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21 TIMOTHY, b. , m. 1st, ; 2d, Content Lamphere.
22 JOHN, b. - , m. Amey Wilcox.
Elder Thomas West (No. 18) m. Elizabeth Gladding Feb. 28, 1752, and m. 2d, Amey -, and with her was received into the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Newport Sept. 13, 1756. Among the list of patriots at Hopkinton who signed a document binding them to fight for the united colonies was this Elder Thomas West of Hopkinton, with his son, Jonathan, and Francis West, the brother of Elder Thomas West.
CHILDREN:
23 JONATHAN, b. Nov. 28, 1754, m. 1st, Martha Haley (No. 13), of Haley family, and m. 2d, Prudence Allen of Stonington, Conn., July 27, 1780. 24 SUSANNAH b. June 3, 1756, m. Nathan Tanner Oct. 19, 1775.
25 MICHAEL, b. Dec. 15, 1759.
26 THOMAS, b. Feb. 21, 1762.
27 FRANCIS, b. April 15, 1764.
28 SAMUEL (Rev.), b. Oct. 6, 1766, m. Jerusha Stanton.
29 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 4, 1771.
30 AMIE, b. April 3, 1774.
31 ABIGAIL, b. July 31, 1776.
James West (No. 19) m. Susanna Pullman Dec. 18, 1751. CHILDREN:
32 JAMES, b. Aug. 11, 1752.
33 MARY, b. July 12, 1754.
34 SUSANNA, b. April 9, 1756, m. Cornelius Stetson July 10, 1777.
35 ROBERT, b. March 25, 1758, d. Aug. 2, 1759.
36 LYDIA, b. July 6, 1760, m. Gardiner Champlin, son of William, Aug. 31, 1791.
37 ARNOLD, b. Sept. 10, 1762, m. Hannah Babcock, daughter of Joseph Babcock, Nov. 19, 1796. She was b. June 2, 1767.
38 ROBERT, b. Nov. 11, 1765.
Francis West (No. 20) m. Mary Lawton Feb. 17, 1757. CHILDREN:
39 SARAH, b. June 5, 1758.
40 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 7, 1760.
Timothy West (No. 21) m. Ist, , not known, and m. 2d, Content Lamphere Dec. 3, 1755. He d. before 1767, and is buried near Mystic, and his widow m. Peleg Sisson, Sr., for his second wife, Feb. 26, 1767.
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CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE:
41 TIMOTHY, b. m. Mary , had son Frederick, b. March 10, 1767.
42 WILLIAM, b. about 1745, m. Anna or Nancy, Susannah Babcock.
43 ESTHER, b. -, m. Peleg Sisson, Jr., Feb. 10, 1777, had son Joshua, who was b. Feb. 14, 1780, and m. Alice or Elsie Crumb and their daughter Caroline m. Noyes Sisson (No. 7).
44 SIMEON b. -, m. Nancy Thompson Oct. 31, 1784.
CHILDREN OF PELEG SISSON, SR., AND MRS. CONTENT (WEST) SISSON.
1 JOSEPH SISSON, b. , m. Lucy Chapman Feb. 4, 1798.
2 SANFORD SISSON, b. , m. Elizabeth Chapman.
3 BARNABAS SISSON, b. -, m. Cynthia Lamphere.
Sanford Sisson (No. 2) m. Elizabeth Chapman on March 3, 1799. She was the daughter of William Chapman, Jr., and wife, Bridget Johnson, who were m. March 14, 1773, and their daugh- ter Elizabeth was b. Sept. 17, 1778.
THEIR CHILDREN:
4 ELIZABETH SISSON, b. July 20, 1800, m. Barnabas Sisson.
5 SOPHIA SISSON, b. Jan. 30, 1802, m. James Sisson.
6 DAMARIUS SISSON, b. Aug. 13, 1804, m. William West (No. 78).
7 SANFORD NOYES SISSON, b. - , m. Caroline Sisson.
8 BRIDGET SISSON, b. , m. Jacob Kenyon.
9 LYDIA SISSON, b. , m. William Saunders.
10 HANNAH SISSON, b. m. Warren Main.
11 EUNICE SISSON, b. -, m. Robinson Dunham Aug. 18, 1844, and m. 2d, a Crumb.
John West (No. 22) m. Amey Wilcox (No. 54a) of that family Dec. 29, 1765.
CHILDREN:
45 HENRY, b. May 24, 1767, m. Hannah Saunders.
46 HANNAH, b. Sept. 12, 1769, never m., d. Aug. 15, 1850.
47 ELISHA, b. Jan. 6, 1771, m. Lydia Lamphere Nov. 23, 1794.
48 ABIGAIL b. July 30, 1773, m. - - Crandall, went West.
49 THOMAS, b. April 13, 1776.
50 ESTHER, b. Jan. 26, 1780, never m., d. Nov. 30, 1871.
51 PELEG, b. Sept. 15, 1782, m. Mary Gavitt.
52 MARY, b. March 4, 1787, m. Samuel Crumb.
Samuel West (No. 17) m. Anna Maccoon, widow of Nathan Maccoon, and daughter of James and Rachel (Maccoon) Hall of Westerly March 17, 1757. She had five children by first hus- band, viz .: Mary, b. in 1744; Nathan, b. in 1746; Isabel, b. in 1748; Timothy, b. in 1750; Abram, b. in 1753. By her second husband, Samuel West, they had
CHILDREN:
53 SAMUEL, b. in 1757. 54 ANNA, b. in 1759. 55 AMEY, b. in 1760.
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Rev. Samuel West (No. 28) m. Jerusha, daughter of David and wife, Sarah (Kimball) Stanton, March 10, 1785. She d. Feb. 24, 1816, at Norwich, Conn., and he d. Nov. 1, 1836, at North Madi- son, Conn. He was pastor of the New London First Baptist Church for ten years.
CHILDREN:
56 DAVID S., b. Aug. 24, 1787, m. Keziah Stanton.
57 THOMAS, b. Nov. 26, 1785, m. Abby Weeks.
58 SALLY, b. Aug. 26, 1789, m. Ezekiel Glover.
59 MICHAEL, b. Jan. 21, 1792, m. Rebecca Mallory.
60 LEVI, b. April 19, 1796, d. young.
61 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 25, 1798, m. Harriet Bailey.
62 NANCY, b. Jan. 19, 1800, m. Edmund Doane, Jr.
63 ANNIE, b. March 17, 1802, d. young.
William West (No. 42) m. Anna, Nancy or Susannah Bab- cock, daughter of Joseph and wife, Susannah (Thompson) Bab- cock, who were m. Dec. 9, 1730. Susannah Thompson (No. 16) was daughter of Isaac and Mary (Holmes) Thompson of Ston- ington, who were m. Nov. 25, 1713.
William West and Anna Babcock were m. Nov. 1, 1772. He d. at sea Oct. 18, 1800, aged 55 years, and she d. March 4, 1833, aged 78 years. (This is the date on her gravestone, while the records give her birth as June 18, 1749.)
CHILDREN:
64 SARAH, b. March 11, 1773, m. Luke Calvin Davis.
65 CAPT TIMOTHY, b. June 22, 1774, m. Betsey
66 PRUDENCE, b. Aug. 19, 1775.
67 JESSE, b. May 21, 1799, d. young.
68 JOSEPH, b. May 8, 1781, m. Polly Wilcox, daughter of (No. 85), Wilcox family.
69 JESSE B., b. Oct. 9, 1783.
70 NANCY, b. May 4, 1785, m. Joseph P. Miner (No. 379), that family.
71 WILLIAM, b. Feb. 24, 1787.
72 GEORGE, b. Feb. 18, 1789.
73 ASA, b. Feb. 18, 1789.
74 LYDIA, b. -, m. Gardiner.
75 CAPT. FRANCIS, b. -, m. , lived in Essex, had two children.
Henry West (No. 45) m. Hannah Saunders about 1790. She was of Newport, R. I.
CHILDREN:
76 PRUDENCE, b. - -, never married.
77 ABBY, b. - -, m. Welcome Carpenter, an Englishman.
78 WILLIAM, b. -, m. Demarius Sisson.
79 HENRY, b. -, m. Betsey Chapman.
80 AMEY, b. -, m. James Kenyon.
81 RUBY, b. -, m. Nathaniel Noyes (No. 208), as second wife, Dec. 31, 1826.
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Elisha West (No. 47) m. Lydia Lamphere Nov. 23, 1794.
CHILDREN:
82 LYDIA, b. -, m. Barney Sisson Nov. 23, 1794.
83 ELISHA, b. , m. Catharine Sisson.
84 JOHN, b. -, m. Gavitt.
85 AMEY, b. , m.
86 JOSEPH, b. , m. Mrs. Caroline (West) O'Connor, the widow of James O'Connor.
87 DANIEL, b. - , drowned.
88 ESTHER, b. , never married.
89 MARY, b. , m. Hooper.
90 ABBY, b. never married.
Peleg West (No. 51) m. Mary Gavitt.
CHILDREN:
91 FRANK, b. , m. Mrs. Gillette of New London.
92 DANIEL, b. -, drowned with his father in Pawcatuck River.
93 SALOME, b. , never married.
94 JASON LEE, b. m. Susan Thompson May 14, 1837.
95 AMOS, b. , m.
96 CELIA, b. -, m. Noel Lawrence of Newport, R. I.
97 PELEG, b. -, m. , went West.
Joseph West (No. 68) m. Polly, daughter of John and Polly (Packer) Wilcox, Jan. 22, 1802.
CHILDREN:
98 LUCRETIA, b. Dec. 18, 1802, m. Nathan Crandall.
99 JESSE, b. Jan. 24, 1805, never m.
100 CAROLINE, b. Feb. 20, 1807, m. 1st, James O'Connor, and 2d, Joseph West (No. 86).
101 JOHN, b. Feb. 2, 1810.
102 CAPT. TIMOTHY, b. Jan. 18, 1812, drowned.
103 SALLY, b. April 30, 1814, m. Varnum Burdick.
104 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 26, 1816.
105 CAPT. ALFRED, b. about 1818, m. 1st, Frances, daughter of Ephraim Miner; m. 2d, Ann E. Lewis and went to California.
William West (No. 78) m. Damarius Sisson (No. 6). CHILDREN:
106 WILLIAM ROBINSON, b. - -, m. Mary Knight.
107 LUCY A., b. -, m. Nelson B. Vars.
108 ALFRED, b. -, d. in the war of the Rebellion.
109 EMILY, b. - , m. John Johnson.
110 ELIZABETH, b. - , m. Henry Barber.
111 EDWIN, b. , m. Sarah A. Yerrington March 18, 1855.
Henry West (No. 79) m. Betsey, daughter of Lewis Chapman. CHILDREN:
112 THOMAS, b. -
113 WASHINGTON, b. - -.
114 WILLIAM, b. -
115 FRANCES, b.
116 MARTHA, b.
WHEELER FAMILY.
I. THOMAS WHEELER, the ancestor of the Wheeler fam- ily 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 elect- ed constable, and held other official positions later on. In 1642 he was admitted to the privilege of a freeman of the common- wealth of Massachusetts, 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 m. Mary -, a young lady of his acquaintance, whose family name is unknown, but our family traditions represent her as a woman of pleasing and attractive accomplishments, and in every way worthy of her liege lord; she graced her domestic duties with cheerful loveliness, filling his home with light and love. They were m. in 1645, and became the parents of three children.
CHILDREN:
2 ISAAC, b. in 1646, m. Martha Park.
3 ELIZABETH, b. in 1648, m. Josiah Witter (No. 2), Witter family.
4 SARAH, b. in 1650, m. June 1, 1671. This record is taken from the Diary of Thomas Miner, without the name of her husband, but it is be- lieved for various reasons that her husband was Daniel Stanton (No. 7) of the Thomas Stanton family.
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 under- stood, 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. Be that as it may, there were men of his name that lived in the English home of the Noyes family, and crossed the ocean
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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 to. 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 d. March 6, 1686, aged 84 years, consequently he was b. 1602.
Isaac Wheeler (No. 2) m. Martha, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Thompson) Park, Jan. 10, 1667, by Thomas Stanton, (No. 19), Park family. He served in the Colonial Indian wars. He d. June 5, 1712, aged 66 years ; buried in Whitehall cemetery. She d. Feb. 14, 1717.
CHILDREN:
5 MARY, b. Nov. 22, 1668, m. Ebenezer Williams (No. 38), of that family. 6 MARTHA, b. Feb. 6, 1670, m. John Williams (No. 25), that family.
7 THOMAS, b. Dec. 1, 1671, d. at the age of 20 years. He was murdered by the Indians, under the supposed leadership of a chief known as the , black sachem. Mr. Wheeler was away from home, out on a hunting ex- cursion, traversing the forests of the town of Preston, and when near Quinebaug River he met a squad of Indians, who were hunting in the same region, who ordered him to clear out and leave the game to them, as they were the original owners of it. He refused to obey their orders, when they told him if he did not leave the game of the forest to them they would kill and scalp him on the spot. He bid defiance to their threats, when they attacked him with their toma- hawks and scalping knives. He defended himself as best he could, and a terrible struggle ensued which resulted in his death, and that. of five of the Indians.
8 ISAAC, b. Aug. 6, 1676, m. Mary Shepard.
9 ANNA, b. Aug. 20, 1675, m. John Tongue, son of George and grandson . of George Tongue, Nov. 21, 1702.
10 RICHARD, b. March 10, 1677, m. Prudence Payson.
11 DOROTHY, b. Dec. 6, 1679, m. Nehemiah Smith April 22, 1696; 2d, Sam- uel Fish.
12 WILLIAM, b. Sept. 9, 1681, m. Hannah Gallup.
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13 ELIZABETH, b. May 22, 1683, m. John Gallup in 1709 (No. 25), that family.
14 EXPERIENCE, b. May 21, 1685, m. Rev. Joseph Coit, first minister of Plainfield, Conn.
Elizabeth Wheeler (No. 3) m. Josiah Witter in Lynn, Mass., Feb. 25, 1662. She d. Aug. 5, 1672.
CHILDREN:
15 ELIZABETH WITTER, b. March 15, 1663.
16 MARY WITTER, b. Feb. 25, 1665.
17 EBENEZER WITTER, b. March 25, 1668.
Isaac Wheeler (No. 8) m. Mary Shepard, b. 1679, daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Shepard, first pastor of Lynn, Mass., and wife, Mary Wainwright, and granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Shep- ard, first pastor of Cambridge, Mass., and third wife, Margaret Borodel, Sept. 8, 1647, sister of Ann Borodel, who m. Capt. George Denison, for his second wife. Isaac Wheeler erected him a house in Stonington, on lands given him by his grandfather, Thomas Wheeler, where he brought his bride on their wedding tour, and commenced life at farming. But his wife aspired to a more active business life, and to gratify her wishes he changed and en- larged his house, making it two stories on the south, and one on the north, with show windows on the west, which were utilized for a variety store, by Madam Wheeler, who became the leading merchant of the town, buying all of the surplus farm products of the region round about, which she sent to Boston and the West Indies for a market, exchanging the same for goods necessary for the planters of the town. She made equestrian trips to Bos- ton alone, where she purchased her dry goods. She was not only the leading merchant of the town, but her mansion house was the centre of all the neighborhood families. Her store was not only a place of business, but a political center, where slates were made for all the offices of the town. She became wealthy, and at her death was the richest woman of the county. They both united with the First Congregational Church in 1771, and were active and useful members. He d. June 25, 1737; his widow d. Sept. 20, 1761, aged 83 years. They are buried in the grave- yard west of Frank Mattison's present residence.
CHILDREN:
18 MARGARET, b. Sept. 16, 1698, m. Samuel Frink (No. 9), that family. 19 THOMAS, b. Feb. 15, 1700, m. Mary Miner.
Richard Wheeler (No. 10) m. Prudence, daughter of Dea. John
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Payson and wife, Bathsheba Tilestone Payson, of Roxbury, Mass., and granddaughter of Edward Payson, and Mary Elliott, sister of the apostle Elliott, and daughter of Bennet Elliott of Nazing, Eng., Dec. 12, 1702. He d. April 12, 1712. His widow m. 2d, Christopher Avery of Groton (No. 18), that family.
CHILDREN:
20 JOHN, b. Jan. 31, 1706, m. Zerviah Fanning.
21 JONATHAN, b. Feb. 7, 1708, m. Esther Denison.
22 RICHARD, b. July 23, 1710, m. Anne Pellet.
23 PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 28, 1712, m. Ebenezer Geer of Groton Jan. 2, 1735. She d. June 2, 1797. He d. Aug. 26, 1763; had ten children.
Dorothy Wheeler (No. II) m. Nehemiah Smith April 22, 1696. She d. May 25, 1736 ; he d. Nov. 21, 1724.
CHILDREN:
24 DOROTHY SMITH, b. Aug. 26, 1697.
25 HANNAH SMITH, b. Feb. 20, 1699.
26 ELIZABETH SMITH, b. Nov. 17, 1700.
27 NATHAN SMITH, b. Sept. 16, 1702.
28 JOHN SMITH, b. June 14, 1704, m. Temperance Holmes, May 10, 1727 (No. 22), Holmes family.
29 WILLIAM SMITH, b. May 15, 1706.
30 ISAAC SMITH, b. May 29, 1707.
31 MARY SMITH, b. Nov. 16, 1709.
32 LYDIA SMITH, b. June 24, 1713.
33 JABEZ SMITH, b. Feb. 17, 1714.
34 ANNA SMITH, b. Nov. 1, 1717.
35 SARAH SMITH, b. July 14, 1719.
William Wheeler (No. 12) m. Hannah Gallup May 30, 1710 (No. 33), Gallup family. She d. Aug. 17, 1754; he d. Aug. II, 1747.
CHILDREN:
36 HANNAH, b. Jan. 12, 1712, m. Simeon Miner March 19, 1731 (No. 70), that family.
37 ISAAC, b. Jan. 24, 1714, m. Mary Wheeler.
38 ANNA, b. Dec. 23, 1715, m. Joseph Stanton (No. 133), that family.
39 MARTHA, b. April 23, 1717, m. William Williams (No. 174), that family.
40 DOROTHY, b. March 15, 1721, m. Nathan Crary Nov. 2, 1742.
41 ESTHER, b. Feb. 15, 1722, m. Daniel Denison (No. 122), that family.
42 EUNICE, b. July 3, 1727, m. Joseph Williams of Norwich Feb. 20, 1746.
Experience Wheeler (No. 14) m. Rev. Joseph Coit of Plain- field, Conn., May 26, 1704. He was the first minister of Plainfield and son of Joseph Coit and Martha Harris of New London, and grandson of John and Mary Coit, who came to New London in 1651, from Gloucester, Mass. She d. Jan. 8, 1759. He d. July I, 1750, aged 77 years.
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CHILDREN:
43 ELIZABETH COIT, b. Feb. 17, 1706, d. young.
44 SAMUEL COIT, b. 1708.
45 JOSEPH COIT, b. 1711.
46 MARTHA C. COIT, b. 1713.
47 ISAAC COIT, b. Dec. 26, 1714.
48 ABIGAIL COIT, b. 1716.
49 MARY COIT, b. 1718.
50 WILLIAM COIT, b. Nov. 27, 1720.
51 EXPERIENCE COIT, b. 1722.
52 DANIEL COIT, b. 1731.
Thomas Wheeler (No. 19) m. Mary Miner Nov. 25, 1718 (No. 66), Miner family. He was one of the most prominent and weal- thiest men of the town in his day and generation. His inventory will be found in the Appendix. He and his wife are buried in the old burial place west from the present residence of Frank Mat- tison. He d. Oct. 23, 1755, aged 56 years ; she d. July 28, 1750.
CHILDREN:
53 MARY, b. July 19, 1720, m. Isaac Wheeler (No. 37); 2d, Charles Miner (No. 75), Miner family.
54 THOMAS, b. March 16, 1722, m. Mercy Williams.
55 ISAAC, b. Feb. 12, 1724, m. Bridget Noyes.
56 JEREMIAH, b. July 31, 1725, m. Susannah Babcock; 2d, Mrs. Anna Pellet Wheeler.
57 SHEPARD, b. Feb. 12, 1726, m. Hannah Hewitt.
58 PAUL, b. Sept. 11, 1728, m. Lucy Swan.
59 MEHITABLE, b. Sept. 5, 1731, m. George Babcock of Rhode Island (No. 99), that family.
60 CHARLES, b. 1736, m. Martha Williams.
61 LUCY, b. June 14, 1737, m. Joseph Page (No. 15), that family.
62 CYRUS, b. Sept. 11, 1739, d. unmarried.
63 EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 16, 1740, m. Lucy Lamb.
Isaac Wheeler (No. 37) m. Mary Wheeler (No. 53), daughter of Thomas Wheeler, June 2, 1737. They lived a short distance north of the present residence of Col. James Brown, North Ston- ington, Conn. He d. Jan. 5, 1740. His widow m. for her second husband, Charles Miner (No. 75), that family, Dec. 9, 174I.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
64 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 18, 1738, m. Mary Swan Dec. 9, 1761 (No. 57), Swan family.
65 HANNAH, b. Sept. 1, 1739, m. Nathaniel Chesebrough (No. 149), Chese- brough family.
Six children by second marriage, in Miner family.
Thomas Wheeler (No. 54) m. Mercy Williams Feb. 7, 1739 (No. 176), Williams family, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
72 MARY, b. April 22, 1741, m. Clement Miner (No. 154), Miner family.
73 MERCY, b. Jan. 22, 1742, m. Christopher Gardiner Jan. 25, 1760.
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74 THOMAS, b. Oct. 12, 1745, m. Lucy Prentice; 2d, Mrs. Mary (Swan) Wheeler.
75 THANKFUL, b. May 20, 1747.
76 DESIRE, b. Nov. 25, 1748; m. John Watson Oct. 17, 1764, of South Kings- ton.
77 PRUDENCE, b. April 24, 1751.
78 MARTHA, b. Oct. 14, 1752, m. Joseph Holmes (No. 37), that family; 2d, Mr. Williams; 3d, Thomas Hammond, in 1788.
79 MEHITABLE, b. May 10, 1754, m. Jabez Swan (No. 56), Swan family.
80 RUFUS, b. Dec. 15, 1755, m. Eunice Williams (No. 272), that family; she m. 2d, Coddington Billings (No. 167), Billings family.
81 JOHN, b. March 23, 1760.
Isaac Wheeler (No. 55) m. Bridget Noyes April 9, 1746 (No .. 120), that family. He was drowned in Indian Town Pond while washing sheep, May 26, 1747. His widow m. Joseph Denison, Apr. 23, 175I.
CHILD: 82 ISAAC, b. Dec. 26, 1746, m. Ruth Swan (No. 58), that family.
Jeremiah Wheeler (No. 56) m. Ist, Susannah Babcock, April 20, 1749; she d. Dec. 26, 1750. He m. 2d, Mrs. Anna Pellet Wheeler, widow of Richard Wheeler, March II, 1752 (No. 22), that family. She d. April 30, 1772. He d. Aug. 10, 1770.
CHILD BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
83 SUSANNAH (BABCOCK), b. Feb. 10, 1750.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
84 ANNA, b. Sept. 26, 1752, m. Latham Hull (No. 7), Hull family.
85 LYDIA, b. March 8, 1754, m. David Moore March 15, 1783.
86 SARAH, b. Oct. 26, 1755, m. Jedediah Brown Jan. 13, 1778 (No. 168), Brown family.
87 JEREMIAH, b. Oct. 6, 1758.
88 AMOS, b. Oct. 15, 1759, m. Lucy Holmes.
89 BRIDGET, b. Oct. 20, 1761, m. Robert Wheeler (No. 111), that family. 90 HOSEA, b. -, m. Bridget Grant.
Shepard Wheeler (No. 57) m. Hannah Hewitt Oct. 18, 1751 (No. 59), that family, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
91 MARY, b. Oct. 7, 1754, m. Paul Wheeler (No. 96).
92 SHEPARD, b. Dec. 5, 1756, m. Lucy Wheeler.
93 DESIRE, b. in 1768.
Paul Wheeler (No. 58) m. Lucy Swan May 1, 1751 (No. 29), Swan family, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Oct. 25, 1787; she d. Nov. II, 1781.
CHILDREN:
94 EUNICE, b. Dec. 26, 1751, d. y.
95 THOMAS, b. Oct. 25, 1753.
96 PAUL, b. Dec. 26, 1755, m. Mary Wheeler.
97 LUCY, b. Sept. 27, 1757, m. Shepard Wheeler (No. 92); 2d, Jabish Swan (No. 56), that family.
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98 EUNICE, b. and d. Oct. 7, 1759.
99 JOHN, b. May 24, 1762, m. Eunice Swan.
100 ANNA, b. June 30, 1764, m. Stephen Avery (No. 159), that family.
101 MARY, b. Nov. 6, 1765, m. Luther Avery (No. 158), that family.
102 PEREZ, b. Nov. 20, 1767, m. Desire Randall.
103 EUNICE, b. Dec. 3, 1769, m. Col. William Randall (No. 71), that family. 104 ZERVIAH, b. Nov. 19, 1771, m. Joseph Noyes (No. 167), that family.
Charles Wheeler (No. 60) m. Martha Williams (No. 210), that family, Feb. 26, 1756, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Nov. 23, 1787 ; she d. Jan. 18, 1788.
CHILDREN :
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105 CHARLES, b. and d. in infancy.
106 WILLIAM, b. Dec. 5, 1758, d. in the Revolutionary army.
107 THOMAS, b. in 1760, m. Esther Randall.
108 ISAAC, b. Nov. 23, 1764, d. in Florida.
109 CYRUS, b. and d. same year, 1766.
110 GEORGE, b. March 30, 1770, d. in West Indies.
111 ROBERT, b. June 17, 1772, m. Bridget Wheeler; 2d, Sophia Smead. 112 DESIRE, b. in 1774, m. Col. Nathan Wheeler (No. 163).
113 MARTHA, b. , d. in infancy.
114 MARTHA, b. , m. Rufus Hewitt (No. 106), that family.
115 ELIZABETH, b. , m. Abel Hinckley.
116 HANNAH, b. , m. Russel Avery.
117 ABIGAIL, b. m. Isaac Avery.
Ephraim Wheeler (No. 63) m. Lucy Lamb, Dec. 2, 1762, both of Stonington, Conn. Went west.
CHILDREN:
118 EPHRAIM, b. March 17, 1764, d. young.
119 WEALTHY, b. Feb. 1, 1766.
120 REBECCA, b. Feb. 8, 1768.
121 SUSANNA, b. Jan. 24, 1770.
122 MEHITABLE, b. Jan. 11, 1772.
Thomas Wheeler (No. 74) m. Lucy Prentice (No. 43), that family, Jan. 17, 1765, both of Stonington, Conn. She d. in 1792, aged 45. He m. 2d, Mrs. Mary (Swan) Wheeler, Aug. 14, 1794 (No. 57), Swan family, and widow of William Wheeler (No. 64).
CHILDREN:
123 MERCY, b. Aug. 13, 1767, m. William Williams (No. 271), that family.
124 THOMAS, b. Nov. 12, 1769, d. young.
125 Twins, b. and d. 1771.
126 LUCY P., b. May 7, 1774, m. Thomas W. Palmer (No. 324), Palmer family. 127 CYNTHIA, b. June, 1776, d. young.
128 Unnamed child, b. in 1777.
129 LYDIA, b. July 2, 1778, m. William Williams (No. 278), of that family.
130 Twins, b. 1780.
131 THOMAS, b. Oct. 15, 1781, m. Rebecca Wheeler.
132 Child, b. and d. 1782.
Isaac Wheeler (No. 82) m. Ruth Swan Dec. 31, 1766 (No. 58),
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WHEELER FAMILY.
Swan family, both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Dec. 31, 1831 ; she d. Dec. 6, 1834.
CHILDREN:
133 MARY, b. Sept. 16, 1767, m. Jesse Hakes; she d. Dec. 11, 1862.
134 ISAAC, b. June 6, 1769, m. Hannah Holmes (No. 139), that family; 2d, Olive Burdick.
135 BRIDGET, b. March 26, 1770, d. young.
136 LODOWICK, b. Feb. 19, 1771, m. Mary Brown; 2d, Betsey Brown.
137 NOYES, b. Dec. 17, 1772, m. Priscilla Stewart (No. 37), that family.
138 PELEG, b. Feb. 18, 1775, m. Eunice Utter.
139 TIMOTHY S., b. March 17, 1777, m. Lucy Grant.
140 BRIDGET, b. June 25, 1779, m. Benjamin Green.
141 WILLIAM, b. Oct. 7, 1781, m. Saraphina Haley.
142 RUTH, b. Feb. 2, 1784, m. John Holmes (No. 140), that family.
143 OLIVER, b. March 22, 1786.
144 MATILDA, b. Dec. 6, 1788, d. unmarried.
145 BETSEY, b. Jan. 26, 1792, m. James Pitman.
146 CHARLES PHELPS, b. July 1, 1795, m. Nancy Hewitt (No. 199), that family.
Mercy Wheeler (No. 73) m. Christopher Gardiner of South Kingston, R. I., Jan. 23, 1760.
CHILD:
147 MERCY GARDINER, b. -, m. Hosea Wheeler, Jr. (No. 165).
Desire Wheeler (No. 76) m. John Watson of South Kingston, R. I., Oct. 17, 1764.
CHILDREN:
148 JOHN WATSON, b.
148a ELISHA WATSON, b.
149 MARY WATSON, b. -
149a WALTER WATSON, b. -.
150 JOB WATSON, b.
150a BRIDGET, b.
150b ISABELLA, b.
Amos Wheeler (No. 88) m. Lucy Holmes Dec. 21, 1783 (No. 47), Holmes family. He d. Oct. 8, 1843, aged 84 years ; she d. Nov. 30, 1832, aged 67 years.
CHILDREN:
151 AMOS, b. June 27, 1784, m. Ann Charles, d. June 9, 1822.
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