Bridget (Grant) Wheeler (1751 - 1818)

Born 24 Sep 1751 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Hosea Wheeler — married 20 Feb 1772 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1818 at age 66 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Birth

Bridget Grant was born to Oliver Grant and Ann Bordel (Billing) Grant, on 24 Sept 1751, in Stonington, Connecticut.^[1][2][3]

Marriage

Bridget, of Stonington, married Hosea Wheeler, 18 Feb 1772, in her home town of Stonington.^[1] but on 20 Feb 1772, as recorded at the North Stonington Congregational Church.^[4][5][6]

Children:

Nathan Wheeler, b. 29 Dec 1772

Asa Wheeler, b. 22 Sep 1774

Hosea Wheeler, Jr., b 21 Oct 1776

Bridget Wheeler, b. 17 Feb 1779

Dorothy Wheeler, b. 28 Apr 1781

Susannah (Wheeler) Maine, b. 14 May 1783

Rebecca (Wheeler) Avery, b. 28 Feb 1785

Ephraim Wheeler , b. 29 Dec, 1788

Russell Wheeler, b. 20 Aug 1796

Death

Bridget Wheeler, wife of Hosea, died Sept 8, 1818, age 68 and is buried at the Wheeler Cemetery #58, next to Hosea, who died in 1829.^[7][8] Her age at death as recorded on her stone is a little off (one year) but such discrepancies are common enough.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Stonington, p. 166. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
2. ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut PG 401, no. 34: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n423/mode/1up
3. ↑ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin : American College of Genealogy (1914). The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America; PG 315; https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n12/mode/2up
4. ↑ Connecticut Church Records Index. North Stonington Congregational Church 1720-1887. Volume 083 North Stonington p. 29. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, 1968.
5. ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut PG 401, no. 34: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n423/mode/1up
6. ↑ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin : American College of Genealogy (1914). The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America; PG 315; https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n12/mode/2up
7. ↑ The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
8. ↑ Photo of gravestone Find a grave 20730974. Bridget Grant Wheeler. Wheeler Cemetery #58, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA.

• The Grant Family (1898). p. 40: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/n40/mode/1up [Note that this reference gives her death year as 1819.]