Person:Josiah Wheeler (2)
Josiah Wheeler
b.22 Oct 1675 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Dec 1738 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 Jul 1672
  1. Obadiah Wheeler1673 - Aft 1718
  2. Josiah Wheeler1675 - 1738
  3. Uriah Wheeler1678 - 1753
  4. Samuel Wheeler1681/82 - Aft 1761
  5. Jonathan Wheeler1683 - 1747
  6. Elizabeth Wheeler1685/86 - Aft 1725
  7. Joseph Wheeler1690/91 - 1780
  8. Benjamin Wheeler1693 - 1759
  9. Joshua Wheeler1696 - 1778
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1700
  1. Martha WheelerAbt 1702 - 1774
  2. Experience Wheeler1708 - 1785
  3. Thankful Wheeler1711 - 1795
  4. Ebenezer Wheeler1711 - 1717
  5. Dinah Wheeler1717 - 1771
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Josiah Wheeler
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 22 Oct 1675 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Abt 1700 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesBased on estimated birth of eldest known child
to Martha Prescott
Death[4][5] 8 Dec 1738 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesOld Common Cemetery
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
    19.

    Josiah son of obadia Wheler & Elizabeth his wife borne, 22. Oct. 1675.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wheeler, Henry M. Genealogy of some of the descendants of Obadiah Wheeler of Concord, and Thomas Thaxter of Hingham. (Worcester, Mass.: Printed for private circulation, 1898)
    p. 24.

    Josiah Wheeler, s/o Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White, b. 22 Oct 1675, d. Lancaster 8 Dec 1738, m. Martha ---.

  3. ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    p. 410.

    Old Common Burial Ground
    HERE LIES BURIED
    Ye BODY OF
    Mr JOSIAH WHEELER
    WHO DIED
    DECEMBER Ye 8th
    1738 & IN
    Ye 64th YEAR
    OF HIS AGE.
    [Age 63, so born about 1675.]

  4. ↑ Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
    p. 226.

    WHEELER, Josiah, [died] Dec. 8, 1738. [In 64th y. GS Old Common Cemetery, Lancaster.]

  5. ↑ Pizziferri, Shirley Robinson. "Early Worcester County Probate Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    Vol. 43, p. 36.

    Case 63439: Josiah Wheeler. Will of Josiah Wheeler, yeoman, of Bolton, dated 5 Dec 1738, proved 6 Feb 1738/39, names wife Martha [sole executor]; daughters Martha Wilder, Experience Pollard, Thankfull Fairbanks, and Dinah Stearns; granddaughters, Sarah, Copia and Patience Broughton. Petition dated 27 Mar 1738 [sic, possibly first month, so January, since partition was approved on 6 Feb 1738/39??] to partition property signed by James Wilder "who married the eldest daughter", William Pollard who married the 2nd daughter, Jonas Fairbank who married the 3rd daughter, and Benj'a Stears who married the 4th daughter, James Wilder (again) as guardian to the three Broughton girls.

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