Person:Rhoda Wheeler (1)

Name^[2]	Rhoda Wheeler
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	24 Aug 1730	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	22 Jan 1750/51	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abraham Smith
Marriage	2 Feb 1764	Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto William Barker (add)
Death^[3]	12 Apr 1769	Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 124.

Rhoda ye Daughter of Francis Wheeler and Mary his wife was born August 24 : 1730.
↑ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler family in America. (American College of Genealogy , 1914)
p. 124.

Children of Francis Wheeler [#130] and first wife Mary Merriam: Rhoda Wheeler, b. 24 Aug 1730, m. 22 Jan 1750 Abraham Smith of Sudbury.
↑ Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Acton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923)
p. 251.

BARKER, Rhoda, w. William, [died] Apr. 12, 1769, in 39th y. GR1
[GR1=Woodlawn Cemetery]
It is not mentioned by Wheeler, but various Internet websites seem sure her husband died at Ticonderoga, she was the Rhoda Smith who m. (2) 1764 William Barker, and the excellent match of the age at death or Rhoda Barker suggests they are probably correct. Further circumstantial evidence is suggested by Isaac Smith, the son of Abraham and Rhoda, b. Sudbury 1754 (recorded in Acton), making choice in Apr 1769 [Middlesex Probate 20631, letter dated "April ye [blank]", bond given 25 Apr 1769] of William Barker of Acton to be his guardian. This was presumably necessitated by the death of Rhoda Barker (i.e., his mother) 12 Apr 1769.