Born in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Wheeler Jr.
and Priscilla (Hayward) Wheeler
Sister of
Ebenezer Wheeler [half], Jonathan Wheeler [half], Rachel (Wheeler) Winter [half], Susannah (Wheeler) Thurston [half], Zaccheus Wheeler [half], Mary (Wheeler) Thurston [half], Nathan Wheeler [half], Ephraim Wheeler, Priscilla (Wheeler) Thurston, James Wheeler, Rebecca (Wheeler) Dexter, Esther Wheeler, Ebenezer Wheeler and Anna (Wheeler) Pratt
Wife of
Ithamer Smith
— married
7 Oct 1779 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2014
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Biography
When Sarah Wheeler was born on November 5, 1760, in Grafton, New Hampshire, her father, Ebenezer, was 45, and her mother, Priscilla, was 34. She married Ithamer Smith on October 7, 1773, in Grafton, Massachusetts.
She died on September 5, 1836, in Worcester, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 75 years. She was buried in Winchendon, Massachusetts.
Sources
- The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America
https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up
- "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH78-6ZC : 28 December 2022), Sarah Wheeler in entry for Ithamer Smith, 1779.
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) Find A Grave: Memorial #13160295 (accessed 19 March 2024)
Memorial page for Sarah Wheeler Smith (5 Nov 1760-5 Sep 1836), citing Old Centre Burial Ground, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by gary shaw (contributor 46602482).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
Clara Hurd
:
23andMe, GEDmatch LC6681747 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jeanne Wheeler :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Halfwaytothestars
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~0.78%
Mark Marontate :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Susan (Wheeler) Gleason :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Swgleason
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~0.78%
P Minor :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal PATac26b918, Ancestry member PatriciaMinor50
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~0.78%
Elaina Doucet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T490420 [compare], FTDNA kit #484102
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~0.78%
Charles Nagle :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FF3994188 [compare]
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