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CRANFIELD CHURCH, George Wheeler was baptized here.
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In 1635 George Wheeler moved from Cambridge, MA to Concord, MA to help start that settlement. He had come from England to seek religious freedom and liberty. In 1668 his house was built on Sudbury, Rd. in Concord and is still standing as the family homestead. Later, in 1833, Abiel Wheeler built another Wheeler home, also on Sudbury Rd.
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Will of George Wheeler
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding: praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followety: First: My soul I commite to God ye gave it to me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first : I will ye my due depts be paid honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life : & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole state also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses Y orchards wiyth ye part of the home lot joying to said house & orchards down to the cross hrnce y stood cross ye sd lot in equall right of p'priety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & y part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheeler & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acres bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas and John my twenty eight wcers of woodland lying in the north quater over the river equall in rihgt: also I give to the children of my son William , deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six puonds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety only my will is my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting the piece I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the excecutors of this my will be sispoossed of to my son Williams children& to be as pte of Y above sd legacy: also the two acres & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joying ot my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate. I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joying to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acres more or less. I give my son John mytwo acers & a halfe of medow in spring medow more or less. I give to my tow sones Thomas & john my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the County way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & john my fourty four acres ,lying north of Walson Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acres lying on the southeast of the south river joying to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acres joying to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joying to Mr. Flints pound lying by the east quater lyneee in Equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor yjoying to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a piece. I give to myson Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in recit of parts( msg) give to my daughter foxes children six ounds equall amongst them. I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hunderd eighty & tow on to the day of my Death: which said charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in this my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is y when that all charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied" Y then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what exectors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & daughters resting contented with thier due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acres lying in ye corner near Watertown lyne also my will these lands I give to my two sons Thomas & John their heirs & asigns be it more or less also will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the exectors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall portion: This I geogre Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former wills to be anullity & voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four.
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1600s , Concord, MA
George is the brother of Timothy, Joseph and Thomas Wheeler. He came to Concord about 1638 with hsi wife and several children who may have been born in England. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who "were foremost in the town's businesws, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgment." he was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property, his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town, at Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranefield, by Wlden Goose Pond, Flint's Pond, on the White Poan Plain, on the Sudbury line etc. ...nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from either the church or civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated Jan 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2, 1687 thus establishing the approximate time of his death.
[George signs himself "George Wheeler Senir." Is this Senior? There is no mention of a George Jr.]
from The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family. Boston, MA:1914.
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In History: Wheeler
Archbishop William Laud (7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. He pursued a High Church course and opposed radical forms of Puritanism. This and his support for King Charles I resulted in his beheading in the midst of the English Civil War.
Name: George WHEELER
Sex: M
Birth: 23 MAR 1604/05 in Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire County, England
Death: BET FEB 1686/87 AND JUN 1687 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Will: 28 JAN 1683/84 Written at Concord, Mass.
Event: Will probated 2 JUN 1687 Willa admitted to court
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Concord was the original home in America to all the Wheelers, from there they scattered throughout the New England area. George and John of Salisbury were said to be related.
According to the GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND there were 30 distinct families of Wheeler's living in Concord between 1650-1680.
In the book DIRECTORY OF THE HOH NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1700 BY HOLMES
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Wheeler
A name of a trade
George, B. Eng., 1600 freeman, Concord Mass. 1641.
Book Ref:
Genealogy of the first settlers of New England page 311:
George , Concord 1636. freeman 1641, D. 1684 leaving issue.
Book Ref: Genealogy Directory of New England Families page 496-7:
George,Concord ,freem. 2 june 1641, had Sarah, B. 30 March 1640; John, 19 March 1643; and by wife Catharine, who perhaps was the mother of the two former children, Mary, 6 Sept 1645; and possibly more. Mary M. 26 Oct. 1665 Ebenezer Fox.
HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY
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George Wheeler baptized Cranfield, Bedforeshire, 23 March 1605/6 , son of Thomas Wheeler ( F.G. Emison, Bedforeshire Registers, 27, (1943, Cranfield) hereinafter PR) and died at Concord, Mass. by 1687 ( Wheeler Am ., 17) He married at Cranfield, 8 June 1630, his only wife Catherine Pin ( PR , 27 :39, Cath Pin; at Cranfield , the name Pin is also spelled Ping and Pyng; at Holcote, Pinge, at Kempston there were Enns, but no Pins; the surname may be a variant of Penn) She died at Concord, 2 Jan 1684/5.
Concord Ma births , Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850.; hereinafter VR.
At Cranfield in 1633, This George Wheeler was called "of Wharley End" to distinguish him from the George Wheeler of East End who married Mary Studd of Cranfield,. Both of these Wheelers had children baptized in 1633.
HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA.
The principal reason for the emigration of so many from England , closely paralleled the cause which led to all of the emigration of the period, 1. religious persecution under William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1663-1645 in the days of King Charles the I., 2. the forced loans (taxes) of Charles I, as they were not levied with the consent of Parliament. It was a turbulent time eventually culminating in the English Civil War.
Following their pastor Rev. Bulkeley, the Puritan exodus in Cranfield was one of the centers of dissatisfaction caused by the severity of Bishop William Laud enforcing the Act of Uniformity ( Act of 1593) . The resulting church upheavals were having a profound effect in Cranfield and neighboring parishes. Rev. Buckley had been deprived of his living for nonconformity. In 1635 he departed with his family to New England to become on of the founders of Concord. During that time the ship money tax was levied to pay off debts of the Spanish Armada War. Bedforeshire, the county of residence of our ancestors , was assessed 3,000 pounds which was prorated to individual heads of households. An unpopular tax, it may have been the catalyst that prompted many a Bedforeshire yoeman to leave England.
Records of 1637 list of arrears included Thomas Wheeler of Cranfield, ... Gon out of contry, Thomas Halsey and Richard Odell :Gone nto New Englnde" \
It must have been in preparation of their leave taking that Timothy Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler sold 2 1/2 acres of land called Ferry Feilds on 19 Feb 1635 to Edward Odell of the Ashe for 12 pounds. joining the exodus from Cranfield and surrounding villages were families of Odell, Halsey, Turney, and Letting. Nearly all of the families were related to the WHEELERS by blood or marriage. Many of these families settled at Concord or near their former Pastor Rev. Bulkeley.
Our first generations in the MA Bay Colony begin 18 years after the landing of the Mayflower. It is known that the Wheelers were proprietors. They shared in the division of land at Concord, and purchased more. They built comfortable homes for thier families, and were respected in the community.
Probably of all the Wheelers who came to America before the year 1640 none was of greater distinction or of more importance to the town in which he lived than George Wheeler of Concord. His name appears on the Concord records the first year they were kept and every year thereafter until he died. The circumstantial evidence of his having been the brother of Timothy Wheeler and of Captian Thomas Wheeler is of the highest order. The English records make it quite clear that George Wheeler had a brother Thomas and Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother to Timothy.
With Timothy he owned considerable property jointly, and together they were in possession of most of the real estate left by Rev. Peter Bulkeley. Authorities agree that Geroge Wheeler came to Concord about the year 1638 with his wife Katherine and several children. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who " were formost in the town's business, by virture of thier large estates as well as thier intergrity and good judgment." He was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property. his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town.He held many positions of trust and was as active in the direction of the town's affairs as any individual in Concord, serving at various times on substantially every committee of consequence , and leading in all matters of moment , as evidenced by the fact that nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from Ether the Church or the civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated January 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2 , 1687, thus establishing the approximate time of his death.
WILL OF GEORGE;
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding: praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followety: First: My soul I commite to God ye gave it to me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first : I will ye my due depts be paid honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life : & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole state also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses Y orchards wiyth ye part of the home lot joying to said house & orchards down to the cross hrnce y stood cross ye sd lot in equall right of p'priety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & y part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheeler & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acres bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas and John my twenty eight wcers of woodland lying in the north quater over the river equall in rihgt: also I give to the children of my son William , deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six puonds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety only my will is my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting the piece I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the excecutors of this my will be sispoossed of to my son Williams children& to be as pte of Y above sd legacy: also the two acres & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joying ot my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate. I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joying to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acres more or less. I give my son John mytwo acers & a halfe of medow in spring medow more or less. I give to my tow sones Thomas & john my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the County way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & john my fourty four acres ,lying north of Walson Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acres lying on the southeast of the south river joying to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acres joying to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joying to Mr. Flints pound lying by the east quater lyneee in Equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor yjoying to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a piece. I give to myson Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in recit of parts( msg) give to my daughter foxes children six ounds equall amongst them. I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hunderd eighty & tow on to the day of my Death: which said charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in this my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is y when that all charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied" Y then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what exectors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & daughters resting contented with thier due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acres lying in ye corner near Watertown lyne also my will these lands I give to my two sons Thomas & John their heirs & asigns be it more or less also will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the exectors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall portion: This I geogre Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former wills to be anullity & voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four.
George Wheeler (seal)
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Sighned & sealed in presenc of Samuel Meriam, Johnathat Hubard, John Scorthford
By his Excellency the Governor
The hereunto written Samuel Meriam, and Johnathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & maide oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written Geoge Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his last will & testament.
Sworne y second day of July 1687
before me
E. Andros.
John West , D Secr"y.
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Concord was the original home in America to all the Wheelers, from there they scattered throughout the New England area. George and John of Salisbury were said to be related.
According to the GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND there were 30 distinct families of Wheeler's living in Concord between 1650-1680.
In the book DIRECTORY OF THE HOH NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1700 BY HOLMES
PAGE cclix
Wheeler
A name of a trade
George, B. Eng., 1600 freeman, Concord Mass. 1641.
Book Ref:
Genealogy of the first settlers of New England page 311:
George , Concord 1636. freeman 1641, D. 1684 leaving issue.
Book Ref: Genealogy Directory of New England Families page 496-7:
George,Concord ,freem. 2 june 1641, had Sarah, B. 30 March 1640; John, 19 March 1643; and by wife Catharine, who perhaps was the mother of the two former children, Mary, 6 Sept 1645; and possibly more. Mary M. 26 Oct. 1665 Ebenezer Fox.
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Father: Thomas WHEELER b: ABT 1571 in Town End, Bedfordshire County, England
Mother: Dorothy HOLLOWAY b: 13 OCT 1574 in Baptised at St. Mary's in Bedford, Bedforeshire England.
Marriage 1 Katherine PIN b: 25 FEB 1610/11 in Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire County, England
Married: 8 JUN 1630 in Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire County, England
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
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George and Katherine came to Concord Mass. about 1638 with there children. They were amoung the earliest settlers of Concord. There they lived until there deaths.[wheeler02.FTW]
George and Katherine came to Concord Mass. about 1638 with there children. They were amoung the earliest settlers of Concord. There they lived until there deaths.
Children
Elizabeth WHEELER b: in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Thomas WHEELER b: in England
William WHEELER b: 30 JAN 1629/30 in England
Hannah WHEELER b: ABT 1637 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Sarah WHEELER b: 30 JAN 1639/40 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Ruth WHEELER b: 23 FEB 1640/41 in England
John WHEELER b: 19 JAN 1642/43 in Concord, Middlesex County, MassachusettsMary WHEELER b: 6 JUL 1645 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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, Conconrd, Mass.
George/1 Wheeler was born between 1600 and 1610 at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.1 There he married, 8 Jun 1630, Katherine Pin.2 They emigrated to New England, perhaps in company with his Cranfield cousins Timothy, Joseph and Ephraim Wheeler, who went to Massachusetts about 1639. He was "among the first settlers" at Concord, MA, Shattuck says. Tolman adds, "He appears to have been a person of some influence, and his name appears quite often on town records."3 Admitted freeman 2 Jun 1641.4 Signer of a Concord petition to the General Court for tax relief, 14 May 1645.5 One of three persons, with Simon Willard and Thomas Brooks, who returned, 16 Nov 1646, the inventory of Thomas Atkinson of Concord.6 Named as a creditor in the 1653 inventory of Thomas Flint of Concord.7 One of a number of men allowed to buy, 2 Jan 1654, 20 acres at Concord at 12d per acre, "That some particular persons shall have some inlargement, whoe are short in lands…."8 Appointed an overseer of the South Quarter at the time of the town's division, 7 Jan 1654.9 Tolman says, "…in conjunction with Capt. Timothy Wheeler…he owned a large amount of land in the center of the town. He also had land near the 'frog-ponds' and at Walden Pond, and at Nut Meadow Brook."3 Selectman, 1660.3 Committee to divide South Quarter, Jan 1663.10 1666 tax lists indicate his taxes were abated on 24 lots, comprising 434 acres.11 One of three men, with Dea. Robert Merriam and Dea. Luke Potter, who returned the inventory of Thomas Brooks of Concord, 1667.12,13 His wife died at Concord 2 Jan 1684/85.14 "His death is not recorded," says Tolman, "but his will was dated 28 Jan 1684/5 and presented for probate 2 Jun 1687 [Suffolk Prob. Reg. Vol. X. fol. 1]. His sons Thomas and John were named executors, but the former had died between the above dates and John was named sole executor. The will names 'the children of my son William deceased,' sons Thomas and John, daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell and Hannah Fletcher, and the 'children of my daughter Fox.3'" Shattuck gives a death date of 2 Jun 1687. No record survives at Concord.15 "His house lot of 11 acres was at the (present) corner of Main and Walden Sts.…," says Tolman.3 Shattuck wrote in 1835 that "Children of the eighth generation, including the first George, now live on the spot where their first ancestor settled."15
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THE GEORGE WHEELER FAMILY
GEORGE WHEELER [#994], bap. Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England 23 Mar 1605-6, d. Concord, MA 1687, m. Cranfield 8 Jun 1630 KATHERINE PIN, d. Concord, MA 2 Jan 1684-5.
George Wheeler was baptised in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England on March 23 or 28, 1606. His wife was Katherine Pin, or, perhaps, Penn.[5] She died in Concord, MA on January 2, 1684-5. George survived her but died before June 2, 1687, undoubtedly in Concord.[1/261] Authorities agree that George Wheeler came to Concord about the year 1638 with his wife Katherine and several children.[2]
George Wheeler was obviously an important man in town affairs. His name appears on the Concord town records the first year they were kept and every year thereafter until he died. Walcott in his ÿ History of Concordÿ asserts that George was one of the few men who "were foremost in the town's business, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgement". He was a man of education and the owner of a large amount of property, his house-lot alone consisting of eleven acres. He possessed lands in every part of the town, at Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranfield, by Walden Goose Pond, Flint's Pond, on the White Pond Plain, on the Sudbury line, etc. He held as many positions of trust and was as active in the direction of the town's affairs as any individual in Concord, serving at various times on substantially every committee of consequence, and leading in all manners of moment, as is evidenced by the fact that nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from either the church or the civic community of that time bears his signature.[1]
In Concord George was a selectman in 1660;[4/139] on a committee to divide land in 1654;[4/70] overseer of the south quarter of the town with three others.[4/76] He also owned land jointly with Timothy Wheeler,[4/89] who was, no doubt, a relative. With them sharing land, one could imagine them to be brothers, but it appears they were somewhat distant cousins.
The circumstantial evidence of his having been the brother of Timothy Wheeler is tempting. The English records make it quite clear that George Wheeler had a brother Thomas and a Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother of Timothy. With Timothy he owned considerable property jointly, and together they were in possession of most of the real estate left by Reverend Peter Bulkely.[1] However refer to the overseas ancestor section for clarification of this point.
George made his will on March 28, 1684 a few week's after his wife's death, but the will was not admitted to probate until June 2, 1687, which establishes the approximate date of death.[2] He left a large estate administered by John, apperntly his only surviving son.
See the overseas ancestors section for George's ancestry.
REF: [1] The Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake - Edith Bartlett Sumner, 1948 (pgs.261-262) [2] History of the Wheeler Family in America - Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., 1914 (pgs.17-20) [3] Concord Vital Records [4] Concord in the Colonial Period - Charles H. Walcott, 1884 [5] Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins - John B. Threlfall, 1990 (pgs.498-499)
Children: 1. William, bap. Cranfield, Eng. 24 Jul 1631, d. Concord, MA 31 Dec 1683, m. 30 Oct 1659 Hannah Busse, b. 18 Feb 1641 2. Thomas, bap. Cranfield 14 Aug 1633, d. 1687, m. Concord, MA 10 Oct 1657 Hannah Harrod 3. Elizabethÿbap. Cranfield, Eng. 3 Jan 1635-6, d. Concord, MA 14 Jun 1704, m. Concord 11 Oct 1656 Francis Fletcher, b. Concord 1636 4. Ruth, b. abt. 1638, d. 1703, m. Concord, MA 26 Oct 1665 Samuel Hartwell, b. Concord 26 Mar 1645 5. Sarah, b. Concord 30 Mar 1640, d. Concord 12 Dec 1713, m. 26 Dec 1665 Francis Dudley 6. John, b. Concord 19 Mar 1642-3, d. 27 Sep 1713, m. 25 Mar 1663 Sarah Larkin, b. 12 Jan 1647, d. 12 Aug 1725 7. Mary, b. Concord 6 Jul 1645, d. Concord 24 Dec 1678, m. 26 Oct 1665 Eliphalet Fox, d. 15 Aug 1711 8. Hannah, d. Concord 5 Jul 1697, m. Chelmsford, MA abt. 1673 Samuel Fletcher
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George Wheeler and Catherine Pin
George Wheeler was born before 23 March 1605/6 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. (an unknown value).2,5,4 He was baptized on 23 March 1605/6 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.3,4 He was the son of Thomas Wheeler and Dorothy Holloway.4 George Wheeler married Catherine Pin on 8 June 1630 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.2,3,6 George Wheeler died before 2 June 1687 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2,5,7,3,4 George Wheeler lived in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony, circa 1638.7 He became a freeman in 1641 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He left a will on 28 January 1684/85 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.7 His will was proved/probated on 2 June 1687.7
Children of George Wheeler and Catherine Pin
William Wheeler+2 b. b 24 Jul 1631, d. 13 Dec 1683
Thomas Wheeler+2 b. b 14 Aug 1633, d. b 21 Sep 1686
Elizabeth Wheeler b. b 3 Jan 1636, d. 14 Jun 1704
Sarah Wheeler2,6 b. 30 Jan 1640, d. 12 Dec 1713
John Wheeler+2,6 b. 19 Jan 1643, d. 27 Sep 1713
Mary Wheeler+6 b. 6 Jul 1645, d. 24 Dec 1678
Ruth Wheeler2 b. c 1647, d. 19 Dec 1713
Hannah Wheeler2 b. c 1654, d. 1697
Citations
[S50] William Freeman Fox, Thomas Fox of Concord.
[S40 ] Paul Noyes' research, online noyes.rootsweb.com.
[S358 ] Raymond David Wheeler, Wheeler Genealogy - England.
[S1103 ] John Brooks Threlfall, Ancestors of J. B. Threlfall.
[S345 ] Ruth R. Wheeler, Concord, Climate for Freedom.
[S901 ] Early VR Middlesex Co. MA (published), Vital Records of Concord.
[S346 ] Descendents of John Wheeler of Pennsylvania History of the Wheeler Family in America, New England Families #1.
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George Wheeler was an early settler of Concord: The first record I find of his name is in 1640. He appears to have been a person of some influence, and his name appears often on town records. He was selectman in 1660. His house lot of 11 acres was at the (present) corner of Main and Walden Streets, and in conjunction with Capt. Timothy Wheeler, who I think was very probably his nephew, he owned a large amount of land in the center of the town. He had also land near the “frog-ponds” and at Walden Pond, and at Nut Meadow Brook. His death is not recorded but his will was dated January 28, 1684/5 and presented for probate June 2, 1687. (Suffolk Prob. Reg. Vol. X fol. 1) His sons Thomas and John were named executors, but the former had died between the above dates and John was named sole executor. The will names “the children of my son William deceased, sons Thomas and John, daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell and Hannah Fletcher, and the children of my daughter ‘Fox' “. His age is not known, but as he had a son married in 1657, and as the birth of the youngest of his eight children occurred in 1645, it is probable that he was born between 1600 and 1610. I think it probable that he was a brother of Obadiah. [Katherine, wife of George, was sister to Obadiah Wheeler. She died 11 Feb. 1684 -- RRW]
[George married Katherine 9 Dec.1631 -- RRW] Katherine d. 2 Jan. 1684/5. According to a letter from Lexington genealogist Winifred Lovering Holman dated 21 June 1945, George Wheeler married first, 12 May 1645, Mary Studd.] His children by Katherine, as shown by his will and by the Town records were:
2. I Thomas 2 m. Hannah Harwood
3. II William 2 [b. 1633 – AY] m. Hannah Buss
4. III Ruth m. Samuel Hartwell
5. IV Elizabeth 2 m. Francis 2 Fletcher [b. 1636 in Concord. They married 1 Aug. 1656. On April 15 1682, their son Samuel 3 Fletcher, who was born 6 Aug. 1657 and died 23 Oct. 1741, married another Elizabeth 2 Wheeler -- #3008. She was born 23 Feb. 1664. Samuel 3 Fletcher was a Corporal under Capt. Timothy Wheeler (#2901) and fought in King Philip's War. He was a Selectman 1705-7. – JCW]
6. V Hannah m. [Samuel] Fletcher [son of William, son of Robert - RRW] [Note: Births, Marriages and Deaths has “Hanna Wheler” marrying Samewell (Samuel) Smedly 11 July 1667 and “ffrancies ffletcher” marrying Elizabeth Wheeler 11 Oct. 1656. See also note under # 5 – JCW]
7. VI Sarah b. 6 March 1640 m. Francis Dudley [They married 26 Oct. 1665. Their son Joseph Dudley married Abigail Goble in Concord 25 Feb. 1689/90. She was the daughter of Thomas Goble (Gobill). Joseph and Abigail's son Benjamin Dudley was born in Concord 20 March 1698/9 and married Elizabeth Rice of Sudbury. Then their son Joseph Dudley married Mary Warren of Westborough in 1732 -- JCW]
8. VII John 2 b. 19 March 1643 m. Sarah Larkin
9. VIII Mary b. 6 Sept. 1645 m. Eliphalet 2 Fox [They married 26 Oct. 1665. He was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Fox. Eliphlet and Mary Wheeler Fox' daughter Mary married Peter Harwood – JCW]
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George/1 Wheeler was born between 1600 and 1610 at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.1 There he married, 8 Jun 1630, Katherine Pin.2 They emigrated to New England, perhaps in company with his Cranfield cousins Timothy, Joseph and Ephraim Wheeler, who went to Massachusetts about 1639. He was "among the first settlers" at Concord, MA, Shattuck says. Tolman adds, "He appears to have been a person of some influence, and his name appears quite often on town records."3 Admitted freeman 2 Jun 1641.4 Signer of a Concord petition to the General Court for tax relief, 14 May 1645.5 One of three persons, with Simon Willard and Thomas Brooks, who returned, 16 Nov 1646, the inventory of Thomas Atkinson of Concord.6 Named as a creditor in the 1653 inventory of Thomas Flint of Concord.7 One of a number of men allowed to buy, 2 Jan 1654, 20 acres at Concord at 12d per acre, "That some particular persons shall have some inlargement, whoe are short in lands…."8 Appointed an overseer of the South Quarter at the time of the town's division, 7 Jan 1654.9 Tolman says, "…in conjunction with Capt. Timothy Wheeler…he owned a large amount of land in the center of the town. He also had land near the 'frog-ponds' and at Walden Pond, and at Nut Meadow Brook."3 Selectman, 1660.3 Committee to divide South Quarter, Jan 1663.10 1666 tax lists indicate his taxes were abated on 24 lots, comprising 434 acres.11 One of three men, with Dea. Robert Merriam and Dea. Luke Potter, who returned the inventory of Thomas Brooks of Concord, 1667.12,13 His wife died at Concord 2 Jan 1684/85.14 "His death is not recorded," says Tolman, "but his will was dated 28 Jan 1684/5 and presented for probate 2 Jun 1687 [Suffolk Prob. Reg. Vol. X. fol. 1]. His sons Thomas and John were named executors, but the former had died between the above dates and John was named sole executor. The will names 'the children of my son William deceased,' sons Thomas and John, daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell and Hannah Fletcher, and the 'children of my daughter Fox.3'" Shattuck gives a death date of 2 Jun 1687. No record survives at Concord.15 "His house lot of 11 acres was at the (present) corner of Main and Walden Sts.…," says Tolman.3 Shattuck wrote in 1835 that "Children of the eighth generation, including the first George, now live on the spot where their first ancestor settled."15
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George is the brother of Timothy, Joseph and Thomas Wheeler. He came to Concord about 1638 with hsi wife and several children who may have been born in England. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who "were foremost in the town's businesws, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgment." he was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property, his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town, at Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranefield, by Wlden Goose Pond, Flint's Pond, on the White Poan Plain, on the Sudbury line etc. ...nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from either the church or civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated Jan 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2, 1687 thus establishing the approximate time of his death.
[George signs himself "George Wheeler Senir." Is this Senior? There is no mention of a George Jr.]
from The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family. Boston, MA:1914.
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Last Will of George Wheeler
Will of George Wheeler, Sr.
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding; praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followeth: First: My soul I commite to God yt gave it me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first: I will yt my due debts be honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will that my whole estate shall stande engaged & be responseable for my comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life: & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole estate also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses & orchards with yt part of the home lot joyning to said house and orchards down to the cross fence yt stood cross ye sd lot in equall riht of prpriety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & yt part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheller & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acers bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas & John my twenty eight acers of woodland lying in the north quarter over the river equall in right: also I give to the children of my son William, deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six pounds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety onely my will is yt my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting yt pt I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the executors of this my will be dispossed of to my son Williams children & to be as pte of ye above sd legacy: also the two acers & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joyning to my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate: I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joyning to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acers more or less: I give to my two sones Thomas & John my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the Country way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & John my fourty four acers lying north of Waldon Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acers lying on the southeast of the south river joyning to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acers joyning to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joyning to Mr. Flints pond lying by the east quarter lyne in equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor joyning to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a peice: I give to my son Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in receit of parts (msg) give to my daughter ffoxes children six pounds equall amongst them: I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudly, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance in all respects & ye Charge of my maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & two on to the day of my Death: which said Charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in ths my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is yt when that all Charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied: yt then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what ye executors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & duaghters resting contented withtheir due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acers lying in ye corner nere Watertown lyne also my will is that no legacy shall be required untill two years after my death: these lands I give two sons Thomas & John their heirs & assigns be it more or less also I will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the executors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall p portion: This I George Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former Wills to be anullity and voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four. George Wheeler (Seal) His x mark Signed & sealed in pr senc of Samuel Meriam Jonathan Hubard John Schorthford By his Excellency the Governor
The herunder written Samuel Meriam and Jonathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & made oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written George Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his las will & testament.
Sworne ye second day of July 1687 before me E. Andros John West, D Secry.
Source: 'History of the Wheeler Family in America', 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 17-19.
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In 1635 George Wheeler moved from Cambridge, MA to Concord, MA to help start that settlement. He had come from England to seek religious freedom and liberty. In 1668 his house was built on Sudbury, Rd. in Concord and is still standing as the family homestead. Later, in 1833, Abiel Wheeler built another Wheeler home, also on Sudbury Rd.
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Will of George Wheeler
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding: praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followety: First: My soul I commite to God ye gave it to me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first : I will ye my due depts be paid honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life : & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole state also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses Y orchards wiyth ye part of the home lot joying to said house & orchards down to the cross hrnce y stood cross ye sd lot in equall right of p'priety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & y part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheeler & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acres bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas and John my twenty eight wcers of woodland lying in the north quater over the river equall in rihgt: also I give to the children of my son William , deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six puonds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety only my will is my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting the piece I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the excecutors of this my will be sispoossed of to my son Williams children& to be as pte of Y above sd legacy: also the two acres & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joying ot my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate. I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joying to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acres more or less. I give my son John mytwo acers & a halfe of medow in spring medow more or less. I give to my tow sones Thomas & john my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the County way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & john my fourty four acres ,lying north of Walson Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acres lying on the southeast of the south river joying to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acres joying to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joying to Mr. Flints pound lying by the east quater lyneee in Equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor yjoying to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a piece. I give to myson Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in recit of parts( msg) give to my daughter foxes children six ounds equall amongst them. I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hunderd eighty & tow on to the day of my Death: which said charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in this my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is y when that all charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied" Y then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what exectors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & daughters resting contented with thier due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acres lying in ye corner near Watertown lyne also my will these lands I give to my two sons Thomas & John their heirs & asigns be it more or less also will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the exectors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall portion: This I geogre Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former wills to be anullity & voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four.
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George is the brother of Timothy, Joseph and Thomas Wheeler. He came to Concord about 1638 with hsi wife and several children who may have been born in England. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who "were foremost in the town's businesws, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgment." he was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property, his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town, at Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranefield, by Wlden Goose Pond, Flint's Pond, on the White Poan Plain, on the Sudbury line etc. ...nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from either the church or civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated Jan 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2, 1687 thus establishing the approximate time of his death.
[George signs himself "George Wheeler Senir." Is this Senior? There is no mention of a George Jr.]
from The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family. Boston, MA:1914.
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In History: Wheeler
Archbishop William Laud (7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. He pursued a High Church course and opposed radical forms of Puritanism. This and his support for King Charles I resulted in his beheading in the midst of the English Civil War.
Name: George WHEELER
Sex: M
Birth: 23 MAR 1604/05 in Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire County, England
Death: BET FEB 1686/87 AND JUN 1687 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Will: 28 JAN 1683/84 Written at Concord, Mass.
Event: Will probated 2 JUN 1687 Willa admitted to court
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Concord was the original home in America to all the Wheelers, from there they scattered throughout the New England area. George and John of Salisbury were said to be related.
According to the GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND there were 30 distinct families of Wheeler's living in Concord between 1650-1680.
In the book DIRECTORY OF THE HOH NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1700 BY HOLMES
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Wheeler
A name of a trade
George, B. Eng., 1600 freeman, Concord Mass. 1641.
Book Ref:
Genealogy of the first settlers of New England page 311:
George , Concord 1636. freeman 1641, D. 1684 leaving issue.
Book Ref: Genealogy Directory of New England Families page 496-7:
George,Concord ,freem. 2 june 1641, had Sarah, B. 30 March 1640; John, 19 March 1643; and by wife Catharine, who perhaps was the mother of the two former children, Mary, 6 Sept 1645; and possibly more. Mary M. 26 Oct. 1665 Ebenezer Fox.
HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY
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George Wheeler baptized Cranfield, Bedforeshire, 23 March 1605/6 , son of Thomas Wheeler ( F.G. Emison, Bedforeshire Registers, 27, (1943, Cranfield) hereinafter PR) and died at Concord, Mass. by 1687 ( Wheeler Am ., 17) He married at Cranfield, 8 June 1630, his only wife Catherine Pin ( PR , 27 :39, Cath Pin; at Cranfield , the name Pin is also spelled Ping and Pyng; at Holcote, Pinge, at Kempston there were Enns, but no Pins; the surname may be a variant of Penn) She died at Concord, 2 Jan 1684/5.
Concord Ma births , Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850.; hereinafter VR.
At Cranfield in 1633, This George Wheeler was called "of Wharley End" to distinguish him from the George Wheeler of East End who married Mary Studd of Cranfield,. Both of these Wheelers had children baptized in 1633.
HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA.
The principal reason for the emigration of so many from England , closely paralleled the cause which led to all of the emigration of the period, 1. religious persecution under William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1663-1645 in the days of King Charles the I., 2. the forced loans (taxes) of Charles I, as they were not levied with the consent of Parliament. It was a turbulent time eventually culminating in the English Civil War.
Following their pastor Rev. Bulkeley, the Puritan exodus in Cranfield was one of the centers of dissatisfaction caused by the severity of Bishop William Laud enforcing the Act of Uniformity ( Act of 1593) . The resulting church upheavals were having a profound effect in Cranfield and neighboring parishes. Rev. Buckley had been deprived of his living for nonconformity. In 1635 he departed with his family to New England to become on of the founders of Concord. During that time the ship money tax was levied to pay off debts of the Spanish Armada War. Bedforeshire, the county of residence of our ancestors , was assessed 3,000 pounds which was prorated to individual heads of households. An unpopular tax, it may have been the catalyst that prompted many a Bedforeshire yoeman to leave England.
Records of 1637 list of arrears included Thomas Wheeler of Cranfield, ... Gon out of contry, Thomas Halsey and Richard Odell :Gone nto New Englnde" \
It must have been in preparation of their leave taking that Timothy Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler sold 2 1/2 acres of land called Ferry Feilds on 19 Feb 1635 to Edward Odell of the Ashe for 12 pounds. joining the exodus from Cranfield and surrounding villages were families of Odell, Halsey, Turney, and Letting. Nearly all of the families were related to the WHEELERS by blood or marriage. Many of these families settled at Concord or near their former Pastor Rev. Bulkeley.
Our first generations in the MA Bay Colony begin 18 years after the landing of the Mayflower. It is known that the Wheelers were proprietors. They shared in the division of land at Concord, and purchased more. They built comfortable homes for thier families, and were respected in the community.
Probably of all the Wheelers who came to America before the year 1640 none was of greater distinction or of more importance to the town in which he lived than George Wheeler of Concord. His name appears on the Concord records the first year they were kept and every year thereafter until he died. The circumstantial evidence of his having been the brother of Timothy Wheeler and of Captian Thomas Wheeler is of the highest order. The English records make it quite clear that George Wheeler had a brother Thomas and Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother to Timothy.
With Timothy he owned considerable property jointly, and together they were in possession of most of the real estate left by Rev. Peter Bulkeley. Authorities agree that Geroge Wheeler came to Concord about the year 1638 with his wife Katherine and several children. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who " were formost in the town's business, by virture of thier large estates as well as thier intergrity and good judgment." He was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property. his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town.He held many positions of trust and was as active in the direction of the town's affairs as any individual in Concord, serving at various times on substantially every committee of consequence , and leading in all matters of moment , as evidenced by the fact that nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from Ether the Church or the civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated January 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2 , 1687, thus establishing the approximate time of his death.
WILL OF GEORGE;
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding: praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followety: First: My soul I commite to God ye gave it to me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first : I will ye my due depts be paid honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life : & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole state also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses Y orchards wiyth ye part of the home lot joying to said house & orchards down to the cross hrnce y stood cross ye sd lot in equall right of p'priety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & y part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheeler & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acres bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas and John my twenty eight wcers of woodland lying in the north quater over the river equall in rihgt: also I give to the children of my son William , deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six puonds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety only my will is my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting the piece I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the excecutors of this my will be sispoossed of to my son Williams children& to be as pte of Y above sd legacy: also the two acres & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joying ot my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate. I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joying to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acres more or less. I give my son John mytwo acers & a halfe of medow in spring medow more or less. I give to my tow sones Thomas & john my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the County way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & john my fourty four acres ,lying north of Walson Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acres lying on the southeast of the south river joying to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acres joying to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joying to Mr. Flints pound lying by the east quater lyneee in Equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor yjoying to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a piece. I give to myson Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in recit of parts( msg) give to my daughter foxes children six ounds equall amongst them. I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hunderd eighty & tow on to the day of my Death: which said charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in this my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is y when that all charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied" Y then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what exectors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & daughters resting contented with thier due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acres lying in ye corner near Watertown lyne also my will these lands I give to my two sons Thomas & John their heirs & asigns be it more or less also will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the exectors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall portion: This I geogre Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former wills to be anullity & voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four.
George Wheeler (seal)
His x mark
Sighned & sealed in presenc of Samuel Meriam, Johnathat Hubard, John Scorthford
By his Excellency the Governor
The hereunto written Samuel Meriam, and Johnathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & maide oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written Geoge Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his last will & testament.
Sworne y second day of July 1687
before me
E. Andros.
John West , D Secr"y.
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Concord was the original home in America to all the Wheelers, from there they scattered throughout the New England area. George and John of Salisbury were said to be related.
According to the GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND there were 30 distinct families of Wheeler's living in Concord between 1650-1680.
In the book DIRECTORY OF THE HOH NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1700 BY HOLMES
PAGE cclix
Wheeler
A name of a trade
George, B. Eng., 1600 freeman, Concord Mass. 1641.
Book Ref:
Genealogy of the first settlers of New England page 311:
George , Concord 1636. freeman 1641, D. 1684 leaving issue.
Book Ref: Genealogy Directory of New England Families page 496-7:
George,Concord ,freem. 2 june 1641, had Sarah, B. 30 March 1640; John, 19 March 1643; and by wife Catharine, who perhaps was the mother of the two former children, Mary, 6 Sept 1645; and possibly more. Mary M. 26 Oct. 1665 Ebenezer Fox.
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Father: Thomas WHEELER b: ABT 1571 in Town End, Bedfordshire County, England
Mother: Dorothy HOLLOWAY b: 13 OCT 1574 in Baptised at St. Mary's in Bedford, Bedforeshire England.
Marriage 1 Katherine PIN b: 25 FEB 1610/11 in Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire County, England
Married: 8 JUN 1630 in Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire County, England
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
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George and Katherine came to Concord Mass. about 1638 with there children. They were amoung the earliest settlers of Concord. There they lived until there deaths.[wheeler02.FTW]
George and Katherine came to Concord Mass. about 1638 with there children. They were amoung the earliest settlers of Concord. There they lived until there deaths.
Children
Elizabeth WHEELER b: in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Thomas WHEELER b: in England
William WHEELER b: 30 JAN 1629/30 in England
Hannah WHEELER b: ABT 1637 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Sarah WHEELER b: 30 JAN 1639/40 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Ruth WHEELER b: 23 FEB 1640/41 in England
John WHEELER b: 19 JAN 1642/43 in Concord, Middlesex County, MassachusettsMary WHEELER b: 6 JUL 1645 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Among the first settlers of Concord
, Conconrd, Mass.
George/1 Wheeler was born between 1600 and 1610 at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.1 There he married, 8 Jun 1630, Katherine Pin.2 They emigrated to New England, perhaps in company with his Cranfield cousins Timothy, Joseph and Ephraim Wheeler, who went to Massachusetts about 1639. He was "among the first settlers" at Concord, MA, Shattuck says. Tolman adds, "He appears to have been a person of some influence, and his name appears quite often on town records."3 Admitted freeman 2 Jun 1641.4 Signer of a Concord petition to the General Court for tax relief, 14 May 1645.5 One of three persons, with Simon Willard and Thomas Brooks, who returned, 16 Nov 1646, the inventory of Thomas Atkinson of Concord.6 Named as a creditor in the 1653 inventory of Thomas Flint of Concord.7 One of a number of men allowed to buy, 2 Jan 1654, 20 acres at Concord at 12d per acre, "That some particular persons shall have some inlargement, whoe are short in lands…."8 Appointed an overseer of the South Quarter at the time of the town's division, 7 Jan 1654.9 Tolman says, "…in conjunction with Capt. Timothy Wheeler…he owned a large amount of land in the center of the town. He also had land near the 'frog-ponds' and at Walden Pond, and at Nut Meadow Brook."3 Selectman, 1660.3 Committee to divide South Quarter, Jan 1663.10 1666 tax lists indicate his taxes were abated on 24 lots, comprising 434 acres.11 One of three men, with Dea. Robert Merriam and Dea. Luke Potter, who returned the inventory of Thomas Brooks of Concord, 1667.12,13 His wife died at Concord 2 Jan 1684/85.14 "His death is not recorded," says Tolman, "but his will was dated 28 Jan 1684/5 and presented for probate 2 Jun 1687 [Suffolk Prob. Reg. Vol. X. fol. 1]. His sons Thomas and John were named executors, but the former had died between the above dates and John was named sole executor. The will names 'the children of my son William deceased,' sons Thomas and John, daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell and Hannah Fletcher, and the 'children of my daughter Fox.3'" Shattuck gives a death date of 2 Jun 1687. No record survives at Concord.15 "His house lot of 11 acres was at the (present) corner of Main and Walden Sts.…," says Tolman.3 Shattuck wrote in 1835 that "Children of the eighth generation, including the first George, now live on the spot where their first ancestor settled."15
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THE GEORGE WHEELER FAMILY
GEORGE WHEELER [#994], bap. Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England 23 Mar 1605-6, d. Concord, MA 1687, m. Cranfield 8 Jun 1630 KATHERINE PIN, d. Concord, MA 2 Jan 1684-5.
George Wheeler was baptised in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England on March 23 or 28, 1606. His wife was Katherine Pin, or, perhaps, Penn.[5] She died in Concord, MA on January 2, 1684-5. George survived her but died before June 2, 1687, undoubtedly in Concord.[1/261] Authorities agree that George Wheeler came to Concord about the year 1638 with his wife Katherine and several children.[2]
George Wheeler was obviously an important man in town affairs. His name appears on the Concord town records the first year they were kept and every year thereafter until he died. Walcott in his ÿ History of Concordÿ asserts that George was one of the few men who "were foremost in the town's business, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgement". He was a man of education and the owner of a large amount of property, his house-lot alone consisting of eleven acres. He possessed lands in every part of the town, at Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranfield, by Walden Goose Pond, Flint's Pond, on the White Pond Plain, on the Sudbury line, etc. He held as many positions of trust and was as active in the direction of the town's affairs as any individual in Concord, serving at various times on substantially every committee of consequence, and leading in all manners of moment, as is evidenced by the fact that nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from either the church or the civic community of that time bears his signature.[1]
In Concord George was a selectman in 1660;[4/139] on a committee to divide land in 1654;[4/70] overseer of the south quarter of the town with three others.[4/76] He also owned land jointly with Timothy Wheeler,[4/89] who was, no doubt, a relative. With them sharing land, one could imagine them to be brothers, but it appears they were somewhat distant cousins.
The circumstantial evidence of his having been the brother of Timothy Wheeler is tempting. The English records make it quite clear that George Wheeler had a brother Thomas and a Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother of Timothy. With Timothy he owned considerable property jointly, and together they were in possession of most of the real estate left by Reverend Peter Bulkely.[1] However refer to the overseas ancestor section for clarification of this point.
George made his will on March 28, 1684 a few week's after his wife's death, but the will was not admitted to probate until June 2, 1687, which establishes the approximate date of death.[2] He left a large estate administered by John, apperntly his only surviving son.
See the overseas ancestors section for George's ancestry.
REF: [1] The Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake - Edith Bartlett Sumner, 1948 (pgs.261-262) [2] History of the Wheeler Family in America - Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., 1914 (pgs.17-20) [3] Concord Vital Records [4] Concord in the Colonial Period - Charles H. Walcott, 1884 [5] Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins - John B. Threlfall, 1990 (pgs.498-499)
Children: 1. William, bap. Cranfield, Eng. 24 Jul 1631, d. Concord, MA 31 Dec 1683, m. 30 Oct 1659 Hannah Busse, b. 18 Feb 1641 2. Thomas, bap. Cranfield 14 Aug 1633, d. 1687, m. Concord, MA 10 Oct 1657 Hannah Harrod 3. Elizabethÿbap. Cranfield, Eng. 3 Jan 1635-6, d. Concord, MA 14 Jun 1704, m. Concord 11 Oct 1656 Francis Fletcher, b. Concord 1636 4. Ruth, b. abt. 1638, d. 1703, m. Concord, MA 26 Oct 1665 Samuel Hartwell, b. Concord 26 Mar 1645 5. Sarah, b. Concord 30 Mar 1640, d. Concord 12 Dec 1713, m. 26 Dec 1665 Francis Dudley 6. John, b. Concord 19 Mar 1642-3, d. 27 Sep 1713, m. 25 Mar 1663 Sarah Larkin, b. 12 Jan 1647, d. 12 Aug 1725 7. Mary, b. Concord 6 Jul 1645, d. Concord 24 Dec 1678, m. 26 Oct 1665 Eliphalet Fox, d. 15 Aug 1711 8. Hannah, d. Concord 5 Jul 1697, m. Chelmsford, MA abt. 1673 Samuel Fletcher
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George Wheeler and Catherine Pin
George Wheeler was born before 23 March 1605/6 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. (an unknown value).2,5,4 He was baptized on 23 March 1605/6 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.3,4 He was the son of Thomas Wheeler and Dorothy Holloway.4 George Wheeler married Catherine Pin on 8 June 1630 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.2,3,6 George Wheeler died before 2 June 1687 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2,5,7,3,4 George Wheeler lived in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony, circa 1638.7 He became a freeman in 1641 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He left a will on 28 January 1684/85 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.7 His will was proved/probated on 2 June 1687.7
Children of George Wheeler and Catherine Pin
William Wheeler+2 b. b 24 Jul 1631, d. 13 Dec 1683
Thomas Wheeler+2 b. b 14 Aug 1633, d. b 21 Sep 1686
Elizabeth Wheeler b. b 3 Jan 1636, d. 14 Jun 1704
Sarah Wheeler2,6 b. 30 Jan 1640, d. 12 Dec 1713
John Wheeler+2,6 b. 19 Jan 1643, d. 27 Sep 1713
Mary Wheeler+6 b. 6 Jul 1645, d. 24 Dec 1678
Ruth Wheeler2 b. c 1647, d. 19 Dec 1713
Hannah Wheeler2 b. c 1654, d. 1697
Citations
[S50] William Freeman Fox, Thomas Fox of Concord.
[S40 ] Paul Noyes' research, online noyes.rootsweb.com.
[S358 ] Raymond David Wheeler, Wheeler Genealogy - England.
[S1103 ] John Brooks Threlfall, Ancestors of J. B. Threlfall.
[S345 ] Ruth R. Wheeler, Concord, Climate for Freedom.
[S901 ] Early VR Middlesex Co. MA (published), Vital Records of Concord.
[S346 ] Descendents of John Wheeler of Pennsylvania History of the Wheeler Family in America, New England Families #1.
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George Wheeler was an early settler of Concord: The first record I find of his name is in 1640. He appears to have been a person of some influence, and his name appears often on town records. He was selectman in 1660. His house lot of 11 acres was at the (present) corner of Main and Walden Streets, and in conjunction with Capt. Timothy Wheeler, who I think was very probably his nephew, he owned a large amount of land in the center of the town. He had also land near the “frog-ponds” and at Walden Pond, and at Nut Meadow Brook. His death is not recorded but his will was dated January 28, 1684/5 and presented for probate June 2, 1687. (Suffolk Prob. Reg. Vol. X fol. 1) His sons Thomas and John were named executors, but the former had died between the above dates and John was named sole executor. The will names “the children of my son William deceased, sons Thomas and John, daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell and Hannah Fletcher, and the children of my daughter ‘Fox' “. His age is not known, but as he had a son married in 1657, and as the birth of the youngest of his eight children occurred in 1645, it is probable that he was born between 1600 and 1610. I think it probable that he was a brother of Obadiah. [Katherine, wife of George, was sister to Obadiah Wheeler. She died 11 Feb. 1684 -- RRW]
[George married Katherine 9 Dec.1631 -- RRW] Katherine d. 2 Jan. 1684/5. According to a letter from Lexington genealogist Winifred Lovering Holman dated 21 June 1945, George Wheeler married first, 12 May 1645, Mary Studd.] His children by Katherine, as shown by his will and by the Town records were:
2. I Thomas 2 m. Hannah Harwood
3. II William 2 [b. 1633 – AY] m. Hannah Buss
4. III Ruth m. Samuel Hartwell
5. IV Elizabeth 2 m. Francis 2 Fletcher [b. 1636 in Concord. They married 1 Aug. 1656. On April 15 1682, their son Samuel 3 Fletcher, who was born 6 Aug. 1657 and died 23 Oct. 1741, married another Elizabeth 2 Wheeler -- #3008. She was born 23 Feb. 1664. Samuel 3 Fletcher was a Corporal under Capt. Timothy Wheeler (#2901) and fought in King Philip's War. He was a Selectman 1705-7. – JCW]
6. V Hannah m. [Samuel] Fletcher [son of William, son of Robert - RRW] [Note: Births, Marriages and Deaths has “Hanna Wheler” marrying Samewell (Samuel) Smedly 11 July 1667 and “ffrancies ffletcher” marrying Elizabeth Wheeler 11 Oct. 1656. See also note under # 5 – JCW]
7. VI Sarah b. 6 March 1640 m. Francis Dudley [They married 26 Oct. 1665. Their son Joseph Dudley married Abigail Goble in Concord 25 Feb. 1689/90. She was the daughter of Thomas Goble (Gobill). Joseph and Abigail's son Benjamin Dudley was born in Concord 20 March 1698/9 and married Elizabeth Rice of Sudbury. Then their son Joseph Dudley married Mary Warren of Westborough in 1732 -- JCW]
8. VII John 2 b. 19 March 1643 m. Sarah Larkin
9. VIII Mary b. 6 Sept. 1645 m. Eliphalet 2 Fox [They married 26 Oct. 1665. He was the son of Thomas and Rebecca Fox. Eliphlet and Mary Wheeler Fox' daughter Mary married Peter Harwood – JCW]
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George/1 Wheeler was born between 1600 and 1610 at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.1 There he married, 8 Jun 1630, Katherine Pin.2 They emigrated to New England, perhaps in company with his Cranfield cousins Timothy, Joseph and Ephraim Wheeler, who went to Massachusetts about 1639. He was "among the first settlers" at Concord, MA, Shattuck says. Tolman adds, "He appears to have been a person of some influence, and his name appears quite often on town records."3 Admitted freeman 2 Jun 1641.4 Signer of a Concord petition to the General Court for tax relief, 14 May 1645.5 One of three persons, with Simon Willard and Thomas Brooks, who returned, 16 Nov 1646, the inventory of Thomas Atkinson of Concord.6 Named as a creditor in the 1653 inventory of Thomas Flint of Concord.7 One of a number of men allowed to buy, 2 Jan 1654, 20 acres at Concord at 12d per acre, "That some particular persons shall have some inlargement, whoe are short in lands…."8 Appointed an overseer of the South Quarter at the time of the town's division, 7 Jan 1654.9 Tolman says, "…in conjunction with Capt. Timothy Wheeler…he owned a large amount of land in the center of the town. He also had land near the 'frog-ponds' and at Walden Pond, and at Nut Meadow Brook."3 Selectman, 1660.3 Committee to divide South Quarter, Jan 1663.10 1666 tax lists indicate his taxes were abated on 24 lots, comprising 434 acres.11 One of three men, with Dea. Robert Merriam and Dea. Luke Potter, who returned the inventory of Thomas Brooks of Concord, 1667.12,13 His wife died at Concord 2 Jan 1684/85.14 "His death is not recorded," says Tolman, "but his will was dated 28 Jan 1684/5 and presented for probate 2 Jun 1687 [Suffolk Prob. Reg. Vol. X. fol. 1]. His sons Thomas and John were named executors, but the former had died between the above dates and John was named sole executor. The will names 'the children of my son William deceased,' sons Thomas and John, daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell and Hannah Fletcher, and the 'children of my daughter Fox.3'" Shattuck gives a death date of 2 Jun 1687. No record survives at Concord.15 "His house lot of 11 acres was at the (present) corner of Main and Walden Sts.…," says Tolman.3 Shattuck wrote in 1835 that "Children of the eighth generation, including the first George, now live on the spot where their first ancestor settled."15
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George is the brother of Timothy, Joseph and Thomas Wheeler. He came to Concord about 1638 with hsi wife and several children who may have been born in England. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who "were foremost in the town's businesws, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgment." he was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property, his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town, at Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranefield, by Wlden Goose Pond, Flint's Pond, on the White Poan Plain, on the Sudbury line etc. ...nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from either the church or civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated Jan 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2, 1687 thus establishing the approximate time of his death.
[George signs himself "George Wheeler Senir." Is this Senior? There is no mention of a George Jr.]
from The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family. Boston, MA:1914.
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Last Will of George Wheeler
Will of George Wheeler, Sr.
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding; praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followeth: First: My soul I commite to God yt gave it me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first: I will yt my due debts be honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will that my whole estate shall stande engaged & be responseable for my comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life: & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole estate also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses & orchards with yt part of the home lot joyning to said house and orchards down to the cross fence yt stood cross ye sd lot in equall riht of prpriety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & yt part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheller & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acers bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas & John my twenty eight acers of woodland lying in the north quarter over the river equall in right: also I give to the children of my son William, deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six pounds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety onely my will is yt my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting yt pt I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the executors of this my will be dispossed of to my son Williams children & to be as pte of ye above sd legacy: also the two acers & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joyning to my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate: I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joyning to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acers more or less: I give to my two sones Thomas & John my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the Country way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & John my fourty four acers lying north of Waldon Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acers lying on the southeast of the south river joyning to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acers joyning to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joyning to Mr. Flints pond lying by the east quarter lyne in equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor joyning to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a peice: I give to my son Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in receit of parts (msg) give to my daughter ffoxes children six pounds equall amongst them: I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudly, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance in all respects & ye Charge of my maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & two on to the day of my Death: which said Charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in ths my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is yt when that all Charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied: yt then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what ye executors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & duaghters resting contented withtheir due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acers lying in ye corner nere Watertown lyne also my will is that no legacy shall be required untill two years after my death: these lands I give two sons Thomas & John their heirs & assigns be it more or less also I will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the executors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall p portion: This I George Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former Wills to be anullity and voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four. George Wheeler (Seal) His x mark Signed & sealed in pr senc of Samuel Meriam Jonathan Hubard John Schorthford By his Excellency the Governor
The herunder written Samuel Meriam and Jonathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & made oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written George Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his las will & testament.
Sworne ye second day of July 1687 before me E. Andros John West, D Secry.
Source: 'History of the Wheeler Family in America', 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 17-19.
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Birth:
1606Luton, England
Death:
Jun. 2, 1687ConcordMiddlesex CountyMassachusetts, USA
~MY ANCESTOR~George, his wife, KATHERINE (PINN) WHEELER, and three of their children probably came to America from Cranfield Parish, Bedforshire, England around 1638/39. Although the names of the parents of George are not clear, it is evident that he had two brothers who also came to Concord, Captain Timothy Wheeler and Captain Thomas Wheeler. The name, George Wheeler, appears in the Concord records from the time they were first kept until his death. He owned jointly with his brother, Timothy, considerable property including the original part of what is now The Colonial Inn in Concord (pictured at right). Together, the brothers owned most of the property left by Rev. Peter Bulkley. George possessed land in every part of the town including Brook Meadows, Fairhaven Meadow, The Cranefield, Walden Goose Pond, Fint's Pond, etc. His home lot and house consisted of eleven acres.He took the oath of freeman on June 2, 1641. In 1644, a petition was signed by George, Thomas & Joseph Wheeler and Robert Meriam on behalf of Mr. Ambrose Martin for compassion.On May 14, 1645, a petition was presented to the Town of Concord signed by George & Timothy Wheeler regarding the division of lands. At this time, George Wheeler received 20 acres of land. He was chosen to be an overseer of the south quarter.In 1666, proprietors listed: George Wheeler 24 lots & 434 acres; residence south near James Adam's. Capt. Timothy & Thomas Wheeler were also listed along with Samuel Merriam.The known children of George & Katherine (Pinn) Wheeler:William Wheeler b. 1631Thomas Wheeler b. abt. 1633Elizabeth (Wheeler) Fletcher b. Jan. 3, 1635Sarah (Wheeler) Dudley b. Jan. 30, 1640Ruth (Wheeler) Hartwell b. Feb. 23, 1641JOHN WHEELER, my ancestor, b. Jan. 19, 1643Mary (Wheeler) Fox b. July 6, 1645Hannah (Wheeler) Fletcher b. 1654 Family links: Children: William Wheeler (1631 - 1683)* Elizabeth Wheeler Fletcher (1636 - 1704)* Sarah Wheeler Dudley (1640 - 1713)* Ruth Wheeler Hartwell (1641 - 1713)* John Wheeler (1643 - 1713)* Hannah Wheeler Fletcher (1654 - 1697)* Spouse: Katherine Pinn Wheeler (1611 - 1684) *Point here for explanation
Burial:South Burying Place ConcordMiddlesex CountyMassachusetts, USA
Created by: NareenRecord added: Jan 07, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 32730759
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