Jonathan Wheeler

Children of Jonathan Wheeler and Sarah ___

1) Rebecca

2) Sarah b. February 7, 1721 in Concord

3) Nathaniel b. February 5, 1723 in Concord; m. Hannah Marsh December 29, 1748. He died in 1756.

4) Hannah b. April 1725 in Concord

5) Olive, b. January 1, 1727 in Concord; m. Nathaniel Merriam on December 27, 1748

6) Jane, b. February 12, 1728 in Concord

7) Millison, b. December 2, 1730 in Concord

8) Jonathan b. September 13, 1732 in Concord

9) Abel b. August 27, 1735 in Concord; m. Rebeckah Clark Wakefield on July 24, 1760 in Sutton, Worcester, Mass.

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• The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America (1914)
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency00whee
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalency00whee#page/192/mode/1up
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• 2551. JONATHAN WHEELER, son of John (2004) and Sarah (Stearns) Wheeler. Born at Concord, Mass., April 19, 1696; died at Sutton, Mass., July 10, 1779. Married Sarah --- ---. Children: (born at Concord, Mass.)
  • 2552. REBECKAH WHEELER, born Aug. 26, 1718.
  • 2553. SARAH WHEELER, born Feb. 7, 1721-2.
  • 2554. NATHANIEL WHEELER, born April 29, 1725.
  • 2555. HANNAH WHEELER, born April 29, 1725.
  • 2556. OLIVE WHEELER, born Jan. 1, 1727-8.
  • 2557. JANE WHEELER, born Feb. 12, 1729.
  • 2558. MILLISON WHEELER, born Dec. 2, 1730.
  • 2559. JONATHAN WHEELER, born Sept. 13, 1732.
  • 2560. ABEL WHEELER, born Aug. 27, 1735.
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• 2560. ABEL WHEELER, son of Jonathan (2551) and Sarah (-- -- ) Wheeler. Born at Concord, Mass., Aug. 27, 1735. Married at Sutton, Mass., July 24, 1760, Rebeckah Wakefield Clark. He removed about 1793 to Newport, N. H. Children : .... etc.
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• 3005 JOHN 2 WHEELER m. (1) SARAH STEARNS (2) SARAH JONES Thomas1
• John and Sarah Stearns married 27 Dec. 1678. She was born 14 Jan. 1662, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Beers) Stearns. (Her mother married John Wheeler's father.) She died 29 Dec. 1727. He married 2 nd Sarah Farwell Jones, widow of John Jones: this is shown by her will, in which she calls herself “relict of Deac. John Wheeler” and leaves her property to the children of John Jones. Deacon John Wheeler had by his will left to her “all the movable estate she brought with her”, as per a pre-nuptial agreement. She was by birth Sarah Farwell, b. 2 May 1662, daughter of John and Sarah (Wheeler) Farwell, her mother [#2902] being the oldest child of Capt. Timothy Wheeler (2901). She was married first 5 May 1681 to John Jones who died in Feb. 1725/6, and she is mentioned in [Capt.] Timothy Wheeler's will as “my grand-daughter Sarah Jones.” Her marriage to Deacon John Wheeler is not of record. She died 18 April 1741.
• [Some historians believe that this John Wheeler, about the time of his second marriage,built the house now known as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse (birth place of Henry David Thoreau) – see National Register application – JCW]
• Deacon John Wheeler died 1 Dec. 1736. His will names wife Sarah, and all his children below, excepting Joseph and Nathaniel who had already deceased. He leaves also to his “grandson Joseph Wheeler of Acton” all his right interest etc. in Concord New Grant.
• His children, recorded in Concord, and all by his first wife, were:
  • 3015 I Joseph 3 b. 27 Jan. 1679 m. Sarah Ball [10 April 1705]
  • 3016 II John 3 b. 6 Feb. 1684
  • 3017 III Sarah b. 11 Nov. 1686 m. Samuel Meriam [#20 in Meriam Genealogy – They had four children of which the eldest married David Wheeler (#71) -- JCW]
  • 3018 IV Abigail b. 29 Dec. 1689 m. Thomas Ball
  • 3019 V Thomas 3 b. 24 June 1692 m. Mary Monroe
  • 3020 VI Jonathan 3 b. 19 April 1696 m. Sarah [moved to Sutton MA, d. 10 July 1779 –RRW]
  • 3021 VII Nathaniel 3 b. 28 Sept. 1702 m. 7 Oct. 1723 [Nathaniel 3 had Nathaniel 4 of Sutton and Croyden NH. Then Deacon Nathaniel 5 had James 6 who had Lucy 7 (Mrs. J. W. Forrester of Concord) – RRW]
• 3020 JONATHAN 3 WHEELER m. SARAH Tim2/Thom1 (WHAT'S WITH TIM2? SHOULD BE JOHN2)
• Jonathan Wheeler and his wife Sarah were admitted to the church in Sutton MA by letter from church of Concord in 1746. Their children at Concord were:
  • 3058 I Rebecca b. 26 Aug. 1718
  • 3059 II Sarah b. 7 Feb. 1721/2
  • 3060 III Nathaniel 4 b. 5 Feb. 1723/4 [Nathaniel moved from Sutton to Croyden NH. He had Deacon Nathaniel 5 who had James 6 who had Lucy 7 –RRW]
  • 3061 IV Hannah b. 29 April 1725 m. Jabez Russell [In 2009, Dave L. Johnson reported that Jabez and Hannah were married on 16 Aug 1751, and that he was descended from this couple - JCW]
  • 3062 V Olive b. 1 Jan. 1727/8 m. Nathaniel Meriam [Meriam Genealogy #52 – JCW]
  • 3063 VI Jane b. 12 Feb. 1729
  • 3064 VII Jonathan 4 b. 13 Sept. 1732
  • 3065 VIII Abel 4 b. 27 Aug. 1735 [He married Rebecca Wakefield, widow of Josiah Clark of Killingly CT. Their son Amos 5 married Betsy Hall of Bethlehem NH – RRW]
  • 3066 IX Millison b. 2 Dec. 1730 [?]
  • 3067 X Anne bapt. 4 Jan. 1741 m. Ephraim Russell
• From: The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts - http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/wheeler.htm
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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 13 2017, 23:43:49 UTC