John WHEELER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will Proved: 05 Apr 1690

Family/Spouse: Judith TURNEY. Judith (daughter of Benjamin TURNEY and Mary ODELL) was born about 1635 in England; died before 1673 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Judith WHEELER was born about 1661; died before 1706.
2. John WHEELER was born about 1664; died on 19 Mar 1754 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
3. Elizabeth WHEELER was born about 1667 in Stratford, Fairfield County,Connecticut; died about 1706.
4. Thomas WHEELER was born about 1669; died between 12 Mar 1704 and 1705.
5. Mary WHEELER was born about 1671 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 07 Jan 1711 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
6. Rebecca WHEELER was born about 1672.

John married Elizabeth ROWLAND before 1673. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry ROWLAND and Rebecca ?) died between Mar 1702 and 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jonathan WHEELER was born about 1687; died on 20 Feb 1772 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
2. Joseph WHEELER was born about 1674; died on 13 Jul 1759 in Greenfield, Connecticut.
3. Obadiah WHEELER was born about 1682; died between 1696 and 1698.
4. David WHEELER was born about 1689; died in 1775 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Hannah WHEELER was born about 1676.
6. Abigail WHEELER was born about 1680; died in 1706.
7. Ann WHEELER was born about 1684.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 05 May 1654
• Will Proved: 23 Aug 1654

Notes:

"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Wheeler, Thomas, "Sr." - Known as Thomas, Sr., came to Concord, whence he came (with the Jones contingent in Sept. 1644 as we suppose) to Fairfield. Here land was recorded to him, and adjacent land to Thomas, Jr., in Jan. 1649/50. This Thomas, Jr., we take to be the brother named 1654 in his will, but whether actual brother or brother-in-law the evidence is inadequate to establish. Though rare, brothers sometimes were given identical names, but usually they were half-brothers, with different mothers. Ephraim Wheeler was certainly brother of Thomas, Sr.
Will 5 May 1654, proved 23 Aug. 1654; wife Ann; elder son Thomas, property in Concord; dau. Sarah wife of Thomas Sherwood and their son Thomas; dau. (not named) and four gr. children, Mary, James, Thomas, and John Bennett; son John, lands in Fairfield; brother Thomas Wheeler Lieutenant, Robert Lockwood, and Andrew Ward, all of Fairfield, overseers. Ephraim Wheeler was an appraiser.
Will of Ann Wheeler, 21 Aug. 1659; elder son Thomas, his wife and children; children of dau. hannah, mentioning Sarah and Hannah Bennett;; gr. child Sarah Sherwood; Annis Sherwood, wife of my son-in-law; to Rebecca Turney, my best hat; to Ann Squire, a petticoat. Inv. 20 Oct. 1659. the illegible conclusion of the will may have named her son John.
The "Wheeler Family in Amerca" which we cannot follow implicitly with regard to this Wheeler family, states that Thomas m. at Cranefield, co. Bedford, Eng., 5 May 1613 Ann Halsey; and the baptisms of their children at Cranefield, given below, are from the same source.

Thomas married Ann ?. Ann died between 21 Aug and 20 Oct 1659. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 21 Aug 1659
• Will Proved: 20 Oct 1659