Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Wheeler was born about 1696, in Oyster River Parish, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, John Wheeler, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Perkins, was 27. He married Jemima French on 21 February 1720, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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- Vital Records of Concord, Massachusetts to the year 1849, Marriages.
- Richard in entry for Richard Whelos, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Richard Wheeler, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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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