Brief Life History of Benjamin D.
When Benjamin D. Wheeler was born on 15 April 1756, in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Dodd Wheeler, was 49 and his mother, Consider Spencer, was 43. He married Lowley Mallory on 5 May 1785, in Winchester, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 29 January 1830, in Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Benjamin Wheeler in entry for Zayde Wheeler, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890
- Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Spouse and Children
1756–1830 Male
1767–1863 Female
Children (11)
1786– Female
1789–1792 Male
1791– Male
1794– Male
1796–1865 Female
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1706–1770 Male
1713– Female
Siblings (1)
1756–1830 Male
World Events (6)
1776
Age 20
1776
Age 20
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 44
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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