Obadiah Wheeler, Jr.

Biography

Obadiah Wheeler, ll, was born in 1651-2 in Concord Massachusetts. He Died after 10 Mar 1712/13 when Obadiah and Elizabeth acknowledged a deed of land. No further evidence of them has been found.

Death also seen as 21 April 1696. Find-A-Grave shows 1715.

He was the second son of Obadiah Wheeler, l and his second wife, whose name is unknown.

Obadiah Wheeler married Elizabeth White, daughter of Resolved White and Judith Vassal, on 17 July 1672 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Children of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White

• i. Obadiah Wheeler b. 21 Sep 1673
• ii. Josiah Wheeler b. 22 Oct 1675
• iii. Uriah Wheeler b. 3 Apr 1678
• iv. Samuel Wheeler b. 23 Nov 1680
• v. Jonathan Wheeler b. 28 May 1683
• vi. Elizabeth Wheeler b. 7 Feb 1684/85
• vii. Joseph Wheeler b. 7 Mar 1689/90
• vii. Benjamin Wheeler b. 29 Sep 1693
• viii. Joshua Wheeler b. 9 Apr 1696, d. 11 Apr 1778

On 28 March 1712 Obadiah Wheeler Sr. of Concord sold land to his son Obadiah with his wife Elizabeth releasing her dower. They acknowledged the deed 10 March 1712. No other land or probate evidence has been found to connect them with their children, and no further mention has been found for Elizabeth and Obadiah in the following sources: land and probate records of Barnstable, Middlesex, Plymouth, Worcester or Suffolk Counties.

References

• http://deckershawfamilies.com/decker/p1.htm#i22
• 1. Landis, John T. Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages. 1922. Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
• 2. McTeer, Frances Davis and Frederick C. Warner. "Descendants of Reuben Powers of Shutesbury, Mass", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (October 1969)
• 1. [S427] Henry M. Wheeler, Genealogy of some of the descendants of Obadiah Wheeler of Concord, and Thomas Thaxter of Hingham
• Genealogy of some of the descendants of Obadiah Wheeler, p 23.
• 2. [S435] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Record, online Ancestry.com.
• 3. [S319] William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriages Before 1699.
• 4. [S320] Ancestry.com One World Tree, online Ancestry.com.
• Obadiah Wheeler Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records Name Obadiah Wheeler Event Type Marriage Event Date 17 Jul 1672 Event Place Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Elizabt. White Spouse's Gender Female
• Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-JQX : 13 July 2016), Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabt. White, 17 Jul 1672; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
• C. Warner. "Descendants of Reuben Powers of Shutesbury, Mass", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (October 1969).
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13 William White 2006 p. 13
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 25 2018, 16:45:06 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheeler-2206

Landis, John T. Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages. 1922. Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
McTeer, Frances Davis and Frederick C. Warner. "Descendants of Reuben Powers of Shutesbury, Mass", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (October 1969).
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13 William White 2006 p. 13
Wheeler, Albert Gallatin The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108588291/obadiah-wheeler