Lieutenant John Wheeler

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John Wheeler was a barber from Salisbury, Wiltshire County, England. He was of Hampton, New Hampshire soon after settlement of the town. He received land in Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1641. He removed to Newbury, Massachusetts, before 1650, but was taxed in Salisbury in 1652. John Wheeler immigrated in 1633/34 aboard the "Mary and John". His will was drawn on 28 March 1668, and proved on 11 October 1670.

Descendants of John Wheeler of Newbury, Massachusetts

John Wheeler is said to have been born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and to have sailed for America on March 24, 1633-34 in the ship "Mary and John" bringing his wife Ann and six children and leaving four sons in England. He spent the first year of his residence at Aggawam (now Ipswich), Mass. The following year he removed to the settlement on the north bank of the Merrimac River that was called Salisbury after 1640, and as one of original proprietors, in 1641 he received land there which still held and paid tax on as late as 1652, notwithstanding he had removed to Newbury, Mass, before 1650. He died at Newbury, August 29, 1670, aged 52, and his wife Ann died there Aug. 15, 1662.

Will of John Wheeler

Be it knowne unto all men by theise presents, that I, John Wheeler of New(berie) in the county of Essex in New England Massachusets (Consider)ing my oId age & (my owne) weakness: being in health of (body) and of perfect me(mory) through gods mercy (doe) hereby make my last will and testament, Comend (ing) my soule (in}to the hands of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christe and my body to be buryed in the burying place of Newbury (when forever it shall please god to take me.hence by death.) In Hope of a blessed Resurrection. And for my worldly goods I dispose as followeth first I give and bequeath unto my Son David Wheeler ten pounds of that debt which hee owes mee, 2dly I give to my Sonne Edward Wheeler of the Citty of Salisbury in the Realme of England ten pounds of which he is to pay three pounds and ten shillings to the Chamber of the Citty aforesaid also I give & bequeath to my Son (Adam Wheeler of the said Citty) forty shillings AI (so I give) to my Son (Thomas Wheeler forty) shillings And also I give to my Son William forty shillings in case he shall come over into this country. Also I give to my Daughter Mercy forty shillings, And to my Daughter Elizabeth Button I give four pounds, Also I give to my Daughter Anne Chase four pounds. I give to my Daughter in Law Susanne Wheeler four pounds, twenty shillings apeice to all theise my children, of this estate was given them by their mother which is included in the severall Smms abou exprest (.Also I) give and bequeath to my Son Georgs Children Ephraim Wheeler & (Samll) Wheeler four pounds apeice that is eight-pounds between them. (when) they shall be of the age of one and twenty to be paid by my Execut(or) I give to my Son Roger Wheelers Daughter Mary Wheeler (three) pounds to be paid to her when she shall be of the age of (eighteen years) And to her Brother Joseph Wheeler I give forty shIllings (when he shalbe) of the age of one & twenty years. And to my Daughter Elizabeth chidren forty shillings apeice: To Thomas forty shillings to be (e payd to) him when he shall be of the age of one & twenty &To Mary forty (in such) pay as my Estate I Jeave wiIbee due to my executor (in when) he shall receiveit. And the Legacyes above mentioned which (is) to my children shalbe paid within one whole yeare after my decease but those.of my Grandchildren to be to the use of my Executor untill they shalbee of the ages above mentioned, Also I give the Land to my Daughter in Law Susanne My son Georgs wife which I gave to her husband which he built (upon) as it is inclosed: Also I appoint my Son Henry Wheeler to be sole Executor of this my Last Will & testament and to have all the rest of my goods & chatte undisposed of my debts & funerall being discharged.

March 28, 1668. John Wheeler (Seal)

Witnesses ANTHONY SOMERBY. AUGUSTIN STICKNEY JR, ROGER WOODMAN, BENJAMINE LOWLE,
JONATHAN WOODMAN,.

Benj: Loel &Jon(athan) Woodman gave their oath before Court held at Hampton Octo(br ye:) 11:1670. that this was the will & testament of John Wheeler, & (of when) he declared the same he was compos mentis; & that they know of no other will but this made by him &that he did signe & seale this writeing as his last will as attests, Tho: Bradbury recd:.

The words & letters in square brackets taken from the records See Easex South District Registry of Deeds. Norfolk records Book 2 Part 2 folio 288. Essex ss. Probate Office July 23, 1913. A true Copy. Attest: Ezra.D. Hines, Asst Register.

John Wheeler was born in 1591 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He has a baptismal record dated on November 4, 1591,. He immigrated before 1640 to America from Salisbury, England. He signed a will on March 28, 1668 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died on August 29, 1670 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. His estate was probated on October 11, 1670 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was a barber. He was named after his deceased older brother. Parents: Dominick Wheeler and Mercy Jelly.

Note: The following was found in a Rhode Island document entitled: TERCENTENARY OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1922

By THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Pages 1-16

JOHN WHEELER, the founder of the family in America, was, according to reputed authority, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and was a family long resident in that locality. Previous to his departure from England he had married. On March 24, 1633-34, he sailed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ship "Mary and John," bringing with him his wife, Ann and six of his children, but leaving in his native land four of his sons. The first settlement of John WHEELER in America was made in Agawam (later Ipswich), in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; there he resided for about a year, and thence removed to the north bank of the Merrimac river, at the place which was called Salisbury after 1640. The influence of the founder, WHEELER, may be traced in the selection of the name Salisbury (being that of his English birthplace) for the New World township. He was one of the original proprietors; he received a tract of land there in 1641. And although he removed to Newbury before 1650, held and paid taxes on his allotment in Salisbury as late as 1652. After establishing himself in Newbury, John WHEELER did not again remove, but remained at that place until his death.

He died in Newbury, Massachusetts, August 29, 1670. He married, in England, Ann ______, who died August 15, 1662.

Immigrant

The Wheelers, minus the four eldest sons, sailed to MA on the "Mary and John", leaving England in March of 1634. They lived in Ipswich until moving to the settlement of Salisbury on the north bank of the Merrimack River in about 1640, and in 1641 John received land there. He was a barber by trade. They eventually moved to Newbury, MA.

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• History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892 (1893) Vol.2
• http://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj
• https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh02dowj#page/n484/mode/1up
• Pg.1039
  • WHEELER.
• I. John Wheeler was of Hampton soon after the settlement of the town. His daughter:
  • Anne, m. Aquila Chase, brother of Thomas (I). They removed to Newbury before the birth of their second child, in 1647.
• II. David Wheeler was among the early settlers of Hampton, but before 1653 removed to Newbury, where three sons, John, Jonathan and Nathan were born.
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• John Wheeler1
• M, #12490, b. 1591, d. 24 August 1670
• Father Domenick Wheeler b. c 1565, d. c 1616
• Mother Mercy Jelly b. c 1569
• John Wheeler was christened at St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He was born in 1591 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He married Ann/Agnes Yeoman on 1 December 1611 at St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. John Wheeler died on 24 August 1670 at Newbury, Essex, MA.
• Family Ann/Agnes Yeoman b. c 1592, d. 15 Aug 1662
• Children
  • George Wheeler+ b. 25 Mar 1605, d. 2 Jun 1687
  • John Wheeler b. c 1613
  • George Wheeler b. c 1615, d. 1668
  • William Wheeler b. c 1617
  • Ann Wheeler+ b. 1620, d. 21 Apr 1687
  • Thomas Wheeler b. c 1622
  • Mercy Wheeler b. c 1624
  • David Wheeler+ b. 1625, d. 1669
  • Elizabeth Wheeler b. c 1626, d. 16 Jul 1690
  • Adam Wheeler b. c 1628
  • Roger Wheeler b. c 1630, d. 7 Dec 1661
  • Edward Wheeler b. c 1632
  • Henry Wheeler+ b. 1634
  • Joseph Wheeler b. c 1636
• Citations
• 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p416.htm#i...
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• WHEELER, John
• d. 1670 Newbury, Essex, Mass.
• Family:
• Spouse: Ann,
• d. 15 AUG 1662 Newbury, Essex, Mass.
• Children:
  • WHEELER, Joseph d. 13 OCT 1659 Newbury, Essex, Mass.
  • WHEELER, Ann
  • WHEELER, Roger
  • WHEELER, George
  • WHEELER, Meroy Gender: Female
  • WHEELER, Elizabeth
  • WHEELER, David
  • WHEELER, Henry
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_76.htm#249
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John WHEELER Born 4 Nov 1591 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location Gender Male Immigrant Flag Y Immigration 24 Mar 1633/4 from England Find all individuals with events at this location Died 29 Aug 1670 Newbury, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location Notes

Immigrated with his wife Ann and six children and leaving four sons in England. He spent the first year of his residence at Aggawam (now Ipswich), Mass. The following year he removed to the settlement on the north bani of the Merrimac River that was called Salisbury after 1640, and as one of its original proprietors, in 1641 her received land there which he still head and paid tax on as late as 1652, notwithstanding he had removed to Newbury, Mass., before 1650.

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John (3), from Salisbury, co. Wilts, where he married Ann Yeoman 1 Dec. 1611, was early at Hampton, soon at Salisbury and ±1650 at Newbury where Ann died 15 Aug. 1662. His will, of Newbury, 28 Mar. 1668 - 11 Oct. 1670. See Hoyt's Salisbury, i. 353, for 11 children, including the ones listed here. See also "Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase" (1928), p. 521, for English data, including his father's will.

   WHEELER: found chiefly in Gloucestershire and bordering counties. Became 23d commonest name in N. E. [3]

Person ID I34526 main Last Modified 6 Jul 2012

Family Ann YEOMAN, b. Abt 1592, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 15 Aug 1662, Newbury, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years) Children

	1. John WHEELER,   b. 1613, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location +	2. George WHEELER,   b. 1615, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1667/8  (Age 53 years)

	3. William WHEELER,   b. 10 Jan 1618, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location +	4. Elizabeth WHEELER,   b. 10 Jan 1618, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1690, Haverhill, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) +	5. Anne WHEELER,   b. 1621, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1687, Newbury, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)

	6. Mercy WHEELER,   b. 1624, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location +	7. David WHEELER,   b. 1625, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Newbury, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location

	8. Thomas WHEELER,   b. 1625, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location

	9. Adam WHEELER,   b. 1629, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location +	10. Roger WHEELER,   b. 1630, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England iFind all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1661, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)

	11. Edward WHEELER,   b. 1632, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location

	12. Henry WHEELER,   b. 8 Feb 1633, Ipswich, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location

	13. Joseph WHEELER,   b. 1636, Ipswich, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location

GEDCOM Note

Libby: early at Hampton, soon at Salisb. and ±1650 at Newbury where Ann d. 15 Aug. 1662. See Hoyt's Salisbury, i: 353, for eleven ch., incl: David. Anne, m. 1st Aquila Chase(1), m. 2d Daniel Silloway. Elizabeth, m. 1st Thomas Dustin of Dover and Kit.; m. 2d Matthias Button. Roger. See also ?Desc. of Aquila and Thomas Chase? (1928), p. 521, for English data, incl. his fa.'s will.

Wheeler became 23d commonest name in N. E

Hoyt:JOHN1 WHEELER, "barber," from Salisbury, Eng., was of Hampton soon after the settlement of the town; recd. land in Salisbury, Mass., in 1641; rem. to Newbury bef. 1650, but taxed in S. 1652. He m. Anne (???), who d. Aug. 15, 1662[Nb]. He d. 1670; will March 28, 1668; Oct. 11, 1670; then of Nb.

.--"Bro. John Wheeler and his wife" killed by Indians, Aug. 27, 1706. [Pike's Journal.] Hoyt-one of the grandsons? David, eg. had a son John.

John Wheeler married Agnes Yeoman's at St. Edmund's where Rev. Peter Thatcher, the parson officiated. Thatcher was strongly Puritan in his beliefs and it was under this influence the Wheelers decided to emigrate to New England. On the passenger list of the "Mary and John", dated 24 March 1633/4, sailing from Southampton, appears the name John Wheeler, and as most of the emigrants on this ship settled in Newbury, it has been taken for granted that this John Wheeler was the Salisbury barber who settled in Hampton, not far from Newbury. An examination of the parish register of St. Edmund's however, makes this conclusion very dubious, for the baptism of Henry, son of John and Anne Wheeler, was entered there on 8 February 1634/5. Presumably little Henry was baptized the Sunday after his birth, in the usual course of events, and under these circumstances the John Wheeler who sailed for New England in March 1633/4, could not have been his father. Henry, who was his father's executor, gave his age as forty-three in 1678, which again places his birth in 1635. The "Mary and John" John Wheeler must have been another man of this not uncommon name.

When the Wheelers did emigrate, they were first at Hampton, but in 1641 John was one of the original proprietors of Salisbury. Before 1650 they had moved to Newbury, but he was still taxed in Salisbury in 1652. He signed the petition in favor of Lieut. Robert Pike but ignominiously acknowledged that he was sorry in 1654.

The will of John Wheeler of Newbury, made 28 March 1668 was probated 11 October 1670. He left to his son David Wheeler £ of the debt David owed his father. To his son Edward Wheeler of the city of Salisbury in the Realm of England, £10 of which he is to pay £ 3 : 10: 0 to the chamber of the city. To his son Adam Wheeler of the said city, 40s. To his son Thomas Wheeler, 40s. To his son William Wheeler 40s. in case he shall come over into this country. To his daughter Mercy, 40s. To his daughter Elizabeth Button, £4. To his daughter Anne Chase, £4. To his daughter-in-law Susanna Wheeler, £4. In each of the legacies to the children 20s. was given to them by their mother. To his son George's children Ephraim and Samuel Wheeler, £4 each at the age of twenty-one. To his son Roger Wheeler's daughter Mary Wheeler, £3 at the age of eighteen and to her brother Joseph Wheeler, 40s. at the age of twenty-one. To his daughter Elizabeth's children 40s. apiece, to Thomas at the age of twenty-one and to Mary and Elizabeth at eighteen. To his daughter-in-law Susanna, his son George's wife, the land which he gave her husband and which he built upon. Executor: son Henry Wheeler and he is to have the residue. Witnesses: Anthony Somerby, Augustinn Stedman, Roger Steedman, Benjamin Lowle, Jonathan Woodman.

Some printed copies of the will give a doubtful "Thomas." The original will is very difficult to decipher, but we fail to find a "Thomas" there. The "Wheeler Genealogy," recently published (1914), gives it in the will, but not in the genealogy proper [pp. 394-7]. Mr. C. E. Peirce assures the writer that the baptism of Thomas is found on the parish register in England. [Hoyt[

Estate of John Wheeler of Newbury Essex Probate Docket # 29448

Bee it knowne unto all men by theise psents th [at I:copy] John Wheeler of Newb[erie in:copy] the county of Essex in Newengland Massachusetts co[nsider:copy]ing my old age & [my owne:copy] weaknes, being in health of body and of pfect me[mory] through gods mercy hereby make my last will and testament, comend[ing] my soule [in]to [t]he han[ds] of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body to be buryed in the burying place of Newbury (whensoeuer it shall please god to take me hence by death) in hopes of a blessed Resurrection. And for my worldly goods I dispose [as] followeth first I giue and bequeath vnto my Son David wheeler ten pounds of that debt hee owes mee, 2dly I giue to my Sonne Edward wheeler of the Citty of Salisbury in the Realme of England ten pounds ||of which he is|| to pay three pounds and ten shillings to the chamber of the Citty abousaid, Also I gi[ue] & bequeath to my Son Adam [Wheeler of:copy] the said Citty forty shillings A[also I giue:copy] to my sone [Thomas Wheelar forty:copy] shillings and also I giue to my son [Will]iam wheeler forty sh[illings]in case he shall come ouer into this coutry, Also I giue to my daught[er] Mercy forty shillings, And to my daughter Elizabeth Button I giue four pounds, Also I giue to my daughter Anne Chase four pounds, and to my Daughter in law Susanna wheller four pound, twenty shillings apiece to all theisse my children, of this estate was giuen them by thei[r] mother which is included in the seuerall summs aboue exprest I giue and bequeath to my Son Georgs children Ephraim wheeler & s[am II]:copy] Wheeler four pounds a piece that is eight pounds between them [when:copy] they shalbe of age of one and twenty to be paid by my Execu[tor. Also:copy] I giue to my son Roger wheelers Daughter Mary Wheeler [three:copy] pounds to be paid to her when she shall be of the age of [eighteen years:copy] And to her brother Joseph wheeler I giue forty shillings [when hee shalbe:copy] of the age of one & twenty years, And to my daughter El[izabeths chil:copy] dren forty shillings apeice, To Thomas forty shillings to be [payd to:copy] hime when he shalbe of the age of one & twenty & to mary [forty shill:copy] ings & to Elizabeth forty shillings when they shalbe Eight[een years:copy] of age. All these Legacyes are to be paid in New england in [such:copy] pay as my Estate I leaue wilbee due to my executor [in, which:copy] he shall reeine it, And the Legacyes abouementioned which is to my children shalbe paid within one whole yeare after my decease but those to my Grandchildren to be the vse of my Executor vntill they shalbee of the ages abouementioned, Also I giue the Land to my daughter in law Susanna my son Georgs wife which I gaue her husband which he built [vpon:copy] as it is inclos[ed:copy], Also I appoint my Son Henry wheeler to be the sole Executor of this my Last will & testament And to haue all the rest of my goods & chattells vndisposed of my debts & funerall being discharged march 28th 1668

John Wheeler Witness: Anthony Somerby Augustinn Stedman Roger Steedman Beniamine Lowle Jonathan Woodman

Proved in Hampton court Oct 11, 1670 by Benj, Leel and Jonathan Woodman.

Source: Norfolk County Court Records, Book 2, leaf 192

Submitted by: Mariana Bean Ruggles

Mar 24 1634

 Left London, England for New England on the Mary and John ship

John and his wife, Agnes, left for New England with 7 of their children, leaving 4 or possibly 5 of their sons in Salisbury. He settled 1st in Hampton, but moved to Newbury before 1650.

The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America By Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy

Descendants of John Wheeler, of Newbury, Mass.

John Wheeler. He is said to have been born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and to have sailed to America on March 24, 1633-34 in the ship "Mary and John," bringing his wife Ann and six children and leaving four sons in England. He spent the first year of his residence at Aggawan (now Ipswich), Mass. The following year he removed to the settlement on the north bank of the Merrimac River that was called Salisbury after 1640, and as one of its original proprietors, in 1641 he received land there which he still held and paid tax on as late as 1652, not withstanding he had removed to Newbury, Mass., before 1650. He died at Newbury, Aug. 29,1670, aged 52, and his wife died there Aug. 15, 1662.