Brief Life History of Jonas Howe
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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Sources (58)
- Jonas Wheeler in entry for Samuel Wheeler, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Jonas Wheeler, "United States Census, 1790"
- Jonas Wheeler, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1777–1851 Male
1766– Female
Children (11)
1790–1866 Male
1792– Female
1798–1873 Male
1798–1886 Female
1798– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1731–1815 Male
1731–1823 Female
Siblings (4)
1755–1813 Female
1765–1799 Female
1770–1844 Male
1777–1851 Male
World Events (8)
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 4
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
Age 11
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 23
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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