Abijah Wheeler (1702 - 1782)

Born 21 Jun 1702 in Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Andrews) Wheeler — married 8 Nov 1728 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1782 at age 79 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Abijah Wheeler, the son of Jethro Wheeler and Hannah French, was born on 21 June 1702 at Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1][2][3][4]

Elizabeth Andrew and Abijah Wheeler were married on 8 Nov 1728 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.^[5] After their marriage, they lived in Chebacco Parish in Ipswich where they had eleven children baptized, either at the Chebacco Parish Church or at Fourth Church:

• Elisabeth, bpt. 16 Nov 1729, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Abijah, bpt. 25 July 1731, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Abijah, bpt. 13 May 1733, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Moses, bpt. 5 Oct 1735, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Stephen, twin, bpt 7 Nov 1735, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Moses, twin, bpt. 7 Nov 1736, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Lucy, bpt. 13 Aug 1738, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Abijah, bpt. 2 Nov 1740, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Samuel, bpt. 15 Nov 1741, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Hannah, bpt. 21 Oct 1744, Chebacco Parish Church^[6]
• Susannah, bpt. 12 July 1747, Fourth Church^[6]

Between 1744 and 1747, judging from the baptismal records, Abijah and Elizabeth left the original Chebacco Parish Church to join the congregation of the second church of the parish, called Fourth Church.

Abijah died on 1 March 1782 at the age of 80, probably at his home in Chebacco Parish in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[7]

Probate

Abijah Wheeler's estate entered probate on 2 Apr 1782.^[8] According to his Last Will and Testament, dated 15 Nov 1868, he left his entire estate to his wife, Elizabeth, for the term of her life.^[9] At her death, the estate was to be sold and the proceeds divided between his three married daughters (Elizabeth Haskell, Lucy Proctor and Susannah Goss), although any surviving male heirs of Lucy would have the right to redeem his real estate, subject to certain provisions. His son-in-law, Samuel Proctor (Lucy's husband) was named sole executor.^[10] Since Elizabeth (Andrews) Wheeler died only about seven months after her husband, Samuel Proctor submitted a single inventory of the estate, valuing it at £351.16.0 on 1 Sep 1783.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Wheeler, Abijah, s. Jethro and Hannah, June 21, 1702:" Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, Volume I, p. 230.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKL-6FM : accessed 29 April 2016), Abijah Wheeler, 21 Jun 1702; citing ROWLEY,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496782 IT 1-2.
3. ↑
4. ↑ Smith, Dean Crawford & Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996, p. 485-7
5. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts Essex Institute (Salem, MA, 1910) Vol. II - Marriages and Deaths, page 451, accessed at GoogleBooks 28 April 2016 GoogleBooks
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10} Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. The Essex institute. Salem, Mass. 1910. Accessed 28 July 2016 at Open Library, Page 390Open Library
7. ↑ "Wheeler, Abijah, Mar. 1, 1782, a. abt. 80 y.," citing Chebacco Parish Church records: Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts Essex Institute (Salem, MA, 1910) Vol. II - Marriages and Deaths, page 708, accessed at GoogleBooks 28 April 2016 GoogleBooks
8. ↑ Acceptance of Last Will and Testament into probate, Abijah Wheeler, 2 Apr 1782: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #29432 (accessed 10 Jun 2022 - subscription required).
9. ↑ Last Will and Testament, Abijah Wheeler, dated 15 Nov 1768, p. 1 of 2: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #29432 (accessed 10 Jun 2022 - subscription required).
10. ↑ Last Will and Testament, Abijah Wheeler, dated 15 Nov 1768, p. 2 of 2: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #29432 (accessed 10 Jun 2022 - subscription required).
11. ↑ Inventory, Abijah Wheeler, dated 1 Sep 1783, p. 3 of 3: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #29432 (accessed 10 Jun 2022 - subscription required).

• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (subscription required).
• Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
• Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
• Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume i, published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, 1928.

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