Isaac married Mary SHEPARD on 9 Dec 1697 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. Mary was born in 1679; died on 20 Sep 1761 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret WHEELER was born on 16 Sep 1698 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 25 Apr 1768.
2. Thomas W. WHEELER was born on 15 Nov 1700 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; died on 23 Oct 1755 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.

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• Military Event: Indian Wars
• Military Flag: Y

Notes:

THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC.
Probate Records, Vol. A, page 533, New London, New London Co., CT. Will probated 12 Mar 1711/12.
Wife Martha, son Isaac, son Thomas deceased, son Richard, son William, daughters: Mary Martha and Anna Dorothy Elizabeth Experience (Mary Williams). Brother(-in-law) John Parke & son Isaac executors.
Inventory worth1626 pounds in Household goods, lands, 1840 acres, Housings and improvements and 1778 pounds, 1 Negro boy named Tully, 1 Indian boy named Daniel, 1 indian girl named Mary.

Isaac married Martha PARKE on 10 Jan 1667 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of Thomas PARKE and Dorothy THOMPSON) was born on 27 Oct 1646 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 14 Feb 1717 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Constable - 1635
• Immigrant?: Y
• Baptism: 20 Nov 1603

Notes:

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Richard Anson Wheeler, page 636.
First appears in Lynn MA in 1635, where he was elected constable, and held other official positions later on. In 1642 He was admitted as freeman of the commonwealth of MA, purchasing large tracts of land there, including a mill site, upon which he built and operated a saw and grist mill.
Thomas sold out his business and real estate there, and removed to Stonington in 1667. He was an intimate friend of Rev. James Noyes.
Freeman of CT in 1669. and was nominated and elected one of the Stonington reps. to the CT General CT in 1673. 1674 his name appears among the immortal nine who organized the First Congregational Church of Stonington, June 3, 1674. Built a residence in North Stonington, where Col. James F. Brown now resides, where they lived and died.
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THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA,THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS WHEELER, STONINGTON, CONN., pages 289 through 349, by Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934. Located in the DAR Library, Washington, DC.
The following from the HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., by Judge Richard Anson Wheeler is, perhaps, the best expression of all that is known of his life.
"Thomas Wheeler, the ancestor of the Wheeler family of Stonington, Conn., and region round about, was doubtless of English origin, but the place of his birth, and nationality are not certainly known, nor has the time of his migration to this country been ascertained, so as to associate him with any of the passengers of the early emigrant ships. The first knowledge that we have of him in this country is when he appears as a resident of the town of Lynn, Mass., in 1635, when and where he was elected constable, and held other official positions later on. In 1642 he was admitted in the privilege of a freeman of the commonwealth of Mass., purchasing large tracts of land there, including a mill site, upon which he built and operated a saw and grist mill. During his residence in Lynn he married Mary ____, a young lady of his acquaintance, whose family name in unknown, but our family traditions represent her as a woman of pleasing and attractive accomplishments, and in every way worthy of her liege loard; she graced her domestic duties with cheerful loveliness, filling his home with light and love. They were married in 1645, and became the parents of three children.
What induced our ancestor, Thomas Wheeler, to leave Lynn, Mass., and sell out his business and real estate there, and take up his abode in the town of Stonington in 1667, is not fully understood, but whatever motive actuated him in coming this way it is plainly evident that he intended to make Stonington his final home. He was an intimate friend of Rev. James Noyes, who came to Stonington the same year that he did, and it has been supposed that the friendship between them was the cause of his coming. But that as it may, there were men of his name that lived in the English home of the Noyes family, and crossed the ocean about the same year that he did. Thomas Wheeler was made freeman in the Connecticut Colony in the year 1669, and was nominated and elected one of the Stonington representatives to the Connecticut General Court in the year 1673. The next year his name appears among the immortal nine who organized the First Congregational Church of Stonington, June 3, 1674, and his wife, Mary Wheeler, was one of the partakers with the church in their first communion service. Soon after Thomas Wheeler and his wife came to Stonington to live, he and his son Isaac built them a residence in North Stonington, where Col. James F. Brown now resides, where they lived and died. Thomas Wheeler left a will, which was lost by being burned when the infamous Arnold burned the city of New London, Sept. 6, 1781. The existence of his will is proved by his descendants referring in it in later instruments conveying the real estate that belonged to him and given to them in his will. They are both buried in the old Whitehall burial place, situated on the east bank of the Mystic river. He died March 6, 1686, age 84 years, consequently he was born 1602.

Thomas married Mary MNU. Mary was born about 1617; died about 1680 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Whitehall Burial Place, Stonington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: WHEELER
• Immigrant?: Y

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Migration: 17 Jun 1630, “Arabella”

Notes:

Arrived Boston Jun 17 1630 on the Arabella. In 1698, Thomas, together with his sons Robert and John and others, he organized the First Church of Christ of Preston and became its first deacon. The Rev. Richard Blinman, his brother-in-law, was pastor of this church. Reference: History of Stonington, pg. 527-528; Ancient Weathersfield.

Thomas married Dorothy THOMPSON on 28 Oct 1644 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of John THOMPSON and Alice FREEMAN) was born in 1624 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; died in in Preston, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y

John married Alice FREEMAN in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England. Alice (daughter of Henry FREEMAN and Margaret EDWARDS) was born in 1595 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; died on 11 Feb 1664 in New London, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Migration: ?
• Immigrant?: Y