Thomas WHEELER

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WHEELER FAMILY (MILFORD)
Wheeler, Thomas. Deputy (Milford) to Conn. Leg., May and Oct. 1670, May 1671.
He was adm. to Milford Church, 9 Aug. 1640, and d. at Milford, 26 Nov. 1672. His wife Jane was adm. 27 Sept. 1640, and buried 11 June 1673. She is called Joan in probate records; no evidence has been seen for the oft-repeated assertion that she was a Bryan.
Nor can we accept Orcutt's statement that the Milford Thomas was son of Thomas, Sr., of Fairfield, despite its acceptance by the compiler of the bulky 'Wheeler Family in America', for the Milford Thomas was certainly too old a man to permit of such identification. The wills of Thomas and of William of Stratford prove that they were brothers, but of their parentage we permit ourselves no guess.
Will 18 Nov. 1672, proved 11 June 1673; eldest son John and John's three eldest daus., Sarah, mary, Elizabeth; 2d son Nathaniel and his dau. Esther; sons Ephraim and Joseph; son Thomas; my bros's children here, vis., William, Thomas, Sarah; wife Joan.
Inv. of his widow Joan, 23 June 1673.
John and Obadiah Wheeler had land in Stratford 1667, by gift from father Thomas of Milford.

Family/Spouse: Jane ?. Jane died before 23 Jun 1673 in Inventory was done. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John WHEELER was born about 1636 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; was christened on 16 Aug 1640; died on 03 Dec 1716 in Woodbury, Connecticut.
2. Samuel WHEELER was born in 1639 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; was christened on 16 Aug 1640; died in 1668.
3. Nathaniel WHEELER was born about 1640; was christened on 20 Feb 1642; died on 4 Oct 1726 in Orange, New Jersey.
4. Obadiah WHEELER was christened on 10 Mar 1644; died in 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Ephraim WHEELER was christened on 26 Mar 1644; died in 1685 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
6. Eleazer WHEELER was born in 1648; died on 10 Aug 1649 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
7. Thomas WHEELER was born in 1650; was christened on 28 Jul 1650 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died in Apr 1727 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
8. Josiah WHEELER was christened on 5 Jun 1653 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died in young.
9. Joseph WHEELER was born on 23 Nov 1655 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died in young.
10. Joseph WHEELER was born on 13 Mar 1656/7 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.