Person:William Wheeler (5)

Name^[1]^[4]	William Wheeler
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	8 Feb 1665/66	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Abt 1693	Based on birth of eldest known child to Sarah Fletcher
Death^[3]	29 Mar 1752	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler family in America. (American College of Genealogy , 1914)
p. 20, 21.

William Wheeler [#112], s/o William Wheeler and Hannah Buss, b. Concord 8 Feb 1665, d. Concord 29 Mar 1752, m. [first child born 9 Jan 1693-4] Sarah Fletcher.
↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 12.

william Sonn of william Wheeler & hanna his wife borne : 8 feb : [16]65.
[Note: 1665/66 assumed based on typical usage and spacing of sibling births]
↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 415.

["The Church Records"]
William Wheeler, in the 86th year of his Life, [died] May 29, 1752.
[Footnote: "Gravestone gives his age as 87 years, 3 months, and 21 days." Using this age, birth calculates to about 8 Feb 1665. In 86th year means age 85, so birth before 29 May 1667.]
↑ Thought by many to be the uncle of William, Richard and Joseph Wheeler, who became wards of William Wheeler of Concord in 1711. See discussion of this and related issues here.