Capt. Isaac Wheaton

Biography

Deborah was born 04 Apr 1700 Little Compton, Newport Co., RI.[1] She was the daughter of David Hilliard and Joanna Andros. She passed away in 06 Apr 1777 Little Compton, Newport Co., RI. [2]

She married Isaac Wheaton on 29 Jun 1719 [???] in Little Compton RI. He was born 5 Mar 1695 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the son of John Wheaton and Elizabeth Thurber, and died about 1759 at about age 63 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island. His second wife: he was Elizabeth’s widower.

Conflict on marriage dates, first & second wives.

His will is dated 1 March 1754 in Warren, Rhode Island, and proved there 5 November 1759.[2] Inventory was taken on 9 November 1759.[3]

Family

Child of Isaac and Elizabeth ( _ ) Wheaton:

1. 1. Mary Wheaton5, b. Swansea 18 Nov. 1721. 637. “Mary ye Daughter of Isaac Wheaton and Elizabeth his wife was born ye 18th of November 1721 about two a Clock in ye after noon.” Married John Bailey.

Children of Isaac and Deborah ( _ ) Wheaton, all b. Swansea:

• 2. John Wheaton, b. 19 Feb. 1724 638. “ John WHEATEN 1724 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States John Wheaten the Son of Isaac Wheaten and Deborah his wif was born february 19:1724 [3 overwritten with 2] Married Hannah Little.
• 3. William Wheaton, b. 22 Dec. 1730. 639
• 4. Tabitha Wheaton, b. 21 Feb. 1732.640. Married Israel Hewitt.
• 5. Ann Wheaton, b. 21 April 1734.641

637. Swansea VRs, 111. < AmericanAncestors >
638. Ibid., 93. The original Swansea record appears to have 1734 overwritten with 1724. < AmericanAncestors >
639. Ibid., 163.
640. Ibid., 160.
641. Ibid., 33

Origins

Web Page (Link to the Record)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-RTPT

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12 May 1736 John Wheaton of Swansey, blacksmith named wife Elesebeth?, son Isaac Wheaton , son Joseph Wheaton, son James Wheaton, heirs of son Samuel Wheaton, deceased, grandson William Hix , granddaughter Elesebeth Chase the sum of 54 pds and 10 shillings ...in respect to her father my son John Wheaton Deceased which she hath received in full, 4 daughters Mary Ingraham, Charity Brown? Priscilla Hix and Patiance [sic] Hill. Prv 1 Aug 1737

References

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-JJV : 22 January 2020), Isaac Wheaton, 1719. Name Isaac Wheaton Sex Male Spouse's Name Deborah Hilliard Spouse's Sex Female Event Type Marriage Event Date 29 Jan 1719 Event Place Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Reference Item 1 (image is not yet indexed)
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Isaac_Wheaton_and_Deborah_Hill...
• Little Compton Intentions and Marriages, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891) 66. WHEATON, Isaac, and Deborah Hilliard; m. by Richard Billings, Justice, Jan. 29, 1719.
• "William Hillard of Duxbury, Massachusetts", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography 50:118.
• The article in the Mayflower Descendant has the year as 1715, an apparent typo since it cites Arnold's marriage data (the Wheaton entry, not the Hilliard entry).
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54448007/deborah-wheaton
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 30 2019, 0:58:03 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 30 2019, 0:58:03 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hilliard-1112 Cites
  • 1. James N Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island; 1636-1850.
  • 2. Town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Families", Benjamin Franklin Wilbour
• WikiTree contributors, "Isaac Wheaton (1695-abt.1759)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheaton-955 : accessed 10 March 2024). cites
  • 1. Transcriber, H. L. Peter Rounds; Editors Jane Fletcher Fiske & Margaret F. Costello, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1992), 12.
  • Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649...). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 104, Bristol Wills and Inventories No 1, page 182-183, & 186. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image: < link >
  • 3. Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 , < AncestryImage >
  • 4. Saxbe, William Bart. Richard Bowen (1594?-1675), of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and His Descendants (Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2011) Page 71-72. m1. by 1721 Elizabeth ____. m2. by 1724 Deborah ____. < Archive.Org >