Nathan Wheeler (1726 - 1812)

Born 9 Feb 1726 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hunt) Wheeler — married 25 May 1749 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1812 at about age 85 in Scotio, Ohio, United States

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Biography

First Lieutenant Nathan Wheeler served with 4th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Nathan Wheeler is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123992.

Nathan Wheeler was born at Concord, Massachusetts on February 1726/7 son of Timothy Wheeler and Abigail Munroe. ^[1]

It is thought that he is the Nathan Wheeler that married Mary Hunt at Concord on May 25, 1749. Mary was born at Concord on November 10, 1729, daughter of Simon and Mary Hunt. ^[1]

Simon Hunt left a very detailed will, dated October 24, 1786, and among his heirs he names eldest daughter Mary Wheeler. ^[2]

Research notes

Concord Marriages

WHEELER, Nathan, and Mary Hunt, May 25, 1749. (p. 175)

HUNT, Mary, and Nathan Wheeler, May 25, 1749. (p. 175)

Concord Births

Hunt, Mary, d. Simon and Mary, Nov. 10, 1729. (p. 123)

Wheeler, Nathan, s. Timothy and Abigail, Feb. 9, 1726-7. (p. 118)

WHEELER, Nathan, and Mary Hunt, May 25, 1749. p. 175

HUNT, Mary, and Nathan Wheeler, May 25, 1749. p. 175^[1]

Acton Births -unconfirmed lineage

Wheeler, Nathan, s. Nathan and Mary, July 13, 1750. (p. 115)

Wheeler, Luther, s. Nathan and Mary, Aug. 6, 1754. (p. 114)

Wheeler, Mary, d. Nathan and Mary, May 6, 1756. (p. 114)

Wheeler, Miriam, d. Nathan and Mary, Feb. 5, 1758. (p. 114)

Wheeler, Amos, s. Lt. Nathan and Mary, Sept. 13, 1761. (p. 112) ^[3]

Military

WHEELER, NATHAN

Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: FIRST LIEUTENANT

Service Description: 1) ALSO ENS,CAPTS BUTLER,WINSHIP 2) COLS JOHN & THOMAS NIXON

Birth: 2-9-1726 CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS

Death: 1812 SCIOTO CO OHIO

SPOUSE: MARY HUNT ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891
2. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org); link for subscribers
3. ↑ Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1923
4. ↑ DAR.org

• Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895);
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-10-07), "Record of Nathan Wheeler", Ancestor # A123992.
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 16, p. 983-4
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-24M : 10 November 2020), Nathan Wheeler, 25 May 1749; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
• Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1923); p. 112-5

History of the Wheeler Family in America Page 147 Compiled by the American College of Genealogy under the direction of Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr. Boston Mass. 1914