Thomas WHEELER
Birth:
20 Nov 1603
Cranfield, Ampthill (Bedfordshire) England
Death:
6 Mar 1686/87
Stonington Village (New London) Connecticut Colony
Burial:
Old Whitehall Burial Place at Stonington, Connecticut
Marriage:
6 Apr 1645
Saybrook Village, Connecticut Colony
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
"Thomas Wheeler, the ancestor of the Wheeler family of Stonington,
Connecticut, and region round about, was doubtless of English origin, but
the place ofhis 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 ofthe passengers of the early emigrant ships.
1635: The first knowledge that wehave of him in this country is when he
appears as a resident of the town ofLynn, Massachusetts, when and where
he was elected constable, and held otherofficial positions later on.
1642: He was admitted in the privilege of a freeman of the commonwealth
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 married Mary (unknown), a young lady ofhis
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.
1667: What induced our ancestor, Thomas Wheeler, to leave Lynn,
Massachusetts, and sell out his business and real estate there, and take
up his abode in the town of Stonington, isnot fully understood, but
whatever motive actuated him in coming this way itis plainly evident
that he intended to make Stonington his final home. He was an intimate
friend of Reverend James Noyes, who came to Stonington the sameyear that
he did, and it has been supposed that the friendship between themwas 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.
1669: Thomas Wheeler was made freeman in the Connecticut Colony.
1673: He was nominated and elected one of the Stonington representatives
to the Connecticut General Court.
1674: The next year his nameappears among the 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 andhis wife came to
Stonington to live, he and his son Isaac built them a residence in North
Stonington, where Colonel James F. Brown now resides, where theylived
and died. Thomas Wheeler left a will, which was lost by being burned when
the infamous Arnold burned the city of New London, September 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.
1685: Thomas Wheeler died at the age of 84 years and is buried,with his
wife, in the old Whitehall burial place, situated on the east bankof the
Mystic River. [Research of NancyAnn Norman]
"The Wheeler Family in America: The Descendants of Thomas Wheeler,
Stonington, Connecticut" by Inez E.Coolby-Brayton' pp. 289-349; 1934.
"History of the Town of Stonington, Countyof New London, Connecticut,
from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 with aGenealogical Register of
Stonington Families" by Richard Anson Wheeler; p. 636; Press of The Day
Publishing Company; New London, Connecticut; 1900 (974.62 S87Wl LAPL)
(974.6 CT SCGS)
Mary BECKETT
Birth:
17 Jun 1602
Cranfield, Ampthill (Bedfordshire) England
Death:
16 Dec 1676
Duxbury New Plantation, Plymouth Colony
Burial:
Old Whitehall Burial Place at Stonington, Connecticut
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
1621" Mary Beckett was one of the passengers in the "Ann" in company with
Barbara Standish, Patience and Fear Brewster. [Research of Richard Baker,
WorldConnect]
"History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut,
from its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900 with a Genealogical Register of
Stonington Families"; by Richard Anson Wheeler; Press of The Day
Publishing Company; New London, Connecticut; 1900 (974.62 S87Wl LAPL)
(974.6 CT SCGS)
1677: Mary, relict of George Soule, died.
"New England Marriages Prior to 1700"compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey;
p. 693; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland;
1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)
"History of theWheeler Family in America" by Albert Gallatin Wheeler,
Jr.; p. 290; AmericanCollege of Genealogy; Boston, Massachusetts; 1914
(CS71.W56 1914 CSL)
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
1646
Coventry Settlement, Connecticut Colony
Death:
5 Jan 1710/11
Stonington Village (New London) Connecticut Colony
Notes:
1646c: Isaac Wheeler was born.
"New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiledby Clarence Almon Torrey;
p. 799; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.;Baltimore, Maryland;
1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)
1685, December 16: "Oanaco Deed to Isack Wheller"
"Oanco sacham of Mohagen for divers good considerations . . . paid by me
Isack Wheller of Stonington doe sell . . . tract of Land. . . 300A . . .
north side of Pahchog river on the Land of Joseph Morgin and Thomas Parke
. . . "
Oanaco, his mark.
John Stanton and John Gallup.
Acknowledged: before Samuell Mason, assistant.
Entered: December 14, 1691.
"Preston, Connecticut Deeds,1687-1736"; I:149 (FHL Film #5381 CT;New
London: Preston Deed Books, 1-3 (1687-1722)
1712, January 3: The Last Will and Testament of Isaac Wheeler, Sr.
"In the name of God, Amen. The last Will and Testament of Mr. Isaac
Wheeler, Sr., of Stonington, In the County of New London and In the
Colony of Connecticut, being In perfect mind and memory,blessed be God,
which is as followeth, I give my soul to God, who gave it and my body to
the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian manner by my Executor in
the hope of a glorious resurrection, and that as a Christian I may
further provide for MY family, I order my temporal concerns as followeth:
Imprimis. I order and direct my Executors to pay my Just debts and
recover my just dues of my estate. I give to my loving wife Martha, the
biggest room of my house and the leanto (or ell) and two of the best beds
and bedclothes and curtains, such as she best like, and four cows and a
score of sheep to be keptand provided for by my son William, and so much
of the household stuff as she has occasion for, and to be honorably
maintained and to be comfortably provided for, in all things she needs
during her natural life, at the care and cost of my son William Wheeler.
I give and bequeath to my son Isaac Wheeler, beside what his grandfather
Thomas Wheeler, has given him In Lynn, Massachusetts, and besides one
hundred and fifty acres of land given him by his grandfather and besides
what I have given in buildings and stock, I do now give him three score
acres of land In lieu of forty acres his grandfather gave to his brother
Thomas, Deceased, lying to the west and south of his own field and he is
to take it Westerly from an horn beam tree till he makes up the
complementof three score acres and a straight line from the said horn
beam tree to a black oak tree, which is the corner tree of his
grandfather's land he now dwelleth upon, which tree standeth by a brook;
also I give to my son Isaac, fourscore acres of land which I bought of
Ebenezer Witter and from that black oakwhich is a bound -tree of
Nathaniel Chesebrough, s land, and from thence a straight line to a great
chestnut tree; also I give him one hundred acres which I bought of
Nathaniel Chesebrough, and one hundred acres which I bought ofJohn
Reynolds, and fifty acres bought of Captain James Pendleton, and also one
other hundred acres bought of John Witter, also one hundred and twenty
acres now at the north corner of my land, which hundred acres was his
grandfather's, and also fifty acres as it is bounded which may appear
upon record, which was a grant formerly purchased of Lieutenant Mason.
I give to Richard's children that are males, that are or shall be
begotten of his body the lands following, equally to be divided among
them, and my Executors shall give them asthey come of age out of the
following land a just proportion for their settlement, provided my son
Richard and his wife shall have the house and homestead they now live in
and to it one hundred and fifty acres during their naturallives. I give
fifty acres lying by Samuel Miner, which was part of a grant of land
bought of Captain John Stanton and fifty acres more bought of Captain
Samuel Mason, and also a sixteen-acre lot lyini
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Thomas Wheeler - Mary Beckett
Thomas Wheeler
was born at Cranfield, Ampthill (Bedfordshire) England 20 Nov 1603.
He married Mary Beckett 6 Apr 1645 at Saybrook Village, Connecticut Colony . Mary Beckett was born at Cranfield, Ampthill (Bedfordshire) England 17 Jun 1602 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Isaac Wheeler
born 1646.
Thomas Wheeler died 6 Mar 1686/87 at Stonington Village (New London) Connecticut Colony .
Mary Beckett died 16 Dec 1676 at Duxbury New Plantation, Plymouth Colony .