Registry of
Deeds, Sagadahoc Co. Courthouse, Bath, I-Tainr, (rest
Lincoln Deeds)
James 0.
Hathorn, Samuel Hathorn, JOSEPH WHEELER, MARY WHEELER, Philip Tarbox, Martha
Tarbox, Eliza G, Hathorn, Robert Alan Maxwell, Abigail Maxwell, all of
Bowdoinham, and Seth Fathorn, Fanny Hathorn of Woolwich, grantors, to Jeremiah
Millay of Bowdoinham; land in Bowdoinham, north of lot owned by James
Sampson; signed 10 Mar 1819; witnesses George Headden Samuel Gray, William
Decker, Thomas Berry (Deed 3:38)
(Note: The Joseph and Mary Wheeler above are the
parents of children recorded in Bowdoinham VR on another page of this
report. The deed appears to be a quit
claim of the Hathorn family and their spouses, Mary Wheeler of Bowdoinham was
then a Hathorn by birth. FRB)
Registry
of_Deeds, Kennebec Co, Courthouse, Augusta,__Maine
Robert
Curtis of Greene, yeoman, to David Wheeler of Grene, yeoman; land in Greene,
part of lots 192 and 193, near Abel Crocker, John Caswell, Abraham Richmond;
signed 12 Dec 1814; witnesses: Luther Robbins, Luther Robbins, Jr. (Deed
23:397)
Robert
Curtis of Greene, yeoman, to Samuel Maloon of Greene, yeoman; land in Greene
"west by the pond," north by road and also abutted by John Caswell's
land and Abraham Richmond; signed 17 Feb 1819 (31:243)
Josiah
Little of Newbury to SIMON WHEELER OF GREENE, YEOMAN; southwesterly half of lot
#226, about
40 acres; witnesses: Edward Little, Freeman Landers; signed 7 Sept 1813,
recorded 30 Dec 1823 (49:70)
(Note: I
could find no grantor deeds where Simon Wheeler sold this property* FRB)
David
Wheeler of Leeds to Abraham Wheeler and David Wheeler, Jr.; land in Leeds; 1823
(49:53, 55)
Registry of Deeds, Penobscot
Co. Courthouse, Bangor, Maine
Jeremy
Nelsch of Lincoln, husbandman, to SIMON WHEELER
OF PLACED CALLED MOLLUNCAS, HUSBANDMAN: lot no. 13 where Wheeler now lives, near Aroostook Rd
and junction of Military Road; signed 19 Mar 1833, witness, Ira Fish
(34:539) (Jeremy Nelson was Simon's son-in-law, daughter Deborah's
husband. FRB)
SIMON
WHEELER OF TOWNSHIP NO. 1 IN 5TH RANGE, YEOMAN, to Ira Kilgore of Newry, Oxford
Co,; parcel of land in township..being lot no. 13; also signed by SARAH
WHEELER, WIFE OF SIMON 13 Mar 1833 acknowledged same day; witness Abiel D,
Morton (37:231)
LEVI WHEELER
of an UNICORPORATED PLACE in Junction of Arrostock with Military Road,
Husbandman to SIMON WHEELER of same place, Husbandman: lot no- 13 in the
Chamberlain half township; signed 20
July 1836, ack. same day; witness Ira Fish (82:313)
Nelson
Herren of Houlton, Aroostook, yeoman, to SIMON WHEELER now residing at Junction
of Miliatary Road and Aroostock Road, Aroosctock, Yeoman for $4,600; 100 acres
of land in Charleston,:
lot 192 and also 179 acres in Garland and a
three acre lot in Charleston; also signed by
Nancy Herrin
I Apr 1842; witnesses: R.S. Pitman, J.A.J. Lincoln (132:120)
SIMON
WHEELER of Charleston, Yeoman, , to Jacob Wheeler of Molunkus, ,Aroostook,
yeoman; 50 acre parcel of
land in Charleston and piece of land in Garland; also signed by SARAH WHEELER,
WIFE ON SIMON, 14 Oct 1843, ack, same day; witness: Asa Barton (142:502)
Jeremy
Nelson of Lincoln, husbandman, to LEVI WHEELER OF Township No. 1 in 5th
Range West of the Monument, Husbandman; lot no. 13; signed 28 Dec 1833; witness
Ira Fish
Muster Roll
of Capt. Daniel Hills co. Mar-Dec 1748, New Marblehead (Windham,) Maine,
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Vol V. p 178-179
Officers:
Simon Wheeler of Concord, Corporal; Centinels or privates: Samson Wheeler of
Concord.
(Note: This
Simon I feel sure is Simon, later of Westford/Acton. Samson, whom I believe to be Simon’s brother,
later lived in Acton Where his children’s births are recorded 1752-1772. Concord was the parent town for the
surrounding towns of Lincoln, Acton, Westford, Etc. FRB)
Lincoln co.
Deeds, Wiscasset, Maine. Lincoln Co. Deed
12:101
Simon
Wheeler residing at a place about Bowdoinham, yeoman, to John Read of Boston,
Suffolk Co, Mass. Yeoman, about 150 acres of land in said place (above
Bowdoinham) settler’s lot M being part of lot no. 24 grants to James Bowdoin,
esq. By the Kennebec Propreietors;
Signed 13 Sep 1774, signature acknowledged 14 Jan 1777; witnessed by Smauel
Oldham and John Wheeler.
Lincoln Deed
20:163
Simon
Wheeler of a place called Fairfield, yeoman, to James Samson of Bowdoinman,
blacksmith land in Fairfield bounded by lot in possession of William Lunt, 113
acres; signed and acknowledged 31 Oct, 1786; witnesses John Merrel, John
Whitten.
Hancock
County Deeds Ellsworth, Maine. Hancock Co. deed 9:312
Simon
Wheeler of place called Colburnton Plantation on Penobscot River, yeoman (Later
called Orono. FRB) to Ard Godfrey and George Read of Colburnton Plantation,
yeoman; land in Colburnton Plantation; Signed 2 Nov 1801; acknowlegded Bangor
14 Nov 1801; Witnesses: Joseph Treat, Jona Lowder.
Court of
Common Pleas Record, Vault Room, Lincoln Co. Courthouse, Wiscasset Maine.
James White of
Bowdoinham, shinglemaker, plaintiff, v. Simon Wheeler of Bowdoinham, labourer;
suit for affirmation of the judgement of one pout three shilling, four pence
against Wheeler, (original judgement was on 29 July, last); judgment again
against Wheeler; no date , but appears to have been in 1765. (Vol I:116)
Abiel
Lovejoy of Pownalborough (established in 1760 as a town, later became towns of
Wiscasset, Dresden, Alna) gentle, plaintiff. V. Simon Wheeler, of Bowdoinman,
yeoman, defendant; suit to recover four pounds, two pence, plus interest by an
agreement made 16 Jan 1764; judgment against Wheeler 2 July 1766, 24 Oct 1766.
(Vol I:136)
Simon
Wheeler of Bowdoinman, yeoman, plaintiff. V. Francis Whittemore of Medford,
Middlesex Co., Mass, gentleman, suit to recover 20 pounds, ten shillings,
sixpence for a quantity of shingles, pine plank stock, hemlock bark, and pine
timber, by agreement 30 Nov 1765, judgment for Wheeler, 26 June 1767 (Vol
I:171)
Paul Nuten
of Woolwich, yeoman, plaintiff, v. Simon Wheeler, residing at the West Side of
the River Kennebeck, defendant, (yeoman), suit to recover two pounds, one
shilling, fourpence due before 1 May 1767; judgement against Wheeler 12 Oct
1768, 13 Apr 1769 (VolI. :255)
Proprietors
of the common and undivided lands in the Kennebeck Purchase, plaintiffs, v.
Simon Wheeler of Pownalborough, husbandman, defendant; demand (his removal
from) a parcel of Swan Island situated in the Kennebeck River, in
Pownalborough, approximately 77 acres and 48 rods, bounded by land in
possesssion of Silvester Gardener, Esq. The river, land of James Whidden nd the
river; judgment for Wheeler; no date but probably 1770 (Vol II:62)
Notes from
FRB. August 26, 1982.
The most
important find in yesterday’s search was proof that Simon Wheeler (who I believe
very strongly was the father of Simon Wheeler of Greene) was
in Bowdoinhan as early as 16 Jan 1764, when he borrowed money from Abiel
Lovejoy of Pownalborough. He would have been 21 years of age and not yet a
farmer (yeoman), Notice that he was a "labourer" a term often used
for a young (or old) man without property.
He probably was not married at this time either, However, I now believe
that we can safely be more confident in believing that he also married in the
Bowdoinham area. (This is why it is so important to find a family grouping that
used the names David, Ann or Nancy, Mary and Rebecca - names not common to the
Wheelers and Temples.)
It is also
apparent that Simon Wheeler moved from Bowdoinham to Swan Island in the late
1760s. This is probably the land he sold
in Lincoln Co, Deed 12:101 to John Read
of Boston (See my first report). At
least in that deed he called himself "residing at a place above
Bowdoinham. This was the deed signed 13
Sept 1774 and witnessed by John Wheeler.
He would eventually remove to Fairfield on the upper Kennebec River, At
the same time Ebenezer Temple, his first cousin, would settle along with him
there. Later they would both re-settle
in Bowdoin, ME where they would both sign patition3 in 1789 and 1790,
respectively-
Although we
still do not have the name of Simon Wheeler's wife, I feel even more confident
that the Simon Wheeler of Bowdoinhan, 1764-1767, was the son of Simon and Sarah
(Temple) Wheeler of Acton, MA and the father of the Wheelers of Bowdoin/Greene,
ME. Since he was such an elusive landowner, I also wonder if it was he who was
the member of the committee to establish schools in Croons in 1803. In other
words although we find no land records for him in Greene, it might have been
him, instead of his 21 year old son, who was chosen for the committee. He might
have been "away" when the census taker took the enumeration in 1700
leaving a wife or oldest daughter to be classified as bead of the
household. Still, according to the tax
valuation list of 1792, David Wheeler was the head of the Household, indicating
that Simon, if he had resettled elsewhere, had left a 20 year old young man as
head of his household. It would seem most reasonable to conclude, then, that
Simon Wheeler, the father probably died sometime in 1790.
From March
24, 1984 letter notes from FBR.
Middlesex
Files, Civil and Superior Court Records, Clerk of Court’s Office, Cambridge MA.
Jonathon
Wheeler, Lansaster, 1730 120 A I- Not attending public worship.
Selectman of
Acton are allowed to enter their caution against…. Sarah Wheeler and two
children who came from Westford in May last (General Sessions, circa Sept 1755,
Book, May 1748-1761, p. 368) I am very
certain that this record, called a warning out, refers to your Sarah (Temple)
Wheeler and probably her son Simon. She
probably was destitute and in need of public assistance. By the action of the court she could be
ordered back to Westford, or at least to be removed from Acton. There were many of these “warning out” in
colonial times. For the record it is
apparent, then, that Sarah Wheeler was still living as a widow in 1755.
Lancaster Ma
Vital Records,
P 274. Mary Wheeler, wife of Jonathan, owned
covenant and had daughter Mary bap 27 Jul 171?
p. 275
Obediah, son of Jonathon Wheeler, bap 26
May 1717 (This is a name not given in
the Wheeler Family book as a son of Jonathon. It is also interesting that it is
the name of the father of Jonathon of Concord, I believe if we are to accept
the general premises of Tolman’s Wheeler Family of Old Concord, Richard
Wheeler’s family kept in contact with the Concord cousins.)
p. 277 20
Aug 1720 bap. Jonathan Wheeler’s child at Shrewsbury (FBR checked Shrewsbury MA
VR but could find no references to Jonathon or family.)
Acton Vital
Records
Children of Joseph and Ruth Wheeler include
Enos, born in 1738 (pg 112-115)
Carlisle
Vital Records (carlisle up until 1780 was part of Acton and Concord, Mass.)
p. 70 John
Temple of Bowdoinham and Molly Mason married 25 Apr 1786.
p.99 Widow Sarah Wheeler diead 29 Mar 1809 (could
be Sarah (temple) Wheeler, but probably Sarah (Parlin) Wheeler, wife of Samson
Wheeler, a brother of the first Simon Wheeler, of Acton FRB)
Revolutionary
Records of Lincoln co. Maine
John Temple,
64 years, of Bowdoinham, “ June 1820l wife Mary, Lt. Capt Parker’s co. Col Jed
Baldwin’s Regt. Mass. Line
Marriage in
Cumberland County, Maine, (From County Commissioner’s Office.)
p. 88
Benjamin Finney and Mary Wheeler 24 June 1793, Brunswick
p. 104 David
Reed and Jenny Dunlap, 12 Feb 1795, Brunswick
p. 35 John
Wheeler and Ann Thompson, 16 Apr 1790, Harpswell
Middlesex
Co. (Mass.) Probate Records, Cambridge, Mass.
Middlesex
Co. Probate #24344 Administration on estate of Simon Wheeler of Westford 1758;
Sarah Wheeler, widow, administratrix; Richard Temple one of sureties.
History of
the Wheeler Family in America.
The line of
Simon and Sampson Wheeler (Probably of Acton, Ma FBR) is Richard-1, Abraham-2,
Jonathon-3, Simon-4
Westford MA
Vital Records
P. 252 Simon
Wheeler of Acton and Sarah Temple married 13 July 1742.
Muster Rolls
of French and Indian War (and other colonial wars) Mass. Archives, Boston, MA
153311 Simon
Wheeler- recorded Weston MA, 11 Mar
1759, Col Elisha Jones Regt. Age 16,
Resident: Acton MA. Enlisted 29 Mar. Father: Simon
153313 Simon
Wheeler- recorded Boston MA, 6 Feb 1761, Capt William Barron, private
Resident: Acton MA. Entered 23 Feb.
dismissed 8 Dec, Mother: Sarah
153314 Simon
Wheeler- recorded Boston MA 8 Jan 1748-9
Capt. Daniel Hills, Corporal
Resident: Action concord MA. 23 May – 4 Dec. (saw service in Maine-FRB)
153315 Simon
Wheeler, recorded Boston MA, 8 Feb 1760, Capt Jedusha Baldwin, private
Resident: Scituate 28 Mar 3 Dec.
endorsed and serving westward.
153122 John
Wheeler recorded Boston MA, 3 Jan 1759, Capt. David Green, private
Bedford to Brinfield, MA
153127 John
Wheeler, recorded Weston MA 11 Apr 1759, Capt Elisha Jones, Age 16
Resident Concord, 26 Mar at Lake
George, Father-Samuel Wheeler
15313? John
Wheeler, Capt. Silas Brown, Drummer, Resident, Concord
1 May – 5 Dec 1762, Father Samuel
Wheeler
15??74
Joseph Wheeler, Capt Thomas Adams, Resident Concord 13 Feb 1759.
Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors in the American Revolution
V. 474
Ebenezer Temple of Acton, served in Mass.
Levi Temple of Westford, served in Mass.
VI. 977 John
Wheeler, private, Actor Patten’s Co. Col. Samuel McCobb’s Regt 1779, roll certified,
Topsham, ME
V:476- John
Temple , private, Actor Patten’s co. Col. Samuel McCobb’s Regt 1779, roll
certified, Topsham ME
From May 12,
1984 letter
“To date I
have not been able to refute any records re: “Descendants of Richard Wheeler Of
Lancaster, MA” contained in the “The History of the Wheeler Family in
America.” Pp 498-501.
Yet, I have
also not been able to establish through records that Abraham Wheeler who died
in Lancaster in 1695, was the father of Jonathon Wheeler of Concord and Acton,
MA. Nor have I been able to establish through proof that Jonathon Wheeler of
Acton was the father of Simon Wheeler of Acton and Westford, MA.
However, there is much evidence to show secondary linkage between
Jonathon and Simon.
One
relationship is now definite. Vital and
land records establish that Jonathon Wheeler of Concord in 1710, when he
married Hannah Russell, was the father of Abraham Wheeler, born Concord 1711,
housewright in Concord and late Groton MA.
Hannah was still living in 1723 (by her signature on a deed.) It might be assumed that during their
marriage, Jonathon and Hannah would have a large family which could include the
following children enumerated in the “History of the Wheeler Family, page 501.” Namely:
Oliver who
received land in Acton from Jonathon in 1747 (Mid Deed 50:591)
Sampson who
received land in Acton from Jonathon in 1750 (Mid Deed 51:67)
Jerahmeel
who witnessed a deed for Jonathon in 1738(Mid Deed 39:335)
Simon,
military records show served in colonial wars with Sampson and who was “of
Acton” when he married Sarah Temple at Westford in 1742. (Certainly Simon must
have been born before 1723, to have married in 1742, and thus, if he was a son
of Jonathon of Acton, would also have been a son of Hannah (Russell) Wheeler as
well.
Recent
research has been done in confirming more data from the “History of the Wheeler
Family,” especially concerning the children of Abraham and Tabitha. According
to H-M-F the couple had:
1.
Abigail, born 3 Mar 1683, Mar. 8 Feb 1703-4 to Daniel
Stone of Bramingham (?)
2.
Jonathon Wheeler
3.
Samuel Wheeler
4.
Daughter
Confirmation:
Lancaster
VR, p 15. Abigail, daughter of Abraham and Tabitha Wheeler born 2 Mar 1683,
Bramingham
VR p 396; Abigail Wheeler mar. Deacon Daniel Stone 8 Feb 1703.
“ p. 465; Abigail, wife of Daniel Stone, died 28
Oct 1711
(No children
were listed for this couple. According to the Stone Genealogy 1904 [Please see]
Abigail was the second wife of Daniel, who himself, was born in 1644, making
him about 40 years old than his bride.
If this is true that Deacon Stone took a 20 year old girl, born in
Lancaster as his bride, it might suggest that the families had known one
another before the marriage. Also note
that previously, a Tabitha Stone, born 1655, married a John Rice. To date I have not located this John
Rice. However I do think it most
noteworhty that there was a Tabitha Stone, born in the same decade as Abraham
Wheeler (born 1659) who married a man with the same name as Abraham step-father
Joseph rice. Could Tabitha Stone have
taken Abraham Wheeler as her second husband?? To date, however, there is no
proof that it was Abraham and Tabitha’s daughter who married Daniel Stone as
his second wife.-FRB)
Notes from
FBR dated May 1984
Concord, MA
VR
Jonathon
Wheeler married Hannah Russell 29 Aug 1710 (both of Concord)
Abraham son
of Jonathon and Hannah Wheeler born 29 Sept 1711
Samuel
Wheeler married Dorcas Pellett, both of Concord 20 Sept 1714
Children: Samuel, 1715; Dorcas, 1716; Samuel, 1717;
Gershom 1720; Nehemiah, 1722; Abigail 1725; Judah, 1727, died 1729;
There were
three Jonathon Wheelers connected with Concord in or about 1710:
1. Jonathon son of John and Sarah (Stearns)
Wheeler born Concord 19 Apr 1696, died at
Sutton, NH,
10 July 1779
2. Jonathon, son of Abraham and Tabitha,
according to H-W-F
3. Jonathon, son of Obadiah, born 1683; went to
Lancaster; died Bolton (formerly part of
Lancaster)
(See Mayflower Society account of this family.)
By 1745
there was also a Jonathon Wheeler, husband of Sarah, who had land near Ezra,
Widow Sarah,
John, Benjamin, Timothy Wheeler, also near the Old Bedford line. By this time of our" Jonathon was
"of Acton."
There
were Samuel Wheelers connected
with Concord in or about 1714:
1.
Samuel, son of Obadiah, born 23 Jan1680/1; went to
Brookfield, MA, married Joanna Walcott at Concord 23 Nov 1704; three children
born at Concord; returned to Brookfield where he had been living at time of
marriage, 1711
2. Samuel, married Mary Hosmer 27 Jan 1689-90; died
Concord 20 Dec 1717; probate #24340 shows children Stephen, Dorcas and Joanna
3. Samuel, son of Abraham and Tabitha, according to
H-W-F
Jonathon
Wheeler's lot received from son Abraham, 1738, Mid. 39:335:
1. In or adjacent to northerly part of
Concord called Blood's Farm, about 112 acres
2. Begins at Billerica line 9 also near
Jonathon Blood's land
3. Witnesses: Samuel Wheeler Jr., Jerahmeel
Wheeler, Samuel Wheeler (It seems reasonable to assume that the above witnesses
were Jonath6n's nephew, Samuel, Jr.9 (unless Jonathon also named a son Samuel),
Jonathon's song Jerahmeel and his brother Samuel.)
Samuel
Wheeler's lot sold to Zachariah Emery of Chelmsford, 1723t Mid. Deed 22:369
I. meadow containing 5 acres in Concord (Acton
had not been established)
2. north by meadow of Emery, south by Wheeler,
west by William Russell and Emery
3. also adjoins Barrett's land
4. witnesses: Joseph Whitney,, Jonathon Procter
Daniel Procter
Jonathon
Wheeler’s lot to Zachariah Emer of Chelmsford, 1723, Mid. Deed 22:369
1.
meadow, 7 acres in Concord
2.
East of Jonathon, north and west of Zachariah Emery,
south of Robert Blood
3.
standing on a line between Chelmsford and Concord
4. also signed by Hannah Wheeler, wife of
Jonathon
5. witnesses:
John Heald, Samuel Wheeler, Jr. William Russell
William
Russell to Jonathon-Wheeler of Acton, land in Concord; also signed by wife
Philadelphia 25 Feb 1?47; witnesses Samuel Wheel, Dorcas Wheeler. (Mid Deed
53:111)
(It is very apparent from this deed signed by
Jonathon's brother-in-law and witnessed by Samuel and Dorcas, that Samuel and
Dorcas have been probably living side-by side from at least 1723 on. They had sold companion pieces of land to
Zachariah Emery in that year. I feel
sure that H-W-F is correct in listing them as brothers.
Genealogies of old
Carlisle, MA Families
1. William
Russel of Cambridfe, Ma died Menotomy (Arlington) 14 Feb 1661; married Martha --- who mar (2)
1665, Humphrey Bradshaw and (3). 1684, Thomas Hall. She died c. 1694
2. Benjamin
Russell born Cambridge 1643, came to Carlisle in 1680; died 8 Jan
1712-3; married 1664 Rebecca; children born In Cambridge and Concord
(Note: Carlisle was established from part of
Concord. It appears that the Russells
lived in that section of Concord, that became Carlisle)
3. William Russell, born Lexington (sic) 12 June
1667, died concord (now Carlisle) 27 Jan 1717-8 in 51st year; married in
Concord 24 Apr 1688, Hannah Adams,, born 25 July 1670 dau
of James and
Priscilla (Ramsclen) Adams
Children
incl. William married Philadelphia
Shepard; Hannah married Jonathon Wheeler;
James
married Susannah Farrar; Ebenezer married Abigail Baker
Acton Town Records
(not finished reading)
1735 Acton
called Concord Village or New Grant
Constable:
Jonathon Wheeler
1736
Selectman, Thomas Wheeler; John Davis, moderator; John Heald mentioned
1737-8
Hezekiah Wheeler
1739
Jonathon Wheeler and Samuel Jones to inspect ye deer
(I could
find no proprietors records for Concord at the State Archives.)
Genealogies
of Old Concord Families
P. 15 Thankful
Wheeler, dau of John and Susan (Larkin) Wheeler, mar Jonas Prescott
(1678-1750)9 son of Jonas and Mary.
Hezekiah,
son of William and Sarah (Fletcher) Wheeler (1700-1759) mar. Sarah Buss
1732
Francis and
Sarah (Blood) Wheeler (he was the son of William and Sarah (Fletcher) ( Wheeler)had
children: Sarah, Samuel, Phinehas, Hannah, Noah
(Note: There
was a Hezekiah Wheeler, probably the above, in Acton in 1738. Not only Jonathon and Samuel lived in
Acton. Were the other Acton Wheelers
related??)
Middlesex
Co. Registry of Deeds, Cambridge, MA
Jonathon
Wheeler living In the north part of Concord, husbandman to brother-in-law
William Russell, Jr. of Concord; one third part of the land and meadows
purchased of Sgt. John Heald of Concord;
reference to east side of Groton Road.. Virginia Meadows..Chelmsford line; also
signed by Hannah Wheeler 12 Sept 1711, sig, acknowledged 16 Mar 1718-9;
witnesses Thomas Brown, John Parlin, Rebecca Russell (23:428)
(This
established that "our" Jonathon was living near Chelmsford when he
first married. Remember that Tolman said
that the Concord Wheelers lived In the Virginia Meadows area,, named after a
neighborhood where they had lived In England.)
Simon
Wheeler of Concord, housewright, to George Farrar, Jr. of Concord; land In
Concord southerly part; 13 Apr 1739, wit.
John Miley(/), Simon Davis, Jr. (land also near Joseph Wheeler) (40:3O2)
This has to be another Simon Wheeler, probably the one who married Dorothy
Worster. Note his occupation is the same
as Abraham son of Jonathon. However I
think he is the wrong age, and in the wrong part of Concord to be a son of
Jonathon.)
Jonathon
Wheeler of Concord, Yeoman to John Davis of Concord, yeoman; a certain freshold
right In Concord Village or town's new grant (This IS Jonathon of Acton)
recorded to me in the town's proprietors books; 23 Apr 1731: wit.: Abraham
Wheeler, Jonathon Wheeler, 3rd (Who is Jonathon 3rd? his son? how
old?) (36:166)
William
Wheeler, Jr. of Concord, yeoman, to John Davis of Concord, yeoman; 2 right in
Concord
Village or new grant (Again in Acton); 4 May 1731; wit.: Timothy Minot, Oliver
Fletcher
(36:167) (Is there a relationship between William Wheeler, Jr. and Jonathon?
They both
obtained property in Concord Village, evidently close to one another.)
Middlesex
Probate Records, Cambridge, MA
Administration
on estate of William Russell: Hannah, widow; surety along with Hannah,
John Heald
yeoman of Concord; 14 Mar 1717-8; children: William, James, Hannah,
Dorcas,
Tabitha,
John, Priscilla, Martha, Elizabeth, Ebenezer; accounting 11 Nov 1728,
mentions
Hannah, wife
of Jonathon Wheeler (still living in 1728!! ), Dorcas wife of Benjamin
Sampson, Tabitha,
wife of Ephraim Warren; Martha, wife of James Blais? (#19717)
(Concord
VR:children of William and Hannah Russell, William, 1688; Hannah 1690;Rebecca,
1693-1714; james, 1695; dorcas, 1698; Tabitha, 1700; John, 1703; Priscilla,
1706; Martha, 1708; Elizabeth, 1711; Ebenezer, 1714)
Abraham
Wheeler of Groton, housewright, and Jonathon Wheeler of Acton, husbandman,
sureties on Abraham's bond for his guardianship of his daughter Mary Wheeler in
her 12th year; she, the daughter of Abraham and his late wife Martha Wheeler
late of Groton, deceased.
James and
Mary Davis received 189 pounds, 4 shillings, 11 pence, 2 farthings which is due
to said Mary from her guardian aforesaid (Abraham), 2 Mar 1757; wit. Jeremiah Hobart, Samuel Woods; another
receipt, 29 Sept 1761 (#24231)
(Even though
this is a large docket (with some receipts which I did not include) I could
find no confirmation that Mary had at one time had her grandfather Jonathon
Wheeler as her guardian. I also read
Vol- 38: 301, 310,a duplication of the docket, but could again find no mention
of Jonathon as guardian, as claimed in the Blood Genealogy. See enclosed Blood Family genealogy. Note the name Simon Blood. There also was a Simon Davis. I have looked for links with both the Bloods
and Davises. Nothing so far.)
Hezekiah,
Sarah and Abigail, minors under 14, children of Hezekiah Wheeler of Acton
(#24270)
(I still
plan to get back to the Acton Town Records.
Would also like to find the
Concord
proprietors' records to find out how and when Jonathon acquired his earliest
land. I also need to get an early book
of Concord deeds which is currently at the bindery.)
Luella: Are you wondering, as I am, what
happened to the family of Abraham Wheeler,
Between the
time that Abraham died in 1695 and 1710 when Jonathon was "of
Concord"
and was
marrying Hannah Russell? Did Jonathon
and Samuel move from Lancaster with
their
mother, Tabitha? Did she re-marry? After all, she would have been a widow of
about 40. Were they drawn to Concord
because other Wheelers lived there, or was Tabitha (and a new husband?)from
Concord. Given the experience of the
other Jonathon (son of Obadiah) there seemed to be a movement back and forth
from Concord to Lancaster. For one thing
both Concord and Lancaster were much bigger in area about 17000 than they axe
today. In other words the distance might
not have been as great as it is today. I
am trying to locate where the Jonathon Wheeler family lived on maps of
Concord-Acton. Fred
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