Sarah (Wheeler) Odell (1666 - 1743)

Born 12 Dec 1666 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Odell II — married 11 Apr 1686 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1743 at age 76 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1665, the child of Isaac Wheeler and Susannah/Susanna Hall.

Sarah married John Odell, Jr., son of John and Mary/Joanna (Walker) Odell in 1687 at Stratfield, Fairfield, CT - they had 12 children: Martha, Ann, John, Bethia, Sarah/Katherine, William, Tabitha, Hezekiah, Gershom, Mary, a second John and a second Martha Odell

Sarah passed away on 25 Oct 1743.

Her will is dated 19 Oct 1743 and proved on 29 Oct 1743 in Fairfield.^[1] (Note: Her sister Mary Sherwood's probate follows her will).

Her inventory was taken on 31 October 1743.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6WCL : 9 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 110-111, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 199-200.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W3J : 11 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 118-119, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 215-217.

• See attached photo.
• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America 7902. ISAAC WHEELER, son of Ephraim (7900) and Ann (Turney) Wheeler. Born at Concord, Mass, Dec 23, 1642. Residence Stratford, Conn. He emigrated to Fairfield, Conn and received from that place Feb 12, 1674 a building and pasture lot according to the custom of the town to new settlers. He was one of the first nine men in the Stratford, Congregational Church. He received from his father and mother a large quantity of land and was a well to do farmer.

Children:

1. Isaac Wheeler
2. Samuel Wheeler
3. Sarah Wheeler married John Odell.
4. Rebecca Wheeler married Benjamin Sherman
5. Mary Wheeler married Henry Jackson
6. Experience Wheeler married Samuel Sherwood
7. Mercy Wheeler married Capt David Sherman

The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America

• Source: S266 Title: Marilyn Scribner
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHVK-L7Q/sarah-wheeler-1666-1743

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Wheeler-3233 created through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Merry Kennedy.