Individual Details

Josiah Wheeler

(22 Oct 1675 - 8 Dec 1738)

Josiah and Martha lived for a time in Concord but then settled in Lancaster, Mass where he had grants of land, Feb. 5, 1699. On April 9, 1710, Josiah and his wife united with the First Church, Lancaster, from Concord Church. Josiah died in Lancaster Dec. 8, 1738, aged sixty-three years. Martha married second Capt. Pter Joslyn of Lancaster and died May 21, 1748, aged sixty-eight years (White, 103-104).

Events

Birth22 Oct 1675Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America
MarriageAbt 1700Martha Prescott
Death8 Dec 1738Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, British America

Families

SpouseMartha Prescott (1679 - 1748)
ChildMartha Wheeler (1700 - )
FatherObadiah Wheeler (1650 - 1715)
MotherElizabeth White (1652 - 1732)
SiblingObadiah Wheeler (1673 - )
SiblingUriah Wheeler (1678 - 1753)
SiblingSamuel Wheeler (1680 - )
SiblingJonathan Wheeler (1683 - 1747)
SiblingElizabeth Wheeler (1685 - )
SiblingJoseph Wheeler (1690 - 1780)
SiblingBenjamin Wheeler (1693 - 1759)
SiblingJoshua Wheeler (1696 - 1778)

Endnotes

1. Albert Gallatin Wheeler, The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America (Boston, MA: American College of Genealogy, 1914), 354; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 29 December 2009.

2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 March 2018), Obadiah Wheeler in entry for Josiah Wheeler, 22 Oct 1675; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249..

3. Almira Larkin White, Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1638-1905 vol.3 (Haverhill, Mass.: Press of Nichols, "The Printer", 1905).

4. Albert Gallatin Wheeler, The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America (Boston, MA: American College of Genealogy, 1914), 354; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 29 December 2009.

5. Albert Gallatin Wheeler, The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America (Boston, MA: American College of Genealogy, 1914), 354; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 29 December 2009.