Saturday, September 29, 2012

Surname Saturday - WHEELER (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 525: Elizabeth WHEELER (1664-1744). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].  

My ancestral line back through three American generations of this WHEELER family is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)


262.  John Fletcher (1692-1749)
263.  Mary Goble (1694-1734)


524.  Samuel Fletcher, born 06 October 1657 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 23 October 1744 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1048. Francis Fletcher and 1049. Elizabeth Wheeler. He married  15 June 1682 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
525.  Elizabeth Wheeler, born 23 February 1663/64 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 October 1744 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Samuel Fletcher and Elizabeth Wheeler are:  Samuel Fletcher (1683-????); Joseph Fletcher (1686-1746); Elizabeth Fletcher (1688-????); Sarah Fletcher (1690-????); John Fletcher (1692-1749); Hannah Fletcher (1694-????); Ruth Fletcher (1696-1700); Rebecca Fletcher (1699-????); Samuel Fletcher (1701-1772); Benjamin Fletcher (1703-1703); Timothy Fletcher (1704-1767).

1050.  Thomas Wheeler, born before 08 December 1621 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 24 December 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 14 October 1648 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1051.  Sarah Merriam, born about 1626 in Hadlow, Kent, England; died 01 February 1676/77 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2102. Joseph Merriam and 2103. Sarah Goldstone.

Children of Thomas Wheeler and Sarah Merriam are:  Sarah Wheeler (1649-1718); Joseph Wheeler (1651-1677); Ann Wheeler (1653-1677); John Wheeler (1655-1736); Mary Wheeler (1658-1668); Thomas Wheeler (1662-1695); Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744); Timothy Wheeler (1667-1718); Rebecca Wheeler (1670-1710);  Ruth Wheeler (1673-????).

2100.  Thomas Wheeler, born about 1590 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 23 August 1654 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 4200. Thomas Wheeler.  He married  05 May 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
2101.  Ann Halsey, born before 30 May 1591 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 20 October 1659 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

Children of Thomas Wheeler and Ann Halsey are:  Ann Wheeler (1614-1615); Alice Wheeler (1616-1637); Hannah Wheeler (1618-????); Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704); Elizabeth Wheeler (1622-????); John Wheeler (1625-1690); Sarah Wheeler (1628-1669).

The most authoritative book for this Thomas Wheeler family of Cranfield is:

Myrtelle W. Molyneaux, The Wheeler Family of Cranfield, England and Concord, Massachusetts and Some Descendants of Sgt. Thomas Wheeler of Concord (Long Beach, Calif. : M.W. Molyneaux, 1992)

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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

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