James Wheeler (abt. 1716 - 1768)

Born about Jul 1716 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Johnson) Wheeler — married 19 May 1736 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1768 at about age 52 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Captain James WHEELER was born July 1716. He died July 9, 1768 and was buried in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut Colony. James married Sarah JOHNSON on May 19, 1736 in Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut Colony.

Sources

• Nicholls, Walter (1909) Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639, and the Descdendants of his son, Caleb Nicholls. The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York. page 20
• Albert Gallatin Wheeler, The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America. American College of Genealogy. 1914. PAGE: 415 #5725 James Wheeler
• Nicholls, Walter (1909) Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639, and the Descdendants of his son, Caleb Nicholls. The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York. page 20
• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 6, 21. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/p6.htm ; http://www.oxfordpast.com/p21.htm.
• Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years, p. 22. James Wheeler owned slaves Pero and Phylis. http://www.oxfordpast.com/p22.htm.
• Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 604.
• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 470. . "First Congregational Church - Derby, Records of Reverend Daniel Humphreys ... James Wheler ..." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/470.html.
• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 19. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. "Congregational Church. Baptisms ... by the Revd Mr. Lyman ... Jany 15, 1750, Philis, Negro woman to James Wheler." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/019.html.
• Oxford Land Records Vol. I, p. 88. "April 3 1749 There was layed out a lot of land unto Sar. James Wheeler in right of purchase of Josiah Baldwin lying at a place called Twelve Mile Hill Rocks ... received for record ye 30th Day of Novm A.D. 1749 Recorded per me Samuel Riggs Clark."
• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 720, 777.
• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 222. "Ruth, w. Nathan & d. of Capt. James WHE[E]LER, d. Sept. 1, 1764, in the 22nd y. of her age."
• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 448.
• Phillips, Derby Town Records, 471, 472, 473, 475. "Church Records

... Capt James Wheeler ..." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/471.html.

• Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 82.
• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 7. "At a society meeting held Oct. 6th, 1741 ... Sergeant Timothy Wooster and Mr. James Wheeler were appointed a committee to hire a minister for that year." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/007.html.
• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 11. "Silence ye Wife of John Lumm, Elizabeth ye Wife, and Elizabeth ye Daughter of John Chatfield, Hannah ye Wife of John Riggs, Sarah ye Wife of James Wheler, Mary ye Wife of Timothy Russel, Abigail, Sibillia, and Mary Russels, all received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Janr 7th, 1746." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/011.html.
• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 814.
• Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 250. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan250.html.
• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 814. "In memory of | Capt James Wheeler | who departed this life | July 9 1768 | in the 53 year of his age."
• Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem103.html.
• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 7. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/007.html.
• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, Barbour Collection - Derby, 256, 313. "Sarah, of Derby, m. James WHE[E]LER, of Stratford, May 19, 1736."
• Find A Grave Memorial# 45622884

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Greg and others.

• Stogner, Dixie M., comp. Genealogical Research. July 1999. Family group sheets, notes and other miscellaneous items. Lubbock, Texas, United States.