6. | 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]
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