Peter Wheeler (1704 - 1772)

Born 23 Oct 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Descendants

Died 28 Mar 1772 at age 67 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Peter Wheeler was born on October 23, 1704, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. His parents were George Wheeler^[1] (1670 - 1737) and Abigail (Hosmer) Wheeler (1669 - 1717).^[2]

His siblings were...

1. Tabitha (Wheeler) Bennett (1696 - ~1752)
2. Abigail Wheeler (1697 - )
3. Jamima Wheeler (1700 - )
4. Ephraim Wheeler (~1702 - ~1755)
5. James Wheeler (1702 - )
6. Daniel Wheeler (1707 - )
7. Simon Wheeler (1714 - 1758)

Peter married Hannah Colburn^[1] (1710 - 1764) on March 19, 1751.

Their children were...

1. Abigail (Wheeler) Colburn (~1727 - 1783)
2. Love Wheeler (1728 - 1776)
3. Peter Wheeler (1730 - 1792)
4. Hannah Wheeler (1733 - )
5. Abigail Wheeler (1736 - )
6. Benjamin Wheeler (1739 - )
7. Lucy (Wheeler) Brown (1744 - )
8. Alice Wheeler (1745 - )
9. Ebenezer Wheeler (1748 - 1817)
10. Lebbens Wheeler (1750 - 1788)
11. Jemima Wheeler (1756 - ).

Peter died on March 28, 1772,^[2] in Concord, aged 67.

Research Notes

• Death date and place needs confirmation
• He [Samuel Brown] married Mary Glene, March 26, 1756, who died November 29, 1760. He then married Mary Wheeler, daughter of Peter Wheeler, January 22, 1761.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Cutter, William Richard, (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908), p. 1197-1198.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H., Spaulding, Charles S. , (The Telegraph Press, 1915), p. 36.
3. ↑ An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H., Spaulding, Charles S. , (The Telegraph Press, 1915), p. 80.

See also:

• Find A Grave: [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77128548 Memorial #77128548] (with photos)
• Wheeler, Albert Gallatin Jr., The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914. Pg 27-8.

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett, FTDNA kit # IN102279, and her sibling, Lyle Wheeler, have an exact HVR1, HVR2, and Coding Region match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor who is Mildred Wheeler, the mother of both Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett and Lyle Wheeler.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal Living DNA test match between Lyle Wheeler and Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett, his sister. Their most-recent common ancestors are William Wheeler and Mildred Wheeler, the parents of both Lyle Wheeler and Mildred (Wheeler) Gillett. Predicted relationship from Living DNA: 2nd degree, based on sharing 2002.44 cM across 58 segments.