Jonas Wheeler Jr. (abt. 1746 - abt. 1825)

Born about 25 Jan 1746 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebeckah (Maynard) Wheeler — married 28 Mar 1765 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Jane (Coburn) Wheeler — married 1790 in Wheeler, Steuben, New York, United States

Descendants

Died about May 1825 at about age 79 in Wheeler, Steuben, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Jonas Wheeler Jr. served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Private Jonas Wheeler Jr. served with New Hampshire Line during the American Revolution.

Jonas Wheeler Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123960.

Jonas Wheeler, son of Jonas and Persis (Brooks) Wheeler, was born at Concord Massachusetts on January 25, 1745/6. ^{[1] [2]}

He married first, Rebecca Maynard at Concord on March 28, 1765. ^[1] Rebecca was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts on September 25, 1748, daughter of David Jr. and Elizabeth (Maynard) Maynard. ^[3]

After their marriage he removed to Rindge, New Hamphsire, then to Wilmington, Vermont where he resided nine years, removing from there to Galway, Saratoga Co., New York, remaining there until his old age, when he removed to Wheeler, Steuben Co., New York. ^[2]

Rebecca's father David Maynard wrote his will on January 21, 1790, and in it he left his daughter Rebecca Wheeler, wife of Jonas Wheeler, and her heirs, 2/3 of all my household goods, wearing apparel and moveable estate, within one year after my decease, and my debts and funeral expenses are paid. ^[4]

The estate administrator, Isaac Maynard submitted an accounting to the court on March 13, 1794 and noted the following payments:

• June 30, 1791 : to Jonas Wheeler - L18: 4: 8
• February 14, 1791: to Jonas Wheeler L36: 9: 8
• February 21, 1792: to Jonas Wheeler L:33: 9: 6 ^[4]

On February 21, 1792, Jonas Wheeler submitted an acknowledgement to the court as to having received L33:9: 6, in full from the estate of David Maynard, deceased, of the legacy coming to me. ^[4]

He married second ^[2] ( ?Jane ^[5] Coburn )

He died at Wheeler, Steuben Co., New York, before September 23, 1825. ^[2]

On September 23, 1825, administration of the estate of Jonas Wheeler who died intestate was granted to Jane and Gratton H. Wheeler of Wheeler, Steuben, New York. ^[5]

Children: ^[2]

1. James Wheeler.
2. Polly Wheeler; married ____ Atherton.
3. Lucy Wheeler.
4. David Wheeler, born at Rindge, New Hampshire on March 16, 1771; died at Auburn, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin on April 26, 1854; married first at Galway, New York in November 1795 Mary/ Polly Chase who was born at Stonington, Connecticut and died at Richfield New York on December 6 1803; married second Nabbie Converse Taylor at Brookfield, Madison Co., New York on July 30, 1805. (p. 168)
5. Nathan Wheeler.
6. Silas Wheeler. born at Wilmington, Vermont on February 8, 1779. ^[6]
7. Nabbie Wheeler.
8. Candis Wheeler born at Wilimington, Vermont on February 20, 1781. ^[7]
9. John Wheeler.
10. Luther Wheeler, who lived in Montgomery Co., New York.
11. Asa Wheeler born about 1797. ^[8]
12. Belina Wheeler born about 1801 ^{[9] [10]}
13. Dolly Wheeler born about 1802; married William Sagar. ^{[11] [12]}
14. Rebecca Wheeler born about 1815 ^[13]; married Clark B. Cockran on December 31, 1837 at Perth, Fulton, New York. ^[14]
15. Calvin Wheeler.
16. James Wheeler.
17. Amos Wheeler.
18. Charlotee Wheeler.
19. Lucy Wheeler.
20. Joel Wheeler.
21. Benjamin Wheeler.
22. Jonas Wheeler, born at West Galway, Saratoga Co., New York on December 31, 1768; married Mehitable Sprague. (p. 168) ^[2]

Military

A letter from the Adjt. Gen'l. Office of the State of Vermont says : I hereby certify that the following is a correct transcript from the records on file in this office regarding soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War: Extract: Signed by TS Peck From New Hampshire Records now in this office it appears that:

• Jonas Wheeler served as a Private: seven days from New Ipswich, after the Concord alarm April 20, 1775. ^{[15] [16]}
• Also served as a Private: 2 months 21 days, under Captain Samuel Atkinson, Stationed at Coss in Haverhill from December 1, 1776. ^[17]
• Served as a Private: 3 days, from July 10, 1777, in Captain Silas Wright's Company, Colonel Enoch Hale's Regiment, which marched to reinforce the Garrison at Ticonderoga. ^[18]
• Served as Private: 28 days, from September 28 to October 25, 1777, in Captain Edmund Briant's Company in Colonel Daniel Moor's Regiment. of New Hampshire Volunteers. ^[18]
• Marched from New Ipswich and joined the Continental Army at Saratoga. ^[2]
• Was, without doubt, at the Surrender of Burgoyne. ^[2]
• Served as a Private: 21 days from August 10, 1778 in Captain Robert Fletcher's Company, Colonel Enoch Hale's Regiment., and joined the Continental Army on Rhode Island. ^{[18] [2]}

WHEELER, JONAS JR

Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank: PRIVATE

Service Source: HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 14, P 100

Service Description: 1) CAPT SILAS WRIGHT,COL ENOCH HALE

Birth: 1-25-1745 CONCORD MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS

Death: ANTE 1-15-1826 WHEELER STEUBEN CO NEW YORK

Spouses: (1) REBECCA MAYNARD 2) KATE KOBURN ^[19]

Research notes

Concord Births

WHEELER, Jonas, s. Jonas and Persis, Jan. 25, 1745-46. (p. 186)

Concord Marriages

WHEELER, Jonas, and Rebeckah Maynard, Mar. 28, 1765. (p. 221) ^[1]

Sudbury Births

MAYNARD, Rebeckah, d. of David Jr. and Elizabeth, Sept. 25 1748. (p.89)^[20]

[Notes: From DAR.org

Dolly Wheeler b. Mar. 27, 1803 at Wheeler, NY; d. at Fairfax, VA, Jan. 26, 1880; m. Feb. 1, 1827, William Sagar Jr., b. 5 Feb., 1800 at Wheeler, NY; d. at Fairfax, VA., July 5, 1877.

Belina Wheeler b. Apr. 17, 1801 at Saratoga Springs, NY; d. at Nevada, Vernon, MO Apr. 24, 1887; m. Jun. 29, 1823 at Wheeler, NY, Malinda Hoyt b. Dec. 11, 1800 at Bethel, CT; d. at Union District, Saline, MI Jan. 17, 1856 .

Asa Wheeler b. Oct. 8, 1797 at Galway, Saratoga, NY; d. at Woodland, Barry, MI Nov. 4, 1863; m. Henrietta Betts, b. May 15, 1797; d. July 24, 1864 at Woodland, MI.

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. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Wheeler, Albert G. The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America, American College of Genealogy, 1914, p. 159=60
3. ↑ Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903. p. 88
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Case 14826: p. 1-13: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Volume Steuben: p. 439: New York: Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships, 1787-1835, (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Original manuscript in:Eardeley Genealogy Collection: New York State Abstracts of Wills, Brooklyn Historical Society.
6. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Z-JX4 : 14 April 2020), Silas Wheeler, 1779.
7. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Z-375 : 14 April 2020), Candace Wheeler, 1781.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8C-284 : 22 December 2020), Asa Wheeler, Woodland, Barry, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-678S-ZX9?cc=1401638&wc=95RF-G5Q%3A1031311201%2C1032624801%2C1031451601 : 9 April 2016), Michigan > Washtenaw > Lodi > image 25 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WC-F7Y6?cc=2078654&wc=M7CM-JM7%3A358136601%2C358988801 : [REFERENCE-ERROR]), Steuben > Grantor index 1796-1863 L-Z > image 476 of 574; multiple county courthouses, New York.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC15-N48 : 24 December 2020), Dolly Sager in household of William Sager, Wheeler, Steuben, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSN-CW9?cc=1473181&wc=7QY4-SZJ%3A1589436503%2C1589437140%2C1589422206 : 24 March 2017), Virginia > Fairfax > Not Stated > image 159 of 168; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6ST-JHV : 3 March 2021), Rebecka Cochrane in household of Clarke B Cochrane, Ward 1, Schenectady City, Schenectady, New York, United States; citing p. , line #14, family #108, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 503,207.
14. ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6HR-N18 : 21 January 2020), Rebecca Wheeler in entry for C. B. Cochrane, 1837.
15. ↑ Hurd, Duane H. compiler. History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, J. W. Lewis Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1885, p. 618
16. ↑ NHRolls>Hammond, Isaac W. , editor, The State of New Hampshire, Rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775, to May, 1777, Volume 4, New Hampshire State Legislature, P. B. Cogswell, state printer, Concord, New Hampshire, 1885-9, p. 33-4
17. ↑ Hammond, Isaac W. , editor, Part I: Rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Part II: Miscellaneous Provincial Papers, John B. Clark, printer, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1885, p. 91-2
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} Hammond, Isaac W. , editor, The State of New Hampshire, Rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War, May 1777-1780, P. B. Cogswell, state printer, Concord New Hampshire 1886, p. 100, 356, 534
19. ↑ Dar.org Ancestor #: A123960
20. ↑ Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850

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Note

Note: @N5232@

@N5232@ NOTE

Marriage #1 Rebecca Maynard b: 27 Sep 1748 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass.

* Married: 28 Mar 1765 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass.

#2 Kate Koburn

Children

1. Polly Wheeler b: 4 Aug 1767 in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire; m -- Atherton

2. Jonas Wheeler b: 31 Dec 1768-12 Mar 1843, West Galway, Saratoga Co NY

3. David Wheeler b: 16 Mar 1771

4. Silas Wheeler b: 1773 in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire

5. Mary Wheeler, 1774; married Nathaniel Morga

6. Eunice Wheeler b: ca. 1775 in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire

7. Abigail Wheeler, b 1778, Concord, Middlesex Co MA

8. Calvin Wheeler, ca 1781-4 Jul 1855

9. Candis Wheeler, 20 Feb 1781-1850s

10. Luther Wheeler b: 15 Jun 1785, Concord, Middlesex Co MA-18 Aug 1867

11. Amos Wheeler

12. Benjamin Wheeler

13. Bolliva Wheeler

14. Charlotte Wheeler

15. Dolly Wheeler

16. James Wheeler, 21 Mar 1793

17. Asa Wheeler, b 21 Oct 1796

18. Joel Wheeler

19. John Wheeler

20. Nathan Wheeler

21. Rebecca Wheeler b: ca 1787 Concord, Middlesex Co MA-16 Jul 1856

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