Joseph Wheeler (1656 - aft. 1698)

Born 13 Mar 1656 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Powers) Wheeler — married 1 Mar 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 29 May 1698 after age 42 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Joseph Wheeler Birth: Mar 13 1656 - Concord, Middlesex, Ma Death: May 29 1698 - Stratford, Fairfield, Ma Parents: Thomas Wheeler, Ruth Wood Siblings: Mary Sanderson, Alice Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, John Wheeler, Timothy Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, Nathaniel Wheeler, Ruth Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, Ephraim Wheeler, Deliverance Wheeler, Ruth Wheeler Wife: Mary Powers Wheeler Children: Joseph Wheeler, Ruth Wheeler, Mary Wheeler, Rebecca Higby (born Wheeler), Esther Prescott (born Wheeler), Esther Wheeler, Elizabeth Wheeler, Elizabeth Harris (born Wheeler), Jane Doolittle (born Wheeler), Joseph Wheeler, Ephraim Wheeler

Excerpt from Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America^[1]:

Joseph Wheeler, son of Thomas and Ruth (Wood) Wheeler. With his father Capt. Thomas Wheeler in abt. 1622 he had a farm upon the Merrimac River at Nashua, N.H. "a little south of the Salmon brood." In 1669 Lieut. Joseph Wheeler with Thomas Wheeler and eight other men petitioned the General Court for a tract of land containing about 14,000 acres, as well as for "the Indian plantation of Nashobah, that doth border on one side of this tract of land, that is exceedingly well meadowed, and the do mak but little or no use of it." This land was granted to them "to make a villiage, provided the place to be settled with not less than ten famyles within three years, and that a pious, an able, and orthodox minister be maintained there." This grant resulted in the incorporation of the town of Stow, May 16, 1683. Upon the subject of this grant an old writer remarked: "It has since been proven that the land given under this grant will support more than ten famyles." In 1674 the house of Lieut. Joseph Wheeler, at Nashua, N.H., is designated s the place of holding a meeting of the Proprietors of that town. It has been said that he left Nashua, N.H.m in 1675 during King Phillip's war and that he did not return. In 1677 he administered at Concord, Mass., upon the estates of his brothers Thomas and Nathaniel.

Name

Name: Joseph /Wheeler/ ^[2]

Name: Lieut. Joseph /Wheeler/ ^[3][4]

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Wheeler

Wife: Mary Powers

Marriage: 01 JAN 1681/82^[5][6]

Joseph Wheeler was born 13 MAR 1656, the son of Thomas and Ruth Wood Wheeler in Concord, Middlesex, MA. He married Mary Powers 6 Mar 1681 in Chelmsford, MA and the couple had the following children: Ruth (1682-1761) Mary (1684-1755); Rebecca (1686-1771) ; Esther (1687-) ; Elizabeth (1690-1718) ; Jane (1692-1732) ; Joseph (1693-1732) ; Ephraim (1698-1760) . He died 29 MAY 1698 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy (1914). The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America; Pg 12-13; Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n12/mode/2up
2. ↑ Source: #S695 Page: 1, Mary Powers
3. ↑ Source: #S125 Page: #1
4. ↑ Source: #S695 Page: 1, Mary Powers
5. ↑ Source: #S125 Page: #1
6. ↑ Source: #S695 Page: 1, Mary Powers

Source: S125 Title: A Genealogical Record of the Power(s) Families, Format: unpaginated Abbreviation: Gen. Rec. of Powers Fams. Author: Powers, Franklin E. Publication: the author, Aurora, Colo., 1974 Call Number: 929.273 P872pf

• Source: S695 Title: The Powers Family, Format: typescript Abbreviation: Powers Fam. Author: Crutchett, Ralph H.; Crutchett, Isabel Publication: 1965 Call Number: 929.273 A1 no.759

Source: MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees

Family tree: Thurber Web Site, managed by David Ray Thurber https://www.myheritage.com/site-273576811/thurber

Record: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-273576811-1-8687/joseph-wheeler-in-myheritage-family-trees

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YRQT : 3 November 2017), Joseph Wheeler and Mary Powers, 01 Mar 1681; citing Marriage, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 868,435.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2019), memorial page for Joseph Wheeler (13 Mar 1656–26 May 1698), Find A Grave: Memorial #106719772, citing Power Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Stanley Shepard (contributor 47123608)

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Wheeler-1971 created through the import of HERMANSON_RICHARDSON.ged on Sep 13, 2011 by John Hermanson.
• Thank you to Jon Myers for creating WikiTree profile Wheeler-4264 through the import of MYERS-EVEY Family WikiTree.ged on Apr 18, 2013.
• Thank you to Allen Woods for creating WikiTree profile Wheeler-4699 through the import of Woods Family Tree_2009-03-29.ged on Jul 15, 2013.