Mary (Wheeler) Wood

Born [date unknown] in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Wife of Jacob Wood — married 15 Apr 1697 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

By some accounts, Mary Wheeler was the daughter of John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin, born in Concord, Massachusetts, September 15, 1673.^[1][2][3][4] (For a dissenting view, see "Disputed Parentage" below).

Mary Wheeler of Concord, Massachusetts, married Jacob Wood, also of Concord, in Concord, on April 15, 1697. The ceremony was performed by Justice Joseph Linde, Esq.^[1][2][5]

Her husband Jacob died in Concord on October 6, 1723.^[6]

Children

Children of Jacob and Mary (Wheeler) Wood, all born in Concord:

1. Jacob, born November 3, 1698.^[1][7]
2. Mary, born July 14, 1700.^[1][8]
3. Ephraim, born February 4, 1701-2; married Mary Buss.^[1][9]
4. Dorcas, born February 10, 1704; married, intention January 19, 1723-4, Jonas Whitney; died February 21, 1725, aged 23.^{[3][1][10][11][12]}
5. Hannah, born August 29, 1705.^[1][13]

Research Notes

• Disputed Parentage: Some sources cite that Mary was the daughter of John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin.^[1][2] However, the 1713 Middlesex, Massachusetts probate for John Wheeler is signed by (1) his wife Sarah; (2) his son Samuel, (3) his son Edward, (4) his son Ebenezer; (5) his son-in-law William Woodbury (m. daughter Joanna), (6) his son-in law John Merriam (m. daughter Mary), (7) his son-in-law Timothy Wheeler (m. daughter Lydia), (8) his son-in-law Samuel Prescott (m. daughter Esther), (9) his son-in-law Jonas Prescott (m. daughter Thankful), and (10) his son-in-law John Merriam Jr. (m. daughter Sarah). No Jacob Wood appears as a signatory, but two different John Merriams appear as signatories, one with the suffix Jr. (10), and one without that suffix (6). The John Merriam who married Sarah Wheeler was the son of a John Merriam. The John Merriam who married Mary, daughter of John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin, was the son of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Stone. The Mary Wheeler who married Jacob Wood was not the daughter of John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin.—Nathan Van Wyck 31 Mar 2018.
  See also, Records of Littleton, Massachusetts: "Children of John and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler: ... Mary b. Sept. 15 1673, m. Nov. 14 1688 John Merriam. Perhaps she m. 1697 Jacob Wood."^[14] If she married (1) John Merriam, how could she have married (2) Jacob Wood in 1697 when John didn't die until 1727? And why, then, would her 1697 marriage record list her as "Wheeler" and not "Merriam?"—Chip White 16 Apr 2020.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Wheeler: Pages 25-26. Citing: "123. MARY WHEELER".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Potter: Page 14. Citing: "JOHN AND SARAH (LARKIN) WHEELER ... [children] ... Mary [b.] Concord Sept. 16 1673 [m.] Apr. 15 1697 Jacob Wood."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cutter: Vol II. Page 858. Citing: "(III) Jacob Wood ... married ... Mary Wheeler ... daughter of John and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler."
4. ↑ Concord Records: Page 17. Citing: "Mary daughter of John Wheler and Sarah his wife borne 15 sept 1673."
5. ↑ Concord Records: Page 42. Citing: "Jacob Wood & Mary Wheeler both of Concord were Joined in marryage by y^e Justice Joseph Linde Esq^r April 15th 1697."
6. ↑ Concord Records: Page 104. Citing: "Jacob wood husband to Mary his wife died October y^e 6 : day 1723."
7. ↑ Concord Records: Page 46. Citing: "Jacob Wood y^e son of Jacob Wood & Mary his wife was Borne novemb^r y^e 3d, 1698."
8. ↑ Concord Records: Page 49. Citing: "Mary Wood y^e daughter of Jacob Wood & Mary his wife was Borne July y^e 14th 1700."
9. ↑ Concord Records: Page 52. Citing: "Ephraim Wood y^e son of Jacob Wood & Mary his wife was Borne February y^e 4th, 1701 . 2."
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-FXSG : 2 March 2020), Jonas Whitney and Darcos Wood, 19 Jan 1724; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMX-8P1 : 17 January 2020), Dorcas in entry for Dorcas Whitney, 21 Feb 1725.
12. ↑ Concord Records: Page 60. Citing: "Dorcus Wood y^e daughter of Jacob Wood & Mary his wife was Borne y^e 10 day of February, 1703/4."
13. ↑ Concord Records: Page 63. Citing: "Hanah Wood y^e daughter of Jacob Wood & Mary his wife was Borne August y^e 29th, 1705."
14. ↑ Littleton Records: Page 493. Citing: "Children of John and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler: ... Mary b. Sept. 15 1673, m. Nov. 14 1688 John Merriam. Perhaps she m. 1697 Jacob Wood."

See also:

• Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1908).
• Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895).
• Harwood, Joseph A., et.al., Records of Littleton, Massachusetts. (Patriot Press, Concord, Massachusetts, 1900).
• Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of some old families of Concord, Mass. and their descendants in part to the present generation, Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, Boston, 1887.
• Wheeler, Albert Gallatin The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914).
• Author: Thomas Todd, Todd & Wheeler Families, Boston, 1909

Acknowledgments

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