Family of Thomas Wheeler

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1.  THOMAS5 WHEELER  (ISAAC4, ISAAC3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Feb 15, 1699/00 in Stonington, New London Co., CT1, and died Oct 23, 1755 in Stonington, New London Co., CT2.  He married MARY MINOR Nov 25, 1718 in Stonington, New London Co., CT3, daughter of EPHRAIM MINOR and MARY STEVENS.  She was born Aug 4, 1699 in Stonington, New London Co., CT, and died July 28, 1750 in Stonington, New London Co., CT.  Thomas and Mary are buried at the Paul Wheeler Yard #40 in Stonington.

 

Notes for THOMAS WHEELER:

THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC.

     He was considered one of the wealthiest men of his day.

     Inventory at death 12,669:9:5.

 

   Source: Wheeler.

   Wheeler: Thomas Wheeler, born 15 Feb. 1700, died 23 Oct. 1755, aged 56 years;

married Mary Miner. He was one of the most prominent and wealthiest men in

Stonington.

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Notes for MARY MINOR:

THOMAS MINOR, DESCENDANTS 1608-1981, by John Augustus Miner, Trevett, Maine, 1981, page 28.

 

   Source: Wheeler.

   Wheeler: Mary Miner, died 28 July 1750. Children: Mary, Thomas, Isaac,

Jeremiah, Shepard, Paul, Mehitable, Charles, Lucy, Cyrus, Ephraim.

 

 

More About THOMAS WHEELER and MARY MINOR:

Marriage: November 25, 1718, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut3

     

Children of THOMAS WHEELER and MARY MINOR are:

              i.   MARY6 WHEELER, b. July 19, 1720, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. (1) ISAAC WHEELER, June 02, 1737; b. January 24, 1713/14, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. January 05, 1739/40; m. (2) CHARLES MINOR, December 09, 1740, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. Bef. January 24, 1709/10, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. November 06, 1786, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for MARY WHEELER:

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CT, BY Wheeler, page 639.

 

   Source: Wheeler.

   Wheeler: Mary Wheeler, born 19 July 1720. Married (1) 2 June 1737 Isaac

Wheeler, two children; (2) 9 Dec. 1741 Charles Miner, six children.

 

 

Notes for ISAAC WHEELER:

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CT, BY Wheeler, page 639.

     Isaac Wheeler m. Maryy Wheeler, daughter of Thomas Wheeler, June 3, 1737. They lived a short distance north of the present residence of Col. James Brown, North Stonington, Conn. He died Jan. 5, 1740. His widow m. for her second husband, Charles Miner, Dec. 9, 1741.

 

   Source: Wheeler.

   Wheeler: Isaac Wheeler, born 24 Jan. 1714, died 5 Jan. 1740.

 

 

More About ISAAC WHEELER and MARY WHEELER:

Marriage: June 02, 1737

 

More About CHARLES MINOR:

Christening: January 24, 1709/10, 1st Church of Stonington, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

More About CHARLES MINOR and MARY WHEELER:

Marriage: December 09, 1740, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

              ii.   THOMAS WHEELER, b. March 16, 1721/22, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. MERCY WILLIAMS, February 07, 1738/39, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. November 07, 1719, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for THOMAS WHEELER:

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 8.

Source: Wheeler.

   Wheeler: Thomas Wheeler, born 16 March 1722; married Mercy Williams 7 Feb.

1739. They had Mary, Mercy, Thomas, Thankful, Desire, Prudence, Martha,

Mehitable, Rufus and John.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 8.

 

 

Notes for MERCY WILLIAMS:

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 8.

 

 

More About MERCY WILLIAMS:

Christening: June 19, 1720, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

More About THOMAS WHEELER and MERCY WILLIAMS:

Marriage: February 07, 1738/39, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

             iii.   ISAAC WHEELER, b. February 12, 1723/24, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. May 26, 1747, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. BRIDGET NOYES, April 09, 1746, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. July 16, 1725, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. March 11, 1772, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for ISAAC WHEELER:

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L.

     Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 20.

 

THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC.

    He was drowned in Indian Town Pond while washing sheep May 26, 1747. Isaac Wheeler was a large land owner.

 

 

Notes for BRIDGET NOYES:

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 20.

 

 

More About ISAAC WHEELER and BRIDGET NOYES:

Marriage: April 09, 1746, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

             iv.   JEREMIAH WHEELER, b. July 31, 1725, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. August 10, 1770, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. (1) SUSANNAH BABCOCK, April 26, 1749, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut4; d. December 26, 1750, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. (2) ANNE PELLET, March 11, 1752, Stonington, New London Co., Conn.5; b. Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut.

 

More About JEREMIAH WHEELER and SUSANNAH BABCOCK:

Marriage: April 26, 1749, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut6

 

Notes for ANNE PELLET:

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CT, BY Wheeler, page 639.

 

 

More About JEREMIAH WHEELER and ANNE PELLET:

Marriage: March 11, 1752, Stonington, New London Co., Conn.7

 

             v.   SHEPARD WHEELER, b. February 12, 1726/27, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut8; m. HANNAH HEWITT, October 18, 1751, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut9; b. December 22, 1728, Stonington, New London Co., CT.

 

 

             vi.   PAUL WHEELER, b. September 11, 1728, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. October 25, 1787, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. LUCY SWAN, May 01, 1751, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. November 30, 1729, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. November 11, 1781, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

More About PAUL WHEELER and LUCY SWAN:

Marriage: May 01, 1751, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

            vii.   MEHITABLE WHEELER, b. September 05, 1731, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. GEORGE BABCOCK, June 26, 1751, No. Stonington, New London Co., CT; b. December 29, 1727, So. Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

 

Notes for MEHITABLE WHEELER:

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CT, by Richard Wheeler, page 218.

 

 

Notes for GEORGE BABCOCK:

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CT, by Richard Wheeler, page 215.

 

 

More About GEORGE BABCOCK and MEHITABLE WHEELER:

Marriage: June 26, 1751, No. Stonington, New London Co., CT

 

           viii.  CHARLES WHEELER, b. September 01, 1735, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut12; d. November 23, 1787, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. MARTHA WILLIAMS, February 26, 1756, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut13; b. September 26, 1738, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. January 18, 1788, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for CHARLES WHEELER:

Source: Wheeler.

   Wheeler: Charles Wheeler, born 1736; married Martha Williams.

 

 

More About CHARLES WHEELER and MARTHA WILLIAMS:

Marriage: February 26, 1756, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut13

 

             ix.   LUCY WHEELER, b. June 14, 1737, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. JOSEPH PAGE, May 09, 1756, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; b. September 25, 1720, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; d. November 21, 1810, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

More About JOSEPH PAGE and LUCY WHEELER:

Marriage: May 09, 1756, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut

 

             x.   CYRUS WHEELER, b. September 11, 1739, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

 

Notes for CYRUS WHEELER:

THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC.

     Died unmarried.

 

 

             xi.   EPHRAIM WHEELER, b. December 16, 1740, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut; m. LUCY LAMB, December 02, 1762.

 

Notes for EPHRAIM WHEELER:

THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC.

     He removed to the West.

 

 

More About EPHRAIM WHEELER and LUCY LAMB:

Marriage: December 02, 1762

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 1, page 89.

2.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 3, page 89.

3.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 3, page 10, Thomas m. Mary Minor Nov. 25, 1718, by Rev. James Noyes.

4.  Barbour, Lucius, Stonington, New London, CT, Vital Records, Jeremiah of Stonington, m Susannah Babcock of Westerly (R.I.), Apr 26, 1749.  Witnesses: Thomas Wheeler Jr & Joseph Minor.

5.  Barbour, Lucius, Stonington, New London, CT, Vital Records, Married by Rev. Joseph Fish. Wittnesses: Thomas Wheeler, Paul Wheeler.

6.  Barbour, Lucius, Stonington, New London, CT, Vital Records, Jeremiah of Stonington, m Susannah Babcock of Westerly (R.I.), Apr 26, 1749.  Witnesses: Thomas Wheeler Jr & Joseph Minor.

7.  Barbour, Lucius, Stonington, New London, CT, Vital Records, Married by Rev. Joseph Fish. Wittnesses: Thomas Wheeler, Paul Wheeler.

8.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 2, page 10.

9.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 3, page 186, shows "... married Mrs Hannah Hewit[t] October 18, 1751 by Rev. Joseph Fish."

10.  Richard Wheeler, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT,  (Norwich, 1875).

11.  Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Barbour Collection - Stonington Vital Records prior to 1850, Vol 3, page 186, shows "... married Mrs Hannah Hewit[t] October 18, 1751 by Rev. Joseph Fish."

12.  Barbour, Lucius, Stonington, New London, CT, Vital Records, Charles, son of Lieut. Thomas Wheeler, b Sept. 1, 1735.

13.  Barbour, Lucius, Stonington, New London, CT, Vital Records, Marriage by Rev. Joseph Fish.