Person:Thomas Wheeler (11)
Sergeant Thomas Wheeler
chr.8 Dec 1621 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
d.24 Dec 1704 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 May 1613
  1. Ann Wheeler1614/15 - 1615
  2. Mary Wheeler1615 -
  3. William Ephraim Wheeler1618 -
  4. Anna Wheeler1617/18 -
  5. Sergeant Thomas Wheeler1621 - 1704
  6. Sergeant John Wheeler1624/25 - Bef 1690
  7. Sarah Wheeler1628 - Bef 1659
  8. Sarah Wheeler1630 - Bef 1659
  9. Alice WheelerAft 1630 - 1639/40
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant Thomas Wheeler1621 - 1704
  • W.  Sarah MerriamAbt 1626 - 1676/77
m. Bef 1649
  1. Sarah Wheeler1649 - Bef 1726
  2. Joseph Wheeler1651 - 1676/77
  3. Ann Wheeler1653 - 1676/77
  4. John Wheeler1655/56 - 1736
  5. Mary Wheeler1658 - 1668
  6. Thomas Wheeler1662 - 1695
  7. Elizabeth Wheeler1664/65 - 1744
  8. Timothy Wheeler1667 - 1718
  9. Rebecca Wheeler1670 - 1710
  10. Ruth Wheeler1673 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant Thomas Wheeler1621 - 1704
  • W.  Sarah Beers1639 - 1723/24
m. 23 Jul 1677
  1. Ephraim Wheeler1678 -
  2. Dr. Joseph Wheeler1680/81 - 1705
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sergeant Thomas Wheeler
Gender Male
Christening[1] 8 Dec 1621 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage Bef 1649 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Merriam
Marriage 23 Jul 1677 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USAto Sarah Beers
Death[1][4] 24 Dec 1704 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Origins

Born in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Emigrated with his parents (and aunts and uncles) shortly after the 1634 death of his grandfather, Thomas Wheeler the Elder.

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Life in New England

Settled initially in Concord, Massachusetts. When he was 24, his father and Uncle Ephraim Wheeler, sided with Rev. Jones when the Church of Concord split. [citation needed]. Thomas Wheeler Sr and Ephraim Wheeler left Concord for Fairfield, Connecticut. It's not clear if this son, Thomas, went with them.

We do know that his father's will [citation needed] left Thomas the son the land originally owned by his father in Concord, which he (Thomas the son) apparently settled. His uncle (another) Thomas Wheeler (likely he who became Captain in King Philip's War), was appointed overseer. [check language usage.]

Savage erroneously identifies this son as Captain Thomas Wheeler of King Philip's War, but it was his uncle.

WHEELER FAMILY HISTORY BY ALBERT GALLATIN WHEELER

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brainard, Homer W. "Captain Thomas Wheeler and Some of His Descendants", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    12:6.

    Thomas Wheeler, "Sgt.", s/o Thomas Wheeler, "Sr.", and wife Ann Halsey, bp. Cranfield, England, 8 Dec 1621, d. Concord, MA, 24 Dec 1704, m. (1) Sarah Merriam, m. (2) Sarah (Beers) Stearns.
    [Note: The main subject of this article is the younger, probably half-, brother of the father, also named Thomas(!), known early as "Jr.", later as "Lieut.", finally as "Capt.", bp. Cranfield, England, 8 Apr 1620 (compare to bapt. of Sgt Thomas).]

  2. ↑ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler family in America. (American College of Genealogy , 1914)
    143.

    "All that has been found that can be stated of him as indisputable is given. Died Dec. 24, 1704 in his 84th year. Married (1) Sarah Meriam, who died Feb. 1, 1676. Married (2) July 23, 1677, Sarah (Beers) Stearns, the widow of Isaac Stearns. She died Jan. 24, 1723-4." [This is an early source, and much research has yielded more information since this was published 1914.]

  3.   Bodge, George M. (George Madison). Soldiers in King Philip's War: being a critical account of that war, with a concise history of the Indian wars of New England from 1620-1677, official lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts colony serving in Philip's War, and sketches of the principal officers ... (Boston, Massachusetts: Printed for the author, 1892, 1896, 1906)
    NEHGR 38:34.

    Thomas Wheeler [father of this Thomas], first mentioned, removed to Fairfield CT in 1644; his son Thomas settled on the farm he left in Concord and married a wife Sarah before 1649. Savage erroneously identifies this latter with Capt. Thomas Wheeler. But we know that Capt. Thomas was brother of Timothy, who mentions in his will, probated 7 September 1687: "Joseph, Ephraim and Deliverance my brother Thomas his sons", [while this Thomas is separately named with his sons, "Ephraim & Joseph the two youngest sons of my nephew Sergeant Thomas Wheeler"].

  4. ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    68.

    Sargnt Thomas Wheeler Husband of Sarah his wife dyed Decemb'r ye 24th 1704.

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