Benjamin Wheeler (1763)

Born 29 Jul 1763 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Coburn) Wheeler — married 3 Jun 1789 in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States of America

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Benjamin Wheeler was born on July 29, 1763 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Colony, son of Peter Wheeler (1730–1792) and Mehitable Jewett (1730–1802).

His siblings were:

• Mehitable Wheeler (1752–1824)
• Peter Wheeler (1753– )
• Samuel Wheeler (1753–1833)
• Esther Wheeler (1758–1804)
• Hannah Wheeler (1760–1818)
• Joseph Wheeler (1766–1829)
• Jonathan Wheeler (1768– )
• Nathan Wheeler (1774–1812)

Benjamin (25) married Abigail Coburn (22) (born on February 16, 1767 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts; daughter of Jonathan Coburn and Mercy (Hildreth) Coburn) on June 3, 1789 in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. Their children were:

• Benjamin Wheeler (1790– )
• Abigail Wheeler (1792–1857)
• Joseph Wheeler (1794– )
• Isabel Wheeler (1796– )
• Anna Wheeler (1799– )
• Rhoda Wheeler (1801–1855)
• Leonard Wheeler (1804–1876)
• Ebenezer Wheeler (1806– )

Benjamin died in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States of America.

Sources

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• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 112-3.
• New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900, FamilySearch (Sat Mar 09 13:53:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Benjamin Wheeler and Peter Wheeler, 29 July 1763.
• New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, database, FamilySearch (1 August 2022), Benjamin Wheeler and Abigail Colburn, 1789.
• United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, FamilySearch (Sun Mar 10 10:24:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Benjamin Wheeler, August 1775.
• Wheeler, Albert Gallatin Jr., History of the Wheeler Family in America, American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914; Pg. 35.
• New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (8 April 2020), Benjamin Wheeler, 29 Jul 1763; citing Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,051.

DNA:

• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett, FTDNA kit # IN102279, and her sibling, Lyle Wheeler, have an exact HVR1, HVR2, and Coding Region match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor who is Mildred Wheeler, the mother of both Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett and Lyle Wheeler.
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal Living DNA test match between Lyle Wheeler and Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett, his sister. Their most-recent common ancestors are William Wheeler and Mildred Wheeler, the parents of both Lyle Wheeler and Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett. Predicted relationship from Living DNA: 2nd degree, based on sharing 2002.44 cM across 58 segments.