Wheeler (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of October 1, 2020:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) Obadiah Wheeler descendants for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they qualify should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Still to do as of October 1, 2020
- NGS/WGS test multiple descendants of Obadiah Wheeler to firmly place family clade as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
Biography
For more information see Sherman, Robert M. & Ruth W. (re-edited by Robert S. Wakefield), Mayflower Families through Five Generations: vol. 13 White General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Third edition 2006.
First Generation
Obadiah Wheeler (II) was born before 1651 in Concord, son of Obadiah Wheeler (I)[1] & Susanna _______. He died aft 28 Mar 1712. He married at Concord 17 Jul 1672 Elizabeth White, daughter of Resolved White & Judith Vassall. They had eight children, one daughter and seven sons: Obadiah, Josiah, Uriah, Samuel, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin and Joshua.
Second Generation
Obadiah Wheeler (III) was born Concord 21 Sep 1673 and died in Connecticut after 1749. He married Concord 25 Mar 1702 Hannah Fletcher and they had four children (Concord): Hannah (1703), Josiah (1705 m Anna Grosvenor), Phineas (1707 m Mary Gillett) and Peregrine (1709/10 no further record).
Josiah Wheeler was born Concord 22 Oct 1675 and died Bolton 8 Dec 1738. He married abt 1700 Martha Prescott and they had five children: Martha (c1700), Experience (dau, b1708), Ebenezer (twin, b1711 no further record), Thankful (b1711) and Dinah (b1717).
Uriah Wheeler was born Concord 13 Apr 1678 and died Sudbury 9 Dec 1753. He married Watertown 28 Dec 1704 Abigail Rice and they had 11 children: Uriah (1705-1705), Uriah (1706-1706), Thankful (1707), Abigail (1709), Elisha (1711 m Mary Loring), Hepsibah (1713), Asahel (1714-1729), Jonas (1719-1729), Millicent (1731) and Uriah (1733-1740).
Samuel Wheeler was born Concord 23 Jan 1680/1 and died Brookfield aft 17 Oct 1761. He married Concord 23 Nov 1704 Joanna Walcott and they had ten children: Jonathan (1705 m Grace Benjamin), Mary (1706), Joanna (1708), Elizabeth (1710/1), Ruth (1712), Samuel (1714 m Hepzibah ___), Josiah (1716 m Zerviah Rice & Hannah Adams), Mercy (1718), Lydia (1720) and Thankful (1722).
Jonathan Wheeler was born Concord 28 Jul 1683 and died bef 24 Apr 1747. He married 1710 Mary Fletcher and they had four children: Mary (1710), Hannah (1713), Obadiah (1716 m Eleanor Maloney, Hannah Baker & Hannah Girdler) and Jonathan (1720 m Thankful Baker).
Joseph Wheeler was born Concord 7 Mar 1690/1 and died Lancaster 29 Feb 1780. He married twice, first Cambridge abt 2 Mar 1727 Abigail Butterfield and second Lancaster 14 Mar 1766 Sarah Allen (no children). By his first wife Joseph had five children (Concord): Phoebe (1727/8), Reuben (1729 likely unm.), Rachel (1731), Joseph (1735 m Mary Greenleaf & Marguerite Olivier) and Abigail (1737).
Benjamin Wheeler was born Concord 29 Sep 1693 and died New Marlborough 14 May 1759. He married Lancaster in 1717 Hannah ___ and they had five children (all but youngest born Lancaster): Hannah (1717), Jesse (1720-1744 unm.), Beulah (1723/4), Zenas (1725 m Azubah Bennett) and Consolation (dau, 1732 Bolton).
Joshua Wheeler was born Concord 9 Apr 1696 and died Bolton 11 Apr 1778. He married abt 1720 Anna _____ and they had four children (Lancaster): Anna (1721), Joshua (1723 m Elizabeth Barney), Elizabeth (1725) and Thankful (1728).
- ↑ See also Probable Wheeler English ancestry.
DNA results R1b-BY99352
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Wheeler DNA Project Subgroup: CA Group 1 lists thirteen individuals, all close STR matches. One of these individuals (kit #356429) is also in the Mayflower DNA Project Subgroup: XX - White, William YDNA/FF Tests (so likely descends from Obadiah Wheeler [II]). Two individuals in the subgroup Big Y tested R1b-P312>>U152>L2>FGC22501>FGC22516>FGC66698>BY61010>BY99352
Further needed testing
We need additional direct male-line descendants of Obadiah Wheeler (II) to WGS/NGS test to both confirm the lineage as well as to refine the haplogroup further and delineate descendant clades.
References & External Links
- Wheeler, Henry M., Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of Obadiah Wheeler of Concord, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, MA, 1898
- Sherman, Ruth W. and Robert M. Sherman, comp. Robert S. Wakefield, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 13 White, 2006, Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants
- The Pilgrim William White Society Newsletter see page 4 of this issue which discusses one branch of this Wheeler family
