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Eunice Wheeler (Potter)

Also Known As: "widow Davis"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: July 17, 1760 (71)
Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Judah Potter and Grace Potter
Wife of Eleazer Davis and Richard Wheeler
Mother of Eleazer Davis, II; Hannah Taylor; Timothy Davis; Sarah Meriam Ball; Joshua Davis and 3 others
Sister of Hannah Brown Davis; Sarah Wheeler; Elizabeth Brown; Samuel Potter; Luke Potter and 1 other

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About Eunice Wheeler

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-17

Eunice Potter was born Dec. 10, 1688 at Concord, daughter of Judah and Grace (Brooks) Potter. [1][2]

She married first Eleazer Davis on May 9, 1705. [3] [1]

Eleazer, son of Samuel and Mary (Medows) Davis was born at Concord on 13: 4m: 1680. He died there on Aug. 10, 1721. [3] [4]

She married second, Richard Wheeler on Dec. 15, 1743, as his third wife. [5] [2]

She died at Bedford on July 17, 1760 [5][2]

Children

  1. Eliazer, born Mar. 5, 1705/6; [3] died Sept. 12, 1748; married Rebecca Chandler on June 17, 1731. [2] [4]
  2. Hanah, born, Oct. 18, 1707 [3]; married Benjamin Wheeler on April 2, 1765. [2] [4] [6] (note: The American Genealogist, Volumes 23-24 by D. L. Jacobus, suggests that Hannah married David Taylor.)
  3. Timothy born Dec. 8, 1709 [3]; died in 1800; married Hannah Smith of Lexington, daughter of John and Mary (Richards) Smith on Feb. 9, 1737. [2] [7] [4]
  4. Sarah, born Mar. 23, 1711/12; married Isaac Merriam on Sept. 1, 1736 at Bedford. [2] He died April 18, 1741 and she married second, Nathaniel Ball of Concord on Sept. 10, 1746. [3] [5] [7] She died May 25, 1799 at Groton, NH in her89th year. [4]
  5. Joshua, born July 19, 1714 [3]; died at Bedford at the age of 31, on Apr. 29, 1746. [5]
  6. Eunice, born Dec. 16, 1716 [3]; married William Marshall on Nov. 22, 1748. [2] [4]
  7. Rebeckah, born May 12, 1719 [3]; married Ezra Wheeler on Feb. 3, 1749. [2] [4]
  8. Abigail, born May 16, 1721; married Ezekiel Brown on May 17, 1741. [3]

References

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Potter-17
  • Dolor Davis A Sketch of his Life With A Record of his Earlier Descendants by Horace Davis printed in 1881 page 41 under the heading Children of Samuel and Mary (Meddowes) Davis. Item 5. Eleazer, born July 26, 1680; married at Concord, May 7, 1705, Eunice Potter; lived in Bedford; 7 children. Eleazer died August 10, 1721.
  • Eunice Potter-Davis Birth: Dec 10 1688 - Concord Middlesex Co MA. Death: July 27 1770 - Concord Middlesex Co MA. Parents: Judah Potter-Davis, Grace Brooks Husband: Eleazer Davis
  • Chase, Douglas W, and Stanley L. Johnson, "William Marshall of Billerica, Bedford, Concord, and Holden, Massachusetts," NEHGR, Volume 163 (2009), pp. 183-191. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/rd/11728/183/143385725
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Eunice Wheeler's Timeline

1688
December 10, 1688
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1706
March 5, 1706
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1707
October 18, 1707
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1709
December 8, 1709
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1711
March 23, 1711
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1714
July 19, 1714
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1716
December 18, 1716
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1719
May 12, 1719
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1721
May 16, 1721
Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts