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Mary Powers Wheeler

Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first settled in 1686 by English settlers and was the the location of the Native American village called Nashoba Plantation

Mary Powers Wheeler was born 1663 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Walter Powers and Trial Shepard.

She married Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler on January 1, 1681 in Chelmsford. Joseph was born in 1660. He was probably the son of Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler, later Captain Wheeler.

Mary and Joseph's children were Ruth Wheeler Robbins (1682), Mary Wheeler (1684), Rebecca Wheeler (1686), Elizabeth Wheeler (1690), Jane Wheeler (1692/93), Joseph Wheeler (1694/95), and Ephraim Wheeler (1698). 

According to Cutter, they built the first house in Littleton.

Joseph died in 1706. She died on April 5, 1740 in Littleton.
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.
Children of Walter Powers
and Trial Shepard
  • William Powers
  • Mary Powers Wheeler
  • Captain Isaac Powers
  • Thomas Powers
  • Lieutenant Daniel Powers
  • Increase Powers
  • Walter Powers, Jr.
  • Jacob Powers
  • Sarah Powers Barron
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    Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 2 by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs

    Mary [Powers], born 1663, married, January 1, 1681, Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler (1660-1706), who was probably a son of Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler, later Captain Wheeler.

    		  
     

    The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family by Albert Gallatin Wheeler

    Joseph Wheeler. Stated to be a brother of Thomas No. 1 and Timothy No. 1900. He was made freeman at Concord, Mass., May 13, 1640, where he is frequently referred to as Lieutenant. He was one of the men who

    "were foremost in the town's business, by virtue of their large estates as well as their integrity and good judgment,"

    and was a signer of almost every petition made in behalf of the town in its early days.

    He was the owner of a large amount of property, his house lot containing 20 acres; and in 1668 an additional grant was made to him of 610 acres on the Chelmsford line

    "lying in the form of a triangle, the point towards the northwest and extending southwest. tp Nashoba, southeast of Nagog Pond."

    He married (1) Elizabeth , who died May 19, 1642. Married (2) Sarah (Goldstone) Merriam, who died at Concord, March 12, 1670-1, dau. of John Goldstone, of Tonbridge, Kent, England, and widow of Joseph Merriam.

    Children, 1st marriage: (born at Concord, Mass.)

    9986. Ephraim Wheeler, born April 14, 1640; d. July 10, 1642.
    9987. Joseph Wheeler, born Dec. 1, 1641; d. July 18, 1642.

    Children, 2d marriage: (born at Concord, Mass.)
    9988. Mary Wheeler, born Sept. 20, 1643.
    9989. Rebecca Wheeler, born Sept. 6, 1645; m. April 16, 1667, Major Peter Bulkeley, b. Nov. 3, 1641; d. May 24, 1688... She m. (2) L. Jonathan Prescott, Dec.18, 1689.

    		  
     

    The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family by Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy

    9968. Joseph Wheeler. He lived at Concord, Mass., and married there March 1, 1681, Mary Powers.
    Children: (born at Concord, Mass.)
    9969. Ruth Wheeler, born Nov. 19, 1682; probably m. Jan. 10, 1709-m. Eleazer Robbins.
    9970. Elizabeth Wheeler, born Aug. 8, 1690.
    9971. Jane Wheeler, born Jan. 16, 1692-3.
    9972. Joseph Wheeler, born Jan. 12, 1694-5.

    		  

     

         

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