A joiner is a carpenter skilled in finished woodwork.
New Hampshire was first settled by Europeans in 1623. It was separated from Massachusetts in 1679.
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 about 1759 in Littleton. He was born February 4, 1732/33 near Littleton, Massachusetts. He was the son of Hezekiah Wheeler and Sarah Buss. Peter was a carpenter and joiner.
In 1762 they settled in Chesterfield County, New Hampshire where he helped build the old meeting house.
Their children included:
Lydia Wheeler Johnson (1760, married Moses Johnson),
Peter Wheeler (1762, married Sarah Hubbard),
Jane Wheeler (1763),
Ephriam Wheeler,
John Wheeler (1765)
Jonathan Wheeler (1770, married Salome Killicut and Persis Newton),
Olive Wheeler, and Sally Wheeler Walker (1780).
In 1790 Peter and Ephriam appeared in the census of Chesterfield.
Peter died about 1814 at Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
Chesterfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire was incorporated in 1752. It is on the Connecticut River and bounded on the southeast by Swansey and Keene.
In 1790 during the first census, Sullivan County was part of Cheshire County.
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
The New England Meetinghouse was the only municipal building in a town. Both worship and civil meetings were held there. It was customary for men and women to sit separately and the town chose a committee once a year to assign seats according to what was paid, age, and dignity.
