Sarah (Sherwood) Wheeler, of Stratford

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Sarah Wheeler (Sherwood)

Also Known As: "Sarah Wheeler"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Death: March 12, 1704 (56-65)
Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas “of Stratford” Sherwood and Sarah Sherwood
Wife of John Wheeler
Mother of Elizabeth Burch; Sarah Mitchell; Mary Wheeler, Unmarried; Mercy Wheeler; Thomas Wheeler, 1673 and 4 others
Sister of Elizabeth Sherwood; Mary Tibbals and John Sherwood, of Stratford

Managed by: Hatte Anne Blejer
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About Sarah (Sherwood) Wheeler, of Stratford

Not the same as Sarah Brooks

Sarah Sherwood, born circa 1643 in Stratford, Fairfield County, CT and died March 12 1703/04 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

She was the daughter of Thomas Sherwood, of Stratford (Immigrant), born 1623-1624 and died January 1, 1657/58 and of Sarah Seabrook, born circa 1597, died before 1642; daughter of Robert and Alice (Goodspeed)

The following source says that a Sarah Sherwood married John Wheeler in 1662.

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

Additional

  • The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)
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  • http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil02tutt#page/382/mode/2up
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Sarah (Sherwood) Wheeler, of Stratford's Timeline

1643
1643
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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, United States
1679
June 30, 1679
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
1681
January 9, 1681
Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony
1684
May 11, 1684
Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony