John Wheeler (1661 - 1721)

Born 2 Sep 1661 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Longworth (Wells) Rice — married 25 Jun 1684 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1721 at age 60 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Province

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Biography

September 2, 1661 -- John Wheeler was born at Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. ^[1]

July 25, 1684 -- John Wheeler and Elizabeth Wells married at Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. ^[2]

John Wheeler and Elizabeth Wells Wheeler had seven children: three daughters (Rachell, Dorcas, and Martha) and four sons (Josiah, John, Joseph, and Ephraim). The first three children were born at Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: ^[3]

1. Josiah born on September 26, 1686. He may be the Josiah Wheeler who died in Marlboro a month after his father in 1721
2. Rachell, born on April 18, 1689
3. Dorcas, born on January 15,1690/1

Sometime after 1691, John and Elizabeth Wells Wheeler apparently moved from Concord to Marlborough, where the last four children were born: ^[4]

1. John, born on August 15, 1695
2. Martha, born on July 22, 1698
3. Joseph, born on April 19, 1700
4. Ephraim, born on May 1, 1702

November 21, 1721-- John Wheeler died and was buried at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Province. ^[5]

John Wheeler was born 2 Sep 1661 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. Son of Thomas Wheeler and Hannah Harrod. He married

Elizabeth Wells 25 Apr 1684. He died 21 Nov 1721. ^[6]

Massachusetts w/border

John Wheeler

Massachusetts Births and Christenings Name John Wheeler^[7] gender Male Wife Ellizabeth Son John Wheeler Other information in the record of John Wheeler from Massachusetts Births and Christenings Name John Wheeler Gender Male Birth Date 15 Aug 1695 Birthplace MARLBORO,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name John Wheeler Mother's Name Ellizabeth

12. JOHN 3 WHEELER m. ELIZABETH WELLS Thomas 2/Geo1

^[8] They married 25 June 1684. Their first three children are recorded at Concord, the others at Marlboro, to which place he removed, and where he died in 1721. Some account of his descendants may be found in Hudson's History of Marlboro, p. 465 et seq .

Their children were:

1. 35. I Josiah 4 b. 25 Sept. 1686.
2. 36. II Rachel b. 18 April 1689.
3. 37. III Dorcas b. 14 Jan. 1690/1.
4. 38. IV John 4 b. 15 Aug. 1695 m. Mary Hapgood and removed to Shrewsbury.
5. 39. V Martha b. 22 July 1698.
6. 40. VI Joseph 4 b. 19 April 1700 m. Elizabeth Holloway.
7. 41. VII Ephraim 4 b. 1 May 1702.
8. 42. VIII Daniel 4 b. 12 Aug. 1704.

John Wheeler Male 1661 - 1721 (60 years) ^[9]

John was born in 1681. He passed away in 1721.

Sources

1. ↑ #S471
2. ↑ Concord Births, Marriages, and Deaths, page 26. (States married 25 Jun 1684.)
3. ↑ Concord Registers, Book II, page 33.
4. ↑ Marlboro Births, page 193.
5. ↑ #S471
6. ↑ "The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America"
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,"
8. ↑ The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts
9. ↑ John Wheeler Male 1661 - 1721 60 years

• Massachusetts Birth & Marriage Records.

• SAR Membership Applications

• History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow), New Hampshire 1741 - 1970 and Genealogical Data. Westmoreland Historical Committee. 1976, Second Printing August 2007. Pages 573 - 574.

• S471. Karen Farnbach. My Ancestry. RootsWeb. January 9, 2005. Author appears to have done conscientious research. Provides many sources under Notes*. Where no other sources are noted, author uses LDS sources. In the case of the Fales line, it is clear that the LDS source is based on the book, "The Fales Family of Bristol, Rhode Island" by D.C. Fales. Repository #R149. [1]

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Wheeler-4063 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.

Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.

• "The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America"

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-3NP) : 10 February 2018), John Wheeler in entry for John Wheeler, 15 Aug 1695; citing MARLBORO,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.

• The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts

• John Wheeler Male 1661 - 1721 60 years
• Family records.