This Joseph is identified as the son of William Wheeler and Sarah Fletcher based on tracing ownership of some land from parents William and wife Sarah to son Joseph in 1738, from Joseph and wife Sarah to son Joseph and Mary in 1747, back to Joseph Sr in 1766, and then to son Amos. In 1768 Amos mortgaged the land, requiring his mother Sarah, widow, to relinquish her rights of dower.