Ephraim Wheeler

Biography

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Ephraim Wheeler was the second son, and oldest surviving son, of George Wheeler and Susanna Stowers Wheeler of Newbury, Massachusetts.

"Ephraim, s. Georg, Oct. 21, 1662."

Ephraim was bequeathed a legacy from his grandfather John Wheeler in his 1668 will:

"I bequeath to my Son Georgs Children Ephraim Wheeler & (SamII) Wheeler four pounds apeice that is eight-pounds between them (when) they shalbe of the age of one and twenty to be paid by my Execut(or)".

Marriage

First wife (death):
"Wheelar, Abigaill [dup. Abigail Wheeler], w. Ephraim (Wheeler), [died] Feb. 7, 1687.[1]

Second wife:
At Cambridge Village (now Newton):
"Ephraim Wheeler & Sarah Spring both of Cambridge Village, Jan. 1, 1688[/9]."[2][3]. She was the daughter of John Spring and Hannah Barsham.

Children[4]:

1. "Wheeler, Sarah, d. Ephraim and Sarah, Oct. 28, 1689." Married Edward Richards of Dedham
2. "Wheeler, Mary, d. Ephraim and Sarah, Jan. 6, 1691. [Jan. 16, M.R.]"
3. "Wheeler, Josiah, s. Ephraim and Sarah, Dec. 13, 1693."
4. "Wheler, Elizabath [dup. Elizabeth Wheeler], d. Ephraim and Sarah, Jan. 6, 1695 [dup. 1696]."
5. "Wheler, Samuel [dup. Wheeler], s. Ephraim and Sarah, May 11, 1699."

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheeler-4084 cites

1. NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 513.
2. Bailey, Frederic William, Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Middlesex County, p. 8
3. Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD version) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001) gives date as "1 Jan 1688, prob 1688/9"
4. NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 207-8.
5. Vital Records of Newbury to the Year 1849, page 540.