Luke Marbury Wheeler

Brief Life History of Luke Marbury

When Luke Marbury Wheeler was born on 25 July 1754, in Saint Johns Parish, Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Ignatius Wheeler, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Marbury, was 16. He married Lilly Loockerman on 1 November 1778, in Dorchester, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 August 1827, at the age of 73, and was buried in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia, United States.

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Luke Marbury Wheeler
1754–1827
Lilly Loockerman
1753–
Marriage: 1 November 1778
Susan Wheeler
1776–1860

Sources (15)

  • L Wheeler, "United States Census, 1820"
  • Luke Marbury Wheeler, "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • Luke Marbury Wheeler in Our Country, Right or Wrong The life of Stephen Decatur, the U.S. Navy's Most Illustrious Commander by Leonard F. Guttridge

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1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

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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