FOURTEENTH GENERATION
10032. Thomas Wheeler, Yeoman
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]a) *TIMOTHY, Concord, freem. 13 May 1640, ens. in 1646, was a capt. late in his days, bu more oft. call. lieut. on rec. rep. 1663, and very oft. aft. d. 10 July 1687, aged a. 86, as the gr.-st. tells; had Sarah, b. 22 June 1640; had his w. (10032[2]a[2]) Jane d. 12 Feb. 1643; and by w. (10032[2]a[3]) Mary, d. of capt. Thomas Brooks, had Mary, 3 Oct. 1657, d. at 3 yrs.; Elizabeth 6 Oct. 1661, wh. m. 1678, Eleazer Prout; Rebecca, 1666, wh. m. 1684, James Minot; and prob. others, perhaps"
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/
d. George Wheeler
1. Thomas Wheeler
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]d1) THOMAS, (10032[2]d1) WHEELER, THOMAS, Concord, m. 10 Oct. 1657, (10032[2]d1[1]) Hannah Harrod, had Hannah, b. 25 Oct. 1658, d. within 10 mos.; Thomas, 1 Jan. 1660; had John, 2 Sept. 1661; perhaps others; was tythingman 1680, and freem. 1690."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]d1) THOMAS, Concord, ...he d. 16 Dec. 1686. Admin. was giv. to his wid. (10032[2]d1[1]) Hannah and s. Thomas upon his small est. 21 Sept. foll. by Gov. Andros. How old he was, or in what part of Eng. b. cannot be ascertain. tho. tradit. with her customary tale, makes three brs. come from Wales...."
-- James Savage, op. cit. (NOTE: This Thomas Wheeler seems to be confused with [10032(2)m] Thomas and [2508] Thomas
3. John Wheeler
REF: Jesse Macon Lawrence Jr. c/o http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmljr&id=I9069
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]d3) JOHN, of Concord, made free the next day, may have been s. of (10032[2]d) George, or of Obadiah, or of either of the other fams. of this name in that town, where liv. betw. 1650 and 1680, thirty distinct ones, as Farmer quotes Shattuck to verify. "
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]d) GEORGE, Concord, freem. 2 June 1641, had Sarah, b. 30 Mar. 1640; John, 19 Mar. 1643; and by w. Catharine, wh. perhaps was mo. of the two former, Mary, 6 Sept. 1645; and possib. more. [[vol. 4, p. 497]] Mary m. 26 Oct. 1665, Ebenezer Fox."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"GEORGE WHEELER...The English records make it quite clear that (10032[2]d) George Wheeler had a brother (10032[2]m) Thomas and Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother of (10032[2]a) Timothy..."
-- Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, "The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family", American College of Genealogy, Boston (1914) c/o Google Books
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]e7) OBADIAH, Concord, perhaps s. of the first (20065ii_b) Obadiah, freem. 1690"
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]g) JOSEPH, Concord, freem. 13 May 1640, by w. (10032[2]g[1]) Elizabeth had Ephraim, b. 14 Apr. 1640, d. at 2 yrs.; Joseph, 1 Dec. 1641, d. in few mos.; and Mary, 20 Sept. 1643; yet the rec. says her mo. was bur. two mos. bef. and by w. (5019) Sarah he had Rebecca, 6 Sept. 1645. Farmer thinks he may be the man wh. d. at Newbury, 13 Oct. 1659, that seems less prob. to me than an alternat. propos. by him in MS. that he was k. by the Ind. 22 Aug. 1675 or 6, at Lancaster."
"With his father (sic) (10032[2]m) Capt. Thomas Wheeler in abt. 1662 he ([10032(2)g] Joseph) had a farm upon the Merrimac River at Nashua, N. H... In 1669 Lieut. Joseph Wheeler with Thomas Wheeler and eight othe men petitioned the General couyrt for a tract of land containing about 14000 acres, as well as for "'he Indian plantation of Nashobah, that doth border on one side of this tract of land, as that is exceedingly well meadowed, and they do make but little or no use of it'.... In 1674 the house of Lieut. Joseph Wheeler, at Nashua, N. H. is designated as the place of holding a meeting of the Proprietors of that town. It has been said that he left Nashua, N. H., in 1675 during King Phillip's war and that he did not return..."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, op cit.
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]j) RICHARD, Medfield 1649, the freem. of Mass. 1669, prob. was of Lancaster, m. 2 Aug. 1658, (4625x[3]) Sarah, d. of John Prescott of the same, had Jacob, b. 25 Nov. 1662, d. next yr.; Deborah, 2 Jan. 1664; and Sarah, 1 Feb. 1667. He at his garrison ho. was k. by the Ind. 10 Feb. 1676. Willard, 38. His wid. m.------ [(4625x[3]) Joseph] Rice."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]l) EPHRAIM, Concord, freem. 13 Mar. 1639, had, says Farmer, Isaac, b. 1638, but prob. d. soon; (10032[2]g1) Isaac, 13 Dec. 1642; rem. to Fairfield with Jones, one of the Concord min. 1644, among the first sett. there was bless, with plenty of est. and ch. and d. 1670. The inv. 28 Oct. was L1,026. and his will of 22 Sept. 1669, names w. (10032[2]j[1]) Ann, wh. may not have been mo. of all the four s. (10032[2]l1) Isaac, Samuel, Timothy, Ephraim, and six ds. Mary, Ruth, Hannah, Rebecca, Judith, and (4865i_e[1]) Abigail. "
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"JONES, ...(10032[2]m5[1]) EPHRAIM, Concord, s. of John, m. 7 May 1673, (10032[2]m5) Ruth, d. of (10032[2]m) capt. Thomas Wheeler."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"In 1677 [(10032[2]m6) Joseph Wheeler] administered at Concord, Mass., upon the estates of his brothers (10032[2]m2) Thomas and (10032[2]m4) Nathaniel..."
-- Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, op. cit.
"WHEELER, ...(10032[2]m) THOMAS, Concord, s. I judge, of Thomas of Fairfield, b. in Eng. freem. 18 May 1642 [sic], m. (10032[2]m[1]) Ruth, d. of William Wood, had (10032[2]m1) Alice, wh. d. 17 Mar. 1641; ...in Philip's war was a capt. wh. saw hard serv. espec. on the Quaboag ambuscade, 1 Aug. 1675, when hims. was wound. with the s. of little above 13 yrs. old; and his sup. officer, Edward Hutchinson, was mortal. wound. Wheeler wrote a modest narrat. wh. is repub. by the N. H. Hist. Soc. In vol. II.; and ...He d. (10032[2]m5) Ruth, m. 7 May 1673, (10032[2]m5[1]) Ephraim, Jones of Concord. "
-- James Savage, op. cit. (NOTE: This Thomas Wheeler seems to be confused with [10032(2)d1] Thomas and [2508] Thomas
REF: http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=gedfam&ti=0&f0=14210&f1=122; http://data.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=gedfam&ti=0&f0=G1191C&f1=466
i. (5016) Thomas Wheeler, Elder
"...(a) researcher who has thoroughly investigated the lines of both Henry Brooks and Capt. Thomas Brooks (who is thought to be a brother of Henry Brooks) claims that no official source has ever been cited... reporting the name... of Henry’s wife. On the other hand, there are several records of Thomas Brooks’ wife reported only as Grace Brooks or Grace ____. Some researchers have speculated that her maiden name was Wheeler others that it was Reynolds but neither has ever been confirmed...
"The first settlement of Watertown only occurred in 1630 and the first settlement in Concord did not take place until 1635.
"...there were two Mary Brooks[es]. One (m. Richard Nocross) was the d/o Henry and the other (m. Capt. Timothy Wheeler) was the d/o of Thomas & Grace Brooks..."
-- http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?mary,wheeler::brooks::9880.html 21 Feb. 2004 c/o Kent DeGeer krdegeer@yahoo.com
a will on file at Birmingham England:
In the name of God amen. the seaventh day of december in the yeare of our lord god one thousand Sixe hundred Twenty and Seaven I (10032) Thomas Wheler sen of Cranfield in the County of Bedf. yeoman weake in bodie but of good and pfecte remembrance Gods holie name be praised doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge That is to say ffirst I give and bequeath my soule unto allmightie god my Creator hoping assuredly through the merittes of Jesus Christ to be made ptaker of life everlastinge And my bodie to the Earth whereof it is made
Item - I give and bequeath unto (10032[2]) Rebecca my wife [for and during the terme of her life if she keepe herself a widow] all that Capitall messuage or tenement with the apptenances lying and being in the Towne end of Cranfield aforesaid wch I lately purchased of John Vause Esquire And after the decease of the said Rebecca my wife or day of her marriage with any person whatsoever I give and bequeath the said Capitol messuage or tenements with all houses edifices buildings yards and gardens grounds commons pfitts and apptenances thereto belonging to (10032[2]g) Joseph Wheler my sonne and his heirs for ever upon theese condicons followings viz
- that he the said Joseph my sonne shall well and truly pay or cause to be payd out of my said messuage and pmisses the full sume of Thirtye pounds of lawfull money of England to my executor or executrix hereafter named or to such other pson or psons as my said executor or executrix shall nominate and appoynte of of debts where I owe
- And also pay or cause to be payd out of my said Messuage with the apputenances unto (10032[2]k) Thomas Wheler my youngest son the full sume of Twenty pounds of lawfull money of England wch sumes of Thirty pounds and twenty pounds are to be payd by the said Joseph when he cometh to the full age of one and twenty years within one yeare after my decease
- And for the better payment of the said sumes by him the said Joseph I have surrendered to his use Twelve acres of Coppie hold land Provided allwaies and my will and minde absolutly is that if the said Joseph my sonne or his assigns doe not pay the said sumes of Thirty and twenty pounds in such manner and forme at such dayes and to such pson or psons as afore is expressed then the gift and bequest of the said Messuage or tenement with the apptenances shalbe voyd and of none effect to all intents and purposes whatsoever And I give and bequeath the said Messuage wth the appetenances commons and pfitts whatsoever to the said (10032[2]k) Thomas Wheler my youngest sonne and his heirs for ever and for default of such issue the remaynder thereof to (10032[2]j) Efraim Wheler my sonne and his heirs for ever aniething herein to the contrarie hereof in anie wise notwithstanding
- Item I give and bequeath to (5016) Thomas Wheler of Warley my eldest sonne the sume of Twelve pence
- Item I give to (10033ii) Prisila Cockes my daughter twelve pence
- Item I give to (10032[2]f) John Wheler my sonne twelve pence
- Item I give to (10032[2]a) Elizabeth Broad my daughter twelve pence
- Item I give to (10032[2]e) Suzana Wheler my daughter one ewe lamb a table and fframe standinge in the plor at Borne end house
- Item I give to (10032[2]h) Abiah Wheler my daughter one whyte weanings calfe and Two table clootes
- Item I give to (10032[2]i) Marie Wheler my daughter one standingse bedsted and Two Table Clootes
- Item I give to the said Joseph my sonne one fframe scovell standing in the yard at my messuage at the towne end the old carte and ould wheels and a dung carte
- Item I give to the said Efraim Wheler my sonne one frame scovell at the ould Barne end ffower principall postes for a house And all the longe timber under the little scovelles in the close yard at Borne end and one weaning calfe
- And my will is that Thomas Tomkins shall lawfully convey and assure That ffrehold I bought of him to the said Efraim my sonne and his heires for ever
- Item I give to the said (10032[2]k) Thomas Wheler my youngest son one pott one Tegg and ffive pounds of lawful money of England to be payd him by my executor and executrix at the age of 24 years
- Item I give to (10032[2]a[1]) Allin Broad my sonne in law one carte Bodie lying behind the stoles in the ould barn and 2 broad ristes
- Item I give and bequeath to the said Rebecca my wife all my movable goodes wthin my two dwelling houses at Borne end and the towne end [unbequeathed] and two heffers the one a red the other a little browne one and one ewe sheepe
- And also my will in that (10032[2]c) Timothie Wheler my sonne shall have halfe of my messuage closes lands and meadows at Borne end aforesaid and half the benefitt and pfitt thereof for three yeares next after my decease [for an ease or helpe towards the payment of my debts]
- All the rest of my goods and cattelles as well reales as psonales unbequeathed I give and bequeath to the said Timothie my sonne whome I make my full and sole executor of this my last will and testament. And if he the said Timothie refuse to be executor of this my will then I make Rebecka my wife executrix of this my last will and I doe hereby utterly revoke and annull in deed and in law all former wills testamentes legaces bequests and executors by me formely made
- And lastly my will is that the legacy of xx pounds shall be payd by the said Joseph to the said (10032[2]k) Thomas my youngest sonne out of my said messuage with the appurtenances when he cometh to the age of xxi years
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Wheler the elder have to this my last will and testament sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above writ
signed Thomas Wheler the elder tracing of his autograph from 1627 will TAG XIV p1 - July 1937
-- http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Wheeler/wheelert.htm
The above will clearly states that (10032) Thomas Wheeler, Yeoman, had two sons named Thomas: (5016) Lieut. Thomas Wheeler, his eldest, and (10032[2]k) Thomas Wheeler, his youngest.
1 John Winthrop, James Savage, "The History of New England from 1630 to 1649" ( 1853) MA c/o http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?obadiah,cranfield::wheeler::9599.html
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