Thomas Wheeler father of George and Richard of Town End, Bedforeshire and also of Austen Allen Close, Wharley End, Bedforeshire was born according to Raymond Wheeler Books Abt. 1571. an perhaps was buried there on 2 Oct, 1643 (PR Vol 26, page 63) when a Thos Wheeler was buried. He married first at Chalgrave, Bedforeshire on 13 April 1600 to Dorothy Holloway, baptized at St. Mary's on the town of Bedford ( the county seat of Bedforeshire) 13 Oct 1574. He married 2nd at St. James in Clerkenwell, Middlesex 5 Nov 1625 to Jane Mitchell ( PR vol 54, page 33) and perhaps married 3rd at St. James in Clerkenwell to Elizabeth Claye 30 Nov 1631 (no PR found).

Thomas was mentioned as a distinct individual at the baptism of his son Richard on 13 June 1614 in (PR Vol 27, page 2) Thomas Wheeler of Alsnaline was one of the three Thomas Wheeler's mentioned in the 1623 land survey of Cranfield.
The other two were Thomas Sr. who earlier, was of Wharley End, Cranfield but was of Bourne End when he made his will, and his son, Thomas Jr. who lived at Wharley End before gong to Concord later to Fairfield CT., where he was called Thomas Sr.

The term Alsnaline applies to the 16 acre "close" at Wharley End, Cranfield called GREAT AUSTEN ALLEN lying on the border of North Crawly, Buckinghamshire.
This Thomas Wheeler had 25 1/2 acres at Wharley End including 8 3/4 acres at Bailey Gates, also lying on the border with Buckinghamshire. IN addition to that , he held from George Purrier, another 8 1/4 acres with the house and "closes". No will has been found for this Thomas , the grouping of his children at Cranfield has been determined from working backwards from Richard and George and attributing those children of Thomas Wheeler who did not fit into the families of the other Thomas Wheeler's, this was done by the few remaining Wheeler descendents found in 1994 living in Cranfield from documents in their possessions.
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Thomas Wheeler father of George and Richard of Town End, Bedforeshire and also of Austen Allen Close, Wharley End, Bedforeshire was born according to Raymond Wheeler Books Abt. 1571. an perhaps was buried there on 2 Oct, 1643 (PR Vol 26, page 63) when a Thos Wheeler was buried. He married first at Chalgrave, Bedforeshire on 13 April 1600 to Dorothy Holloway, baptized at St. Mary's on the town of Bedford ( the county seat of Bedforeshire) 13 Oct 1574. He married 2nd at St. James in Clerkenwell, Middlesex 5 Nov 1625 to Jane Mitchell ( PR vol 54, page 33) and perhaps married 3rd at St. James in Clerkenwell to Elizabeth Claye 30 Nov 1631 (no PR found).

Thomas was mentioned as a distinct individual at the baptism of his son Richard on 13 June 1614 in (PR Vol 27, page 2) Thomas Wheeler of Alsnaline was one of the three Thomas Wheeler's mentioned in the 1623 land survey of Cranfield.
The other two were Thomas Sr. who earlier, was of Wharley End, Cranfield but was of Bourne End when he made his will, and his son, Thomas Jr. who lived at Wharley End before gong to Concord later to Fairfield CT., where he was called Thomas Sr.

The term Alsnaline applies to the 16 acre "close" at Wharley End, Cranfield called GREAT AUSTEN ALLEN lying on the border of North Crawly, Buckinghamshire.
This Thomas Wheeler had 25 1/2 acres at Wharley End including 8 3/4 acres at Bailey Gates, also lying on the border with Buckinghamshire. IN addition to that , he held from George Purrier, another 8 1/4 acres with the house and "closes". No will has been found for this Thomas , the grouping of his children at Cranfield has been determined from working backwards from Richard and George and attributing those children of Thomas Wheeler who did not fit into the families of the other Thomas Wheeler's, this was done by the few remaining Wheeler descendents found in 1994 living in Cranfield from documents in their possessions.

Concord was the original home in America to all the Wheelers, from there they scattered throughout the New England area. George and John of Salisbury were said to be related.

According to the GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND there were 30 distinct families of Wheeler's living in Concord between 1650-1680.
In the book DIRECTORY OF THE HOH NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1700 BY HOLMES
PAGE cclix
Wheeler
A name of a trade
George, B. Eng., 1600 freeman, Concord Mass. 1641.
Book Ref:
Genealogy of the first settlers of New England page 311:
George , Concord 1636. freeman 1641, D. 1684 leaving issue.

Book Ref: Genealogy Directory of New England Families page 496-7:
George,Concord,freem. 2 june 1641, had Sarah, B. 30 March 1640; John, 19 March 1643; and by wife Catharine, who perhaps was the mother of the two former children, Mary, 6 Sept 1645; and possibly more. Mary M. 26 Oct. 1665 Ebenezer Fox.

HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY
Page 29 Vol 3
George Wheeler baptized Cranfield, Bedforeshire, 23 March 1605/6 , son of Thomas Wheeler ( F.G. Emison, Bedforeshire Registers, 27, (1943, Cranfield) :1; hereinafter PR) and died at Concord, Mass. by 1687 ( Wheeler Am ., 17) He married at Cranfield, 8 June 1630, his only wife Catherine Pin ( PR , 27 :39, Cath Pin; at Cranfield , the name Pin is also spelled Ping and Pyng; at Holcote, Pinge, at Kempston there were Enns, but no Pins; the surname may be a variant of Penn) She died at Concord, 2 Jan 1684/5.
Concord Ma births , Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850.; hereinafter VR.
At Cranfield in 1633, This George Wheeler was called "of Wharley End" to distinguish him from the George Wheeler of East End who married Mary Studd of Cranfield,. Both of these Wheelers had children baptized in 1633.

HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA.
The principal reason for the emigration of so many from England , closely paralleled the cause which led to all of the emigration of the period, 1. religious persecution under William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1663-1645 in the days of King Charles the I., 2. the forced loans (taxes) of Charles I, as they were not levied with the consent of Parliament. It was a turbulent time eventually culminating in the English Civil War.
Following their pastor Rev. Bulkeley, the Puritan exodus in Cranfield was one of the centers of dissatisfaction caused by the severity of Bishop William Laud enforcing the Act of Uniformity ( Act of 1593) . The resulting church upheavals were having a profound effect in Cranfield and neighboring parishes. Rev. Buckley had been deprived of his living for nonconformity. In 1635 he departed with his family to New England to become on of the founders of Concord. During that time the ship money tax was levied to pay off debts of the Spanish Armada War. Bedforeshire, the county of residence of our ancestors , was assessed 3,000 pounds which was prorated to individual heads of households. An unpopular tax, it may have been the catalyst that prompted many a Bedforeshire yoeman to leave England.
Records of 1637 list of arrears included Thomas Wheeler of Cranfield, ... Gon out of contry, Thomas Halsey and Richard Odell :Gone nto New Englnde" \
It must have been in preparation of their leave taking that Timothy Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler sold 2 1/2 acres of land called Ferry Feilds on 19 Feb 1635 to Edward Odell of the Ashe for 12 pounds. joining the exodus from Cranfield and surrounding villages were families of Odell, Halsey, Turney, and Letting. Nearly all of the families were related to the WHEELERS by blood or marriage. Many of these families settled at Concord or near their former Pastor Rev. Bulkeley.
Our first generations in the MA Bay Colony begin 18 years after the landing of the Mayflower. It is known that the Wheelers were proprietors. They shared in the division of land at Concord, and purchased more. They built comfortable homes for thier families, and were respected in the community.

Probably of all the Wheelers who came to America before the year 1640 none was of greater distinction or of more importance to the town in which he lived than George Wheeler of Concord. His name appears on the Concord records the first year they were kept and every year thereafter until he died. The circumstantial evidence of his having been the brother of Timothy Wheeler and of Captian Thomas Wheeler is of the highest order. The English records make it quite clear that George Wheeler had a brother Thomas and Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother to Timothy.
With Timothy he owned considerable property jointly, and together they were in possession of most of the real estate left by Rev. Peter Bulkeley. Authorities agree that Geroge Wheeler came to Concord about the year 1638 with his wife Katherine and several children. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who " were formost in the town's business, by virture of thier large estates as well as thier intergrity and good judgment." He was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property. his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town.He held many positions of trust and was as active in the direction of the town's affairs as any individual in Concord, serving at various times on substantially every committee of consequence , and leading in all matters of moment , as evidenced by the fact that nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from Ether the Church or the civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated January 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2 , 1687, thus establishing the approximate time of his death.

WILL OF GEORGE;
I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding: praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followety: First: My soul I commite to God ye gave it to me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first : I will ye my due depts be paid honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life : & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole state also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses Y orchards wiyth ye part of the home lot joying to said house & orchards down to the cross hrnce y stood cross ye sd lot in equall right of p'priety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & y part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheeler & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acres bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas and John my twenty eight wcers of woodland lying in the north quater over the river equall in rihgt: also I give to the children of my son William , deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six puonds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety only my will is my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting the piece I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the excecutors of this my will be sispoossed of to my son Williams children& to be as pte of Y above sd legacy: also the two acres & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joying ot my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate. I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joying to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acres more or less. I give my son John mytwo acers & a halfe of medow in spring medow more or less. I give to my tow sones Thomas & john my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the County way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & john my fourty four acres ,lying north of Walson Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acres lying on the southeast of the south river joying to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acres joying to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joying to Mr. Flints pound lying by the east quater lyneee in Equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor yjoying to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a piece. I give to myson Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in recit of parts( msg) give to my daughter foxes children six ounds equall amongst them. I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hunderd eighty & tow on to the day of my Death: which said charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in this my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is y when that all charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied" Y then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what exectors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & daughters resting contented with thier due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acres lying in ye corner near Watertown lyne also my will these lands I give to my two sons Thomas & John their heirs & asigns be it more or less also will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the exectors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall portion: This I geogre Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former wills to be anullity & voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four.

George Wheeler (seal)
His x mark
Sighned & sealed in presenc of Samuel Meriam, Johnathat Hubard, John Scorthford
By his Excellency the Governor
The hereunto written Samuel Meriam, and Johnathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & maide oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written Geoge Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his last will & testament.
Sworne y second day of July 1687
before me
E. Andros.
John West , D Secr"y.
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Concord was the original home in America to all the Wheelers, from there they scattered throughout the New England area. George and John of Salisbury were said to be related.

According to the GENEALOGY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND there were 30 distinct families of Wheeler's living in Concord between 1650-1680.
In the book DIRECTORY OF THE HOH NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 1620-1700 BY HOLMES
PAGE cclix
Wheeler
A name of a trade
George, B. Eng., 1600 freeman, Concord Mass. 1641.
Book Ref:
Genealogy of the first settlers of New England page 311:
George , Concord 1636. freeman 1641, D. 1684 leaving issue.

Book Ref: Genealogy Directory of New England Families page 496-7:
George,Concord,freem. 2 june 1641, had Sarah, B. 30 March 1640; John, 19 March 1643; and by wife Catharine, who perhaps was the mother of the two former children, Mary, 6 Sept 1645; and possibly more. Mary M. 26 Oct. 1665 Ebenezer Fox.

HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY
Page 29 Vol 3
George Wheeler baptized Cranfield, Bedforeshire, 23 March 1605/6 , son of Thomas Wheeler ( F.G. Emison, Bedforeshire Registers, 27, (1943, Cranfield) :1; hereinafter PR) and died at Concord, Mass. by 1687 ( Wheeler Am ., 17) He married at Cranfield, 8 June 1630, his only wife Catherine Pin ( PR , 27 :39, Cath Pin; at Cranfield , the name Pin is also spelled Ping and Pyng; at Holcote, Pinge, at Kempston there were Enns, but no Pins; the surname may be a variant of Penn) She died at Concord, 2 Jan 1684/5.
Concord Ma births , Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850.; hereinafter VR.
At Cranfield in 1633, This George Wheeler was called "of Wharley End" to distinguish him from the George Wheeler of East End who married Mary Studd of Cranfield,. Both of these Wheelers had children baptized in 1633.
THE HISTORY OF THE WHEELER FAMILY'S MOVE TO AMERICA
The principal reason for the emigration of so many from England , closely paralleled the cause which led to all of the emigration of the period, 1. religious persecution under William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1663-1645 in the days of King Charles the I., 2. the forced loans (taxes) of Charles I, as they were not levied with the consent of Parliament. It was a turbulent time eventually culminating in the English Civil War.
Following their pastor Rev. Bulkeley, the Puritan exodus in Cranfield was one of the centers of dissatisfaction caused by the severity of Bishop William Laud enforcing the Act of Uniformity ( Act of 1593) . The resulting church upheavals were having a profound effect in Cranfield and neighboring parishes. Rev. Buckley had been deprived of his living for nonconformity. In 1635 he departed with his family to New England to become one of the founders of Concord. During that time the ship money tax was levied to pay off debts of the Spanish Armada War. Bedforeshire, the county of residence of our ancestors , was assessed 3,000 pounds which was prorated to individual heads of households. An unpopular tax, it may have been the catalyst that prompted many a Bedforeshire yoeman to leave England.
Records of 1637 list of arrears included Thomas Wheeler of Cranfield, ... Gon out of contry, Thomas Halsey and Richard Odell :Gone nto New Englnde"
It must have been in preparation of their leave taking that Timothy Wheeler and Joseph Wheeler sold 2 1/2 acres of land called Ferry Feilds on 19 Feb 1635 to Edward Odell of the Ashe for 12 pounds. Joining the exodus from Cranfield and surrounding villages were families of Odell, Halsey, Turney, and Letting. Nearly all of the families were related to the WHEELERS by blood or marriage. Many of these families settled at Concord or near their former Pastor Rev. Bulkeley.
Our first generations in the MA Bay Colony begin 18 years after the landing of the Mayflower. It is known that the Wheelers were proprietors. They shared in the division of land at Concord, and purchased more. They built comfortable homes for thier families, and were respected in the community.

Probably of all the Wheelers who came to America before the year 1640 none was of greater distinction or of more importance to the town in which he lived than George Wheeler of Concord. His name appears on the Concord records the first year they were kept and every year thereafter until he died. The circumstantial evidence of his having been the brother of Timothy Wheeler and of Captian Thomas Wheeler is of the highest order. The English records make it quite clear that George Wheeler had a brother Thomas and Thomas is clearly proven to have been a brother to Timothy.
With Timothy he owned considerable property jointly, and together they were in possession of most of the real estate left by Rev. Peter Bulkeley. Authorities agree that Geroge Wheeler came to Concord about the year 1638 with his wife Katherine and several children. Walcott in his History of Concord asserts that he was one of the few men who " were formost in the town's business, by virture of thier large estates as well as thier intergrity and good judgment." He was a man of education, and the owner of a large amount of property. his house lot alone consisting of eleven acres, while he possessed lands in every part of town.He held many positions of trust and was as active in the direction of the town's affairs as any individual in Concord, serving at various times on substantially every committee of consequence , and leading in all matters of moment , as evidenced by the fact that nearly every town deed and petition of any importance from Ether the Church or the civic community of that time bears his signature. His will is dated January 28, 1684/5 and was admitted to probate June 2 , 1687, thus establishing the approximate time of his death.

WILL OF GEORGE WHEELER

I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding: praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followety: First: My soul I commite to God ye gave it to me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first : I will ye my due depts be paid honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life : & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole state also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses Y orchards wiyth ye part of the home lot joying to said house & orchards down to the cross hrnce y stood cross ye sd lot in equall right of p'priety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & y part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheeler & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acres bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas and John my twenty eight wcers of woodland lying in the north quater over the river equall in rihgt: also I give to the children of my son William , deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six puonds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety only my will is my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting the piece I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the excecutors of this my will be sispoossed of to my son Williams children& to be as pte of Y above sd legacy: also the two acres & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joying ot my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate. I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joying to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acres more or less. I give my son John mytwo acers & a halfe of medow in spring medow more or less. I give to my tow sones Thomas & john my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the County way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & john my fourty four acres ,lying north of Walson Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acres lying on the southeast of the south river joying to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acres joying to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joying to Mr. Flints pound lying by the east quater lyneee in Equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor yjoying to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a piece. I give to myson Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in recit of parts( msg) give to my daughter foxes children six ounds equall amongst them. I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudley, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hunderd eighty & tow on to the day of my Death: which said charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in this my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is y when that all charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied" Y then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what exectors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & daughters resting contented with thier due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acres lying in ye corner near Watertown lyne also my will these lands I give to my two sons Thomas & John their heirs & asigns be it more or less also will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the exectors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall portion: This I geogre Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former wills to be anullity & voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four.

George Wheeler (seal)
His x mark
Sighned & sealed in presenc of Samuel Meriam, Johnathat Hubard, John Scorthford
By his Excellency the Governor
The hereunto written Samuel Meriam, and Johnathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & maide oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written Geoge Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his last will & testament.
Sworne y second day of July 1687
before me
E. Andros.
John West , D Secr"y.

Book Ref: GENEOALGY DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES PAGE 498;
John, Concord , made freeman 21 March 1690, and another John made free the next day , may have been the sons of George, or of Obadiah, or of either of the other families of this name in that town, where liv. between 1650-1680, thirty distinct ones, as Farmer quotes Shattuck to verify.[wheeler02.FTW]

Book Ref: GENEOALGY DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES PAGE 498;
John, Concord , made freeman 21 March 1690, and another John made free the next day , may have been the sons of George, or of Obadiah, or of either of the other families of this name in that town, where liv. between 1650-1680, thirty distinct ones, as Farmer quotes Shattuck to verify.

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Administration on Samuels estate is listed under 1718 ( Middx. Probate. 24340) It was settled 3 November 1719 at which time daughter Mary and her husband Joseph Stone were mentioned along with the other tow unmarreid daughters .

In 1749 , Jacob sold his farm in Southborough, Ma. to Robert Fay ( 1715-1810 ). The property was situarted in Southborough about one and a half miles east by south from the center. The family removed to Petersham, Ma. where Jacob bought and then operated a Inn. He built a house opposite Sunset Lane. Both of these he deeded to his son Jonas in 1779. The Inn was later operated by Jonas's son Nathan.
In 1780, Jacob and Amity followed the rest of there children to Westmorland, N.H. They finally settled in Littleton, N.H. and lived with there youngest son Silas.

Jacob was a Captian in the French and Indian War in 1754 under George Washington.[wheeler02.FTW]

In 1749 , Jacob sold his farm in Southborough, Ma. to Robert Fay ( 1715-1810 ). The property was situarted in Southborough about one and a half miles east by south from the center. The family removed to Petersham, Ma. where Jacob bought and then operated a Inn. He built a house opposite Sunset Lane. Both of these he deeded to his son Jonas in 1779. The Inn was later operated by Jonas's son Nathan.
In 1780, Jacob and Amity followed the rest of there children to Westmorland, N.H. They finally settled in Littleton, N.H. and lived with there youngest son Silas.

Jacob was a Captian in the French and Indian War in 1754 under George Washington.

John resided in Petersham where most of his children were born. John was a minute man at the first alarm at Concord and served at Dorchester heights, Ticonderoga, and Crown Point as a Lieutenant under Ethan Allen.
John moved to Staffordville, Ct. in 1773 and then onto Westmorland, N.H. were the first record of him appears in 1785. John and family settled on the hill near the Chesterfield line ( near the McAdam Rd.) on a farm long owned by his desendants.

Martin along with his brother Gardner and two friends Samuel Aldrich and Eleazer Sanger walked to St. Johnsbury sometime after the Revolutionary War. There Martin , Gardner , Eleazer Sanger and a man by the name of William C. Arnold homesteaded lots with adjoining corners. They cleared the land , built cabins .The neighborhood became know as the Four Corners , the name is still in use today. Sometime after the move Martin went to New York for a short period of time, married and returned to St. Johnsbury were he frist appears in the St. Johnsbury land record's of 1790.
Martin married Hannah Church , daughter of Capt. Samuel Church and his wife Hannah (Polly) Rogers on Aug 16, 1789 in Peterborough, Hillsboro, N.H.

Nathan and Sarah settled near her father in Sombra, Twp. Kent Co. Nathan was among the neighbors attesting to the 1839 petition of Sarah's father.

SOURCE: 1850 COOK COUNTY CENCES, ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP TAKEN ON OCT 7, 1850.

Dwelling no. 1124
Family no. 1143
Name of every person whose usual place of abode on the first day of June 1850 was in this family;
Nathan Wheeler age 40, male, place of birth Penn.
Sarah Wheeler age 38, female , POB; Penn
George Wheeler age 17, male, POB; Penn
Charles Wheeler age 14, male, POB: Penn
Prissilla Wheeler age 12, female, POB: Penn.
Matilda Wheeler age 9, female, POB: Penn.
Martha Wheeler age 7, female, POB Penn.
Alonzo Wheeler age 4, male, POB ILL.
Nathan Wheeler age 2, male, POB ILL.
I believe the census taker ask where they were from and they had just come from Penn, so he put that down as POB. In other census records the POB for Nathan is VT., and the children range form Canada to NY and ILL.
SOURCE: ILLINOIS PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND SALES OF 1846.
PURCHASER: Wheeler, Nathan S.
RECORD ID: 80704
DATE: July 8, 1846
ACRES: 40
PRICE:$1.25
TYPE OF SALE: Federal sale (FD)
COUNTY: 16
SECTION: 29
SECTION PART: NENE
TOWNSHIP: 42N
RANGE: 10E
MERIDIAN: 3
PURCHASER RES:
ARCH. VOL. NO.: 686
VOL. PAGE NO.: 086
CASH WARRANT CODE:
RECORD CORRECTED: 0

SOURCE : ILLINOIS PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND SALES OF 1846
PURCHASER: Wheeler, Nathan S.
DATE: Oct 13, 1846
ACRES: 40
PRICE: $ 1.25
TYPE OF SALE: Federal sale (FD)
COUNTY: 16
SECTION: 29
SECTION PART: SENE
TOWNSHIP: 42N
RANGE: 10E
MERIDIAN: 3
PURCHASER RES.:
ARCH. VOL. NO. : 686
VOL. PAGE NO. : 086
CASH WARRANT CODE:
RECORD CORECTED: 0