WHEELER, Thomas

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• Name	WHEELER, Thomas
  Birth	1603	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
  Christening	20 Nov 1603	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1654	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
  Burial	23 Aug 1654
  WAC	9 Jan 1932
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I27433	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	WHEELER, Thomas Sr ,   b. 2 Mar 1563, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Englandd. 9 Feb 1635, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England (Age 71 years)
  Mother	SAYER, Rebecca ,   b. 1565, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Englandd. 3 May 1653, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1601	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 23 Jun 1944, SLAKE.
  Family ID	F14890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HALSEY, Ann ,   b. 30 May 1591, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Englandd. 20 Oct 1659, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1618	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 5 May 1640
  Children	1. WHEELER, Joseph Sr. ,   b. 18 Feb 1610, Wharley, Bedfordshire, England Wharley, Bedfordshire, Englandd. 22 Aug 1675, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F14904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca ,   b. Abt 1605, England England
  Marriage	Abt 1632	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F14905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Will Proved - Death. DEATH: Also shown as Died 23 Aug 1654 ~BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 7 Apr 1931 ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 29 Jan 1932 GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Mr ~BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 7 Apr 1931 ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 29 Jan 1932 Thomas Wheeler (1591-1654) & Ann Halsey (1591-1659) Immigrant, 1637, military, Occupation Mercer-seller of textiles fabric , Will 3 Aug 1688 Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler was born 1587 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. He died Aug 1654 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. Thomas married Ann HALSEY on 5 May 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. Ann Halsey was christened 30 May 1591 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England. She died Oct 1659 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. Ann married Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler on 5 May 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. daughter of ROBERT HALSEY and ELLEN ALLEY. She was born May 30, 1591 in Saint Gadsden, Hertfordshire, England, and died October 20, 1659 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. According to R.D. Wheeler's well-documented research in Vol I of his "Wheeler Genealogy", your Thomas Wheeler (also known as Sergeant Thomas Wheeler), bap. Cranfield, Bedfordshire, on 9 April 1620, was the son of Thomas Wheeler (b. abt 1588 in Cranfield, d. 1654 in Fairfield, CT) and Ann Halsey, bap. Flamstead 30 May 1591, d. Fairfield 1659. Source for most of this data is D.L. Jacobus' "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield." Thomas Wheeler Sr. with his wife Anne Halsey and their children came to America in 1638 settling in Concord, MA. During 1638-39 about 100 Wheelers came to America from the Cranfield, Bedfordshire area. Thomas Sr. and a number of other families moved to Fairfield, CT about 1644. It has been said the early date and the number of Wheelers coming to America could make this one of the largest families in America. Many of the Wheelers became prominent members of New England owning sizable amounts of land and being in leadership and government positions.