George WHEELER

- 1687

• Name	George WHEELER  [1]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1685 - 1687  [1]
  Person ID	I101194	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Katharine ?   d. 2 Jan 1684/5, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Thomas WHEELER,   b. England d. Dec 1686  [Birth] + 2. Elizabeth WHEELER   d. 14 Jun 1704  [Birth]   3. William WHEELER  [Birth]   4. Ruth WHEELER  [Birth]   5. Hannah WHEELER  [Birth] + 6. Sarah WHEELER,   b. 30 Mar 1640   d. 12 Dec 1713, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 73 years)  [Birth]   7. John WHEELER,   b. 19 Mar 1642/3  [Birth]   8. Mary WHEELER,   b. 6 Sep 1645  [Birth]
  Family ID	F42053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

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• Sources

  [S12072] Henry Warren Wheeler, WHEELER and WARREN Families: Descendants of George WHEELER, Concord, Mass., 1638 and of John WARREN, Boston, Mass., 1630.