Person:Abraham Wheeler (1)

Name^[1]	Abraham Wheeler
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	7 Dec 1659	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1683	Based on birth of eldest known child to Tabitha Stone
Death^[3]	Oct 1695	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Probate^[1]	6 Nov 1695	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler family in America. (American College of Genealogy , 1914)
Pg. 498: 8206.

Abraham Wheeler, s/o Richard and Sarah (Prescott) Wheeler, b. Dedham 7 Dec 1659, killed by Indians at Lancaster Oct. 1695. Inventory dated 6 Nov 1695, m. Tabitha ----. The History of Lancaster says:"On a Lord's day morning, Mr. Abraham Wheeler, going from the garrison to his own house, on some occasion, was then shot by an enemy that had lain an ambush for him. Though mortally wounded Wheeler wrested the gun from the indian, and carried it toward the garrison till he was met by his friends."
↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
1:7.

Abraham, the Son of Richard & Sarah Wheeler, was borne 7 of 10 mo., 1659. [7 Dec 1659]
↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
p. 16.

Abraham Wheeler, son of Richard, aged thirty-six years, killed by Indians November ?, 1695. Inventory dated November 6.