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             Husband: Samuel WHEELER (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13)
                Born: 25 JUL 1712 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT (14)
             Married: 02 DEC 1739 in Derby, New Haven, CT (54 55)
                Died: 24 DEC 1799 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (15 16 17 18)
              Buried: in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (19 20)
              Father: Samuel WHEELER
              Mother: Mary BRINSMADE
             Spouses: Elizabeth BRADLEY
                Wife: Abigail WHEELER (21 22)
                Born: l 1722 (23)
                Died: 15 JUN 1792 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (24 25 26)
              Buried: in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (27 28)
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Abigail WHEELER (29)
                Born: 17 JAN 1744 (30 31)
                Died: 06 APR 1764 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (32)
             Spouses: 
02               (F): Lois WHEELER
                Born: 19 Apr 174? (33)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
03               (M): Robert WHEELER (34 35 36)
                Born: 14 MAY 1746 (37 38 39)
                Died: 17 APR 1782 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (40 41 42)
             Spouses: Ruth WHEELER
04               (F): Agniss WHEELER
                Born: 26 SEP 1748 (43 44 45)
                Died: 02 AUG 1764 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (46 47)
              Buried: in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (48 49)
             Spouses: 
05               (F): Hannah WHEELER
          Christened: 14 MAY 1750 in Oxford Congregational Church (50)
                Died:
             Spouses: 
06               (M): Gideon WHEELER
          Christened: 09 AUG 1752 in Oxford Congregational Church (51)
                Died: 27 JUN 1774 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (52)
             Spouses: 
07               (F): Hannah WHEELER
          Christened: 09 AUG 1752 in Oxford Congregational Church (53)
                Died:
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #127.
    ... built ... by a Samuel Wheeler in 1772.
    [Riggs Street, Oxford, CT
    Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  2. Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 59.
    In December 1778, a committee was appointed to provide clothing for the soldiers, consisting of: ... Lieut. Samel Wheeler ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/059.html.]
  3. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 19.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/019.html.]
  4. J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, 534.
    The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ...
  5. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 776.
    Wheeler, Samuel, who may have been brother to Capt. James Wheeler, m. Abigail Wheeler, Dec 2, 1739. Children:
    1. Samuel (probably) 3. Robert, b. May 14, 1746
    2. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1744. 4. Agnes, b. Sept. 26, 1748.
  6. Lt Samuel Wheeler land to grandsons.
    ... 1793
    And furthermore, I the said Samuel Wheeler name to myself the use and improvement of the whole of the above granted land during my natural life.
    The conditions of the written deed is such that in case the sd James Wheeler Jr. shall make execute and deliver to Samuel Wheeler, Jr.a good quit claim deed of all the right, title and interest he has in and unto a certain piece of land lying in Derby, in the parish of Oxford, about a mile south of Lt. Samuel Wheelers dwelling house, within one year after he shall arrive at the age of 21 years, containing about 30 acres it being the farm that Robert Wheeler purchased of Samuel Hitchcock of Derby, and shall also make and execute a good quit claim deed to Elisha Wheeler of Derby all the right, title and interest he has in and unto two certain tracts of land lying in Southbury, one being a piece which Robert Wheeler purchased of Josiah Beers and Elisha Beers containing about nine and twenty acres of land, be it more or less, bounded south and east on highway, west on Benjamin Bradley, north on the land that is or was Jehiel Preston, and also a certain piece laying in Southbury, part in the parish of Middlebury, and part in the parish of Oxford, bounded east on the highway that runs between Waterbury and Southbury, south on highway, west on highway and the land of Stone, north on Stone, containing about an hundred and thirty acres be it more or less, then the written deed to be in full force, otherwise null and void."
  7. 1790 Derby Census.
  8. Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. (New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896), vol 1, p 389-90.
    In October, 1760, Josiah Bronson and other inhabitants of present Middlebury and it's vicinity ...
  9. Ibid., vol 1, p 283.
    ... south bound of Waterbury in 1715 ... The chesnut trees at the southwest line had become 'two stumps' in 1753. They were 'near Samuel Wheeler's house' which was in Derby, and southwest of the 'two stumps'.
  10. Ibid., vol 1, p 398.
    ... 1760 ... inhabitants of present Middlebury and its vicinity ... In the lines given as the boundaries of the territory, mention is made of Eight Mile brook, Quassapaug pond, Israel Curtise's lot of mowing meadow land, the lane by Eliphalet Bristol's running to Lt. Samuel Wheeler's ...
  11. Ibid., vol 1, p 580-1.
    Long Meadow Brook
    This stream enters the Naugatuck from the west, a short distance below the central part of Naugatuck village ... Nathaniel Gunn had a saw mill in 1739. Osborns mill was located on this stream. Samuel Wheeler had a saw mill in 1749, and later a carding mill. Arah Ward had a grist mill soon after. The stream from Towantic pond enters Long Meadow brook near this point. Towantic pond lies to the southwest Long Meadow pond to the northwest.
  12. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 751.
    Lt. Samuel Wheeler ... settled in the south-east section of 'Ancient Woodbury,' about 1740 ... had ten children, all of whom died young, except two ...
  13. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 11.
    Samuel Wheler Received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Decr 4th, 1745. ...
    Abigail ye Wife of Samuel Wheler received to Communion from the Pastor & Chh of CHrist in Ripton bairing date Augst 20, 1746.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/011.html.]
  14. Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), 13633.
  15. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 52.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/052.html.]
  16. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    Wheeler, Birdsey G., son of Samuel & Phebe, died Feb. 18, 1838, age 30 yrs. 6 mos.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Jan. 31, 1853, age 83 yrs.
    Wheeler, Phebe, wife of Samuel, died Apr. 16, 1848, age 73 yrs.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Dec. 24, 1799, age 81 yrs.
    Wheeler, Abigail, wife of Samuel, died June 15, 1792, age 70 yrs.
    Cable, Orlando, died Dec. 18, 1856, age 58 yrs. 6 mos.
    Cable, Betsey, wife of Orlando, died Aug. 23, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Washband, Sally Maria, died June 4, 1877, age 79 yrs. 7 mos.
    Wheeler, Agniss, daughter of Lieut. Samuel & Abigail, died Aug. 2, 1764, age 15 yrs.
    Towner, Eunice, wife of Isaac, died July 23, 1818, age 30 yrs.
    Wheeler, Deborah T., wife of Elisha, died May 18, 1857, age 88 yrs.
    Wheeler, Elisha, died June 12, 1836, age 65 yrs.
    Wheeler, James, died Apr. 3, 1805, age 26 yrs. 1 mos.
    Wheeler, Joseph, son of Robert & Ruth, died July 31, 1793, age 12 yrs.
    Wheeler, Ruth, wife of Robert, died May 25, 1788, age 44 yrs.
    Wheeler, Robert, died Apr. 17, 1782 age 36 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  17. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 82.
  18. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 751.
    He d. Dec. 24, 1799, aged 81.
  19. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  20. Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem1765.html.]
  21. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 11.
    Samuel Wheler Received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Darby, bairing Date Decr 4th, 1745. ...
    Abigail ye Wife of Samuel Wheler received to Communion from the Pastor & Chh of CHrist in Ripton bairing date Augst 20, 1746.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/011.html.]
  22. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 776.
    Wheeler, Samuel, who may have been brother to Capt. James Wheeler, m. Abigail Wheeler, Dec 2, 1739. Children:
    1. Samuel (probably) 3. Robert, b. May 14, 1746
    2. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1744. 4. Agnes, b. Sept. 26, 1748.
  23. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  24. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 50.
    [gives death date as 25 Jun 1792
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/050.html.]
  25. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    Wheeler, Birdsey G., son of Samuel & Phebe, died Feb. 18, 1838, age 30 yrs. 6 mos.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Jan. 31, 1853, age 83 yrs.
    Wheeler, Phebe, wife of Samuel, died Apr. 16, 1848, age 73 yrs.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Dec. 24, 1799, age 81 yrs.
    Wheeler, Abigail, wife of Samuel, died June 15, 1792, age 70 yrs.
    Cable, Orlando, died Dec. 18, 1856, age 58 yrs. 6 mos.
    Cable, Betsey, wife of Orlando, died Aug. 23, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Washband, Sally Maria, died June 4, 1877, age 79 yrs. 7 mos.
    Wheeler, Agniss, daughter of Lieut. Samuel & Abigail, died Aug. 2, 1764, age 15 yrs.
    Towner, Eunice, wife of Isaac, died July 23, 1818, age 30 yrs.
    Wheeler, Deborah T., wife of Elisha, died May 18, 1857, age 88 yrs.
    Wheeler, Elisha, died June 12, 1836, age 65 yrs.
    Wheeler, James, died Apr. 3, 1805, age 26 yrs. 1 mos.
    Wheeler, Joseph, son of Robert & Ruth, died July 31, 1793, age 12 yrs.
    Wheeler, Ruth, wife of Robert, died May 25, 1788, age 44 yrs.
    Wheeler, Robert, died Apr. 17, 1782 age 36 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  26. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 751.
  27. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  28. Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem229.html.]
  29. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 776.
    Wheeler, Samuel, who may have been brother to Capt. James Wheeler, m. Abigail Wheeler, Dec 2, 1739. Children:
    1. Samuel (probably) 3. Robert, b. May 14, 1746
    2. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1744. 4. Agnes, b. Sept. 26, 1748.
  30. Ibid., 776.
  31. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 312.
  32. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p 45.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/045.html.]
  33. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 314.
  34. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 81, 82.
  35. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 12.
    ... 1769 ...
    Septr 3d, Robart Wheler Ruth his Wife owned ye Covenant.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/012.html.]
  36. Ibid., 17.
    The Congregational Church.
    BAPTISMS ...
    ____ Daughter to Robart Wheler & Ruth his Wife.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/017.html.]
  37. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 777.
    Robert, son of Samuel and Abigail Wheeler, m Ruth Wheeler of Stratford, June 23, 1768. Children:
    5. Samuel, b. July 2, 1769. 7. Moses, b. Mar. 4, 1773.
    6. Elisha, b. Jan. 29, 1771.
  38. Ibid., 776.
    Wheeler, Samuel, who may have been brother to Capt. James Wheeler, m. Abigail Wheeler, Dec 2, 1739. Children:
    1. Samuel (probably) 3. Robert, b. May 14, 1746
    2. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1744. 4. Agnes, b. Sept. 26, 1748.
  39. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 314.
  40. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 48.
    1782
    April 16th, Lois Riggs, Widow to Edward Riggs, died.
    April 17th, Robart Wheeler, died Aged 35.
    Decr. 3rd, Lucy, Daughter to Joseph Wooster, died aged One Year.
    1783 ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/048.html.]
  41. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    Wheeler, Birdsey G., son of Samuel & Phebe, died Feb. 18, 1838, age 30 yrs. 6 mos.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Jan. 31, 1853, age 83 yrs.
    Wheeler, Phebe, wife of Samuel, died Apr. 16, 1848, age 73 yrs.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Dec. 24, 1799, age 81 yrs.
    Wheeler, Abigail, wife of Samuel, died June 15, 1792, age 70 yrs.
    Cable, Orlando, died Dec. 18, 1856, age 58 yrs. 6 mos.
    Cable, Betsey, wife of Orlando, died Aug. 23, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Washband, Sally Maria, died June 4, 1877, age 79 yrs. 7 mos.
    Wheeler, Agniss, daughter of Lieut. Samuel & Abigail, died Aug. 2, 1764, age 15 yrs.
    Towner, Eunice, wife of Isaac, died July 23, 1818, age 30 yrs.
    Wheeler, Deborah T., wife of Elisha, died May 18, 1857, age 88 yrs.
    Wheeler, Elisha, died June 12, 1836, age 65 yrs.
    Wheeler, James, died Apr. 3, 1805, age 26 yrs. 1 mos.
    Wheeler, Joseph, son of Robert & Ruth, died July 31, 1793, age 12 yrs.
    Wheeler, Ruth, wife of Robert, died May 25, 1788, age 44 yrs.
    Wheeler, Robert, died Apr. 17, 1782 age 36 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  42. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 751.
  43. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  44. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 776.
    Wheeler, Samuel, who may have been brother to Capt. James Wheeler, m. Abigail Wheeler, Dec 2, 1739. Children:
    1. Samuel (probably) 3. Robert, b. May 14, 1746
    2. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1744. 4. Agnes, b. Sept. 26, 1748.
  45. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 312.
  46. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p 45.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/045.html.]
  47. Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 58.
    Wheeler, Birdsey G., son of Samuel & Phebe, died Feb. 18, 1838, age 30 yrs. 6 mos.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Jan. 31, 1853, age 83 yrs.
    Wheeler, Phebe, wife of Samuel, died Apr. 16, 1848, age 73 yrs.
    Wheeler, Samuel, died Dec. 24, 1799, age 81 yrs.
    Wheeler, Abigail, wife of Samuel, died June 15, 1792, age 70 yrs.
    Cable, Orlando, died Dec. 18, 1856, age 58 yrs. 6 mos.
    Cable, Betsey, wife of Orlando, died Aug. 23, 1860, age 57 yrs.
    Washband, Sally Maria, died June 4, 1877, age 79 yrs. 7 mos.
    Wheeler, Agniss, daughter of Lieut. Samuel & Abigail, died Aug. 2, 1764, age 15 yrs.
    Towner, Eunice, wife of Isaac, died July 23, 1818, age 30 yrs.
    Wheeler, Deborah T., wife of Elisha, died May 18, 1857, age 88 yrs.
    Wheeler, Elisha, died June 12, 1836, age 65 yrs.
    Wheeler, James, died Apr. 3, 1805, age 26 yrs. 1 mos.
    Wheeler, Joseph, son of Robert & Ruth, died July 31, 1793, age 12 yrs.
    Wheeler, Ruth, wife of Robert, died May 25, 1788, age 44 yrs.
    Wheeler, Robert, died Apr. 17, 1782 age 36 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  48. Ibid., 58.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan58.html.]
  49. Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem4819.html.]
  50. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 20.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/020.html.]
  51. Ibid., 19.
    [twin to Hannah
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/019.html.]
  52. Ibid., 46.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/046.html.]
  53. Ibid., 19.
    [twin to Gideon
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/019.html.]
  54. Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 776.
  55. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 312.

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