Abraham Wheeler

1659 - 1695  (35 years)

• Name	Abraham Wheeler
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	7 Dec 1659	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	His birth date was recorded as 7 (10) 1659.
  History	1676  [3]
  	After the destruction of Lancaster in 1676, he went with his mother to Concord, and later to Dedham. Finally he returned to the reconstructed Lancaster.
  Military	say 1680 (Age 21)  [3]
  Abraham was a member of the Western Regiment of Middlesex County, his name appearing on the rolls as late as 18 March 1691/92.
  Married	1682 to 1683 (Age 23)  [2, 3]
  Tabitha ______. She was captured by Indians during the attack on Lancaster in November 1695. A Tabitha Wheeler married 5 April 1715 at Concord, Samuel Bennett. Issue: 1. Abigail Wheeler (1684-1711) 2. Jonathan Wheeler 3. Samuel Wheeler (____-1781) 4. daughter Wheeler
  Death	Oct 1695	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 6, 7]
  	He was shot by an Indian on a Sunday morning while going between the fort and his house. Although mortally wounded, he succeeded in wresting the gun from the Indian and ran with it toward the fort until he was met by a party who went out to his rescue.
  Inventory	6 Nov 1695	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Abraham's estate was inventoried.
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Abraham Wheeler,   b. 7 Dec 1659, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. Oct 1695, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 35 years) + 2. Isaac Wheeler,   b. 1661, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 8 Feb 1730/31, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years) ▻ Experience Metcalfe,  m. 1682/83   3. Jacob Wheeler,   b. 25 Nov 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 21 Feb 1663/64, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   4. Zebediah Wheeler,   b. 02 Jan 1664/65, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 16 Dec 1729, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years)   5. Sarah Wheeler,   b. 1 Feb 1666/67, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. After 1742  (Age 75 years)   6. Elizabeth Wheeler,   b. 24 May 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   7. Samuel Wheeler,   b. 29 Apr 1671, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 1691  (Age 19 years)   8. Daniel Wheeler,   b. Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I20110
  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	Sarah Prescott,   c. 16 Apr 1637, Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 25 Aug 1714, Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1658	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 47 years and 8 months - She : 21 years and 4 months.
  Family ID	F504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Dec 1659 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Death - Oct 1695 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Inventory - 6 Nov 1695 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [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). [S1037] Holman, Mary Lovering. The Stevens Miller Ancestry , (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948). [S960] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 1: Births and Baptisms, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1095] Nourse, Henry S. The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1725, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1884).