Mary Wheeler

1646 - 1650  (4 years)

• Name	Mary Wheeler
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	5 Oct 1646	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  	Her birth date was recorded as 5 (8) 1646.
  Christening	18 Oct 1646	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [4]
  Death	25 Oct 1650  [5]
  Married	25 Jun 1668 (Age 22)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Captain Thomas Wilder, the son of Thomas and Anna Wilder. He was born on 4 September 1644 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. His birth date was recorded as 4 (7) 1644. In 1704, he was made a commander of a garrison in Lancaster. He died on Friday 7 August 1716 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Thomas' gravestone inscription in Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Massachusetts reads: Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Capt. THOMAS WILDER who decd August. 7th, 1716, about ye 70th Year of His Age Issue: 1. Mary Wilder (c1675-1718) 2. James Wilder (1680-1739) 3. Joseph Wilder (1683-1757) 4. Sarah Wilder (1685-____) 5. Elizabeth Wilder (1687-____) 6. Anna Wilder (1689-1746)
  Complier's Note	1878  [3, 6, 9]
  According to Bullard (1878) "Proof of the surname of Mary, wife of Thomas Wilder, is shown in a petition sent to the General court of Massachusetts in 1738, in behalf of those who went into the Canadian Expedition of 1690 under Capt. John Withington. Among the signers was Joseph Wilder, son of Thomas and Mary, who applied "in the right of his uncle, Samuel Wheeler, his mother's brother, who served under Major Wade." A copy of this petition was published in Marvin's "History of Lancaster," p. 125. There are many erroneous records of the name of Mary, wife of Thomas Wilder, due to the loss of the early Vital Records of Lancaster, and the imperfections in the later copies, but evidence supplied in the petition of Joseph Wilder is conclusive proof that she was Mary Wheeler, daughter of Richard and sister of Samuel Wheeler of the Canadian Expedition of 1690." Nourse (1890) lists Mary Houghton as the wife of Thomas Wilder. This is not supported by the evidence. MacKenzie (1966) uses the Nourse annotation to come to the same incorrect conclusion, but changes the year of the wedding to make it more acceptable. Bullard (1930) proves that the Mary, Thomas married was Mary Wheeler, not Houghton.
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  1. Sarah Wheeler,   b. 4 Feb 1645/46, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 25 Dec 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 10 years)   2. Mary Wheeler,   b. 5 Oct 1646, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 25 Oct 1650  (Age 4 years)   3. John Wheeler,   b. 18 Oct 1648, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 17 Feb 1661/62, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 13 years)   4. Samuel Wheeler,   b. 4 Jan 1650/51, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 25 Oct 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 5 years)   5. Hannah Wheeler,   b. 30 Aug 1653, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   6. Joseph Wheeler,   b. 05 Feb 1655/56, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 22 Aug 1675, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 19 years)
  Person ID	I20105
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard Wheeler,   b. Abt 1611, England d. 9 Feb 1675/76, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Turner   d. 25 Dec 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	4 May 1644	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 33 years and 5 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Oct 1646 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Christening - 18 Oct 1646 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Married - 25 Jun 1668 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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