Person:Eleanor Wheeler (8)

Eleanor Wheeler
d.2 Feb 1780
m. 1 Feb 1741/42
  1. Josiah Wheeler1742 - 1774
  2. Nathan Wheeler1744/45 - 1834
  3. Mary Wheeler1747 - 1831
  4. Anna Wheeler1749 - 1846
  5. Col. Abijah Wheeler1751 - 1812
  6. Hepzibeth Wheeler1754 -
  7. Dorothy Wheeler1756 -
  8. Thomas Wheeler1758 - 1833
  9. Eleanor Wheeler1760 - 1780
Facts and Events
Name[2] Eleanor Wheeler
Alt Name[1] Helen Wheeler
Gender Female
Birth[1] 20 Nov 1760 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2] 2 Feb 1780
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    219.

    Helen Wheeler D'r of Josiah Wheeler and mary his wife was born Nov'r 20th : 1760.

  2. 2.0 2.1 George Tolman, Joseph C. Wheeler. Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts
    p. 12.

    [From Tolman's original manuscript:]
    Children of Josiah Wheeler and Mary Lee: 9) Eleanor, b. 20 Nov 1762, d. 2 Feb 1780.

  3.   As cited, TolmanS2 lists a daughter Eleanor in this family, but no Helen. Source:Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, p. 150, matches the Concord BirthsS1, in giving a daughter Helen and no Eleanor. Tolman referenced the father's will, though no abstract or transcription is given. It is possible that the will used the name Eleanor instead of Helen. Given the fact that the two birth dates are identical except for the last digit of the year, it would appear, without having access to the original records, that Tolman's book possibly miscopied the year of the birth date. (Ironically, Tolman was the chief compiler of the Concord Births which was published about 15 years before his manuscript on the Wheelers. The presumption is that the Concord Births was a group project and probably had more rigorous proof-reading, and that if Tolman had later found an error, he would have given some indication of it.)