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Josiah Wheeler (1675 - 1738)

Josiah Wheeler
Born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married about 1700 [location unknown]
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Died at age 63 in Bolton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Josiah Wheeler was born on 22 October 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the son of Obadiah and Elizabeth (White) Wheeler.[1][2]

He married Martha Prescott, date and location unknown, probably the daughter of John and Sarah (Hayward) Prescott, born about 1680 based on her age at death.[2]

The couple was admitted to the Lancaster Church in Worcester County from the Concord Church on 09 April 1710.[3]

Josiah Wheeler of Lancaster, yeoman, with consent of wife Martha, deeded by mortgage to his son-in-law Edward Broughton, schoolmaster in Lancaster, and wife Martha Broughton for £60 on 27 August 1724 a parcel of land on the north side of Marlborough Road.[4] And on 25 July 1728, Josiah, with consent of his wife Martha, for £550 deeded to Edward Broughton, trader in Lancaster, an additional piece of meadow and upland of 62 acres in Lancaster.[5]

Josiah died in Bolton on 08 December 1738 in his 64th year[6] and was buried in the Lancaster Old Common Burial Ground.[7]

The will of Josiah Wheeler, [8][9] yeoman of Bolton, was dated 5 December 1738 and proved 06 February 1738/9. He named his wife Martha; daughters Martha Wilder, Experience Pollard, Thankful Fairbanks, Dinah Stearns; granddaughters Sarah, Copia and Patience Broughton. The moveables and improvements were left to his wife with permission for her to live in his house, but his real estate was to be divided among his children.

A petition to partition the property was signed on 27 March 1739 by widow Martha Wheeler, and four sons-in-law (James Wilder, husband of his eldest daughter; William Pollard, husband of the second daughter; Jonas Fairbanks, husband of the third daughter; and Benjamin Stearns, husband of the fourth daughter) and James Wilder the guardian to Sarah, Copia and Patience Broughton.[10] The partition allowed the widow her thirds and included a description of the shares allowed each of the daughters and their husbands.[11]

On 21 February 1743, a petition was granted to sell real estate from Josiah Wheeler's estate on behalf of Thomas White and his wife Sarah, formerly Broughton, and James Wilder, guardian of Copia and Patience Broughton, minors.[12]

After Josiah's death, Martha married Captain Peter Joslyn sometime after August 1739 when his previous wife deceased. Martha died on 21 May 1748 in her 69th year and was buried in Lancaster.[13][14]

Josiah and Martha Wheeler's known children:[2][15][16]

  1. Martha, (named in her father's will); d. 1774; m. (1) Edwin Broughton ca. 1717; m. (2) James Wilder 1734.
  2. Experience, bp. 28 Nov 1708 Lancaster; m. William Pollard 1726.
  3. Thankful, (twin) bp. 30 Sep 1711 Lancaster; d. 1795; m. Jonas Fairbanks 1731.
  4. Ebenezer, (twin) bp. 30 Sep 1711 Lancaster; n.f.r.
  5. Dinah, bp. 30 Jun 1717 Lancaster; m. Benjamin Stearns 1738.

Sources

  1. Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston: T.Todd, 1895), p. 19.
    "Josiah son of obadia Wheler & Elizabeth his wife borne 22. Oct. 1675."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 13, 34-35.
  3. Lancaster VRs, p. 271.
  4. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1722-1725 vol 23 > image 212 of 556; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex Co Deeds Vol. 23:403-4]
  5. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (22 May 2014), Middlesex > Deeds 1726-1729 vol 26-27 > image 412 of 585; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex County Deeds Vol. 27:214 (Josiah Wheeler to E. Broughton)
  6. Vital records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Mass. : F.P. Rice, 1910), p. 226.
    "Wheeler, Josiah, Dec. 8, 1738 [In 64th y. G.S. Old Common Cemetery Lancaster]"
  7. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 26 December 2019), memorial page for Josiah Wheeler (22 Oct 1675–8 Dec 1738), Find A Grave: Memorial #30121340, citing Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by cap624 (contributor 47007905). (Includes gravestone photo.)
  8. Worcester County Probate Records Vol. 1:365-67 (Josiah Wheeler's Will)
  9. Mayflower Descendant Vol. 43(1993):36 (Josiah's will) (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org.)
  10. Worcester County Probate Records Vol. 3:56
  11. Worcester County Probate Records Vol. 1:423
  12. Sherman & Sherman, Mayflower Families ... White, p. 34, citing Mass Bay Acts and Resolves Vol. 13:327 (petition)
  13. Nourse, Henry S., The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Mass. : W. J. Coulter, 1890), p. 410
  14. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 26 December 2019), memorial page for Martha Prescott Joslyn (1680–21 May 1748), Find A Grave: Memorial #125185164, citing Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Larry Dean (contributor 47273079). (Includes gravestone photos.)
  15. Lancaster VRs, 273, 274, 275.
  16. Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America, 2 vols., (Boston : American College of Genealogy, 1914) Vol. 1:354.

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