Isaac Wheeler (1646 - 1712)

Born 13 Dec 1646 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Parke) Wheeler — married 10 Jan 1668 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1712 at age 65 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Isaac Wheeler

Birth: 1646 Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Death: January 5, 1712 Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Caution, Two Isaac Wheelers, Two Martha Parks, Etc.

Apparently there were not only two Isaac Wheelers, and both with daughters named Mary. There were also two Martha Parks who were 1st cousins.^[1]

This Isaac Wheeler was born c. 1646 at Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas Wheeler & Mary Unknown. Isaac was baptized the same day as his sister, Zipporah Wheeler, on 19 Nov 1648 in Salem MA (see attached images from Salem Vital Records). There is actually little or no primary-source documentation that Isaac was a child of Thomas Wheeler (see Smith family source below) but they both sold property in Lynn MA and both ended up in Stonington CT and Isaac is generally accepted as Thomas' son. Close examination of Essex Co. land deeds at familysearch might uncover Isaac selling property that Thomas previously owned.

He married January 1677 to Martha Park, daughter of Thomas Park & Dorothy Thompson. He died at Stonington, Connecticut on 5 January 1712, aged 66 yrs per his headstone.^[1]

The other Isaac Wheeler was born in 1642, the son of Ephraim Wheeler and Ann Turney. He married to Susanna Unknown. He died on 1 April 1712 at Stratfield Connecticut, aged 70 yrs per his headstone.^[1]

Origin

Parents:

Thomas Wheeler b. 1602, Cranfield, Bedford, England, d. 06 Mar 1686, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

Mary (Unknown) Wheeler, b. c. 1600 is a guess, (based on husband's birth), d. 1680, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. See Thomas Wheeler's profile for more discussion on his apparent 2 wives, both named Mary. The first was Beckley and appears in Cranfield parish registers, the second is unknown.

By 1667, Isaac's father, Thomas Wheeler, removed from Lynn to Stonington, Connecticut. His friendship with Rev. James Noyes, who also removed to Stonington in the same year, may have been the reason for the change.^[2]

Family

Isaac was married (by Thomas Stanton), on 10 January 1667 at Stonington, to Martha Parke (b. 27 Oct 1646, Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn - d. 14 Feb 1717), the daughter of Thomas Park and Dorothy Thompson.^[2]

They had ten children:^[2]

1. Mary Wheeler, b. 22 Nov 1668, Stonington, d. 03 Nov 1709, Stonington; m. Ebenezer Williams (d d. 1747), they had 9 children.
2. Martha Wheeler, b. 06 Feb 1670, Stonington, d. c. 1744/5; m. John Williams, cousins of Ebenezer, Mary and Martha had a double wedding on Jan. 24, 1687
3. Thomas Wheeler, b. 01 Dec 1671, Stonington, d. 1691 murdered by indians.^[1]
4. Isaac Wheeler, Jr., b. 05 Aug 1673, Stonington, d. 25 Jun 1737, Stonington; m. Mary Shepard
5. Anna Wheeler, b. 20 Aug 1675, Stonington; m. John Tongue
6. Richard Wheeler, b. 10 Mar 1677, Stonington, d. 13 Apr 1712, Stonington
7. Dorothy Wheeler, b. 06 Dec 1679, Stonington, d. 25 May 1736, Stonington
8. William Wheeler, b. 09 Sep 1681, Stonington, d. 17 Aug 1747, Stonington,
9. Elizabeth Wheeler, b. 26 May 1683, Stonington, d. 14 Apr 1735, Voluntown, Connecticut
10. Experience Wheeler, b. 21 May 1685, Stonington, d. 08 Jan 1759, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; m Rev. Joseph I. Coit (rhymes with eye).

Military Service

He served in King Philip's War of 1675/6^[3]

He served in the Colonial Wars^[4]

Death and Legacy

Isaac's wife and all his children are listed in Isaac's Will, which was signed on 3 January 1711/12 and was probated 12 March 1711/12.^[1]

The FindaGrave memorial for Isaac Wheeler includes a photo of his grave stone. He died January 5, 1712 at Stonington, New London County, Connecticut and was buried at the Old Whitehall Cemetery or "White Hall Graveyard," at Mystic, New London County, Connecticut,^[5] also called Whitehall Cemetery at Stonington,^[3] or Old Whitehall Burying Ground, at Old Mystic.^[1]

• Fact: Burial (January 1712) White Hall Graveyard, Mystic, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Isaac Wheeler: Long Island Surnames March 30, 2015, accessed May 25, 2015
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington County of new London ... (Pages 636-38) Stonington: Press of the Day Publishing Company, 1900
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mary, Isaac Wheeler Ancestors of Mary Ann Gillam and Stephen Old, may 6, 2015
4. ↑ Ancestry Family Tree
5. ↑ Gustafson, Karlynn, FindaGrave Memorial for Isaac Wheeler Memorial # 8152270, Research by Steven P. Wheeler, December 03, 2003, accessed May 25, 2015

Please note that the 1914 "History and Encyclopedic" work by A.G. Wheeler has been corrected and expanded by the 1998 work of R.D. and G.B.. Wheeler, attached to this profile.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 August 2017, 13:33), entry for Isaac Wheeler(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LT8C-N3D); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 June 2017, 19:49), entry for Isaac Wheeler Sr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LT8C-N3D); contributed by various users.
• Wheeler, Raymond David, The Wheeler Genealogy: Wheeler Family of Cranfield, Bedfordshire; Settlers of Colonial New England. Dolgeville NY; Kinsystems; 1993; v. 1; pp. 110-111).
• World Family Tree CD #5, Pedigree #1331
• "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862
• RootsWeb: Freepages - Some Descendants of Thomas Wheeler.
• Harrison, Bruce, The Family Forest Descendants of Sir Robert Parke. Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc., 2005.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stonington, Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - Wait-Whittles Transcribed by Coralynn Brown.
• Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy (1914). The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America; Pg 290-292; Retrieved from http://books.google.com and Archive.org.
• Wheeler Genealogy; Raymond David Wheeler Vol. 3 (see attached images on this profile)
• Wheeler Family History...Including Descent from Henry Wheeler (c1503-1557) of Cranfield, Bedfordshire authors Raymond David Wheeler, Gordon Boyce Wheeler (see attached images on this profile)
• A genealogical history of the descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn. : with mention of his brother John and nephew Edward. 1638-1888 (this source page 71 describes Isaac as the son of Thomas Wheeler) https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist01smit/page/70
• McArthur, Selim Walker. McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines (The Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, 1964) Page 101