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(XIX)Subject: Joel Wheeler (cir 1715-?) of Gardner and Petersham, MA
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:46:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: BONEMAN275@aol.com
Thru: "WHEELER family discussion list"
DESCENDANTS of Joel Wheeler
1. Joel WHEELER b. cir 1715, MA?, d. Gardner, Worcester Co., MA?.
i Silas WHEELER b. 1744.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Silas WHEELER b. 1744, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA?, m. 05 Jun 1767, in MA?,
Sally Miller, b. 22 Oct 1745, MA?, d. 27 Nov 1821, Littleton, Grafton
Co., NH. Silas d 14 Jul 1823, Littleton, Grafton Co., NH.
i Sally WHEELER b. 22 Nov 1760, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, d. 11 Jan 1772,
Petersham, Worcester Co., MA.
ii Polly WHEELER b. 13 Dec 1770, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, d. 08 Feb 1846,
Littleton, Middlesex Co., MA?. Polly had no children.
iii Vespasian WHEELER b. 12 Feb 1773, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, occupation:
farmer and hotel keeper, d. 03 Mar 1851, Littleton, Grafton Co., NH.
iv Sally WHEELER b. 29 Oct 1774, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, d. 13 Aug 1842,
Anson, Somerset Co., ME.
3. v George Washington WHEELER b. 29 Apr 1777.
vi Sophia Wheeler b. 16 Feb 1779, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, d. MA?.
vii Tillotson WHEELER b. 12 Apr 1781, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, d.
Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH.
viii Pamelia WHEELER b. 03 Mar 1785, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, d. 31 Mar 1866,
Littleton, Grafton Co., NH.
ix Lurena WHEELER b. 21 Mar 1789, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, d. 02 Feb 1829,
Littleton, Grafton Co., NH.
x Anson WHEELER b. 28 Sep 1790, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, d. Westmoreland,
Cheshire Co., NH?.
THIRD GENERATION
3. George Washington WHEELER b. 29 Apr 1777, Petersham, Worcester Co., MA, m1 1805, in
Littleton, Grafton Co., NH?, Fanny Bartlett, b. 1784, Bethel, Oxford Co., ME,
(daughter of Thaddeus BARTLETT), d. 25 Oct 1821, Littleton, Grafton Co., NH,
buried Bethlehem, NH; Old Bethlehem Cemetery, m2 15 April 1823, in
Newbury, Orange Co., VT, Mary E. Chamberlin, b. 07 Sep 1786, Newbury, Orange Co., VT,
(daughter of Joseph CHAMBERLIN, 1Lt., Am. Rev. and Ruth PRESTON), d. 08 Oct 1865,
Littleton, Grafton Co., NH, buried Bethlehem, NH; Old Bethlehem Cemetery.
George died 26 Jun 1858, Littleton, Grafton Co., NH, buried Bethlehem, NH; Old
Bethlehem Cemetery. George moved from Petersham, MA, to Westmoreland, NH
and then to Littleton, NH in 1794. He is buried with his two wives, marked
by a single gravestone. The inscription reads "George W. WHEELER DIED
June 26, 1858 (year blocked by supporting board, but recorded) AE. 81 yrs."
Other records indicate he died 20 Jun 1858.
Fanny: Unsure of day and month from cracked gravestone. Can read "Fanny B.
wife of Geo. W. Wheeler. Died Oct. 25?, 1821. AE 37 yrs."
Mary: Gravestone reads "Mary C. wife of Geo. W. Wheeler. Died Oct. 8, 1865,
AE. 80 yrs."
Children by Fanny Bartle
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