John Wheeler (1731 - 1815)

Born 5 Feb 1731 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Gleason) Wheeler — married 29 Aug 1751 (to 12 Jun 1815) in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1815 at age 84 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Captain John Wheeler served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Wheeler is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 317402
Rank: Captain

John Wheeler was born on February 5, 1731 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Jacob Wheeler and Amity Amsden. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Deborah Gleason, who was bom June 22, 1731, died Nov. 22, 1823, on August 29, 1751 in Framingham, Massachusetts. ^{[3] [2]}

Together they had these children:^[4]

1. Jonas Wheeler, born June 29, 1772.
2. Gardner Wheeler
3. John Wheeler
4. Betsey Wheeler
5. Martin Wheeler
6. Sibyl Wheeler
7. Deborah Wheeler
8. Lucy Wheeler
9. Preston Wheeler

Captain John Wheeler of Petersham was commander of a Company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment of Minute Men April 19, 1775. On the 27th of that month he was engaged as a Lieutenant in Captain Joel Fletcher's Company in Colonel Doolittle's Regiment and served through the year. He was commissioned an Ensign in Captain Ezekiel Knowlton's Company in Colonel Nicholas Dike's Regiment in October 1776 and engaged as First Lieutenant on the 1st of December in the same year. He with other officers agreed to tarry until March 1, 1777. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Also served at Dorchester Heights, and at Ticonderoga and Crown Point under Ethan Allen. ^[10]

He died on June 12, 1815 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
4. ↑ History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow), New Hampshire 1741 - 1970 and Genealogical Data
5. ↑ DAR
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
9. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} The Massachusetts Magazine
11. ↑ New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-23), "Record of John Wheeler", Ancestor # A123943.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150075619/john-wheeler : accessed 23 September 2021), memorial page for LT John Wheeler (5 Feb 1731–12 Jun 1815), Find A Grave: Memorial #150075619, citing Lord Cemetery, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by P. Deschenes (contributor 48523932) .

• Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914); p. 70

• History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow), New Hampshire 1741 - 1970 and Genealogical Data. Westmoreland Historical Committee. 1976, Second Printing August 2007. p. 575

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, p. 24

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-C3ZT : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-ZYN7 : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 27 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-3Y92 : 17 March 2018), John Wheler, 26 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,636.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-X2W9 : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 29 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,760.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-CSS6 : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 03 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-C36J : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 06 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-MW9R : 17 March 2018), Jo Wheeler, 17 Sep 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-ZNDQ : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 21 Sep 1776; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-5KCG : 17 March 2018), John Wheler, 30 Sep 1776; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,636.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-3TYD : 17 March 2018), John Wheler Or Wheeler, 10 Oct 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,636.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-3T12 : 17 March 2018), John Wheler, 20 Nov 1776; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,636.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-3TBR : 17 March 2018), John Wheler, 20 Nov 1776; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,636.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-2JKZ : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler Or Wheler, 30 Nov 1776; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-S956 : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 01 Dec 1776; citing Military Service, Petersham, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-16K9 : 17 March 2018), John Wheeler, 01 Dec 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,048,635.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 16, p. 975

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TTXN : 10 November 2020), John Wheelor, 5 Feb 1731; citing Birth, Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934226.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-F8V : 10 November 2020), John Wheeler, 29 Aug 1751; citing Marriage, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLP-B6B : 10 November 2020), John Wheeler, 29 Aug 1751; citing Marriage, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011193.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-SMHH : 10 November 2020), John Wheeler, 29 Aug 1751; citing Marriage, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011193.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL5-SLC : 10 November 2020), John Wheeler in entry for Deborah Gleason, 29 Aug 1751; citing Marriage, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011193.

• "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-JTSB : 15 March 2018), John Wheeler, 29 Nov 1800; citing Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005833197.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5X-SMS7 : 1 March 2021), John Wheeler, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYMB-7KN2 : 1 March 2021), John Wheeler, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-2MJV : 1 March 2021), John Wheeler, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5X-SMS3 : 1 March 2021), John Wheeler, 1776; citing Military Service, Dorchester, Maryland, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.

• Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, 1911); p. 395 "of Nicheusaug"?

• Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1903); p. 81