Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p500

Wheelwright, for wh. he was disarm. 20 Nov. 1637; yet he did not
rem. d. 16 May 1654, in his will a few days bef. naming ch. only Joseph
and Rebecca. His wid. m. 10 Aug. 1654, John Pierce; and d. Rebecca
m. 26 Dec. 1661, John Curtis of Roxbury. THOMAS, Concord, s. I
judge, of Thomas of Fairfield, b. in Eng. freem. 18 May 1642, m. Ruth,
d. of William Wood, had Alice, wh. d. 17 Mar. 1641; and by w. Sarah
had Sarah, b. 10 July 1649; Joseph, 18 Aug. 1651; Ann, 20 Dec.
1653; John, 18 Feb. 1656; Mary, 20 Dec. 1658; and Thomas, 29
Mar. 1662; in Philip's war was a capt. wh. saw hard serv. espec. on
the Quaboag ambuscade, 1 Aug. 1675, when hims. was wound. with the
s. of little above 13 yrs. old; and his sup. officer, Edward Hutchinson,
was mortal. wound. Wheeler wrote a modest narrat. wh. is repub. by
the N. H. Hist. Soc. In vol. II.; and he d. 16 Dec. 1686. Admin. was
giv. to his wid. Hannah and s. Thomas upon his small est. 21 Sept. foll.
by Gov. Andros. How old he was, or in what part of Eng. b. cannot
be ascertain. tho. tradit. with her customary tale, makes three brs. come
from Wales. He d. Ruth, m. 7 May 1673, Ephraim, Jones of Concord.
* THOMAS, Milford 1639, by w. John, wh. join. the ch. 1640, had John;
Samuel, both bapt. 16 Aug. of that yr.; Nathaniel; Obadiah, bapt. 10
Mar. 1644; Ephraim, 1646; Eliezer, 1648, d. next yr.; Thomas, 1650;
Josiah, 5 June 1653, d. young; Joseph, b. 23 Nov. 1655, d. soon; and
Joseph, again, bapt. 1660; own, much est. in Derby then call. Paugusset
or Pawgasuck, and liv. there short time in 1664, but usually resid.
at M. was lieut. rep. 1670 and 1, had large est. and d. 26 Nov. 1672;
and his wid. d. Jan. 1673. His will made eight days bef. his d. provides
for w. Joan, s. John, and his ds. Nathaniel and his d. Esther, wh. phrase
may mean no more than w. of N. and s. Ephraim, Thomas, and Joseph.
No d. could be nam. and the s. Samuel and Obadiah d. in early manhood.
He ment. also, William, Thomas,and Sarah, childr. of his br.
William of Stratford. THOMAS, Lynn or Salem, may have been the
passeng. in the James, embark Apr. 1635, call. serv. of Austin Clement;
or any other of the well-diffus. name. Perhaps he had s. Isaac.
THOMAS, New Haven 1644, took o. of fidel. 1 July, was accomp. by s. of
the same name, but one or both were not so well educat. as most of the
sett. for the signature is found with a mark only; yet no ment. of w. or
ch. appears on rec. wherein we read that "old Thomas Wheeler' d. 22
Jan. 1673. THOMAS, Stonington, perhaps br. of John of New London,
may have gone with s. Isaac, wh. was b. 1646, from Lynn or other town
of Mass. not a few yrs. bef. 1669, when he was propound. for freem. was
rep. 1673, and next yr. with his w. Mary, unit in gather. a ch. for Rev.
Mr. Noyes, of wh. he was one of the seven pillars; had also Sarah and
Elizabeth both m. the latter to sec. John Gallop of Stonington; and d. 1685,