USA > Maine > Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III > Part 70
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116
1408
STATE OF MAINE.
road to Benjamin Perry's ; one-ninth of a saw mill: one hundred and eighty-four acres of land in Pembroke, adjoining the new forge; fourteen acres in Pembroke, near Major's Purchase; one-fourth of a grist mill at the new forge; one-half acre by North river bridge ; and a negro woman named Rose. The whole was appraised at £6,926. llis wife's forename was Mary. She married, May 14, 1735, after his death, Thomas Bryant, of Scituate. The children of Joseph and Mary Barstow were : Elizabeth, Joseph ( died young), Joseph, Joshua ( died young), Mary ((lied young ), James, Mary, Joshua and Abi- gail.
(IV) Joshua, fifth son of Captain Joseph (2) and Mary Barstow, was born in Scituate, September 8, 1720, and died October 3, 1763. He was the proprietor of the forge built by his father, 1720, which he operated until his decease ; it is also probable that he occupied his father's house. An inscription on a stone in the Hanover graveyard states that he "was drowned at the Eastward, Oct. 3, 1763, ae. 44." He married, April 21, 1741, Elizabeth Foster, of Scituate. Their children were : Joseph, Mary, James, Barshaway, Abigail (died young), Joshua, Calvin, Ezekiel, Tim- othy, Foster, Elizabeth and Joseph.
(V) Timothy, seventh son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Foster) Barstow, was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, probably, February 22, 1762, and died in Portland, Maine, Au- gust 9, 1837. He settled in Portland, and there married Susanna Simonton, of Cape Elizabeth, their intentions of marriage being filed November 18, 1797. She was born Sep- tember 30, 1766, and died in Portland, March 5, 1848.
(VI) George Simonton, son of Timothy and Susanna (Simonton) Barstow, was born in Portland, December 21, 1807, and died March 7, 1874. He married Ellen Merrill, of New- buryport, Massachusetts, January 7, 1830. (See Merrill, VII.) She was born in New buryport, Massachusetts, May 17, 1807, and died in Portland, August 17, 1873. Their children were: 1. Susan Ellen, married Cap- tain Daniel Bragdon, died March 12, 1894. 2. Abbie M., married Dudley Blanchard, died October, 1887. 3. Mary Elizabeth, married Gaius B. McGregor. 4. Julia B., married J. Wayland Kimball. 5. Margaret Ann, married Rev. Edwin C. Bolles, died September 15, 1907. 6. Augusta Merrill, born June 6, 1842, married George S. Hunt ( see Hunt, VII). 7. George Alvin, married Alice G. Beach, died July, 1905.
(For first generation see Nathaniel I.) (11) Sergeant Daniel, fourth
MERRILL son of Nathaniel and Susanna (Jordan) Merrill, was born in Newbury, August 20, 1642, and was admitted freeman, May 7, 1684. March 22, 1677, Moses Pilsbury and Daniel Merrill were chosen fence viewers "at the farter end" of the town of Newbury. In 1665, Daniel Merrill was one of those who were called upon and did take the oath of allegiance to the King, in a modi- fied form. His name again appears among those who took the oath "as it is by law es- tablished within the Kingdom of England," in 1678. In the "Invoyes" of August, 1688, Daniel Merrill's list enumerates two heads (persons) ; two houses; twelve acres plow lands ; two horses; two oxen ; five cows; eight younger cattle; thirty sheep and six hogs; showing him to have been in very comfortable circumstances. In 1689 he was chosen "Way Warden." He was admitted to Newbury church in 1681, and to the Salisbury church later. He died June 27, 1717, in Salisbury. His will, made May 10, was probated July 12, 1717. In it his wife Sarah is mentioned, and "cousin" Thomas Merrill, to whom he gave land in Haverhill. Daniel Merrill married (first) May 14, 1667, in Newbury, Sarah Clough, who was born June 28, 1646, and died March 18, 1706, at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He married (second) May 29, 1708, Sarah , who was born October 14, 1650, in Salisbury, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Clement) Morrill, and widow of Philip Rowell and of one Siphorus Page. They had Daniel, John, Sarah, Ruth, Moses, Martha and Stephen.
(III) Daniel (2), eldest son of Daniel (1) and Sarah (Clough) Merrill, was born in Newbury, March 8, 1672, and received his father's homestead by will in 1717. His es- tate was administered upon September 29, 1725. In 1706 his name is on the list of those who are appointed to keep snów-shoes and moccasins for use in service against Indians. In the same year Daniel Merrill is a member of the North Regiment in Essex in "My Par- ticular Company,"-probably commanded by Captain Thomas Noyes, in whose company other records show him to have been. He mar- ried Esther, eldest child of Aquila and Esther (Bond) Chase, who was born November 18, 1674, in Newbury, who survived him and died 1751. Their children were: Joseph, Daniel. Abigail, Judith, Peter, Sarah, Benja- min, Thomas, Enoch, Edmund, and Moses, whose sketch follows.
1409
STATE OF MAINE.
(IV) Moses, youngest child of Daniel (2) and Esther ( Chase) Merrill, was born in New- bury, April 5, 1719, and died about 1788. He married, April 5, 1743, Mary Plummer, daugh- ter of Samuel and Hannah Plummer, of New- bury, who was born November 26, 1723, and died in 1795.
(V) Thomas, son of Moses and Mary (Plummer) Merrill, was born in Newbury, October 24, 1745, and died at Newburyport, February 12, 1882. In 1788 Thomas Merrill had a tavern on State street. Among the ad- vertisers mentioned in the history of New- buryport, as of ancient times, is Thomas Mer- rill, who kept a tavern near Rev. Mr. Cary's meeting house, in what is now Market Square, which announced to customers that he made "Apple and Mince Pies in the neatest and best manner," and sold them at a reasonable price. April 13, 1812, Thomas Merrill conveyed to Henry Merrill, treasurer and agent for the Baptist church and society, in Newburyport, a lot of land forty feet wide, on Silk (now Congress) street, on which a small brick meet- ing house was erected. A lane which was afterwards a street was named in honor of the Merrill family in 1774. Thomas Merrill mar- ried, about August 25, 1770, Hannah Butler, born about 1747, and died August 22. 1833.
(VI) Colonel Paul, son of Thomas and Hannah (Butler) Merrill, was born in New- buryport, November 23, 1783, and died March IO, 1818. He married, October 30, 1806, Eleanor Stevens, of Westbrook (formerly called Falmouth), Maine, who was a daughter of Tristam and Margaret (Patrick) Stevens, born November 20, 1785, and died June 14, 1867, at Portland, Maine. Their children were : I. Ellen, born May 17, 1807. 2. Paul Stevens, born December 27, 1809, at New- buryport, Massachusetts, married, November, 1835. Caroline Blanchard, of Cumberland, Maine, died June, 1891, at Lock Haven, Penn- sylvania. 2. Samuel Thompson, born Decem- ber 9, 1813, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, died very young. 3. Elizabeth Titcomb, born May 2, 1816, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, married, 1836, William Edward Short, died February 9, 1898, at Portland, Maine. 4. Margaret Ann. born July 30, 1818, at New- buryport, Massachusetts, died before reaching twenty years of age.
(VII) Ellen, daughter of Colonel Paul and Eleanor (Stevens) Merrill, was born in New- buryport, May 17, 1807, and died August 17, 1873. at Portland, Maine. She married, Jan- uary 7, 1830, George Simonton Barstow. (See Barstow, VI.)
There is no surname which sug- SMITH gests to the student of history more of interest than Smith. To the Smith the world is indebted chiefly for its progress and accomplishments, for without the smith and his ingenuity in invention and skill in making there could have been little if any civilization. The many families of Smiths de- scending from smiths of ability have been among the leaders in progress and culture. Not a few of such are found in New England.
(I) Richard Smith, of Ipswich, Massachu- setts, may have been a son of Richard, of Shropham, county Norfolk, England, a short distance from East Harling. Dates of his birth, death, marriage, the name of his wife and the dates of her birth and death are want- ing. In the summary of names of early set- tlers of Ipswich occurs the name Richard Smith, opposite which is the date of settle- ment 1645. His name is found in "The list of those that by law are allowed to have there votes in Town affairs. Voted to be recorded at the Towne meeting, December th 2nd 1679." In 1678 he was one of those who had the right of commonage. Richard Smith had a difficulty with the officers of the town in 1645 and was so indiscreet as to say, "Though Father, Son & Holy Ghost were against him, yet he had the victory," or to this purpose. For this he was sentenced to "make ac- knowledgement of his blasphemy" or pay a fine in addition to the forty shillings already levied. The house lot, owned by Andrew Hodges in 1646, was sold by Andrew Burley to Richard Smith, "the house and land for- merly Hodges," one and a half acres, March 24, 1680.
(II) Richard (2), son of Richard Smith, was born in Ipswich, about 1642. He mar- ried, November, 1660, Hannah Cheney, of Newbury.
(III) John, son of Richard (2) and Han- nah (Cheney) Smith, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1677, and died May 20, 1713. He married, December 4, 1702, Mercy Adams.
(IV) John (2), son of John ( I) and Mercy (Adams) Smith, was born in Ipswich, Janu- ary 22, 1707, and died July 11, 1768. He married, in 1728, Hannah Treadwell, and died before 1762.
(V) Major Charles, son of John (2) and Hannah (Treadwell) Smith, was born Feb- ruary 24. 1737, and died March 16, 1815. He married, February 1I, 1760. Martha Rogers, of Ipswich, who was born May 12, 1738, and died March 6, 1821.
·
1410
STATE OF MAINE.
(VI) Nathaniel, son of Major Charles and Martha (Rogers) Smith, was born September 5. 1774, in Derry, New Hampshire, and died in Gloucester, Massachusetts, November 29, 1829. lle married, January 7, 1799, Anna Kinsman, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who was born in 1775.
( VII) Eliza Kilburn, daughter of Nathaniel and Anna ( Kinsman) Smith, was born Sep- tember 3, 1802, and died November 22, 1840. She married, in 1825, Frederick Ellsworth Hunt, who was born April 20, 1803, and died about 1840. (See Hunt VI.)
The Wheeler family is of English origin. Between WHEELER 1620 and 1650 many immi- grants of the name came to America, settling in Virginia, Connecticut and Massachusetts. These were distinguished, at least as far as connection with this country is concerned, and all were of very good stock. The name has figured creditably in both military and civic annals through many generations, and has now living in Maine some very worthy repre- sentatives.
(I) Among the earliest in this country was John Wheeler, who came from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, where he was born about 1580. He sailed March 24, 1634, in the "Mary and John," and settled in the town in Massa- chusetts which took its name from his Eng- lish birthplace. He was a farmer and a bar- ber, the profession in that day partaking some- what of that of the surgeon and embodied among other duties those of cupping and leech- ing. He was a member of Salisbury in 1652 and removed to the adjacent town of New- bury, where his wife Ann died August 15, 1662. He survived her about eight years, dy- ing in 1670. His will dated March 28, 1668, and proved October II, 1670, bequeathed to son David; to sons John and Adam, of Salis- bury, England; to son William, if he come over to this country; to Mercy, Elizabeth But- ton and Ann Chase; to Susanna, wife of his son George, and to his children, Mary and Elizabeth; to daughter-in-law Susanna, the land formerly given to her husband George, on which he built. He appointed his son Henry executor. His son David came in the ship "Confidence" in April, 1638, aged eleven.
(II) George, son of John and Ann Wheeler, was born about 1615, in Salisbury, England, and was one of the founders of Concord, Massachusetts, where he settled as early as 1638, and perhaps in 1635. His name ap- pears in various petitions to the general court,
and upon the town records to the time of his death, between 1685 and 1687. He was se- lectrnan in 1660 and held many other posi- tions of trust and honor, serving on many committees. He owned land in every part of the town : Brook Meadow, Fairhavens Meadow, the' Cranefield, Bywalden, Goose and Flint's Ponds, on White Pond Plain and on the Sudbury line. He was twice married, but no record of his first wife is obtainable. His second wife, Katherine, died January 2, 1685. He had five children born in England and three in Concord, namely: I. Thomas, married, October 12, 1657, Hannah Harrod. 2. Elizabeth, married, October 1, 1656, Fran- cis Fletcher. 3. William, married, October 30, 1659, Hannah Buss. 4. Ruth, married, October 26, 1665, Samuel Hartwell. 5. Han- nah, named in will as daughter Hannah Fletcher. 6. Sarah, born at Concord, March 30, 1640, married, October 26, 1665, Francis Dudley. 7. John, born March 19, 1642-43, see forward. 8. Mary, born September 6, 1645, married, October 26, 1665, Eliphalet Fox.
(III) John (2), third son of George Wheel- er, was born March 19, 1642-43, in Concord, and died there September 27, 1713. He was admitted a freeman in 1690, and was constable in 1684, when Robert Blood Sr. was fined ten pounds for assaulting him. He was prom- inent in town affairs and was a deacon of the church and also a sergeant of militia. His house lot was south of the mill pond between the corner of Maine street and the present site of the almshouse adjoining the present site of the Trinitarian meeting house. He was mar- ried, March 25, 1663, to Sarah Larkin, who was born in Concord in 1647, died August 12, 1725, a daughter of Deacon Edward and Jo- anna Larkin. Their children were as follows : I. John, born February 6, 1664. 2. Samuel, July 6, 1665. 3. Sarah, December 12, 1667. 4. Edward, July 17, 1669. 5. Joanna, Decem- ber 21, 1671. 6. Mary, September 15, 1673. 7. Lydia, October 27, 1675. 8. Esther, De- cember 1, 1678. 9. Joseph, January 27, 1680. IO. Ebenezer, June 3, 1682. II. Thankful, twin of Ebenezer. 12. Sarah, November II, 1686. 13. Abigail, December 29, 1689.
(IV) Deacon Samuel, second son of Ser- geant John (2) and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler, was born July 6, 1665, in Concord, where he removed and was an excellent citizen, and died December 20, 1717, during the prevalence of unusual sickness in the community. He was married January 27, 1690, to Mary Hos- mer, born May 2, 1668, in Concord, daughter of Steven and Abigail (Wood) Hosmer. She
14II
STATE OF MAINE.
was married December 5, 1721, to John Bel- lows, who was born May 13, 1666, a son of John and Mary (Wood) Bellows, of Marl- boro. She did not long survive this marriage, as John Bellows was married (third) August 30, 1723, to Sarah Johnson. The children of Samuel and Mary Wheeler were: I. Mary, born November 12, 1690. 2. Dorothy, June 2, 1693. 3. Joanna, May 12, 1696. 4. Steven, April 12, 1698, married Ruth Hall, of Charles- town. 5. Jacob, mentioned at length below.
(V) Jacob, youngest child of Samuel and Mary (Hosmer) Wheeler, was born June 26, 1702, in Concord, and lived in Southboro for at least twenty years. His subsequent history has not been ascertained. He was married in Marlboro, January 12, 1727, to Amity Amsden, who was born October 9, 1704, in that town, a daughter of John and Hannah Howe Ams- den. Four of their children are recorded in Southboro, namely: I. John, born February 5, 1732. 2. Jonas, May 10, 1734, married, Jan- uary 22, 1756, Margaret Whitney and settled in Petersham. 3. Joel, mentioned hereinafter. 4. Silas, February 24, 1744, married Sarah Miller and probably removed to New Hamp- shire.
(VI) Joel, third son of Jacob and Amity (Amsden) Wheeler, was born January 27, 1743, in Southboro, died in Petersham, Decem- ber 10, 1814. He settled as a young man at Petersham, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, serving in Captain John King's company in the siege of Boston, 1775, and in Colonel Dike's regiment, 1776-77. He was living in Petersham in 1790, and died there. The records of that town are very meagre. He was married December 19, 1765, to Mary Dudley, who was born December 6, 1740, in Sutton, Massachusetts, died March II, 1810, a daughter of Francis and Sibillah Leland Dole. Their children recorded in Petersham were: I. David, born May 29, 1767. 2. Joel, October 29, 1768. 3. Jacob, mentioned hereinafter. 4. Zeriah, July 2, 1773. 5. Joel, May 9, 1775. died before fif- teen years of age. 6. Dolly, January 27, 1782. (VII) Jacob (2), second son of Joel and Mary Dudley (Dole) Wheeler, was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, September 29, 1771, and died in Corinth, Maine, April 21, 1842. In the fall of 1795 he moved from Petersham to Bangor, Maine, where he re- mained that winter, and in the spring of 1796 moved to Corinth, where he purchased, July 4, 1797, from Robert Campbell, one hundred acres of land, in third range, and the dwellings thereon. In 1803 he built the first frame house
in the town, it being built with nails forged by hand, also shaved shingles and shaved clapboards. It was in this house, by his invi- tation, that the early religious services were held, for the town had no church until 1832. He was an industrious and enterprising citizen and was prominent in the affairs of the town and surrounding country. Jacob Wheeler married (first) Azubah Skinner, daughter of Daniel Skinner, one of the early settlers of Corinth. She was born February 29, 1777, and died December 19, 1819. Their children were: I. Polly, born November 14, 1799. 2. Eunice G., February 23, 1802, married
Sweet. 3. Harriett, November, 1804. 4. Nel- son, November 28, 1807, died in Exeter, May 21, 1890; he married Abigail B. Hill (see Hill), of Exeter. 5. Carolin, September 19, 18II, died February 25, 1820. On July 25, 1821, Jacob Wheeler married (second) Abi- gail (Hunting) Bragdon, born May 7, 1784, at New London, New Hampshire, a daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Ordway) Hunting. She died at Corinth in 1850. To Jacob and Abigail (Bragdon) Wheeler was born Feb- ruary 25, 1823, one child, Joseph Bragdon Wheeler, whose sketch follows. She first married Joseph Bragdon, October 21, 1816, who was born May 8, 1784, and died Novem- ber 24, 1819. Three children were born to Joseph and Abigail (Hunting) Bragdon, namely : 1. Elbridge H., born January 7, 1812, died April, 1900, at Cambridge, Massachu- setts ; married Sarah Marshall. 2. Enoch H., born January 2, 1814, died 1868 in Corinth; married Sarah Skinner. 3. Hannah Ordway, born March 4, 1817, died 1864; married (first) Ricker, and (second) Reuben Hammonds.
(VIII) Joseph Bragdon, only child of Jacob (2) and Abigail (Hunting) (Bragdon) Wheeler, was born in Corinth, Maine, Febru- ary 25, 1823, and died there February 13, 1897. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and at the Charles- town Academy, and later taught more than twenty-five terms of school during the winter months in Corinth and adjacent towns. He was one of the leading men in his town, serv- ing in various town offices, being on the board of selectmen for fifteen years or more. He was enrolling officer at the time of the civil war, and in 1872 he represented his class in the Maine legislature. In politics he was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party. He was a man who took great interest, not only in the affairs of his own town and state, but of the nation. In 1851 he pur-
1412
STATE OF MAINE.
chased of General Isaac Hodsden the farm adjoining his father's on which he spent the remainder of his days. On July 8, 1851, Jo- seph Bragdon Wheeler married Cordelia A. 11ill, fourth daughter of Colonel Francis and Elizabeth ( Wason) Hill, of Exeter, Maine (sce Hill), who was born at Exeter, Maine, August 19, 1827, died at Corinth, Maine, April 20, 1887. Their children were: 1. Leslie Hill, mentioned hereinafter. 2. Mary Ella, born May 19, 1859, died February 27, 1863. 3. Myra E., born April 27, 1865, married Fred E. McCard, of Exeter, Maine, February 6, 1888. They had six children, namely: i. Gladys M., born July 27, 1890; ii. Geneva C., February 2, 1893; iii. Fred L., October 10, 1894: iv. Mildred E., October 4, 1898; v. Ger- trude P., December 10, 1900, died February 18, 1904; vi. Joseph L., March 4, 1904, died October 10, 1904.
(IX) Leslie Hill, only son of Joseph Brag- don and Cordelia ( Hill) Wheeler, was born in Corinth, Maine, August 16, 1854. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He was educated in the common and private schools in his native town, Corrinna Union Academy and Eastern State Normal school at Castine, Maine. Dur- ing the early part of his life he taught some ten terms of school in Penobscot county, and for two years was connected with his uncle, George S. Hill, of Exeter, in mercantile busi- ness. In 1878 he entered the office of his cousin, Dr. Francis N. Wheeler, of Exeter, where he commenced the study of medicine and entered the medical department of Bow- doin College in the class of 1880, graduating in the class of 1882. In October, 1882 he moved to South Brewer, Maine, where he has had an active and successful practice of his profession since that time. He is a member of the Maine Medical Association and the Penobscot County Medical Association. Also examiner in several of the leading old line life insurance companies. He has been interested in the wholesale ice business on the Penobscot for the last twenty years. He married, June 12, 1901, Harriett Chambers Nickerson, of Brewer, Maine, born March 16. 1872, died September 22. 1905. daughter of Charles F. and Annett (Chambers) Nickerson, of Brewer, Maine. Her father. Charles F., was a de- scendant of one of the pioneers of Brewer. He was sergeant of Company C, Second Maine Regiment, United States Volunteers, in the late civil war, and for many years served as postmaster at South Brewer, Maine. Harriett Chambers Nickerson was educated in the schools of Brewer and graduated from Brewer
high school at the age of sixteen years. She was for several years prior to her marriage the successful and popular principal of the South Brewer grammar school. Leslie Hill and Ilarriett C. ( Nickerson) Wheeler have one child, Cordelia Hill Wheeler, born June 6, 1904.
This occupative name, now
WHEELER obsolete and succeeded by the term wheelwright, is as
ancient as the art of making wheels in Britain, and has been used as a cognomen from the "time whereunto the memory of man runneth not to the contrary." The Wheelers were among the pioneer settlers of Massachusetts, and among these pioneers were: John, 1634; Isaac, 1639; Obadiah, 1638; Thomas, 1636; Thomas, 1639; and others. The history of the town of Concord, where the present line of Wheelers started, states: "This name was originally and has ever been borne by more persons than any other in the town. George, Joseph, and Obadiah were among the first settlers, and Ephraim, Thomas and Timothy came in 1639 and were all heads of families. Tradition says they came from Wales, but it is uncertain. Their descendants have been so numerous, and so many have borne the same christian name, that their genealogy is traced with great difficulty. Among the births re- corded by the town clerk between 1650 and 1670, six bore the name of John Wheeler."
(I) George Wheeler, as well as Joseph and Obadiah Wheeler, settled in Concord, Massa- chusetts, by 1635 or 1636. In 1654 Concord was divided into three parts called quarters, and George Wheeler is mentioned as living in the "South Quarter," which contained the land south and southwest of Mill brook. George Wheeler had eleven acres of land, near which was Joshua Wheeler's lot of fourteen acres. In 1654 George Wheeler had an enlarge of twenty acres, it having been agreed in town meeting "That some particular persons shall have some enlargement who are short in lands, paying 12d per acre, as others have don, and 6d per acre, if the towne consent thereto." In the list of land-owners in the South Quarter is the name of "George Wheeler. 24 lots, 434 acres." George Wheeler seems to have been a man of consequence, and presumably a man of education and judgment, as he was often in- terested in important matters and put on many committees for the transaction of public busi- ness. He was a man of wealth and owned land in every part of the township, Brook Meadow, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranfield, by
1413
STATE OF MAINE.
Walden, Goose and Flint Ponds, on White Pond Plain, on the Sudbury line, etc. His will was dated January, 1685, and probated June 2, 1687. His wife's name was Katherine, but nothing more is known concerning her except that she died in Concord, January 2, 1684. They had eight children, five of whom were probably born in England, as their births are not recorded here. Their names are : Thomas, Elizabeth, William, Ruth, Hannah, Sarah. John and Mary.
(II) William, third child and second son of George and Katherine Wheeler, was born probably in England, and died in Concord. Massachusetts, December 31, 1683. He mar- ried, October 30, 1659, Hannah Buss, by whom he had Hannah, Rebecca, Elizabeth, William. George, John, Richard and probably others.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.