When Jonas Howe Wheeler was born on 5 May 1777, in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John Wheeler, was 46 and his mother, Deborah Gleason, was 45. He married Lucy Davis on 28 August 1788, in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 5 August 1851, in Orleans, Orleans Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Orleans Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States.
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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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