Person:Thomas Wheeler (3)
Thomas Wheeler, Sr.
b.Est 1591 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
d.Bef 23 Aug 1654 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1588
  1. Thomas Wheeler, Sr.Est 1591 - Bef 1654
  2. Priscilla WheelerAbt 1593 -
  3. John WheelerAbt 1598 - Abt 1637
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Wheeler, Sr.Est 1591 - Bef 1654
  • W.  Ann Halsey1591 - 1659
m. 5 May 1613
  1. Ann Wheeler1614/15 - 1615
  2. Mary Wheeler1615 -
  3. William Ephraim Wheeler1618 -
  4. Anna Wheeler1617/18 -
  5. Sergeant Thomas Wheeler1621 - 1704
  6. Sergeant John Wheeler1624/25 - Bef 1690
  7. Sarah Wheeler1628 - Bef 1659
  8. Sarah Wheeler1630 - Bef 1659
  9. Alice WheelerAft 1630 - 1639/40
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Wheeler, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1591 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage 5 May 1613 Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Englandto Ann Halsey
Alt Death[1] Bet 5 May 1654 and 23 Aug 1654 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Death? Bef 23 Aug 1654 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Origins

  • Considered to be "my eldest son Thomas Wheler of Warley" mentioned in the 1627 will of Thomas Wheeler of Cranfield.
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Life in New England

From Donald Line Jacobus' "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" Volume I (1930), starting with page 662:

Wheeler, Thomas "Sr."
...came to Concord...to Fairfield...adjacent land to Thomas Jr. in 1649. This Thomas Jr. we take to be the brother named 1654 in his will...Will 5 May 1654, proved 23 Aug. 1654; wife Ann; elder son Thomas, property in Concord...brother Thomas Wheeler Lieutenant, Robert Lockwood, and Andrew Ward, all of Fairfield, overseers. Ephraim Wheeler was an appraiser...Will of Ann Wheeler, 21 Aug. 1659;...The Wheeler Family in America, which we cannot follow implicitly with regard to this Wheeler family, states that Thomas m. at Cranefield, co. Bedford, Eng. 5 May 1613 Ann Halsey...
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 N. Grier Parke, II. The Ancestry of LORENZO ACKLEY & his wife EMMA ARABELLA BOSWORTH. (The Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vermont)
    52.
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