Birth: January 1, 1659, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: October 2, 1734, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Ensign Thomas Wheeler, in the 75th year of his age; son of Thomas & Hannah Wheeler; he married Sarah Davis 13 November 1695.
Parents: Thomas Wheeler (1610-1687)
Spouse: Sarah Davis Wheeler (1665-1728)
Burial: South Burying Place, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
found on findagrave.com - Find A Grave Memorial# 20674290
[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Sarah Wheeler (Hartwell), daughter of Thomas Wheeler.]
Here lies buried ye body of Ensign Thomas Wheeler who decd October ye 2d AD 1734 in ye 75th year of his age
Here lies buried ye body of Ensign Thomas Wheeler who decd October ye 2d AD 1734 in ye 75th year of his ageLocation
"Lived in the South Quarter of Concord on the spot where his father had lived. He also had a grant of land in "the Village" now Acton. On his tombstone [and in Vital Records of Concord] he is called Ensign."
from Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of Wheeler Family, 1914.
found on ancestry.com
Captain Thomas Wheeler
In 1668 the town of Concord leased 200 acres of upland and 60 acres of meadow for 20 years to Captain Thomas Wheeler with the condition that a herd of 50 cattle shall be kept for the inhabitants of Concord by him yearly. He agreed to build a shingled house "40 feet by 18 and 12 stud" with two chimneys and a barn to be left for the use of the town after the 20 year lease expired.The Horse Company of Concord was organized October 13, 1669, and Thomas Wheeler was appointed 1st Captain and commanded the company until his death.Captain Edward Hutchinson was appointed to negotiate a treaty with the Indians and Capt. Thomas Wheeler with about 25 of his company was assigned to guard & assist him. On July 28th 1675 they marched from Cambridge to Sudbury, arriving at Brookfield August first where they were met by a party of Indians. The Indian Sachem agreed to meet the English the next morning at a point a short distance from Brookfield. When they arrived, there were no Indians there and proceeded four or five miles further beside a swamp, when they were attacked by 200 to 300 Indians. Eight of the men were killed by the first firing and three wounded. Capt. Thomas Wheeler had two horses shot out from under him and received a ball through his body. His son, whose arm was fractured by a ball, dismounted and placed his wounded father on the horse of a soldier that had been killed. They both escaped on the horse.Known children of Thomas & Hannah Wheeler:Hannah WheelerThomas WheelerJohn Wheeler
found on ancestry.com
"Lived in the South Quarter of Concord on the spot where his father had lived. He also had a grant of land in "the Village" now Acton. On his tombstone [and in Vital Records of Concord] he is called Ensign."
from Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of Wheeler Family, 1914.
found on ancestry.com
Captain Thomas Wheeler
In 1668 the town of Concord leased 200 acres of upland and 60 acres of meadow for 20 years to Captain Thomas Wheeler with the condition that a herd of 50 cattle shall be kept for the inhabitants of Concord by him yearly. He agreed to build a shingled house "40 feet by 18 and 12 stud" with two chimneys and a barn to be left for the use of the town after the 20 year lease expired.The Horse Company of Concord was organized October 13, 1669, and Thomas Wheeler was appointed 1st Captain and commanded the company until his death.Captain Edward Hutchinson was appointed to negotiate a treaty with the Indians and Capt. Thomas Wheeler with about 25 of his company was assigned to guard & assist him. On July 28th 1675 they marched from Cambridge to Sudbury, arriving at Brookfield August first where they were met by a party of Indians. The Indian Sachem agreed to meet the English the next morning at a point a short distance from Brookfield. When they arrived, there were no Indians there and proceeded four or five miles further beside a swamp, when they were attacked by 200 to 300 Indians. Eight of the men were killed by the first firing and three wounded. Capt. Thomas Wheeler had two horses shot out from under him and received a ball through his body. His son, whose arm was fractured by a ball, dismounted and placed his wounded father on the horse of a soldier that had been killed. They both escaped on the horse.Known children of Thomas & Hannah Wheeler:Hannah WheelerThomas WheelerJohn Wheeler
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