William Brooks, of Milford

WILLIAM BROOKS (16__-1684)

at Milford 1640 or after; married Mrs. Sarah (_____) Wheeler (by 1666), widow of William Wheeler. She was probably a second wife. Nothing futher found in Savage concerning this settler.

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Sarah, widow of William Wheeler of Stratford, CT, married 2nd 1666 William Brooks of Milford CT. She was named in his will 1 December 1684 ("William and Thomas Wheeler, sons of my wife").

The will of William Brooks, 1 Dec. 1684, named wife Sarah; two shillings to the wife Thomas Wildman, she having rec'd her portion, "and I doe further declare yt I know not that shee is any ways related to mee"; William and Thomas Theeler, sons of my wife; Sarah wife of James Biscoe; Hannah dau. of Elder Bucingham; Richard Bryan and Jobamah Gunn.

References

• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Reprinted with additions and corrections (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007), 680, GoogleBooks
• Robert and Janet Chevalley Wolfe, Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy, "Notes for William Wheeler and Sarah" http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m31731x31733.htm
• http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Wheeler/wheelerrich.htm
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 26 2017, 22:39:43 UTC