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About Jethro Wheeler

Jethro Wheeler was born 28 MAR 1664 in Newbury, MA, and died 1725 in Rowley, MA. He was the son of Daniel Wheeler and Sarah Wise.

He married Hannah French on 2 JUL 1690 in Newbury, Essex, MA. She was the daughter of Thomas French (d. 1711) and his wife, Mary Adams.


Rowley VR has Jethro & Hannah with these children:

  • Hannah (Wheelar), d. Jethro and Hannah, July 22, 1691. died soon
  • Jethro (Wheelar), s. Jethro and Hannah, Aug. 19, 1692. married, in Gloucester, Sarah Harraden, Feb. 13, 1716-17.
  • Benjamin, s. Jethro and Hannah, Mar. 23, 1694-5. married Mehetable Wheler, int. Oct. 15, 1720.
  • Hannah, d. Jethro and Hannah, June 9, 1697. married, in Gloucester, Ezekiel Marshell of Ipswich, Aug. 1, 1717.
  • Moses, s. Jethro and Hannah, Mar. 12, 1699-1700. married Jane Plummer, int. Mar. 30, 1728.
  • Abijah, s. Jethro and Hannah, June 21, 1702. married, in Ipswich, Elizabeth Andrews, Nov. 8, 1728.
  • Sarah, d. Jethro, bp. Jan. 4, 1707.
  • John (Wheller), s. Jethro and Hannah, Sept. 12, 1710.

The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, page 354, has that he married Hannah French. It did not identify Hannah as being the daughter of https://www.geni.com/people/John-French-of-Salisbury or Samuel French of Salisbury. archive.org



Jethro Wheeler married Hannah French, Age 26), on 2 July 1690 at Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Will of Jethro Wheeler

The Last Will & Testament of Jethro Wheeler of ye Town of Eowley in ye County of Essex in ye Providence of ye Massachusetts: Bay in New England Cord winer is as foloweth I beeing At present of Eeasonable understanding do think it needfull to make a Settlement of that Estat which God hath given me & in y^ first place I order my Executrix hereafter named to give me A decent Buriall as allso to pay all my Just Debts out of my Estate & when that is done I will that my wife Hannah Wheeler shall have one third part of the Eest of my Effects Also I will that my Son John AYheeler Serve his Mother Hannah Wheeler untill he Come to y^ age of twenty-one years & what he Earneth on Sea or Land I do give unto my said Wife I do give unto my three Daughters namely Mary Sarah & Elizabeth twenty pounds apeace in good passable bills of Credet to be paid upon Marriage or At y^ age of Twenty Years by my Executrix hereafter Named Memorandom my daughter Hannah Marshall hath had her portion allready & further I Will y* all ye Eest of my Estate not before givn in this present I will Shall be Equaly devided amongst my four Sons namely Jethro Benjamain Abiga & John & my Sons namely Jethro Benjamain & Abigah to have there parts within three year After my decease & my son John at y^ age of Twenty & one years ould allso I mak my well beloved wife Hanna Wheeler my Sole Executrix to this my Last will & Testament dated ye fourteenth day of November Anno Dom Seventeen Hundred & Twenty four.

Signed Sealed & Declared to be ye Last Will & Testament of ye above named Jethro Wheeler in presence of John Todd, John Bridges, John Hobson

HISTORY OP THE WHEELER FAMILY IN" AMEEICA

Will proved June 7, 1725. Jethro Wheeler (seal) Essex, ss Probate Office, July 23, 1913. A True Copy. Attest: Ezra D. Hines. Asst. Register.

Children: (born at Rowley, Mass.)

5433. HANNAH WHEELER, born July 22, 1691.

5434. JETHRO WHEELER, born Aug. 19, 1692.

5435. BENJAMIN WHEELER, born May 23, 1694-5; m. Oct. 15, 1720, Mehitable Wheeler.

5436. HANNAH WHEELER, born June 9, 1697.

5437. MOSES WHEELER, born March 12, 1699.

5438. SAMUEL WHEELER, born Aug. 1, 1700.

5439. ABIJAH WHEELER, born June 21, 1702.

5439-a.JOHN WHEELER, born Sept. 12, 1710.

Sources

  1. Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (1914).  By Albert Gallatin Wheeler.  page 396
  2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheeler-973
  3. https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/152726/I11096/jethro-wheeler/individual
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Jethro Wheeler's Timeline

1664
March 28, 1664
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
1692
August 19, 1692
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
1697
June 9, 1697
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1700
March 12, 1700
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1702
June 21, 1702
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
1704
October 15, 1704
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1705
April 29, 1705
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1707
January 4, 1707
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1710
September 12, 1710
Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States