Person Sheet


Name Ruth WOOD197, v4p500
Father William WOOD
Spouses
1 Capt. Thomas WHEELER504, 10G Uncle
Birth bef 9 Apr 1620, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Death 16 Dec 1676 Age: 56
Baptism 8 Apr 1620
freeman 18 May 1642, Concord, MA Age: 22
Father Thomas* WHEELER (1561-1634)
Mother Rebecca* SAYER (1572-1653)
Misc. Notes
m. Ruth d. of William Wood, had Alice, wh. d. 17 Mar 1641; and by w. Sarah had Sarah, b. 10 Jul 1649; Joseph, 18 Aug 1651; Ann, 20 Dec 1653; John, 18 Feb 1656; Mary, 20 Dec 1658; and Thomas, 29 Mar 1662; In Philip's war was a capt. wh. say hard serv. espec. on the Quaboan ambuscade, 1 Aug 1675, when hims. was wound. with the s. of little above 13 yrs. old; and his sup. officer, Edward Hutchinson, was mortal. wound. Wheeler wrote a modest narrat. wh. is repub. by the N.H.Hist. Soc. in Vol. II; and he d. 16 Dec 1676. Admin. was giv. to his wid. Hannah and s. Thomas upon his small est. 21 Sep foll. by Gov. Andros. How old he ws, or in what part of Eng. b. cannot be ascertain. tho. tradit. with customary tale, makes three brs. come from Wales. His d. Ruth, m 7 May 1673 Ephraim Jones of Concord.197, v4p500
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