David Wheeler (1707 - 1784)

Born 5 Jun 1707 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Merriam) Wheeler — married 27 Dec 1733 in Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1784 at age 76 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

David Wheeler performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

David Wheeler is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123827.

David Wheeler was born December 26, 1707 at Concord, Massachusetts, son of Edward and Sarah (Meriam) Wheeler. ^{[1] [2]}

He married at Bedford, Massachusetts on December 27, 1733, Sarah Merriam, who was born April 1, 1713, daughter Samuel and Sarah (Wheeler) Meriam. ^{[3] [4] [5] [2]}

He was a farmer, weaver, and Deacon of the church from 1766 until his death. ^[4]

At the age of 68, he participated in the Concord Fight, marching out at the Lexington Alarm on April 19, 1775. ^[2][4] He was also on the Committee of Correspondance. ^[6]

He died on March 24, 1784 at Concord. ^[1]The week previous he had been pruning trees in the apple orchard and cut his wrist with a hatchet and died from complications of his injury. ^[7] He is buried at the South Burying Place in Concord. ^[8]

Sarah died on April 5, 1797. ^[1]

Children

1. Ephraim born December 11, 1734; died Sept. 25, 1809; married Sarah Haywood November 27, 1766. ^{[1] [2] [7] [4]}
2. Sarah born January 31 1736; married first David Vose of Milton July 9, 1754 ^{[1] [9]} ; married second ___ Harlow/Harlan. ^{[2] [4]}

Research notes

Concord Births

WHEELER, David, s. Edward and Sarah, Dec. 26, 1707. (p. 68)

Wheeler, Ephraim, s. David and Sarah, Dec. 11, 1734. (p. 137)

Wheeler, Sarah, d. David and Sarah, Jan. 31, 1736-7. (p. 141)

Concord Marriages

Wheeler, Ephraim, and Sarah Heywood, Nov. 27, 1766. (p. 221)

Wheeler, Sarah, and David Vose, of Milton, July 9, 1754. (p. 185)

Concord Deaths

WHEELER, David, Dea., Mar. 24, 1784, a. 77 y. CH (p. 418)

WHEELER, Sarah, wid. Dea. David, Apr. 5, 1797, a. 83 y. CH (p. 422)

Wheeler, Ephraim, h. Sarah, Sept. 25, 1809 [a. 75 y. CR] (p. 330)^[1]

Bedford Marriages

Wheeler, David of Concord, and Sarah Meriam, Dec. 27, 1733. CR (p. 106) ^[5]

Milton Marriages

David Vose of Milton and Sarah Wheeler of Concord, July 3, 1754. (p. 187; p. 194) ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Tolman, George. Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, T. Todd Printers, Printed by the Town, 1891
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Tolman, George, compiler. The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts, Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Massachusetts, 1908
3. ↑ Merriam, Charles P. Merriam, James S. Merriam, Charles H. Pope, Genealogy in England and America, 1906
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Wheeler, Albert C. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, American College of Genealogy, Boston, 1914
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of Bedford Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
6. ↑ DAR.org
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord: 2nd Series, from 1795 to 1840, Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1888
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #137658600
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Milton Records: Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1662-1843, Alphabetically and Chronologically Arranged, A. Mudge & Son, printers, Boston, 1900