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John Wheeler

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Milford, New Haven Colony
Death: December 03, 1716 (76)
Woodbury, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Lt. Thomas "of Milford" Wheeler and Joan Wheeler
Husband of Sarah (Sherwood) Wheeler, of Stratford and Ruth Wheeler
Father of Elizabeth Burch; Sarah Mitchell; Mary Wheeler, Unmarried; Mercy Wheeler; Thomas Wheeler and 4 others
Brother of Samuel Wheeler; Nathaniel Wheeler, of Newark; Obadiah Wheeler; Ephraim Wheeler; Eleazer Wheeler and 4 others

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About John Wheeler

Full text https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland00genegoog/page/n13 "Wheeler: Genealogy & Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America" Compiled by the American College of Genealogy

The following source says that a Sarah Sherwood married John Wheeler in 1662. This is Sarah Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood, of Stratford.

Torrey: WHEELER, John2 (1630-1716) & 1/wf Sarah SHERWOOD (-1704); ?5 Nov 1662?, 16 Dec, beginning Dec; Fairfield/Milford, CT/ Stratford, CT (Woodbury rec.) {Tuttle 563; TAG 9:18; Wheeler 205; Stratford 1339; Fairfield Fam. 1:560, 680} Marriage

JOHN WHEELER son of Thomas and Joan Bryan Wheeler Bapt at Milford Conn Aug 16 1640 died May 12 1704 at Woodbury Conn Married 1 Dec 16 1662 Sarah Sherwood who died March 12 1704 dau of Thomas Sherwood He was a signer of the fundamental articles organizing the Town of Woodbury Conn Cothren claims that he died Dec 3 1716 aged 81 and that he had a second marriage to Ruth He also claims that the marriage to Sarah Sherwood was Nov 5 1662 He states that the first 5 children were by the 1st marriage and that the last 3 were by the 2d marriage

Children

  1. SARAH WHEELER born Feb 24 1663/4
  2. MARY WHEELER born Aug 26 1666 d Jan 20 1701 unm
  3. ELIZABETH WHEELER born Feb 15 1669 m June 1696 Jeremiah Burch
  4. MERCY WHEELER baptized Jan 19 1670/1
  5. THOMAS WHEELER born May 2 1673
  6. RUTH WHEELER born June 30 1679 m April 23 1701 John Richardson of Woodbury Conn
  7. DINAH WHEELER born 1681 m Feb 13 1706 Ephraim Tuttle
  8. JOHN WHEELER born May 1684

The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy, 1914

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John Wheeler's Timeline

1640
August 16, 1640
Milford, New Haven Colony

This may be date of baptism. Both John and his brother Samuel bear the same date of "birth", so unless they are twins this is likely a baptism date. Some sources say John was born in 1635 or 1636 and Samuel born in 1638. Perhaps the late baptismal records are due to emigration from England to America, specifically Milford, CT.

August 16, 1640
Milford, Connecticut
August 16, 1640
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1657
February 15, 1657
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1663
February 24, 1663
Woodbury, Litchfield County, CT, United States
1666
August 26, 1666
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1670
June 19, 1670
1673
May 2, 1673
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1679
June 30, 1679
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States