Elizabeth Wheat

Biography

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From Wheat Genealogy ...

"16 JOSHUA WHEAT {Joshua', Moses') born at Groton, Mass. but date not found; died Mar. 2, 1762 "at Mr. Jonathan Huntting's" at Needham, Mass. (Records of the First Church) .

Joshuay Wheat and Elesebeth Edey (or Eddy), both of Watertown, married Feb. 5, 1719. (Medford, Mass. VR). She was born July 29, 1703, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Woodward) Eddy of Watertown. He was a physician; in 1726 as of Weston he signed with other heirs of his father but his name has not been found on any other deed, and there is no evidence that he received any part of his father's estate except his portion of the £63 from the will of his aunt Abigail Brown.

In 1729 they removed to Needham but were "warned out" and again from Worcester in the August term 1735 (Worcester Town Records, 132) . He continued to be unfortunate. Dr. Joshua Wheat, wife Elizabeth and 4 children warned to depart out of Westborough, May term 1737 (Court of
General Sessions, p. 182) Joshua, wife and children warned from Southborough, Aug. 16, 1737 (Worcester Co. Warnings, p. 66, edited by Blake, 1899)."[1]

Children

1. Lydia Wheat Esterbrook 1725-1755, m. Joseph Esterbrook, 4. children
2. Sarah Wheat Clark 1728–1772, m. Capt. Henry Clark, 6 children
3. Ruth Wheat Glover, Mason 1746–1820, m. (1)Samuel Glover, 3 children; m. (2)Joseph Mason, 5 children
4. Mary Wheat 1746 –1752

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My fourth cousin seven times removed, and my fifth cousin eight times removed through his great great great grandfather's sister, Alice Doggett. [Harry Kenneth Doggett]

Sources:

1. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendents of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855.

2. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume I-II. New York, NY: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.

May have died young, since a later child was also named Elizabeth.

Sources:

1. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendents of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855.

2. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume I-II. New York, NY: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.