Person:Sarah Wheeler (53)

Thomas Wheeler, born in North London, England in 1602 and died in Stonington, New London, Conn March 06, 1685/86, was her father. Thomas came from England in 1635. He is buried in the Old Whitehall Burial Place.

Mary Ticknor, her mother, was born May 01, 1627 in Cranley, Surrey, England.

From History of the First Congregational Church of Stonington, Connecticut,1674-1874...

THOMAS WHEELER He was born in 1602, and came to this country in 1635, and located himself in the town of Lynn, Massachusetts. He was made a freeman by the Massachusetts General Court in 1642. He continued to reside in Massachusetts until 1664, when he came to this town, bringing one son and two daughters with him. He had large tracts of land given him by the town of Stonington, and made large purchases until he became the largest landholder in the township. He took an active part in organizing the "town platt" and laying out the ministry land, and in building the new meeting house on Agreement Hill;participated in the organization of the Church, and became a consistent and honored member thereof. He was admitted a freeman by the Connecticut General Court in 1669, and was elected deputy and selectman, and held other town offices. His homestead place was situated where the late George C. Brown lived in North Stonington. He married Mary,___. children:__ Isaac, born____. Elizabeth, born___. Sarah, born____. Mr. Wheeler died in 1686, aged 84 years.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

THOMAS, Stonington, perhaps br[other]. of John of New London, may have gone with s[on]. Isaac, wh[o]. was b[orn]. 1646, from Lynn or other town of Mass. not a few y[ea]rs. bef[ore]. 1669, when he was propound[ed]. for freem[an]. was rep[resentative]. 1673, and next y[ea]r. with his w[ife]. Mary, unit[ed] in gather[ing]. a ch[urch]. for Rev. Mr. Noyes, of wh[om]. he was one of the seven pillars; had also Sarah and Elizabeth both m[arried]. the latter to sec[ond]. John Gallop of Stonington; and d[ied]. 1685, says his gr[ave].-st[one]. in his 85th y[ea]r.

1. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. 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. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 4, p. 500-501.
2. ↑ Richard Wheeler. History of the First Congregational Church of Stonington, Connecticut. (T.H. Davis & Company 1875).