Ephraim
Wheeler
Jr.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Ephraim Wheeler
and Martha (Bulkeley) Wheeler
Brother of
Enos Wheeler, Calvin Wheeler Sr., Daniel Wheeler, Hannah (Wheeler) Merritt, Grace (Wheeler) Morehouse and Catherine (Wheeler) Utter
Husband of
Jemima (Reed) Wheeler
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Reed Wheeler and Abigail (Wheeler) Taylor
Died about
at about age 32
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Mar 2020
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Biography
This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.
Private Ephraim Wheeler Jr. served with 5th Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Ephraim Wheeler Jr. was born on 25 March 1750 in Fairfield, Connecticut. He is the son of Ephraim Wheeler and Martha Bulkeley. [1]
He enlisted in the Revolutionary War 12 May 1777 in the 5th Regt. Conn. Continental Line. He deserted 23 Nov 1777; rejoined Apr 1779; deserted 10 Feb 1780.
He passed away around 1783. [2]
Research Notes
(updated 8 Jun 2020): Currently working on conflicting sources for Ephraim Jr.'s wife. The Wheeler Family history cited below names Jemima but I have found other sources listing Abigail Read of Redding Conn. as his wife.--
Sources
- ↑ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America. Pg. 231. American College of Genealogy, 1914. https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00genegoog/page/n260/mode/2up
- ↑ Grumman, William Edgar. The Revolutionary Soldiers of Redding, Connecticut. Pg. 172. Hartford, CT: Hartford Press: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1904. https://archive.org/details/revolutionarysol00grum/page/172/mode/2up
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Lyle Wheeler
:
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I1, MitoYDNA ID Z11325 [compare]
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~1.56%
Daniel Perin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M609517 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mike Zickgraf :
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