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Lt John WHEELER

Lt John WHEELER[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1591 - 1670  (78 years)

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  • Name John WHEELER 
    Prefix Lt 
    Born 4 Nov 1591  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As WHEYLER 
    Migration 24 Mar 1634  “Mary and John” Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigrant?
    Died 29 Aug 1670  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried unknown Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I34526  Main
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2023 

    Family Ann, Agnes YEOMANS,   b. Abt 1592, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1662, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. John WHEELER,   b. 1613, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. George WHEELER,   b. 1615, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1687, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. William WHEELER,   b. 10 Jan 1618, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Elizabeth WHEELER,   b. 10 Jan 1618, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1690, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. Mercy WHEELER,   b. 1624, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. David WHEELER,   b. 1625, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1699, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     7. Thomas WHEELER,   b. 1625, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Adam WHEELER,   b. 1629, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Anne WHEELER,   b. 20 Dec 1629, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1687, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    +10. Roger WHEELER,   b. 1630, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     11. Edward WHEELER,   b. 1632, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Henry WHEELER,   b. Abt 1633, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1696, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     13. Joseph WHEELER,   b. 1636, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2023 
    Family ID F11775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Nov 1591 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Aug 1670 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • s/o Dominick WHEELER & Mercy JELLY
      Ancestor to President Chester Alan ARTHUR
      ——
      Immigrated with his wife Ann and six children and leaving four sons in England. He spent the first year of his residence at Aggawam [Ipswich], Mass.
      The following year he moved to the settlement on the north bank of the Merrimac River that was called Salisbury after 1640, and as one of its original proprietors. In 1641 he received land there which he still had and paid tax on as late as 1652, even though he had removed to Newbury, Mass., before 1650.
      ——
      John, from Salisbury, co. Wilts, where he married Ann Yeoman 1 Dec. 1611, was early at Hampton, soon at Salisbury and ±1650 at Newbury where Ann died 15 Aug. 1662. His will, of Newbury, 28 Mar. 1668 - 11 Oct. 1670. See Hoyt's Salisbury, i. 353, for 11 children, including the ones listed here. See also "Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase" (1928), p. 521, for English data, including his father's will.
      WHEELER: found chiefly in Gloucestershire and bordering counties. Became 23d commonest name in New England.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 1:68; 9:267.

    2. [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862).

    3. [S15] WHEELER Family in America, The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the , Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, Jr, (Boston, MA 1914).

    4. [S72] Burke’s American Families with British Ancestry, Burke, Bernard Sir, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD. 1983).

    5. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 30548361.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023