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Thomas Wheeler - was born about 1591 and died in 1654 . Thomas married Ann Halsey on 5 May 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. Thomas - New England Marriages Prior To 1700 -Clarence Almon Torrey   WHEELER, Thomas (?1591-1654) & Ann HALSEY (-1659); Cranfield, Eng, ca 5 May 1613; Stratford, CT/Fairfield, CT {TAG 12:5, 14:2, 20:Supp. 27; Blake-Glidden 259; Ackley-Bosworth 53, 64; Smith-Bryant 287; Keeler-Wood 244; Utah Gen. Mag. 20:146; Bennett etc. (1931) 36; Stratford 1337-8; Wheeler 200; Fairfield 1:421; Beach Anc. 187; Mansfield 2; Fairfield Fam. 1:65, 662-3; Fairfield Prob. 11; Peabody Anc. 63; Snow-Estes 1:249; Warren (#5) 87} (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Thomas Wheeler was born about 1620 and died on 24 Dec 1704 in Concord, Mass. . See #2. below.

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Thomas Wheeler - was born about 1620 and died on 24 Dec 1704 in Concord, Mass. . He was the son of Thomas Wheeler and Ann Halsey. Thomas married Sarah Meriam. She was the daughter of Joseph Meriam. She died on 1 Feb 1676 .   Then Thomas married Sarah Beers on 23 Jul 1677. She died on 24 Jan 1723/1724 . Sarah - married first Isaac Stearns of Lexington. There daughter Sarah Stearns married Thomas's son John Wheeler in 1678. Thomas - was the nephew of Timothy Wheeler of Concord. He lived in the eastern part of Concord, Mass. and at various time conveyed to one or another of his sons the lands "at Verginy in Concord"   He was appointed Sergeant in 1642 and his name appears as Seargent Wheeler on the Concord records. from New England Marriages Prior To 1700 - Clarence Almon Torrey   WHEELER, Sergt. Thomas2 (1621-1704) & 1/wf Sarah Merriam (-1676) (doubtful); by 1649; Concord/Fairfield, CT {TAG 12:6, 14:133, 20:Supp. 37; Blake-Glidden 177, 260; Reg. 87:56; NYGBR 2:8; Fairfield 1:421; Wheeler 143, 300; Utah Gen. Mag 20:145, 30 #3; Peabody Anc. 64; Fairfield Fam. 1:664; Warren (#5) 87; Bennett etc. (1931) 36}   WHEELER, Sergt. Thomas (1621-1704) & 2/wf Sarah (BEERS) STARNS/STEARNS, wid; 23 Jul 1677; Concord/Watertown {Blake-Glidden 177, 260; Cross Anc. 150; TAG 12:6; Sv. 1:155; Warren (#5) 87; Wheeler 1012; Utah Gen. Mag. 20:145, 149; Stearns (#1) 1:26; Woolson-Fenno 115; Watertown 20} (Sources: - 2 - 3 - 1) Children with Sarah Meriam (Quick Family Chart) i.  Sarah Wheeler was born on 10 Jun 1649 in Concord, Mass.. Sarah married John Smeadley on 5 May 1669 in Concord, Mass.. John was born in 1646. He was the son of John Smeadley. He died Oct 1675 . See Smeadley family for children. ii.  Joseph Wheeler was born on 18 Aug 1651 in Concord, Mass. and died on 16 Mar 1676/1677 . iii.  Ann Wheeler was born on 22 Dec 1653 in Concord, Mass. and died on 20 Mar 1676/1677 . iv.  John Wheeler was born on 18 Feb 1655 in Concord, Mass. and died on 1 Dec 1736 . John - married his step-sister Sarah Stearns in 1678. She died in 1727. They had 8 children.   After Sarah died in 1727, he married Sarah Farwell, the daughter of John Farwell and Sarah Wheeler - herself the oldest child of Timothy Wheeler, the uncle of Thomas. v.  Mary Wheeler was born on 20 Dec 1658 in Concord, Mass. and died on 26 May 1668 in Concord, Mass. . vi.  Thomas Wheeler was born on 29 Mar 1662 in Concord, Mass. and died on 12 Jun 1695 . vii.  Elizabeth Wheeler was born on 23 Feb 1664 in Concord, Mass.. Elizabeth - married Samuel Fletcher viii.  Timothy Wheeler was born on 24 Jul 1667 in Concord, Mass.. Timothy - married Lydia Wheeler. ix.  Rebecca Wheeler was born on 3 Apr 1670 in Concord, Mass. and died on 6 Nov 1710 . x.  Ruth Wheeler was born on 10 May 1673 in Concord, Mass.. Ruth - married Joseph Warren of Chelmsford, Mass. as his second wife. Children with Sarah Beers (Quick Family Chart) xi.  Ephraim Wheeler was born on 26 Apr 1678 in Concord, Mass.. xii.  Joseph (2) Wheeler was born on 11 Jan 1680/1681 in Concord, Mass.. xiii.  Joanna Wheeler was born on 11 Jan 1680/1681 in Concord, Mass..

Sources:

1 Ancestors of Malu Del & Tahlia Elphia McDonald Patrick McDonald Web: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pjmpjm&id=I32775

2 The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Mass. George Tolman 1908 - Dupilcated for Concord Free Library, Concord, Mass. (view detail...)

3 History of the Wheeler Family in America Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr. American College of Genealogy 1914 (view detail...)

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