Miriam (Hawley) Wheeler (abt. 1620 - 1690)

Born about 1620 in Parwich, Derbyshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Wheeler Sr. — married 1642 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1690 at about age 70 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Miriam HAWLEY was born calculated 1620 in Parwich, Derbyshire, England. She died 20 Mar 1690 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. Miriam married Moses WHEELER.

Marriage

1638

Husband: Moses Wheeler

Child: Elizabeth Wheeler (1642), married Samuel Blakeman, then Jacob Walker

Child: Miriam Wheeler (1647), married James Blakeman

Child: Samuel Wheeler (1649), married Elizabeth Harris; no surviving children

Child: Moses Wheeler (1651), married Sarah Nichols

Child: Mary Wheeler (1655), married Samuel Fairchild, then Benjamin Beach

Child: Joanna Wheeler (1659)

Burial

Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (based on the burial of her husband Moses there)

Research Notes

• Families of Old Fairfield does not mention a wife for Moses Wheeler, but does include his children.
• Moses mentions his wife in his 19 Feb 1689/90 will, but does not name her. She was not mentioned in distributions dated 1719 and 1722 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
• The surname of Miriam is not known for certain. There are no actual records that identify her as a sister of Joseph Hawley; she only appears as a Hawley in family genealogies. In particular, the Hawley Record does not identify Miriam as a Hawley,^[1] and Torrey lists her surname as "doubtful" (see citation). If Miriam is confirmed to in fact have been a sister of Joseph Hawley, she should be disconnected from her "parents" and attached to the same Unknown Hawley as the four known Hawley siblings. She would probably be the second oldest, after Elizabeth, based on her marriage year, so born about 1622. See the research notes for Elizabeth (Hawley) Booth for some details on the known Hawley siblings. If her surname cannot in fact be confirmed, she should still be disconnected form her "parents".
• There are no records for "siblings" Grace and Robert. They are probably fictitious, and they should be disconnected from Miriam in any case.

Sources

1. ↑ Hawley, Elias S., The Hawley Record (E. H. Hutchinson, Buffalo, N.Y., 1890) pp.463-4 InternetArchive

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 1, Page 676.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #69886454
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)

• "WHEELER, Moses (1598?-) & [Miriam HAWLEY?] (doubtful) (1600?-); by 1642; New Haven/Stratford
• {McCormick-Hamilton 1073; Fairfield Fam. 1:676; Northrup 3; Nash Anc. 91; Avery Anc. (1925) 145, 168; Hawley 463; Goodwin-Morgan 2:90, 97 94; Stratford Hist. 2:1332; Marks-Platt 60, 68, 96; Wheeler 412; Ward (#1) 31; Fairfield 2: 399, 1292, 1323.}

• http://pioneerancestry.com/getperson.php?personID=I1285&tree=Francom
• http://www.hawleysociety.org/miriam-hawley-wheeler/