Martha (Wheeler) Williams (1717 - bef. 1785)

Born 23 Apr 1717 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of William Williams — married 15 Feb 1738 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before Mar 1785 before age 67 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Martha Wheeler, born 23 Apr 1717 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the fourth child of Hannah Gallup and William Wheeler.

She married 15 Feb 1738 at Stonington, Connecticut, William Williams. They had 10 children during the ensuing timespan through March 1758.

Martha (Wheeler) Williams died in 1785 at Stonington.

Sources

• White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 483.

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 639, no. 39: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n660/mode/1up; p. 669, 670, no. 174: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n692/mode/1up

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV73-WM9 : accessed 29 December 2021), entry for Martha Wheeler, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower (Vol. 1) - The First Five Generations Through his first chile Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990)