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Moses Wheat

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Southwark, Surrey, England
Death: May 06, 1700 (83-84)
Concord, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Wheat and Elizabeth Wheat
Husband of Thomasine Wheat
Father of Moses Wheat; Samuel Wheat; Hannah Wheat; Hannah Stratton; Rebecca Wheat and 6 others
Brother of Joshua Wheat

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About Moses Wheat


Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheat-117

Moses was probably born about 1616 at Southwark, Surrey[1]

He immigrated to Massachusetts before 1640,[1] about 1636.

He married Tamzen Fox.[1] They had eleven children.[1]

  1. Moses 1639-1641
  2. Samuel 1640-1714
  3. Hannah 1641-1641
  4. Hannah 1642-
  5. Rebecca 1644-1721
  6. Jane -1648
  7. Moses -1720
  8. John 1649-1715
  9. Sarah
  10. Aaron -1658
  11. Joshua -1708

He died 6 May 1700 at Concord. "Moses Wheat Sener dyed may ye 6th day, 1700."[2]

Moses Wheat 's will was written on September 19, 1691. In it he names: [3]

  • eldest son Samuel Wheat
  • son John Wheat
  • son Moses Wheat
  • daughter Rebecca Wheat
  • son Joshua Wheat
  • daughter Hannah Stratton
  • daughter Sarah Hill [3]

On May 14, 1700, the above sons - Samuel, John, Joshua and Moses, daughter Rebecca Wheat, Sarah Hill and Isaac Hill and Samuel Stratton acknowledged their acceptance of the will of their father Moses Wheat as written in 1691. [3]

His estate inventory, submitted to the court on June 11, 1700 was assessed at L421:02, with L350 being real and personal estate and L71: 02 being bills due to the estate. [3]

Research notes

Great Migration Directory: Wheat, Moses: Unknown; 1640; Concord [CoVR 3; MPR Case #24203; GM 2:7:323-24; Silas C. Wheat, Wheat Genealogy: A History of the Wheat Family in America (Brooklyn, New York, 1903)].

Torrey: NE Marriages: WHEAT, Moses (-1700) & Tamzen [BROOKS?] (-1689); by 1640; Concord (Samuel RAYNER in will 1669 mentions bro. WHEATE; Moses W-, a witness) {Fox Fam. News 3:10; Wheat 42}

Info on wife: https://archive.org/details/foxfamilynews00soci/page/129/mode/2up?q...


Wheat genealogy; a history of the Wheat family in America ..., Volume 1. Ebook can be found on google books. < link >

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Pages from Helen Love Scranton's 1960 continued work by Silas Wheat published 50 years prior - on the Wheat name descending from Moses. < link >

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Moses Wheat's Timeline

1616
1616
Southwark, Surrey, England
1638
1638
Concord,Middlesex,MA
1639
1639
Age 23
Massachusetts, United States
1640
October 25, 1640
Concord, Massachusetts
1641
1641
Concord,Middlesex,MA
1644
January 15, 1644
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
June 16, 1644
Concord,Middlesex,MA
1648
1648
Concord,Middlesex,MA
1649
November 19, 1649
Piscataway Parish, Prince George's County, Province of Maryland