Mercy Wheeler

1740 - 1808  (67 years)

• Name	Mercy Wheeler
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	26 Sep 1740	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	17 Nov 1763 (Age 23)	Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Capt. Adam Wheeler, the son of Ephraim and Miriam (Martin) Wheeler. He was born on 29 April 1732 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He served in the French and Indian War, and was a Captain during the Revolution, having served at Lexington, Charlestown, Bunker Hill, Newark, Stillwater, Albany, and White Plains. He was ordained a deacon in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. After the war, he felt the injustice of the Massachusetts government and raised a company of 100 men, and with 80 of them, marched to Worcester where he took control of the courthouse. By this action, he became the number two man of Shay's Rebellion, and fled to Canada upon its collapse. In 1791, he petitioned the town of Hubbardston to help him pay his debts incurred in the revolt. The town happily complied. He died on Tuesday 24 August 1802 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Silas Wheeler (1764-1826) 2. Ede Wheeler (1766-____) 3. Asa Wheeler (1768-1831) 4. Joel Wheeler (1771-____) 5. Rhoda Wheeler (1774-____) 6. Jacob Wheeler 7. Daniel Wheeler (1780-1810)
  Moved To	Abt 1766 (Age 26)	Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Death	10 Jul 1808	Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. Sgt. Isaac Wheeler,   b. 24 Mar 1734/35, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 22 Apr 1817, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)   2. Sarah Wheeler,   b. 16 Jul 1738, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 31 May 1799, Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)   3. Mercy Wheeler,   b. 26 Sep 1740, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 10 Jul 1808, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years)   4. Rhoda Wheeler + 5. Abraham Wheeler,   b. 12 May 1746, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 20 Jul 1817, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years) ▻ Jemima Walker,  m. 22 Aug 1770 ;   Katy Muzzy,  m. 30 May 1803   6. Jacob Wheeler,   b. 28 Feb 1748/49, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 30 May 1773, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 24 years)   7. Ede Wheeler,   b. 09 Mar 1750/51, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 12 Jun 1755, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 4 years)
  Person ID	I15310
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Isaac Wheeler,   b. 14 May 1698, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 22 Sep 1769, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Sarah Lawrence,   b. 30 May 1709, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	8 May 1734	Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : 36 years - She : 25 years.
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Sep 1740 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Married - 17 Nov 1763 - Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts Moved To - Abt 1766 - Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 10 Jul 1808 - Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S484] Wheeler, Albert Gallatin Jr. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, ( Boston: American College of Genealogy, 1914). [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S93] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903). [S955] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847). [S480] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1905).