3] Ford-8923 29 Aug 2022; updated 18 Nov 2022.

The Findagrave memorial associated with this profile is for Oliver Wheeler. See memorial at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20577389/ephraim-oliver-wheeler?_gl=1*mkwsvc*_ga*NjY5NDQyOTczLjE2NTcyNTA1NjI.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1Nzc4NTM2Ny4xOS4xLjE2NTc3ODc0ODUuMA. The original memorial that was linked here was 178314004. Fetterly-28 08:44, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ 'Wheeler Family Guild, "So What's the Deal with Ephraim Oliver Wheeler m. Hannah Abigail Woods?", post by Onessan Nessa, 29 Nov 2020 (https://www.cuzens.net/posts/6117260). Discusses the "genealogical mashup" of the Oliver/Abigail Wheeler and Ephraim/Hannah Wheeler families, which has been copied and recopied from one tree to another at Ancestry.com and beyond.
2. ↑ Wheeler Family Guild, “Finding the James Wheeler Family That Came to Quabbin, MA,” post by Onessan Nessa, 18 May 2020 (https://www.cuzens.net/posts/6441539). Explores likely Connecticut origins of the James Wheeler who came to Quabbin in the 1730s. Notes births recorded in town records of Stafford and Ashford.
3. ↑ Wheeler Family Guild, "Who Were the Parents of James Wheeler of Chesterfield, New Hampshire?", post by Onessan Nessa, 26 April 2020 (https://www.cuzens.net/posts/6082899). Discusses evidence connecting James Wheeler of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, to his parents Ephraim and Hannah Wheeler of Greenwich, Massachusetts; identifies birth records for him and their other children in Greenwich Vital Records.

• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

• Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

• Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Famil; Repository:

• Source: S65 Author: Hatcher, Patricia Law Title: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.

• Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lorr.

• Author: New England Historic Genealogical Society Title: Massachusetts Town Death Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Yea; Repository:

• Author: New England Historic Genealogical Society Title: Massachusetts Town Marriage Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year...

• Find A Grave: Memorial #20577389.

Acknowledgment

WikiTree profile Wheeler-1924 created through the import of Steve Sanders family tree_2011-08-28.ged on Aug 30, 2011 by Steve Sanders.