Abiah (Wheeler) Sherman (1730 - 1822)

Born 16 Nov 1730 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of David Sherman — married 6 Jun 1750 in Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died May 1822 at age 91 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Abiah was born 16 Nov 1730 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut. She died May 1822 in Woodbury, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut.

NOTE:

• DO NOT MERGE with Abiah Wheeler who married Theophelus Nettleton
• According to Joanna Wheeler's 1758 Will, Abiah Wheeler, her daughter, was married to Theophelus Nettleton. He died in 1775, so that Abiah could NOT have been the mother of David Sherman's two children
• found this marriage so this Abiah should be Abiar Wheeler Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records
  • David Sherman married Abiar Wheeler on June 6, 1750
• This Abiah needs to be disconnected from these parents

Married David Sherman. They had two children.

Sources

These first two sources belong to the "other" Abiah Wheeler. Here only to show how the Abiah who married David Sherman does not belong to Obadiah and Joanna.

Named in Mother's 1758 WILL Fairfield, Connecticut Probate Records, Vol 1-3, page 153

Joannah Wheeler of Newtown, Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut in New England

Husband: Obdiah Wheeler

Daughter: Joannah Stilson wife of James Stilson

Daughter: Anna Platt, wife of Moses Platt

Daughter: Abriah Nettelton, wife of Theophelus Nettleton

Son: Thomas Wheeler

Son: Obediah Wheeler

Son: Joseph Wheeler

Executors: Sons Obadiah and Joseph

Witn: Jonathan Sanford; Gideon Botfford; Heth Peck

Obadiah Wheeler (as her husband) had to give consent to her Will.

Will written: 13th February 1758

Will proved: March 3rd, 1758

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Named in Husband's 1775 WILL Fairfield, Connecticut Probate Records, Vol 1-3, page 284

Theophelus Nettleton of Newton, Fairfield, Colony of Connecticut in New England

Wife: Abiah

Daughter: Mary Jasd

Son: Joseph Nettleton

Executors: Wife Abiah; Son Joseph Nettleton

Witn: Ebenezer Beers; Asa Chambers; Philo Bardsley

Will written: 22nd April 1775

Will proven: 25th July 1775

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• Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 63. Birth record.
• Wheeler, William. The Genealogy of the Wheeler Family (Washington, D.C., 1919) Page 24.
• Baile, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1913) Book 2, Page 132.
• Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914) Page 219.