Captain Josiah Wheeler

Born July 13, 1743 Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Was baptized on July 17,1743 “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7619/29/8445347

Married Rhoda Baker, May 14, 1765 Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB174/i/7455/380/248675402

Admitted to membership of New South Church on Feb. 23, 1766 “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7619/129/8480743

Listed on Boston tax roll in 1800 as "a housewright in good business", living at "Corner, small house, Orange Street" Boston, MA: Taking Records, 1800. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Transcribed by David Allen Lambert, NEHGS Chief Genealogist, from original volumes held by the Boston Public Library.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB528/i/14154/12-19/258996376

Died on 8/9/1817, death recorded in church records of Hollis Street Church, Boston, and was buried at Central Burying Ground, on Boston Common. “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB31/i/7622/260/8651855

Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston, 1649-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston, Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S., Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB207/i/7114/78/4202816

Josiah Wheeler 1743-1817, Capt. Rev. Army, Dorchester Hts., participant in the Boston Tea Party Commanded a company of Minute Men DAR #A123977

Participant in the Boston Tea Party
December 16th, 1773