Mehitable Lufkin

Brief Life History of Mehitable

When Mehitable Lufkin was born on 7 September 1807, in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Samuel Lufkin, was 45 and her mother, Sarah Levestone, was 41. She married Franklin B. Wheeler on 11 April 1824, in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 29 December 1843, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin B. Wheeler
1802–1886
Mehitable Lufkin
1807–1843
Marriage: 11 April 1824
Samuel Franklin Wheeler
1825–1911
Caroline Augusta D. Wheeler
1838–1925
Franklin Wheeler
1843–1843

Sources (7)

  • Mehitable Lufkins, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
  • Mehitable Wheeler, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Mehitable Lufkin in entry for Caroline A D Wetherbee, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Lovekin, Loukin, Leukin, an Anglo-Norman French pet form of Old French Lou(p), Love, ultimately from Latin Lupus ‘wolf’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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