Hannah (Wheeler) Fletcher (abt. 1654 - 1697)

Born about 1654 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Fletcher — married 5 Jul 1672 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1697 at about age 43 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Wheeler was born about 1654 in Concord, Middlesex Co; Massachusetts Bay, daughter of George Wheeler (<1605–<1687) and Katherine Penn (~1611–1685).^[1]

Hannah (17) married Samuel Fletcher (19) (born about 1652 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co; Massachusetts Bay; son of Ensign William Fletcher and Lydia (Unknown) Fletcher) on July 5, 1672 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2][3] Their children were:

• William Fletcher (1673–1753)
• Hannah Fletcher (1676–1759)
• Elizabeth Fletcher (1679–1715)
• Samuel Fletcher (1683–<1684)
• Samuel Fletcher (1684–1749)
• Mary Fletcher (~1686–~1768) [uncertain].
• Lydia Fletcher (1689–1766)
• Susanna Fletcher (1692–1717)
• Isaac Fletcher (1694–1772)
• Sarah Fletcher (1696– )

Hannah died on December 11, 1697 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co; Massachusetts Bay Colony, aged 42. She was buried in Forefathers Burial Ground.^[1]

Research Notes

Land-2950 20:25, 15 April 2023 (UTC)The following block of references and information was found in the sources section and needs to be cleaned up:

•  : Abbreviation: Chelmsford MA VRs to the Year 1850
•  : Title: Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1914)
• 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.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Volume 26. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
• Source: S00208 Title: Gedcom of Hartwell and Puffer NOTESource Medium: Electronic CONT CONT TEXT Gedcom re Hartwell and Puffer from .. found at [1], file no. 24546 (one source), electronic copy. CONT
• Source: S00503 Author: Thomas Todd Title: Todd & Wheeler Families Publication: Name: Boston, 1909,; Repository: #R00067 Call Number: ISBN: 0 8328-5287-2 NOTESource Medium: Book CONT Source Quality: Excellent CONT CONT http://www.higginsonbooks.com CONT CONT 148 Washington Street, P.O. Box 778 CONT Salem, Massachusetts 01970 CONT
• Repository: R00067 Name: Reprinted by Higginson Book Company Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S00551 Author: Robert Kline Title: Wheeler Descendency Chart Repository: #R00071 NOTESource Medium: Internet CONT CONT TEXT Partial Descendancy chart re Wheeler by Robert Kline, [2] (no sources), electronic copy. CONT
• Repository: R00071 Name: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 March 2019), memorial page for Hannah Wheeler Fletcher (1654–11 Dec 1697), Find A Grave: Memorial #32751035, citing Forefathers Burial Ground, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Nareen, et al (contributor 46613568) -no photo
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YPYT : 3 November 2017), Samuell Fletcher and Hannah Whealer, 05 Jul 1672; citing Marriage, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 868,435.
3. ↑ Fifty great migration colonists to New England & their origins John Brooks Threlfall. (Madison, Wis.: published by author, 1990) p. 503.

• "The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Mass." compiled by George Tolman in 1908 and duplicated for the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1970; page 1.
• New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 273

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Al Adams for creating WikiTree profile Wheeler-5348 through the import of samuel reed.ged on Dec 13, 2013.