Richard Wheeler

b 1611, Canfield, Bedford, , England
d 09 Feb 1676, Lancaster, Norfolk, Massachusetts
bur Feb1676, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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Richard Wheeler
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Richard Wheeler
\|Sarah Prescott-2 +
\|m 04 Mar 1644
\|Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts	\|
Elizabeth
b 1587	\|

Children

1	<	Abraham Wheeler
2	<	Isaac Wheeler
3		Jacob Wheeler
4		Zebediah Wheeler
5		Sarah Wheeler
6		Elizabeth Wheeler
7		Samuel Wheeler

Notes

Richard Wheeler lived in that part of Dedham, Massachusetts that was set off to Medfield, removing later to Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he built a garrison house at which he was massacred by the Indians, 9 February 1676.

Source: 'History of the Wheeler Family in America', 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 498-500, 501. 'The Prescott Memorial', William Prescott, 1870, p 41.

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