Thomas WHEELER

1696 - 1769  (72 years)

• Name	Thomas WHEELER  [1]
  	Thomas Wheeler appears to have sold out his possessions in the old part of Concord on 13 Dec., 1722, and to have removed to the "village," or "new grant," which was afterward (in 1735) set off as Acton. He was the first Town Clerk of Acton, in 1735-6; he was also a member of the Board of Selectmen of the town the same years. He removed to Worcester, between 22 March 1739 and 18 May 1740. His dismissal from the church in Acton to that in Worcester, was dated 22 march 1741. He was one of the Selectmen of Worcester, in 1743, 1744, 1745, 1749, 1751 and 1753. He was elected deacon of the First Church in Worcester, 14 January, 1748 and held the office until his death in 1769. In Worcester he resided upon his farm which adjoined the Leicester line on the old road to Leicester. Soon after the marriage of his son Amos, in 1762, he went to Hardwick, Mass., where three of his sons resided and died there, 31 Jan. 1769. His gravestone is still to be seen in Hardwick, though much worn, and with its inscription nearly obliterated. Deacon Wheeler was evidently a man of considerable wealth, as is shown by conveyances of property from and to him, as recorded in the Middlesex and in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. [1]
  Birth	14 Aug 1696  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Jan 1769	Hardwick, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I101219	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas WHEELER,   b. 01 Jan 1659/60, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 02 Oct 1734, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah DAVIS,   b. 11 May 1665, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 05 Aug 1782 (Age 117 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	13 Nov 1695	Concord, Middlesex Co. Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F02348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary BROOKS,   b. 2 Mar 1699/70, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 18 May 1740, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Amos WHEELER,   b. Jul 1733, Acton (Concord), Massachusetts d. 20 Nov 1820 (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F42067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Susannah ?,   b. Abt 1702   d. 23 Sep 1760, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F42068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 31 Jan 1769 - Hardwick, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12072] Henry Warren Wheeler, WHEELER and WARREN Families: Descendants of George WHEELER, Concord, Mass., 1638 and of John WARREN, Boston, Mass., 1630. [S3616] Horace Davis, Dolar DAVIS A Sketch of His Life with a Record of His Earlier Descendants.