Thomas WHEELER

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Name:
Thomas was doubtless born in the old country. He married, 10 Oct 1657, Hannah Harrod (or Harwood as the name is now spelled). He died inDec., 1686, and his estate was administered at Boston 21 Sept. 1687. An inventory of his estate is recorded in the Suffolk Reg., X, 115, and begins, "An inventory of the goods and estate of Thomas Wheeler, son of George Wheeler, late of Concord, deceased."

Thomas married Hannah HARWOOD on 10 Oct 1657. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah WHEELER was born on 25 Oct 1658; died on 12 Aug 1659.
2. Thomas WHEELER was born on 01 Jan 1659/60 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 02 Oct 1734 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
3. John WHEELER was born on 2 Sep 1661; died on 21 Nov 1721 in Marlboro, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

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Name:
George Wheeler was certainly in Concord in 1638, his name appearing in the first year's records of the town, and it is not unlikely that he was one of the very first settlers in 1635. From what part of England he came is uncertain, and the relationship between him and the other Wheelers who came to Concord about the same time is unknown. The records of only a comparatively few English parishes have been printed. It is found, however, that the names Thomas, Joseph, Timothy and Obadiah appear frequently in various parishes in the county of Kent, and as these names were most common among the early New England members of the family, it is probable that the Concord Wheelers came from that part of England, and were related. George Wheeler appears to have been a person of consequence and presumably, a man of education and judgment, for he was often intrusted with important matters and put on many committees for the transaction of public business, and we find his name signed to all sorts of petitions and memorials to the General Court from the first settlement of the town to the very year of his death. He was selectman in 1660. He was a man of wealth and owned land in every part of the township - Brook Meadow, Fairhaven Meadow, the Cranefield, by Walden, Goose and Flint's pond, on White Pond Plain, on the Sudbury line, etc. He died between the years 1685 and 1687, his will being dated in January, 1685, and offered for probate 2 June, 1687.

His wife's name was Katharine, but nothing more is known concerning her except that she died in Concord, 2 January, 1684/5.

They had eight children, five of whom may have been born in England, as their births are not recorded here.

George married Katharine ?. Katharine died on 2 Jan 1684/5 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]