When Jane Wheelwright was born in 1827, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Matthew Whitfield Wheelwright, was 26 and her mother, Mary Craven, was 29. She lived in Rothwell, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
English (Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English whelewright(e), whelrihte ‘wheelwright, maker of wheels and wheeled vehicles’ (Old English hwēol + wyrhta). See also Wheeler .
History: John Wheelwright (c. 1592–1679), clergyman, came to Boston, MA, from Lincolnshire, England in 1636. He was banished from Massachusettes for his support of his sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson, in the antinomian controversy; he set up a community at Exeter, NH.
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