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John WHEELER504, 9G Uncle |
Birth |
27 Feb 1624, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England |
Death |
1690, Fairfield, CT Age: 65 |
Baptism |
27 Feb 1624, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England |
Removed |
1644, Fairfield, CT Age: 19 |
Father |
Lt. Thomas* WHEELER (~1591-1654) |
Mother |
Ann* HALSEY (1592-<1659) |
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Fairfield freemans list1669. Rec. gr. of 100 acres from the Assemb. was rep. 1671, 2, 4, and 7, d. early in 1690, leav. large est. to wid. Eliz. and 13 ch. whose names, with the inv. tak. 8 Mar of 1,566 pounds were, with their ages, Judah or Judith, 29; John, 26; Eliz., 23; Thomas, 21; Mary, 19; Rebecca, 18; Joseph, 16; Hannah, 14; Abigail, 10; Obadiah, 8; Ann, 6; Jonathan, 3; and David or Daniel, 1. Perhaps the wid. was a sec. w. and liv. sev. yrs. aft. his d. for distrib. of the est. was made so late as 3 Apr 1700 to ten ch. being all the bef. ment. exc. first, third, and tenth, wh. no doubt, had dec. It is observa. that no d. had then been m.197, v4p498
In 1654, he was made executor of his father's estate, inheriting by the will his father's land in Fairfield.546, p205 |