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An American Family History |
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Olive Davis Wheeler |
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Olive Davis Wheeler was born on September 11, 1740 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Simon and Jane Davis. She married Peter Wheeler. He was born February 4, 1732/33 near Littleton, Massachusetts. He was the son of Hezekiah Wheeler. Peter was a carpenter and joiner. They settled in Chesterfield, New Hampshire where he helped build the old meeting house. Their children were Lydia Wheeler Johnson (1760), Peter Wheeler (1762), Jane Wheeler (1763), Ephriam Wheeler, John Wheeler, Olive Wheeler, Jonathan Wheeler (1770), and Sally Wheeler Walker (1780). Peter signed the Association Test in Chesterfield on April 12, 1776. In 1790 Peter and Ephriam appeared in the census of Chesterfield. Peter died about 1814 at Chesterfield, New Hampshire. |
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New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial
edited by William Richard Cutter
Published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1915 |
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Peter, son of Hezekiah Wheeler, was born at Concord, February 4, 1732-33. According to the history of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, he served an apprenticeship of seven years under Captain Patch, of Littleton. Massachusetts, a town adjoining Concord. Soon after his marriage to Olive Davis, a descendant of Dolor Davis, the immigrant ancestor, he removed to Chesterfield, where he followed his trade as carpenter and joiner and also farming. He purchased lot nine in the fifteenth range of Chesterfield, July 23, 1762, and on January 22, 1766, he bought lots one and two in the twelfth range. He settled where Russell H. Davis lately lived, not far from the brook that bears his name. It is said that he helped to build the old meeting house and that he was an active citizen. He signed the Association Test, April 12, 1776. He died about 1814. Children: Lydia, born September 8, 1760, died at Putney, Vermont, April 16, 1816; Peter, 1762; Jane, never married, died May 26, 1790; John, married twice, died at Stratton, Vermont; Ephraim, a merchant at Townshend, Vermont; Jonathan, mentioned below; Olive, died young; Samuel, died May 27, 1794, aged eighteen; Sally, 1780. |
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The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America
By Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy
Published by American College of Genealogy, 1914 |
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He is said to have been born about 1733 in the neighborhood of Littleton, Mass., and to have died 1814 at Chesterfield, N. H. He lived a short time at Littleton, Mass., but bought property at Chesterfield, N. H., July 23, 1762, and removed to that place. Married Olive Davis, daughter of Capt. Simon Davis. |
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont
edited by Hiram Carleton
Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1903 |
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| Hoyt Henry Wheeler, of Brattleboro, Vermont, a well known judge, whose duties have been largely performed in the United States courts at New York city and Brooklyn, was born August 30, 1833, son of John, born August 6, 1802, and Roxana (Hall) Wheeler, born April 21, 1805, married May 1, 1821. John Wheeler was a son of Jonathan, born September 30, 1770, and Lavina (Fisk) Wheeler, born October 27, 1773, both natives of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and were married in 1801. Jonathan Wheeler was a son of Peter, born in 1733 in that part of Groton that became Littleton, and Olive (Davis) Wheeler, daughter of Captain Simon Davis, of Greenwich, Massachusetts. | ||||
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