Peregrine Wheeler
about 1785–
Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States
The Life of Peregrine
Peregrine Wheeler was born about 1785, in Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States. He married Sarah Rogers in 1809, in Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Peregrine Wheeler
1785–
Sarah Rogers
1788–
Marriage: 1809
Spouse and Children
1785–Male
1788–Female
MARRIAGE
1809
Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States
1809
Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States
World Events (3)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 1
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 2
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
Age 3
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele ‘wheel’. The name is particularly common on the Isle of Wight; on the mainland it is concentrated in the neighboring region of central southern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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