Elizabeth (Wheeler) Witter (abt. 1637 - 1672)

Born about Dec 1637 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Witter — married 25 Feb 1662 (to 5 Aug 1672) in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1672 at about age 34 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth was the second known child of Thomas Wheeler (Wheeler-256) and Mary Beckley and was baptized 7 Jan 1637/38 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire.

Birth

Birth date is not known exactly but is estimated as December 1637 given her baptism. She could have been born several months earlier.

Death

Apparently no actual death/burial records have been found. The primary source seems to be the 1914 "Genealogical and Encyclopedic" Wheeler family history by A.G. Wheeler who provides this date with no sourcing of his own.

Sources

• Ancestry Family Trees: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/29414747/family
• Wheeler Genealogy; Raymond David Wheeler Vol. 3 (see attached images on this profile)
• Wheeler Family History...Including Descent from Henry Wheeler (c1503-1557) of Cranfield, Bedfordshire authors Raymond David Wheeler, Gordon Boyce Wheeler (see attached images on this profile)
• " The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America Author Albert Gallatin Wheeler https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n322/mode/2up
• Source: S59 Abbreviation: Ancestry Family Trees Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network.
• History of the Town of Stonington County Connecticut by Richard Anson Wheeler; Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900 - Stonington (Conn.) - 754 pages. See page 636 and 686-7. The Stonington book does not list a maiden name of Mary ___ Wheeler, Elizabeth's mother.
• Preston, Edward M. A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut (E.M. Preston, Nevada City, California, 1899) Page 51