Brief Life History of John Benjamin
When John Benjamin Wheeler was born on 31 October 1768, in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Ensign Moses Wheeler, was 48 and his mother, Elizabeth Holden, was 43. He married Hannah Thurston on 21 September 1788, in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 May 1813, in Granville Township, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Granville Township, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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- John Wheeler, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- John Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Wheeler, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
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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