Saturday, September 3, 2016

Surname Saturday - WHEELER (England to colonial New England)

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


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1461, who is Ann WHEELER  (16212-1687) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through one generation of this WHEELER family line 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)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1805-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-1820)

182.  Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819)
183.  Sarah Pray (174-1820)

364.  John Horton (1696-1796)
365.  Mary Chase (1695-1732)

730.  Thomas Chase (1654-1734)
731.  Rebecca Follansbee (1658-1711)

1460.  Aquila Chase, born about 1618 in England; died 27 December 1670 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1645 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
1461.  Ann Wheeler, born before 13 May 1621 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died 21 April 1687 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Aquila Chase and Ann Wheeler are:
*  Sarah Chase (1645-1726), married 1666 Cermac Annis (1638-1717).
*  Anne Chase (1647-1690), married 1671 Thomas Barber (1644-1689).
*  Priscilla Chase (1649-1697), married 1671 Abel Merrill (1643-1689)
*  Mary Chase (1651-1725), married 1670 John Stevens (1650-1725).
*  Aquila Chase (1652-1720), married 1673 Esther Bond (1655-1723).
*  Thomas Chase (1654-1734), married (1) 1677 Rebecca Follansbee (1658-1711); (2) 1713 Elizabeth Woodhead.
*  John Chase (1655-1739), married (1) 1677 Elizabeth Bingley (1660-1685); (2) 1687 Lydia Challis (1665-1739).
*  Elizabeth Chase (1657-1696), married 1678 Zechariah Ayer (1650-1696).
*  Ruth Chase (1660-1676).
*  Daniel Chase (1661-1707), married 1683 Martha Kimball (1664-1728).
*  Moses Chase (1663-1743), married (1) 1684 Anne Follansbee (1668-1708); (2) 1713 Sarah Jacobs (1674-1739).

2922.  John Wheeler, born before 04 November 1591 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died 29 August 1670 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 5844. Dominick Wheeler and 5845 Mercy Jelly.  He married 11 December 1611 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
2923.  Agnes Yeoman, born about 1592 in England; died 15 August 1662 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Wheeler and Agnes Yeoman are:
*  Edward Wheeler (1613-1668), married 1634 Elizabeth Collins (1611-????).
*  John Wheeler (1614-????).
*  Adam Wheeler (1616-????).
*  Thomas Wheeler (1618-????).
*  Elizabeth Wheeler (1618-1696), married 1663 Matthias Button (1650-1672).
*  Ann Wheeler (1621-1687), married (1) 1645 Aquila Chase (1618-1670); (2) 1672 Daniel Mussilloway.
*  William Wheeler (1624-????).
*  David Wheeler (1625-1668), married 1650 Sarah Wise (1622-1706).
*  Mercy Wheeler (1627-????).
*  Roger Wheeler (1632-1659), married 1653 Mary Wilson (1635-1658).
*  George Wheeler (1633-1668), married 1660 Susanna Stowers (1638-????).
*  Henry Wheeler (1635-1696), married 1659 Abigail Allen (1640-1696).
*  Joseph Wheeler (1637-1639).

Information about this Wheeler family was obtained from:

*  Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis: Volume III: Ancestry of Annis Spear (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), pages 604-606.


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1 comment:

Geolover said...

Interesting regarding the families of the Aquilas.

However, there is something wrong with Elizabeth Wheeler (1618-1696), marrying 1663 Matthias Button (1650-1672). His marrying at age 13 seems unlikely. But I know there has been a lot of confusion and speculation regarding Matthias Button.