Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Wheeler
and Mary (Hapgood) Wheeler
Sister of
Cyrus Wheeler, Darius Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler, Roland Wheeler Sr. [half], Lydia (Wheeler) Norcross, Josiah Wheeler, Hezediah (Wheeler) Taylor, Martha (Wheeler) Woods, Philemon Wheeler, Azubah (Wheeler) Larkin, Damaris (Wheeler) Barr, John Wheeler, Mary Wheeler and Hepzibah Wheeler
Wife of
John Henry Baker
— married
11 Jun 1754 in Shrewsbury,Worcester County,Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Baker) Moody, Mary Baker, Thomas Baker, Hepzibah (Baker) Gates, Judith (Baker) Gates, Jacob Baker, Henry Baker, John Baker and Joab Baker
Died
at about age 93
in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Biography
Persis Wheeler was born October 6, 1729 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA to John Wheeler and Mary Hapgood. On June 11, 1754 Persis married John Baker.
Birth
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- 6 OCT 1729
- Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA[1]
Marriage
- 11 JUN 1754
- Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA[2]
Persis was born in 1729.
Sources
- Source: S141 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: Ancestral File (R) Abbreviation: Ancestral File (R) Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
- Source: S469 Title: History County of Annapolis,Nova Scotia,Canada. by W.A.Calnek, & W.A.Savary. 1980. Abbreviation: History County of Annapolis,Nova Scotia,Canada. by W.A.Calnek, & W.A.Savary. 1980. Italicized: Y
- Source: S471 Author: Farnbach, Karen Title: My Ancestry Abbreviation: My Ancestry Publication: RootsWeb/9 Jan 2005 Note: Author appears to have done conscientious research. Provides many sources under Notes*. Where no other sources are noted, author uses LDS sources. n the case of the Fales line, it is clear that the LDS source is based on the book, "The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island" by D.C. Fales. bkhjh@sbcglobal.net Repository: #R149 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
- Repository: R149 Name: RootsWeb Web Address: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=k
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Persis by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Persis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Persis by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Persis:
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~1.56%
Carol (Macdonald) Lanshe
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rick Huntley :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Amos William Shaw :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Ronald Berry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692813 [compare], Ancestry member RonBerry48
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Barbara Ricker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #672561
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~0.39%
Rebecca Dean :
23andMe, GEDmatch M324574 [compare]
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~0.39%
Charlotte (Nichols) Vardy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A200660 [compare], Ancestry member Charlotte_Vardy
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~0.39%
Steven Vaters :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vadomeistr
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch MH7967KL [compare]
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Karen (Rollet) Lorenz
Bob Nichol
Karen (Rollet) Lorenz
Wheeler-17835 and Wheeler-2929 appear to represent the same person because: These two are duplicate profiles. Please merge.
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by Karen (Rollet) Lorenz
Bob Nichol
Wheeler-2929 and Wheeler-17835 appear to represent the same person because: Dates, places, spouses match.
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by Bob Nichol
Rejected matches › Persis (Brooks) Wheeler (1720-1816) › Persis (Baker) Brigham (1726-1784) › Persis (Wheeler) Dickinson (1744-1782)
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