Descendants of Thomas WHEELER
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 WHEELER was born Nov 1602 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, and died 04 Mar 1686 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married MARY UNKNOWN LAST 06 Apr 1645 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She was born 1615 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, and died 1680 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS WHEELER:
Thomas Wheeler, the ancestor of the Wheeler family of Stonington, Connecticut 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 him in this country is when he appears as a resident of the town of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1635, when and where he was elected constable, and held other official positions later on. In 1642 he was admitted to 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 Last), a young lady of his acquaintance, whose family name is unknown, but our 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 married in 1645, and became the parents of three children.
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 in Stonington in 1667, is not fully understood, 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 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 withe 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, September 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. The are both buried in the old Whitehall burial place, situated on the east bank of the Mystic river.
More About THOMAS WHEELER:
Baptism: 20 Nov 1603, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Burial: Unknown, Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Children of THOMAS WHEELER and MARY LAST are:
2. i. ISAAC2 WHEELER, SR., b. 1646, Salem, ,Massachusetts; d. 05 Jan 1712, N. Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
ii. ELIZABETH WHEELER1,1, b. 1648; d. 05 Aug 1672.
iii. SARAH WHEELER1, b. 1650, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 1687, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Generation No. 2
2. ISAAC2 WHEELER, SR. (THOMAS1) was born 1646 in Salem, ,Massachusetts, and died 05 Jan 1712 in N. Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married MARTHA PARKE1 10 Jan 1667 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut by Thomas Stanton. She was born 27 Oct 1646 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, and died 14 Feb 1717 in N. Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for ISAAC WHEELER, SR.:
He served in the Colonial Indian wars.
More About ISAAC WHEELER, SR.:
Baptism: 19 Nov 1648, Salem, ,Massachusetts
Burial: Unknown, Whitehall Cemetery, Stoinington, New London, Connecticut
More About MARTHA PARKE:
Burial: Unknown, Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Children of ISAAC WHEELER and MARTHA PARKE are:
3. i. MARY3 WHEELER, b. 22 Nov 1668, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 03 Nov 1709, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
ii. MARTHA WHEELER, b. 06 Feb 1668, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 17 Feb 1745.
iii. THOMAS WHEELER, b. 01 Dec 1671, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 1691, Killed by an Indian at Quinebaug.
Notes for THOMAS WHEELER:
* died 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 excursion, traversing the forests of the town of Preston, and when near Quinebaug Rive 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 forests to them they would kill and scalp him on the spot. He bid defiance to their threats, when they attacked him with their tomahawks 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.
*The History of Stonington, Connecticut by Richard Anson Wheeler, pg. 637
4. iv. ISAAC WHEELER, JR., b. 06 Aug 1673, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 Jun 1737, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
v. ANNA WHEELER, b. 20 Aug 1675, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
vi. RICHARD WHEELER1, b. 19 Mar 1677, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 12 Apr 1712, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
More About RICHARD WHEELER:
Baptism: Jun 1677, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
5. vii. DOROTHY "DOLLY" WHEELER, b. 06 Dec 1679, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 May 1736, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
viii. WILLIAM WHEELER1, b. 09 Sep 1681, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 11 Aug 1747, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
More About WILLIAM WHEELER:
Burial: Unknown, Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
ix. MARY WHEELER, b. 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Sep 1743, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
x. ELIZABETH WHEELER, b. 26 May 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1735, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut.
xi. EXPERIENCE WHEELER1, b. 21 May 1685, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 08 Jan 1759, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for EXPERIENCE WHEELER:
He was the first minister of Plainfield.
More About EXPERIENCE WHEELER:
Baptism: 31 May 1685, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Generation No. 3
3. MARY3 WHEELER (ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born 22 Nov 1668 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, and died 03 Nov 1709 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She married EBENEZER WILLIAMS 24 Jan 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut by Capt. Mason, J.P.. He was born 06 Dec 1666 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died 13 Feb 1747 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Children of MARY WHEELER and EBENEZER WILLIAMS are:
i. THEODA4 WILLIAMS, b. 29 Oct 1687, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Jan 1694, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
ii. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, b. 17 Sep 1691, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
iii. MARY WILLIAMS, b. 07 Jan 1694, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 10 Jan 1704, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
iv. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, b. 03 Feb 1696, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Sep 1780, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
v. EBENEZER WILLIAMS, b. 1699, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 23 Jun 1699, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
vi. THEODA WILLIAMS, b. 31 Jan 1701, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
vii. SELINA WILLIAMS, b. 18 Dec 1703, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
6. viii. SILENCE WILLIAMS, b. 18 Dec 1703, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
ix. EBENEZER WILLIAMS, b. 21 Oct 1705, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
More About EBENEZER WILLIAMS:
Baptism: 21 Oct 1705, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
x. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, b. 21 Oct 1705, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
More About ELIZABETH WILLIAMS:
Baptism: 21 Oct 1705, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
xi. MARTHA WILLIAMS, b. 03 Apr 1708, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
4. ISAAC3 WHEELER, JR. (ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born 06 Aug 1673 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, and died 25 Jun 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married MARY SHEPARD 09 Dec 1697 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She was born 1679 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died 20 Sep 1761 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Notes for ISAAC WHEELER, JR.:
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 enlarged 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 good necessary fro the planters of the town. She made equestrian trips to Boston 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, bur 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. They were buried in the graveyard west of Frank Mattison's present residence.
More About ISAAC WHEELER, JR.:
Burial: 25 Jun 1737, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Children of ISAAC WHEELER and MARY SHEPARD are:
i. MARGARET4 WHEELER1, b. 16 Feb 1698, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Apr 1768, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
7. ii. THOMAS WHEELER, b. 15 Feb 1700, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 23 Oct 1755, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. DOROTHY "DOLLY"3 WHEELER (ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born 06 Dec 1679 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, and died 25 May 1736 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She married NEHEMIAH SMITH III 22 Apr 1696 in New London, New London, Connecticut. He was born 14 Nov 1673 in Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut, and died 21 Nov 1724 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
More About DOROTHY "DOLLY" WHEELER:
Burial: Unknown, Smithlake Cemetery, Paquonoc, Connecticut
Children of DOROTHY WHEELER and NEHEMIAH SMITH are:
i. DOROTHY4 SMITH, b. 26 Aug 1697, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 04 Jan 1698, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut.
ii. HANNAH SMITH, b. 20 Feb 1699, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
iii. ELIZABETH SMITH1, b. 17 Nov 1700, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 04 Apr 1761, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
8. iv. NATHAN SMITH, SR., b. 16 Sep 1702, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 04 Dec 1784, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut.
v. JOHN SMITH1, b. 14 Jun 1704, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 Dec 1758, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut.
vi. WILLIAM SMITH, b. 15 May 1706, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 05 Oct 1788.
vii. ISAAC SMITH1, b. 29 May 1707, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Mar 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
viii. MARY SMITH, b. 16 Nov 1709, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
ix. LYDIA SMITH, b. 24 Jun 1713, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
x. JABEZ SMITH1, b. 17 Feb 1714, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
xi. ANNA SMITH, b. 01 Nov 1717, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. Unknown.
xii. SARAH SMITH, b. 14 Jul 1719, Poquonock Bridge, New London, Connecticut; d. 23 Jan 1772.
Generation No. 4
6. SILENCE4 WILLIAMS (MARY3 WHEELER, ISAAC2, THOMAS1)1 was born 18 Dec 1703 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, and died Unknown. She married OLIVER GRANT, SR. 18 May 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He was born 30 Sep 1703 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, and died 07 May 1757 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Children of SILENCE
