Thomas WHEELER

Male Bef 1616 - 1672  (56 years)


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  • Name Thomas WHEELER  [1
    • 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. [1]
    Birth Bef 1616 
    Christening 8 Apr 1620  Cranefield co. Bedford, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Nov 1672  Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I60795  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2022 

    Family Jane ?   d. Bef 23 Jun 1673, Inventory was done Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John WHEELER,   b. Abt 1636, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Dec 1716, Woodbury, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
     2. Samuel WHEELER,   b. 1639, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1668 (Age 29 years)  [Birth]
     3. Nathaniel WHEELER,   b. Abt 1640   d. 4 Oct 1726, Orange, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Birth]
     4. Obadiah WHEELER,   c. 10 Mar 1644   d. 1668, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years)  [Birth]
     5. Ephraim WHEELER,   c. 26 Mar 1644   d. 1685, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)  [Birth]
     6. Eleazer WHEELER,   b. 1648   d. 10 Aug 1649, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Birth]
     7. Thomas WHEELER,   b. 1650   d. Apr 1727, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
     8. Josiah WHEELER,   c. 5 Jun 1653, Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     9. Joseph WHEELER,   b. 23 Nov 1655, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     10. Joseph WHEELER,   b. 13 Mar 1656/7, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F37990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 8 Apr 1620 - Cranefield co. Bedford, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.

    2. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).