Brief Life History of Lester
When Lester Wheeler was born on 24 July 1757, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Johnathan Wheeler Jr, was 20 and his mother, Priscilla Williams Lester, was 18. He married Eunice Bailey on 9 February 1774, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 15 May 1835, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jonathan Wheeler Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Lester, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Lester Wheeler, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Lester Wheeler in entry for Anna W. Lewis, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1773
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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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