Sally's
great-great-great-great-great-Grandparents:
Ephraim Wheeler 1718 - 1753 | his
parents
& 1739/45 Mary Foster ca 1724 - 1754
|
her parents
of Essex County, New Jersey
This is my working hypothesis -
the way I see it as of this moment!!
Ephrain Wheeler and
Mary Foster were married 1739/45 in Essex Co, NJ.
Ephraim Wheeler, son of Joseph Wheeler and Sarah Crane, was born 5 Aug 1718 in NJ.
Mary Foster, daughter of Nathan Foster and Mary Lyon, was born ca 1724.
Stephen's descendant reports that Ephraim died 2 May 1753 and that
Mary died 18 April 1751
-- I expect that is a mis-read record and that Mary died in 1754 as her
daughter Sarah was born 11 Sept 1753 about 4 months after her father's
death.
Children of Ephraim Wheeler and Mary Foster:
1. John Wheeler 12 Apr 1747 O S in Essex Co NJ - 4 Oct 1814
"Wheelersville" NH Co NC
married 20 Oct 1768 Elizabeth Longworth 1748
Newark NJ - 14 May 1827 Hertford Co NC
2. Stephen Wheeler 8 Mar 1749 Essex Co NJ - 19 Dec 1806 Elizabethtown NJ
his record under #16,940 in History of the Wheeler Family in America
married 9 July 1772 Rhoda Spinning 20 Nov 1752 NJ - 13
Dec 1837 OH
3. Mary Wheeler 13 Apr 1751 - 7 Dec 1790
married Baker Woodruff 1750 - 12 Dec
1813 Elizabethtown, NJ age 63
a. Whitehead Woodruff May 1775 - 29 Sept 1776 aged 1 yr 4 mo
b. Whitehead Woodruff 1777 - 28 Sept 1806 aged 29
dsp
c. Jabez Woodruff 1787 - 4 Nov 1799 aged 12
4. Sarah Wheeler 11 Sept 1753 - 20 Apr 1769 dy aged 15 yrs 7 mo 9 days
Wheeler Family in America & N J Archives
1748 Dec 23 Forster (Foster) Job (over 14 yrs old) of Newark Essex Co Bond of Ephraim
Wheeler of same place Yeoman, as guardian.
1748 Dec 31 Foster, Job of Newark Essex Co upwards of 14 yrs make choice of Ephraim
Wheeler of Newark to be his guardian.
WFA states "an Ephraim Wheeler was appointed Sept 13 1748 the guardian of Job Foster
'an infant of upwards of fourteen' who may have been a brother of his wife."
(After much searching of the records I believe this is the case and have found nothing to
the contrary at this time. smk)
Stephen and Rhoda Wheeler named their second daughter Mary Foster Wheeler.
5-great uncle [brother of "Dr".
John Wheeler]
Stephen
Wheeler 1749 - 1806 | his
parents
& 1772 Rhoda Spinning 1752 - 1837 |
her parents
of Elizabethtown NJ
This is my working hypothesis -
the way I see it as of this moment!
info from the files of Carol Gunther
e-mail from Carol Gunter.
. ."Our information comes from a ledger book on a partial genealogy of
the Wheeler Family collected from records made by Ebenezer Wheeler and from
other reliable sources, written by Samuel Miller Wheeler,
which was Carol Gunter's Great-grandfather. He states that "This
writing met with many unexpected difficulties and acknowledged it to be
quite imperfect, but hopes that someone in the future may find it a fruitful
source of research and this very humble beginning may be a nucleus to
something more extensive and reliable in the future".
Stephen
Wheeler & Rhoda Spinning were married 9 July 1772.
Stephen Wheeler & Rhoda Spinning had:
1. Ephraim Wheeler 18 July 1773 - 26 Nov 1794
2. Isaac Wheeler 1 Sep 1775 - 16 Apr 1799
3. Jacob Wheeler 9 Sep 1777 - 10 Jul 1835
married 4 Sept 1800 Joanna Meeker 23 Jan 1778 -
a. David Tichnor
Wheeler 6 Sept 1801 - 19 Aug 1802
b. David Tichnor Wheeler 7 Feb 1803 - 6 Nov 1882
married 13 Oct 1836
Ellen Maria Schenk
i. daughter Wheeler
ii. Mary Alletta Wheeler 12
Aug 1838 - 12 May 1876
married 20 May 1858 James C Anderson
iii. stillborn female
child
c. Francis Kemper Wheeler 20 Jan 1805 - 19 June
1866
d. Louisa Spinning Wheeler 23 Mar 1807 - 14 Mar
1867
e. Stephen Camp Wheeler 24 Feb 1809 - 15 Feb 1891
Peoria Co IL
his family give his birth date as 24 Feb 1812 -- buried Hollis Cem, Hollis
twsp Peoria IL
married Peoria Co IL 16
Sept 1846 Sarah Martin 19 Dec 1822 NY - 4 July 1893
dau of William Martin 1792- & wife Margaret Scott 1798 - 1887
i. Johanna J. Wheeler 11 Jan 1848 - 26 Dec 1898
ii. John M Wheeler 10 Feb
1850 -
married Ida L Wright of Limestone Twsp ca 1866 - 18 Jan 1896 age 30
1. Carrie B Wheeler 6 Feb 1882 - 30 April 1896
iii. Frank Wheeler 14 May 1852
- 1934 Keokuk Co Iowa
married 23 Oct 1879 Mary J Wilson
iv. William J Wheeler 4 Dec
1854 - 11 Sept 1855
v. Jacob Wheeler 23 May
1856 - 19 Sept 1856
vi. Steven A Wheeler 5 Dec 1857
- 1935
vii. David W Wheeler 19 Oct
1861 - 10 Jan 1899
viii. Mary L Wheeler 28 May
1863 - 1926
ix. James A Wheeler 8 Jan
1866 - 1934
f. Jacob Wilson Wheeler 9 Sept 1811 - 21 July 1812
g. Jacob Wilson Wheeler 8 Feb 1813 - Sept 1844
married Mary Ann
Johnson
i. William W Wheeler
ii. Frances
Wheeler
iii. David Wheeler d.
1892
h. Samuel Ramsey Wheeler 29 Oct 1815 - 14 June 1816
i. Richard Allison Wheeler 29 Oct 1815 - 8 June
1816
j. Joanna Meeker Wheeler 9 Sept 1817 - May 1830
k. Wilbur Backus Wheeler 9 Jan 1820 - 3 Oct 1898
married 1st Julia
Gotdam
married July 1850
Elizabeth Morgan
l. Ramsey Wheeler 1828 -
4. Phebe Wheeler 17 Feb 1780 - 15 Apr 1803
married 1801 Jesse Reeder 1776 - 3 July 1854
5. Ebenezer Wheeler 15 Sept 1782 Bergen Co NJ - 9 Feb 1862 Clark Co OH
married 20 Sept 1803 Cincinnati OH Joanna Miller 19 Dec 1785 -
23 Aug 1855
a. Moses M Wheeler 18
Jul 1804 - 6 Apr 1867
married 28 Jan 1830 Phebe
Baker 17 May1807 - 22 Aug 1844
i. Cornelia M Wheeler 31 Oct 1830 - 2 Sep 1846 dy
ii. Mary N Wheeler 3
Mar 1834 -
married Joseph Archer
iii. Melyn B Wheeler
13 Feb 1836 - 18 Nov 1899
married 25 Nov 1858 Elizabeth Richardson d. 20 Apr 1888
married 2nd ca 1846 Maria
Dewitt
iv. Ivanna Wheeler 16 Oct 1848 -
married
24 July 1890 Frances Ann Whetstone
b. Stephen Milton Wheeler 12 Mar 1806 - 16
Feb 1861
married 30 Sept 1840 Charity
Crain d 1841
married 2nd Mary
Thompson 1816 - 6 April 1895
i. Elizabeth Wheeler
married Joseph Miller
ii. Franklin
Wheeler
iii. Ella
Wheeler
married Jacob Mellinger
iv. Catharine
Wheeler
c. Harriet Wheeler 22 Mar 1808 - 30 Sep 1814
dy
d. Elizabeth D Wheeler 24 Jun 1810 - 16 May
1864
married 7 Dec 1828 Isaac Kershner
i. Stephen W Kershner
e. Daniel Wheeler 9 Apr 1812 - 14 Jun 1833
dsp
f. Isaac Wheeler 11 Mar 1814 - 12 Mar 1814 dy
g. Jacob M Wheeler 19 Mar 1815 - 21 Feb 1887
Wapakoneta Auglaize Co OH
married 5 Sept 1839 Mary M Smith
24 July 1820 -
i. Mary Catharine Wheeler 21 Feb 1841 -
married 15 Feb 1856 Philip Kiser George
married 2nd 11 Mar 1866 George Sands
ii. Stephen Wheeler
23 Jun 1843 - 27 Jul 1844 dy
iii. Ebenezer Wheeler
27 May 1845 - 16 Feb 1850 OH dy
iv. Joseph H Wheeler
28 Jan 1848 -
married 7 Mar 1869 Savilla E Baker
v. John C
Wheeler 28 Mar 1850 -
married 22 Feb 1871 Rebecca Hardesty
vi. Sarah Jane
Wheeler 4 Oct 1852 -
married
28 Sept 1869 Thomas Raney
vii. Elizabeth
D Wheeler 10 Sep 1854 -
married Frank Van Norden
married 2nd Joseph Gigley
married 3rd 15 Nov 1875 Jacob Gabriel Moyer
h. John Wheeler 5 Jan 1818 - 12 Aug 1858
married 21 Oct 1841 Catherine
Inlow 15 June 1821 - 11 April 1871
i. Oscar Newton Wheeler 28 Apr 1844 -
ii. Elliott D Wheeler
6 Mar 1846 -
married 27 Nov 1873 A Wolliston
iii. Eden Franklin
Wheeler 23 Jan 1847 - 15 Jul 1847 dy
iv. Ellen Catherine
Wheeler 12 Jul 1851 - 16 Sep 1852 dy
v. John Charles
Wheeler 15 Jan 1853 - 23 May 1887
married 1 Jan 1880 Ada Nunemaker
1. Maud Wheeler Nov 1880 -
2. John N Wheeler Apr 1882 -
vi. Cornelia Ann Wheeler 12 Mar 1855 - 8 Dec 1883
married 20 Sept 1882 D C Hulsc d. 6 Aug 1889
vii. Frances
Melissa Wheeler 12 Apr 1856 - 4 Sep 1857 dy
i. Samuel Miller Wheeler 29 Feb 1820 Indiana - 20 Apr
1900
married 26 April 1842 Esther Morgan
5 Oct 1821 Clark Co OH - 14 May 1899
daughter of Jacob Morgan and Sarah Newkirk
i. Jennie Sarah Wheeler 22 Feb 1843 Springfield Clark Co OH - 11 Apr 1910
married Harry Heasley 9 Oct 1840 - 12 Apr 1911
son of John and Mary Heasley
1. Harry Heasley 30 Jul 1875 Americus KS - 27 Jul 1952 Americus KS
ii. Emily Elizabeth Wheeler 31 Aug 1845 - 12 Aug 1849 dy
iii. Elnora
Jane Wheeler 16 Apr 1848 Springfield OH - 1916 Reading KS
married Americus KS 6 May 1874 Arthur Winslow Plumb
31 Dec 1846 Marysville, Union OH - 25 Sep 1912 Reading KS
son of David Plumb and Hannah Bierce
1. Jeanette Plumb 12 May 1875 - 10 Mar 1893 Reading KS
2. Luella Plumb 17 Sep 1877 -
3. Howard Wheeler Plumb 29 Jun 1880 -
married Laura Plumb
a. Howard Kirkwood Plumb 14 July 1915 -
4. Chester Arthur Plumb 4 Jun 1886 Reading KS -
married 14 May 1919 Nellie Wingfield
a. Arthur Plumb
b. Pauline Plumb
iv. twin female 28 June 1851 - 28 June 1851 stillborn
v. twin female
unnamed 28 June 1851 - 17 July 1851 19 days
vi. William Howard Wheeler 17 Nov 1852 - 6 Oct 1926
married
Valley Center KS 30 Nov 1893 Luella E Taylor 30 Jul 1854 -
vii.
Ebenezer Edwin Wheeler 27 Jan 1855 Springfield OH -
married 19 Jan 1882 Minnie Edith Sykes 1867 -
1. Wilbur Wheeler 25 Dec 1882 -
2. George Edwin Wheeler 9 Aug 1886 Emporia KS -
3. Lester Samuel Wheeler 26 Aug 1899 - died Stoneham CO
married Denver CO 16 May 1928 Lesitte Emmergene Fales
a. Grace Harriet Wheeler
b. Lewis Edwin Wheeler
c. Howard Alison Wheeler
viii.
Samuel Charlie Wheeler 18 Jan 1859 Springfield OH - 5 Nov 1929 Lawton
OK
married 24 Feb 1886 Clara Melissa Abraham 19 Jun 1865 - 29 Mar 1932
Lawton OK
1. Roy Alansin Wheeler 5 Dec 1886 Fremont tnsp, Lyon Co KS -15 Oct 1974
Lawton OK
married 31 Jan 1913 Harriet Adele Doty 1887 - 29 Mar 1961 Lawton OK
a. Jane Clare Wheeler 11 Aug 1913 - 29 Dec 1994 Lawton OK
married Lawton OK June 1938 George Lowell Page died 7 May 1978 Lawton OK
i. Nancy Page
ii. Geri Page
iii. David George Page 1939 - 31 Mar 1942 Lawton OK
b. Robert Wheeler
married Clara Wheeler
2. Charles Ward Wheeler 13 June 1889 - 1903 Lawton OK
3. Earl S Wheeler 1903 - 3 Aug 1925 Lawton OK plane crash
married 6 July 1924 Marjorie Belle Osborn
ix.
Allison Eugene Wheeler 5 Sep 1860 - 8 Aug 1936 Americus KS
married
KS 18 Dec 1888 Ella Rebecca Loy 17 Jul 1868 KS - 12 Apr 1903 Americus KS
x.
Esther Eloise Wheeler 4 Sep 1864 Wapakoneta Auglaize Co OH - 6 Dec 1924
Americus
married
Americus KS 23 Feb 1887 John William Ernst
3 Aug 1857 Sparland, Marshall Co IL - 21 Dec 1912 Americus KS
son of Joseph Ernst and Christiana Fosbender
1. twin - Leland Ernst 5 Dec 1889 Americus KS - 5 Dec 1889 still born
2. twin - Lucille Ernst 5 Dec 1889 Americus KS - 5 Dec 1889 still born
3. Ione Elsie Ernst 26 May 1891 Americus KS - 12 July 1936 Topeka KS
married Topeka KS 18 June 1913 LaMont Donald DeCamp
9 Mar 1869 Pittsburgh PA - 16 Dec 1938 Topeka KS
son of George DeCamp and Nancy Rambo
a. LaMont Donald DeCamp 18 July 1914 Allen KS - died Pearland TX
married Junction City KS 8 Feb 1941 Virginia Marie Conway
i. Virginia Lee [Jini] DeCamp 1945 -
ii. Judith Ann DeCamp 1948 -
iii. Donna Kay DeCamp 1950 -
b. Cleo Eloise DeCamp 27 April 1916 Allen KS - 1984 LaVita CO
married Topeka KS 2 Nov 1941 Richard Dean Moorhead died 1974 LaVita CO
i. Nancy Eloise
Moorhead 1944 -
ii. Linda Sue Moorhead 1946 -
married Michael L Zuflachp M.D.
4. Glenn Edward Ernst 25 Jan 1898 Americus KS - 6 March 1968 Topeka KS
married 6 Aug 1921 Lelia Marie Stay 24 Aug 1892 Clifton KS - 3 July 1975
Topeka KS
5. Karl Wheeler Ernst 8 Jan 1908 Americus KS - 29 May 1983 Salina KS
married Newton KS 1 Jan 1931 Evelyn Lee Sommerville
8 April 1910 Newton KS - 8 Nov 2002 Manhattan KS [buried Salina KS]
dau of Jasper Sommerville and Viola Beach
a. JoAnn Ernst 2 Nov 1931 Topeka KS - 20 July 2002 Jefferson City MO
married Topeka KS 22 June 1952 Charles Richard Stevenson 1923 Waterville KS
-
i. Jay Craig Stevenson 1953 Chanute KS -
ii. Dana Marie Stevenson 1956 Chanute KS -
iii. Don Michael Stevenson 1958 Chanute KS -
iv. DeeAnn Stevenson 1961 Phoenix AZ -
married Jefferson City MO 30 Mar 1981 Fred Lawrence Zehendner 1924 -
b. Carol Lee Ernst 1935 Topeka KS -
married June 1958 Sterling Washington [Dub] Gunter 1934 -
i. Connie Lynn Gunter 1960 Manhattan KS -
ii. Sterling Washington [Corky] Gunter 1965 Manhattan KS -
iii. Douglas Karl Gunter 1968 Manhattan KS -
xi.
Marietta Eugenie Wheeler 24 Sep 1866 Wapakoneta OH - 1 May 1944 Tokepa KS dsp
She was part owner of College Hill Dry Goods Store in Topeka, Kansas
j. Joseph Newton Wheeler 1 Mar 1823 - 19 Aug
1831 dy
k. Rhoda Ann Wheeler 30 Dec 1824 - 8 Jul 1903
married 15 Oct 1844 Perry Stewart
6 June 1818 - 1906
i. Hattie Stewart Oct 1845 -
married James Hatfield
ii. Julia Stewart Jul
1847 -
married J W Elder
iii. D Wilmont Stewart Dec
1848 -
married Amanda McClintock
iv. John T Stewart Aug 1850
-
married Anna Keifer
v. Minnie Stewart Jul
1852 -
married Samuel Kerr
vi. Charles Stewart Aug
1856 -
married Marjorie Harlough
vii. Jane Stewart Jul 1859
-
married George Nicholson
viii. Perry M Stewart Jul 1866 -
ix. E. Wheeler
Stewart Aug 1868 -
married 26 Oct 1893 Nettie J Shobe
l. Ebenezer S Wheeler 6 Oct 1829 - 11 Apr 1841
dy
6. Mary Foster Wheeler 15 Dec 1785 - 19 Sep 1811
married 1804 Henson Reeder 1786 - 1811
a. Abijah Smith Reeder
23 Jan 1806 Clark OH -
married 1829 Lucinda Smith
1810 -
7. Abigail Wheeler 15 Mar 1789 - 18 Mar 1839
married Samuel Newell 1772 - 1806
a. Samuel Newell
b. Stephen Newell
c. Allison Newell
8. Rhoda Wheeler 15 Mar 1789 - 7 Mar 1846
married 15 Sept 1807 Abraham Ferris 20 Aug 1786 Greenwich CT - 8
Oct 1857
a. John Jonathon Ferris
1815 Essex Co NJ - 1873 Broome NY
9. Stephen Wheeler 8 Sep 1791 - 2 Apr 1870
married M Catherine Piatt 1787 - 1808
a. Mary
Wheeler
b. Kate Wheeler
c. Alice Wheeler
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