Person:George Wheeler (48)

Estate of George Wheeler of Newbury

"Susana, widow of George Wheeler, late deceased, brought in an inventory of her husband's estate, amounting to about 29li, which was allowed June 30, 1668. Said George dying intestate, she was appointed administratrix, the estate to be in her hands until the court take further order. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 10.

Inventory taken May 28, 1668, by Anthony Somerby and William Titcome: House & about half an acre of land, 15li.; one cow & a yerling heifer & calfe. 5li.; two small swyne, 16s.; in the chamber, a bedsted with a bed & 2 old blankets & coverlet & cradle & a chest, broken box with about 3 bushels of Indian conic & lumber, 1li. 12s.; in the house, a bedsted & bed and one blancket & a Rug and bolster with curtaines, 2li.; one paire of And Irons & tongs & fire shouell & cottrell & spit, 7s. 6d.; an Iron pot, a frying pan, brass skillet, old chayer, 12s. 6d.; foure pewter dishes, 3 small saucers & a pewter cup & smoothing Iron, 1ls.; 2 old chests & an old box, one small tablecloth, eight napkins, thre pillowbears ft five old sheets, 2li. 2s.; a warming pan, an old chamber pot, tining tunnell, water bucket. 2 Wooden trayes, a rodden basket & 3 old chayres, salt box, looking glasse & other lumber & In cellar 3 small vessels & 2 keelers, 1li.; total, 29li. 1s. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 13, leaf 66."^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Wheeler, of Newbury, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
   3:606.

   George (Wheeler); came to New England with his parents; m. April 30, 1660, Susanna Stowers who m., secondly, June 5, 1668, Edward Goodwin of Amesbury; d. in 1668, his inventory being taken May 23, 1668.

2. ↑ George Wheeler, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   4:497.

   George (Wheeler), Newbury, s. of John of the same, m. 30 Apr. 1660, Susanna Stowers, had Samuel, b. 15 June 1661, d. at 2 yrs.; Ephraim, 21 Oct. 1662; and Samuel, again, 15 Sept. 1664; d. bef. 28 May 1668, when his inv. was tak. The will of his f. in that yr. names his d.-in-law Susanna, and her two s.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Estate of George Wheeler of Newbury, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
   2:130.