Joseph Wheeler: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Joseph Wheeler was born 5 Feb 1655, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (son of Richard Wheeler and Elizabeth (Mary) Turner); died 22 Aug 1676.

Other Events:

AFN: 8W8F-1W

Notes:

It is claimed that Joseph Wheeler was killed by the Indians.
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Reference:
"History of the Wheeler Family in America", 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr.,
p 498.

Generation: 2

Richard Wheeler was born 1611, Canfield, Bedford, England (son of Richard Wheeler and Elizabeth); died 9 Feb 1676, Lancaster, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was buried Feb 1676, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

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

Richard married Elizabeth (Mary) Turner 4 Mar 1644, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born Abt 1616, , England; died 25 Dec 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried Dec 1656. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth (Mary) Turner was born Abt 1616, , England; died 25 Dec 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried Dec 1656.

Other Events:

AFN: 8W8D-TW

Children:

Sarah Wheeler was born 4 Dec 1645, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 25 Dec 1656; was buried Dec 1656.
Mary Wheeler was born 5 Aug 1646, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
John Wheeler was born 18 Aug 1648, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 17 Dec 1661; was buried Dec 1661.
Samuel Wheeler was born 4 Nov 1650, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 25 Dec 1656; was buried Dec 1656.
Hanah Wheeler was born 30 Aug 1653, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1. Joseph Wheeler was born 5 Feb 1655, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died 22 Aug 1676.

Generation: 3

4. Richard Wheeler was born 1584/1585.
Richard — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1586/1587. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth was born 1586/1587.

Children:

2. Richard Wheeler was born 1611, Canfield, Bedford, England; died 9 Feb 1676, Lancaster, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was buried Feb 1676, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.