Isaac Wheeler (bef. 1607 - bef. 1648)

Born before 13 Sep 1607 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Watson) Wheeler — married 9 Apr 1635 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before Aug 1648 at about age 40 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Isaac Wheeler migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 367) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Isaac Wheeler Baptism: 13 Sep 1607 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England^[1] Parents, John WHEELER b: ABT 1563 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England, and Elizabeth (Bread) Wheeler b: 1567 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Eng

Immigration

Both Isaac and his wife Frances arrived 1639 Massachusetts on the Jonathan according to a deposition given by Frances. Isaac appears in the "Great Migration Directory" on page 277; there is no reason to suppose that Frances immigrated separately.^[2]

At Massachusetts Bay

Residents of Charleston, Massachusetts; arrived 1639 according to a Middlesex, Massachusetts deposition, 5 October 1652, by Frances (Watson) (Wheeler) Cook (she is then married to Richard Cook), age 44, thus born about 1612. Frances states she came on the same ship as Thomas Blanchard (i.e. the Jonathan, 1639).^[3]

Admitted to the church 1642.^[4]

Isaac died after August 1648 (Frances' daughter, Mary, with Richard Cook was born May 1649; see attached 1994 work by R.D., G.B. Wheeler).

His widow Frances married again at Massachusetts three times. Her remarriage is sufficient to show that Isaac did not live until 1712, age 105. That date likely a mis-reading of the death vital record of a different Isaac, born 23 December 1642 at Concord, and died 1 April 1712 at Connecticut. This Isaac is herein Isaac Jr., but he may have been the son of Ephraim Wheeler and Ann "Turney," see Raymond David Wheeler and Gordon Boyce Wheeler (p. 13); Concord Vital Records, and Jacobus Wheeler genealogy. (A RootsWeb source is left for historical purposes but does not actually relate to this family).^[5]

Family

Isaac married Frances Watson at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, 9 April 1635 (see attached image). Frances' profile was originally created as "Molton" but nothing has been found to date supporting this; she was married as "Watson" and was certainly not born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1608. Her baptism record is not yet found.

Children, born at Massachusetts,

1. Elizabeth Wheeler, born Charlestown, 8 July 1642
2. Sarah Wheeler, born Malden, 16 March 1643
3. Isaac Wheeler (perhaps), born Charlestown, about 1646
4. Thomas Wheeler, born Charlestown, about 1647

Sources

1. ↑ "The Parish Register of Cranfield 1600-1812". Transcript by Bedfordshire County Record Office 1943. https://archive.org/stream/bedfordshirepari27bedf#page/2
2. ↑ The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640 A Concise Compendium by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG copyright 2015 New England Historic Genealogical Society p. 277 for Isaac Wheeler immigration
3. ↑ Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts ..., 116; digital images, InternetArchive.
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Charlestown Records Of The First Church In Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1632-1789; digital images by subscription, Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ RootsWeb.

• Simeon T. Call and Virginia Ann (Meserve) Clouston, Genealogical History of the Call Family ... (1983) ; Text: He had ch: - Elizabeth, b. 1641; Sarah b. Mar 16th, 1653 and "perhaps Thomas."........ Text: Isaac Wheeler was an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1639. Text: (Isaac)...was admitted to the church in 1642,

• Title: Wedding Announcement, Frances Logan. Text: Isaac, brother of Joseph1, Timothy1, Thomas1, and George 1, came from Odell, Wilshire England. He was in Charlestown in 1639; he married Frances, widow of Richard Cook. Children: i. Elizabeth....ii. Sarah.....iii. Isaac....iv. Thomas.

• Title: Anson Vasco Call II;His Ancestors and Descendants Text: Pedigree: Isaac Wheeler b to John and Elizabeth Wheeler. Chr. 13 Sep 1607. m. Frances

• Title: Diana Wilcox ,2001 Text: # ID: I84337432 # Name: Isaac WHEELER # Sex: M # Birth: 13 Sep 1607 in Cransfield, Bedfordshire, England # Death: 1712 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts # Christening: 13 Sep 1607 Prob Odell, Wiltshire, England

• Title: Research by Dorothy Fairbanks, [address removed/privacy],Situate, Massachusetts (1967) SL# 962730 Page: SL#962230 Text: (Isaac is listed as residing in Odell, Wiltshire, Eng & in 1639 in Charlestown, MA)

• Title: Call Family Genealogy by Eleanor Call Nealy Page: SL # 1036285 Text: (lists Isaac as residing Charlestown, 1639 & 1642

• A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register .. by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Farmer, John, 1789-1838. Genealogical register of the first settlers of New England; Dexter, O. P. (Orrando Perry), 1854-1903 (warning on some scanned versions have typing errors best to go to actual page to look at items and may be scanned in the wrong order.)

• LDS Baptism: 15 Oct 1935 # Endowment: 16 Jan 1936 # Sealing Child: 12 Sep 1996 Temple: BOISE # Change Date: 3 Nov 2001 1 1 # Note: Ancestral File Number: 93VB-RJ AFN # 93VB-RJ; 8QHG-50 Father: John WHEELER b: 1563 in Odell, Bedford, England Mother: Elizabeth John WHEELER b: 1567 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England Marriage 1 Frances MOLTON (COOK) b: 1608 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts * Married: Abt 1640 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts * Sealing Spouse: 20 Jan 1996 in LOGAN 1 Children 1. Has No Children Elizabeth WHEELER b: 8 Jul 1641 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts 2. Has Children Sarah WHEELER b: 16 Mar 1643 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts 3. Has No Children Isaac WHEELER b: Abt 1646 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 4. Has No Children Thomas WHEELER b: Abt 1647 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass