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Adam Wheeler (1732 - 1802)

Captain Adam Wheeler
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 17 Nov 1763 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 70 in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Captain Adam Wheeler served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
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Adam Wheeler is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 317291
Rank: Captain

Adam Wheeler was born on April 29, 1732 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts. His parents were Ephraim Wheeler and Miriam Martin. [1]

He married Mercy Wheeler of Rutland on November 17, 1763. [2]

Together they had 7 children, all born in Hubbardston:[3]

  1. Silas Wheeler, b. 1763.
  2. Ede Wheeler, b. 1766.
  3. Asa Wheeler, b. 1768.
  4. Joel Wheeler, b. 1771.
  5. Rhoda Wheeler, b. 1774.
  6. Jacob Wheeler, b. 1777.
  7. Daniel Wheeler, b. 1780.

Captain Adam Wheeler of Hubbardston served first as a Lieutenant in Captain William Marean's Company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment of Minute Men April 19, 1775. He was made a Captain soon after in the same regiment. In the Battle of Bunker Hill he lost three Guns and one Coat. He served to the end of the year in Doolittle's 24th Regiment and in 1776 was a Captain in Colonel John Nixon's 4th Regiment Continental Army In 1777 and 1778 he was a Captain in Colonel Thomas Nixon's 6th Regiment Massachusetts Line. A receipt was given to Benjamin Heywood dated Shrewsbury June 21 1779 signed by said Wheeler Captain for 120 and a State note of 100 in full for the gratuity and first moiety granted him by the General Court for his service as a Captain in the Continental Army Retired October 15 1778. He commanded a company of men in sympathy with Daniel Shays in Shays's Rebellion. He fled to Canada where he remained four years until the proclamation of amnesty. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

He died on August 24, 1802 in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  2. ↑ Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vital Records of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  4. ↑ DAR
  5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  6. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
  7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
  8. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  9. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-22), "Record of Adam Wheeler", Ancestor # A123747.
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TFN4 : 10 November 2020), Adam Wheeler, 22 Oct 1763; citing Marriage, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TDLV : 10 November 2020), Adam Wheeler, 17 Nov 1763; citing Marriage, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-T7F3 : 10 November 2020), Adam Wheeler in entry for Silas Wheeler, 26 Jan 1764; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4KY-TM8 : 10 November 2020), Adam Wheeler in entry for Asa Wheeler, 12 Dec 1768; citing Birth, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011253.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4KB-FM7 : 10 November 2020), Adam Wheeler in entry for Silas Wheeler, about 26 Jan 1770; citing Birth, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011253.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4KY-TMX : 10 November 2020), Adam Wheeler in entry for Joel Wheeler, 5 Jun 1774; citing Birth, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011253.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7L-98S : 10 November 2020), Adam, Capt. Wheeler, 24 Apr 1802; citing Death, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009553.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHV5-JZB : 10 November 2020), Capt. Adam Wheeler, 24 Aug 1802; citing Death, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011253.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7L-7YX : 10 November 2020), Adam, Capt. Wheeler, 24 Aug 1802; citing Death, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009553.
  • "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-H4N : accessed 22 September 2021), Adam Wheeler, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 269, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
  • "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-SXM : accessed 22 September 2021), Adam Wheeler, Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 419, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.




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