Richard Wheeler

Abt 1696 - 1749  (53 years)

• Name	Richard Wheeler
  Birth	Abt 1696	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Married	Abt 1717 (21 years)  [1, 2]
  Sarah _____. Issue: 1. Jonathan Wheeler (1718-1796) 2. Experience Wheeler (1720-____) 3. Richard Wheeler (1721-____) 4. Moses Wheeler (1723-____) 5. Isaac Wheeler (1725-____)
  History	say 1720 (24 years)  [1]
  He settled in Worcester, though he was a proprator of Pequoig, now Athol, and owned land on the Millers River.
  Military	11 Oct to 31 Oct 1723  [1]
  His name appears on the muster roll of Capt Eleazer Wheelock's Company from 11 October to 31 October 1723 as a "Pilot".
  Death	Apr 1749	Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Isaac Wheeler,   b. 22 Nov 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Nov 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   2. Experience Wheeler,   b. 22 Nov 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Nov 1684, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   3. John Wheeler,   b. 24 Jul 1686, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Mary Wheeler,   b. Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Apr 1765, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   5. Experience Wheeler,   b. Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1774, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Richard Wheeler,   b. Abt 1696, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Apr 1749, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 53 years) + 7. Isaac Wheeler,   b. 14 May 1698, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1769, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years) ▻ Sarah Lawrence,  m. 8 May 1734   8. Abraham Wheeler,   b. 26 Nov 1700, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Oct 1780, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Wheeler,   b. Abt 1611, England d. 9 Feb 1675/76, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 65 years)  (Grandfather)  Mary Chickering,   b. 1630   d. 15 Mar 1697/98, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 68 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15299
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Isaac Wheeler,   b. 1661, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Feb 1730/31, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Experience Metcalfe,   b. 16 Oct 1661, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Feb 1730/31, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Richard Wheeler(Abt 1696 – 1749) 2Isaac Wheeler(1661 – 8 Feb 1730/31) 4Richard Wheeler(Abt 1611 – 9 Feb 1675/76) 8 16 17 9 18 19 5Sarah Prescott(1637 – 1714) 10John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 20Ralph Prescott(1569 – 1609) 21Helen(Abt 1571 – 1643) 11Mary Platts( – 1678) 22Abraham Gawkroger Platts 23 3Experience Metcalfe(1661 – 18 Feb 1730/31) 6John Metcalfe(1622 – 1690) 12Michael Metcalfe(1586 – 1664) 24Rev. Leonard Metcalfe(Abt 1541 – 1616) 25Amy( – 1602) 13Sara Elwyn(1593 – 1644) 26Thomas Elwyn(1566 – 1648) 27Elizabeth Bensley(1570 – 1606) 7Mary Chickering(1630 – 15 Mar 1697/98) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1696 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - Apr 1749 - Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S484] Wheeler, Albert Gallatin Jr. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, ( Boston: American College of Genealogy, 1914).