Jonas Howe Wheeler

Male5 May 1777–5 August 1851

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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Family Time Line

Jonas Howe Wheeler
1777–1851
Lucy Davis
1766–
Marriage: 28 August 1788
Jonas Wheeler
1790–1866
Betsy Wheeler
1792–
Joseph Wheeler
1798–1873
Mary Wheeler
1798–1886
Polly Wheeler
1798–
Thurza Wheeler
1799–1867
Anna Wheeler
1800–
Ruth Wheeler
1801–1883
Harriet Wheeler Thrasher
1810–1873
Warner Wheeler
1816–1880
Ira Wheeler
1823–1882

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  • 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"

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  • Marriage
    28 August 1788Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
  • Children (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1781 · The First Constitution

    Age 4

    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.

    1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

    Age 11

    On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 23

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    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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