Elizabeth Wheeler

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Wheeler was born about 1754, in Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America. She married Randolph Randle Woolsey about 1775, in Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Randolph Randle Woolsey
1760–
Elizabeth Wheeler
1754–
Marriage: about 1775
Polly Woolsey
1778–
Alice Woolsey
1779–
Joel Woolsey
Seth Woolsey
1780–1830
Benjamin Thomas Woolsey
1787–
Elizabeth Woolsey
1804–

Sources (1)

  • Register of marriages, Brunswick County, Virginia, 1751-1853

World Events (1)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.

History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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