Abigail Wheeler (abt. 1722 - 1792)

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Wheeler — married 2 Dec 1739 in Derby, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1792 at about age 70 in Oxford, New Haven, CT

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Biography

Abigail WHEELER was born calculated 1722.

Abigail married Samuel Wheeler in Derby, CT 2 Dec 1739.^[1]

On 24 September 1753, she received a distribution from her father's estate.^[2]

She died 15 Jun 1792 in Oxford, New Haven, CT and was buried in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT. Abigail married Lieutenant Samuel WHEELER on 2 Dec 1739 in Derby, New Haven, CT.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Viewable with paid subscription: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=BarbourCTMar&indiv=try&h=537906
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YL5G  : 24 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 46-48, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 11, 1754-1757, Page 72-76.
3. ↑ Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JQ-RMC : 3 December 2014), Abigail Wheeler, 15 Jun 1792; citing , reference 58; FHL microfilm 3,358.

Additional References:

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 11. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " Samuel Wheler Received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Decr 4th, 1745. Abigail ye Wife of Samuel Wheler received to Communion from the Pastor & Chh of CHrist in Ripton bairing date Augst 20, 1746." (Oxford Congregational)

http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/011.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 776. "Wheeler, Samuel, who may have been brother to Capt. James Wheeler, m. Abigail Wheeler, Dec 2, 1739. Children:

1. Samuel (probably) 3. Robert, b. May 14, 1746 2. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1744. 4. Agnes, b. Sept. 26, 1748."

• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 58. http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 50. gives death date as 25 Jun 1792

http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/050.html.

• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 58. "Wheeler, Birdsey G., son of Samuel & Phebe, died Feb. 18, 1838, age 30 yrs. 6 mos.

Wheeler, Samuel, died Jan. 31, 1853, age 83 yrs. Wheeler, Phebe, wife of Samuel, died Apr. 16, 1848, age 73 yrs. Wheeler, Samuel, died Dec. 24, 1799, age 81 yrs. Wheeler, Abigail, wife of Samuel, died June 15, 1792, age 70 yrs. Cable, Orlando, died Dec. 18, 1856, age 58 yrs. 6 mos. Cable, Betsey, wife of Orlando, died Aug. 23, 1860, age 57 yrs. Washband, Sally Maria, died June 4, 1877, age 79 yrs. 7 mos. Wheeler, Agniss, daughter of Lieut. Samuel & Abigail, died Aug. 2, 1764, age 15 yrs. Towner, Eunice, wife of Isaac, died July 23, 1818, age 30 yrs. Wheeler, Deborah T., wife of Elisha, died May 18, 1857, age 88 yrs. Wheeler, Elisha, died June 12, 1836, age 65 yrs. Wheeler, James, died Apr. 3, 1805, age 26 yrs. 1 mos. Wheeler, Joseph, son of Robert & Ruth, died July 31, 1793, age 12 yrs. Wheeler, Ruth, wife of Robert, died May 25, 1788, age 44 yrs. Wheeler, Robert, died Apr. 17, 1782 age 36 yrs." http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.

• William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 751.

• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 58. http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.

• Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem229.html.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 776.

• 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. 312.