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     Joshua White Wheeler was born on 13 December 1723 at Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of Joshua Wheeler and Anna Wheeler. Joshua White Wheeler married Elizabeth Barney, daughter of Thomas Barney and Mary (?), in 1748 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Joshua White Wheeler died in 1794 at Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Anna Wheeler was born on 27 June 1721 at Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua Wheeler and Anna Wheeler. Anna Wheeler died after 1747.

     Anna Wheeler was born circa 1702. She married Joshua Wheeler, son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White, circa 1720 at Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Anna Wheeler died on 26 October 1761 at Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

     Joshua Wheeler was born on 9 April 1696 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White. Joshua Wheeler married Anna Wheeler circa 1720 at Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Joshua Wheeler died on 11 April 1778 at Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, at age 82.

     Benjamin Wheeler was born on 29 September 1693. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Joseph Wheeler was born on 7 March 1689/90. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Elizabeth Wheeler was born on 7 February 1684/85. She was the daughter of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Jonathan Wheeler was born on 28 May 1683. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Samuel Wheeler was born on 23 November 1680. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Uriah Wheeler was born on 3 April 1678. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Josiah Wheeler was born on 22 October 1675. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Obadiah Wheeler was born on 21 September 1673. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White.

     Boy Wheeler was born on 25 November 1643 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Susanna Wheeler. Boy Wheeler died on 29 November 1643 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Josiah Wheeler was born in 1652 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Unknown (?) Josiah Wheeler died on 21 April 1676 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Killed by Indians.

     Obadiah Wheeler was born on 17 March 1647/48 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of Obadiah Wheeler and Unknown (?) Obadiah Wheeler was born in 1651 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He married Elizabeth White, daughter of Resolved White and Judith Vassal, on 17 July 1672 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.³ Obadiah Wheeler died on 21 April 1696 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 48.⁴

     Elizabeth White was born on 4 June 1652. She was the daughter of Resolved White and Judith Vassal. Elizabeth White married Obadiah Wheeler, son of Obadiah Wheeler and Unknown (?), on 17 July 1672 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Anne King was born on 1 December 1594 at Woodham, Mortimer, Essex, England.^1,2 She was the daughter of George King. Anne King married William Vassall, son of Samuel Vassall and Frances Cartwright, on 9 June 1613 at London, England.¹ Anne King died on 13 April 1670 at Barbados, West Indies, at age 75.²
     Anne King was also known as Anna Kinge.

     William Vassall was baptized on 27 August 1592 at Stepney, England.¹ He was the son of Samuel Vassall and Frances Cartwright. William Vassall married Anne King, daughter of George King, on 9 June 1613 at London, England.²
     ORIGIN: London MIGRATION: 1630 FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston REMOVES: Scituate 1635, England 1646, Barbados 1648
RETURN TRIPS: Returned to England in fall 1630 on the Lyon, and back to New England 1635 on Blessing; returned to England on the Supply
OCCUPATION: Merchant [ Aspinwall 177].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: About 1635 "Mris. Anna Vassail the wife of Mr. William Wassaile [was admitted to Roxbury church]. Her husband brought five children to this land, Judith, Francis, John, Margret, Mary" [ RChR 80]. "Mr. Vassel joined" Scituate church on 28 November 1636 [ NEHGR 9:280].
FREEMAN: Took the oath of allegiance to the king, 1 February 1638/9 [ PCR 1:110, 8:182].
EDUCATION: He made his mark to his will, but he signed his name numerous times as a witness [ Aspinwall 30, 71, 218]. Vassall's surveying instruments were frequently used in Plymouth Colony [ PCR 2:52].
OFFICES: Assistant, Massachusetts Bay Company, 23 March 1628[/9], 11 May 1629, 13 May 1629, 20 October 1629 [ MBCR 1:37, 39, 40, 60]. Committee to consider division of lands, 5 March 1628/9 [ MBCR 1:30]. Committee to resolve orders, 21 May 1629 [ MBCR 1:44]. Arbiter, 19 September 1629 [ MBCR 1:51]. Present at a court of assistants on the Arbella, 23 March 1629[/30] [ MBCR 1:70].
Deputy, 27 September 1642 [ PCR 2:46]. Council of War, 27 September 1642 [ PCR 2:47]. In Scituate section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [ PCR 8:191].
ESTATE: On 15 December 1629 "Capt. Waller and Mr. Vassall were content to give the first £50 to the plantation, so as their other £50 might go on wholly to this new stock" [ MBCR 1:67].
Rev. John Lothrop listed "Mr. Vassell's" first among the houses built in Scituate in 1636 [ NEHGR 10:42].
On 2 April 1638 Mr. William Vassell was granted two hundred acres of upland, "a competency of meadow lands" to be laid out, and permission to keep a ferry over the north, where the old Indian ferry was" [ PCR 1:82]. On 3 December 1638 one hundred and fifty acres of lands were granted to Mr. Vassall "provided he take the oath of fidelity" [ PCR 1:103, 123-24].
On 3 December 1639 Mr. William Vassall was granted liberty "to make an oyster bank in the North River, sixty rods in length, & cross the said river, in some convenient place near his farm there, called the West Newland, and to appropriate it to his own use, forbidding all others to use the same without his license" [ PCR 1:136-37].
William Vassall contemplated removal to Salem, for on 15 July 1640 a meeting of that town noted that "Mr. William Vassall desireth a farm where the town thinketh meet" [ STR 1:106], but there is no evidence that such a grant was made or that Vassall actually moved.
In his will, dated 31 July 1 655 and proved 12 June 1657, William Vassall Esq. of Barbados, mentioned his son John Vassal, executor; daughters Judith White, wife of Resolved White, Frances Addams, wife of James Addams, Anna Ware, wife of Nicholas Ware and their children, and Margarett Vassall and Mary Vassall "here with me"; son-in-law Nicholas Ware was to be executor until son John arrived in Barbados [ BarbPR 365].
BIRTH: Baptized Stepney, Middlesex, 27 August 1592, son of John and Anne (Russell) Vassall [ NEHGR 109:94].
DEATH: Barbados between 31 July 1655 (date of will) and 12 June 1657 (probate of will).
MARRIAGE: Cold Norton, Essex, (lic.) 9 June 1613 Anna King, daughter of George King of Cold Norton [Joseph Lemuel Chester and Geo. J. Armytage, eds., Allegations for Marriage Licenses Issued by the Bishop of London, 1611 to 1828, Harleian Society Publications Vol. XXVI (London 1887), p. 21]. She is not mentioned in her husband's 1655 will.
CHILDREN:
i ANNA, b. Cold Norton 6 September 1614; bur. 22 September 1614.
ii JUDITH, b. about 1619 (aged sixteen in 1635 [ Hotten 94]); joined Scituate church 16 July 1637 [ NEHGR 9:280]; m. Scituate 5 November 1640 as his first wife Resolved White [ PCR 8:19], son of WILLIAM WHITE [ MF 1:99-101].
iii FRANCES, b. about 1623 (aged twelve in 1635 [ Hotten 94]); m. Scituate 16 July 1646 James Adams [ PCR 8:19], son of JOHN ADAMS .
iv SAMUEL (twin), b. 22 June 1624; bur. 16 November 1624.
v MARY (twin), b. 22 June 1624; no further record.
vi JOHN, b. about 1625 (aged ten in 1635 [ Hotten 93]); m. Anna Lewis [Virginia M. Meyer and John Frederick Dorman, eds., Adventurers of Purse and Person, 3rd ed. (Richmond, Virginia, 1987), pp. 648-49].
vii WILLIAM, bp. Little Baddow, Essex, 2 February 1626[/7]; no further record.
viii ANNA, bp. Little Baddow 20 April 1628; m. by 1651 Nicholas Ware (at least two children by 1655 as mentioned in her father's will).
ix MARGARET, b. about 1633 (aged two in 1635 [ Hotten 93]); m. St. Michael Parish, Barbados, (certificate) 25 April 1656 Joshua Hobart [ BarbMR 8], son of Rev. Peter Hobart and grandson of EDMUND HOBART [ Sibley 1:211-13].
x MARY, b. about 1634 (aged one in 1635 [ Hotten 93]); unm. in 1655.

ASSOCIATIONS: His brother Samuel Vassall was another prominent supporter of the Massachusetts Bay Company.

COMMENTS: John Winthrop's son Henry gave "Willyam Vassell late of Pritellwell in the countie of Essex" a note for £5 on 12 April 1630 [ WP 2:295-96]. In August 1630 the ship Lyon returned to England with "Mr. Vassall, one of the Assistants, and his family" [ Young's First Planters , 316]. In the 1635 passenger list of the Blessing were children, Judith age 16, Frances age 12, John age 10, Ann age 6, Margaret age 2 and Mary age 1 [ Hotten 93-94].
While Vassall was an effective member of the early Company, evidently committed to financially supporting the endeavor, his influence waned after the migration to New England. In Scituate he took a prominent role standing for religious freedoms, but gained little ground. He was the "first excepter" supporting the bill for Liberty of Conscience [ WP 5:55-56]. Proposing with Dr. Robert Child, Samuel Maverick, and others, that all members of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland be admitted to communion in the New England church, they forced an unwelcome examination of the legality of the colonial government.
One Mr. William Vassall, sometimes one of the assistants of the Massachusetts, but now of Scituate in Plimouth jurisdiction, a man of a busy and factious spirit, and always opposite to the civil governments of this country and the way of our churches, had practised with such as were not members of our churches to take some course, first by petitioning the courts of the Massachusetts and of Plimouth, and (if that succeeded not) then to the Parliament of England, that the distinctions which were maintained here, both in civil and church estate, might be taken away, and that we might be wholly governed by the laws of England; and accordingly a petition was drawn up to the Parliament, pretending that they being freeborn subjects of England, were denied the liberty of subjects, both in church and commonwealth, themselves and their children debarred from the seals of the covenant, except they would submit to such a way of entrance and church covenant, as their consciences could not admit, and take such a civil oath as would not stand with their oath of allegiance, or else they must be deprived of all power and interest in civil affairs, and were subjected to an arbitrary government and extrajudicial proceedings, etc. [ WJ 319-20].
It was with this petition in hand that William Vassall returned to England in 1646, but thanks to a book written in response to the petition by Mr. Winslow, the petition met with no sympathy. Winthrop called "Mr. Vassall, a man never at rest, but when he was in the fire of contention" [ WJ 391]. "As for those who went over to procure us trouble, God met with them all. Mr. Vassall, finding no entertainment for his petitions, went to Barbados" [ WJ 391].
The birthdates given above for the first, fourth and fifth children of William Vassall appear in the article by Charles M. Calder published in 1955 [ NEHGR 109:95]. The parish for the fourth and fifth children is not given, and these dates, if correct, are more likely dates of baptism than birth.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Because William Vassall, his brother Samuel, and a number of their descendants were so prominent in so many American colonies, many genealogists have attempted summaries of the family. In 1863 Edward Doubleday Harris published a lengthy article entitled "The Vassalls of New England" [ NEHGR 17:56-61, 113-28]. In 1897 Henry F. Waters collected a wide range of records, including wills and parish register entries, pertaining to the Vassalls and related families in England [ NEHGR 51:280-90; Waters 1307-23]. An account of "Alderman John Vassall and His Descendants" was printed in 1955 [ NEHGR 109:91-102]. In 1984 Peter Wilson Coldham calendared a number of documents from the English chancery courts, mostly relating to the business affairs of Samuel Vassall [ NGSQ 72:200-04]. In 1987 Virginia M. Meyer and John Frederick Dorman included an account of the Vassall family in their study of early Virginia families [Adventurers of Purse and Person, 3rd ed. (Richmond, Virginia, 1987), pp. 643-50]. In 1989 Caroline M. Gibb prepared "A Short History of the Vassall Family," with heavy emphasis on lines of descent from Stephen Vassall, elder half-brother of William and Samuel [ Family History , New Series 14:438-54]. Also in 1989 George E. McCracken published "The Vassalls of London and Jamaica" [Lindsay L. Brook, ed., Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989), pp. 217-49].
Two chart pedigrees should also be mentioned. Samuel Vassall entered his pedigree in the 1633 visitation of London [ The Visitation of London, Anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635, The Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume XVII (London, 1883), p. 308]. In 1897 Francis Olcott Allen synthesized a chart from several sources [ NEHGR 51:152].¹

     Judith Vassal was born in 1619 at England.¹ She was the daughter of William Vassall and Anne King. Judith Vassal married Resolved White, son of William White and Susanna Fuller, on 8 April 1640 at Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.² Judith Vassal died on 3 April 1670 at Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Edward Winslow married Susanna Fuller.

     Peregrine White married Sarah Bassett, daughter of William Bassett and Elizabeth () Bassett. Peregrine White was born in December 1620 at Aboard the Mayflower, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of William White and Susanna Fuller. Peregrine White died on 20 July 1704 at age 83.

     Resolved White was born circa 1615 at Leyden, Netherlands or England. He was the son of William White and Susanna Fuller. Resolved White married Judith Vassal, daughter of William Vassall and Anne King, on 8 April 1640 at Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Resolved White died circa 1680.

     Susanna Fuller married Edward Winslow. Susanna Fuller married William White, son of Bishop John White, on 1 July 1612 at Leyden, Netherlands. Susanna Fuller died circa 1675.

     William White was born at England. He was the son of Bishop John White. William White married Susanna Fuller on 1 July 1612 at Leyden, Netherlands. William White died on 21 February 1620/21 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
     ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland (but see MF 1:96-97) MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth division of land William White received five acres as a passenger on the Mayflower (even though he had been dead for two years) [ PCR 12:4]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle Resolved White and Peregrine White were the tenth and eleventh persons in the third company [ PCR 12:10].
BIRTH: By about 1590 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: Plymouth 21 February 1620[/1] [ Prince 184].
MARRIAGE: About 1615 Susanna _____. She married (2) Plymouth 12 May 1621 EDWARD WINSLOW [ Bradford 86].
CHILDREN:
i RESOLVED, b. say 1615; m. Scituate 8 April 1640 Judith Vassall [ PCR 8:19], daughter of WILLIAM VASSALL .

ii PEREGRINE, b. 4 December 1620 ("Whilst some were employed in this discovery [of a good harbor], it pleased God that Mistress White was brought abed of a son, which was called Peregrine" [ Mourt 31]); m. by 6 March 1648/9 Sarah Bassett, daughter of WILLIAM BASSETT [ PCR 2:183; MF 1:101-3].

COMMENTS: In his list of those who came in the Mayflower Bradford includes "Mr. William White and Susanna his wife and one son called Resolved, and one born a-shipboard called Peregrine, and two servants named William Holbeck and Edward Thompson" [ Bradford 442]. In his accounting of 1651 Bradford tells us that "Mr. White and his two servants died soon after their landing. His wife married with Mr. Winslow, as is before noted. His two sons are married and Resolved hath five children, Peregrine two, all living. So their increase are seven" [ Bradford 445].
Susanna (_____) (White) Winslow was not, as often claimed, sister of SAMUEL and EDWARD FULLER [ MF 1:96, 5:7; NEHGR 110:182-83]. (The resolution of this problem fundamentally comes down to the question of whether the William White who married Ann Fuller, sister of Samuel Fuller, at Leiden in 1612 was identical with the William White who came to Plymouth in 1620. The position of the sources cited earlier in this paragraph is that they were not identical. In 2000 Jeremy D. Bangs revisited the problem and argued that the possibility that the two William Whites were identical could not be dismissed, and in fact that it was more likely than not that they were identical [ NEHGR 154:109-18, 244].)
On 30 October 1623 EDWARD WINSLOW wrote from London to "his much respected Uncle Mr. Robert Jackson" who was clerk of the sewers at Spalding, Lincolnshire. In his letter he wrote that "almost two years since I wrote to my father-in-law declaring the death of his son White & the continued health of his daughter and her two children; also how that by God's providence she was become my wife.... My wife hath had one child by me, but it pleased him that gave it to take it again unto himself; I left her with child at my departure (whom God preserve) but hope to be with her before her delivery" [ NEHGR 1955:242-43]. This remains the best clue to her identity.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1975 Robert M. and Ruth W. Sherman published an account of William White and his descendants as part of the first volume of the Five Generations Project of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants [ MF 1:95-187]. Robert S. Wakefield revised and republished this material in 1997 [ MF 13].¹

     John Brennan was born in April 1866 at New York, USA.¹ He was born on 7 January 1867 at New York, New York, USA.² He was the son of John Brennan and Margaret (?) John Brennan married Ellen Celestine Wheeler, daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young, on 1 January 1897.³ John Brennan died on 29 March 1938 at Passaic Co. Welfare Home, Wayne Township, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 71.^4,2 He was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁵

     Ellen Celestine Wheeler was born on 28 September 1876 at Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.^2,1 She was the daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Ellen Celestine Wheeler married John Brennan, son of John Brennan and Margaret (?), on 1 January 1897.² Ellen Celestine Wheeler died on 6 January 1933 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 56.^2,3 She was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁴
     Ellen Celestine Wheeler was also known as Ella Celeste Wheeler. She appeared on the census of 5 January 1920 at 276 5th Ave., Household 56-111, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁵

     Mabel Elena Wheeler was born on 5 December 1878 at Preakness, New Jersey.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Mabel Elena Wheeler married Daniel John Bolger on 31 December 1902.¹ Mabel Elena Wheeler married William Garner between 1911 and 1918. Mabel Elena Wheeler married George Lewis after 1920. Mabel Elena Wheeler died on 30 September 1966 at Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA, at age 87.^1,2 She was buried on 3 October 1966 at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga, New York, USA.
     She appeared on the census of 18 April 1910 at Household 38-69, 275 5th Ave., Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.³ She appeared on the census of 2 April 1930 at Household 11-12, 230 Lindon Ave., Totowa, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁴

     Lulu Abigail Wheeler was born on 9 February 1882 at New Jersey, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Lulu Abigail Wheeler married Joseph Pickersgill, son of Joseph Pickersgill, on 29 November 1901.¹ Lulu Abigail Wheeler died on 17 October 1968 at Washington DC, USA, at age 86.^1,2
     She appeared on the census of 19 April 1910 at 397 Preakness Ave., Household 58-72, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.³ She appeared on the census of 12 April 1930 at 274 5th Avenue, Household 80-115, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁴

     Emma Frances Wheeler was born on 11 January 1890 at Wayne Township, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Emma Frances Wheeler married Frank DeTroyer, son of Ernst DeTroyer and Mary Cabot, on 9 June 1908 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^1,3 Emma Frances Wheeler married Henry St. Clair Decker, son of Unknown (?) and Lucy May Bonker, on 30 June 1913 at Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA.³ Emma Frances Wheeler died on 14 March 1978 at Auburn, Cayuga, New York, USA, at age 88.⁴ She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Cayuga, Cayuga, New York, USA.⁵
     She appeared on the census of 18 April 1910 at 274 5th Ave., Household 38-69, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁶

     Anne Adele Wheeler was born on 12 April 1885 at Preakness, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Anne Adele Wheeler married Harry Eugene MacDougal, son of Jacob MacDougal and Anna Coakley, on 26 January 1902 at 37th St. & 7th Ave, St. Chrysostom Chapel, Manhattan, New York, USA.^1,2,3,4

Anne Adele Wheeler died on 13 June 1963 at Sherill, Oneida, New York, USA, at age 78.¹

     Warren E. Wheeler was born on 3 April 1892 at New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Warren E. Wheeler married Susie Ullrich on 26 August 1914. Warren E. Wheeler died on 1 March 1972 at age 79.¹

     Stephen Miles Wheeler was born on 1 May 1887 at New Jersey, USA.¹ He was the son of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. Stephen Miles Wheeler married Katherine Phillips on 4 September 1912.¹ Stephen Miles Wheeler died on 12 January 1981 at age 93.

     George Henry Wheeler was born on 25 May 1873 at New Jersey, USA.² He was born on 25 May 1874 at Uxbridge, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA.^3,4 He was the son of Stephen Vose Wheeler and Anna Ellen Young. George Henry Wheeler married Mary Salmon on 5 June 1899.³ George Henry Wheeler died on 24 October 1948 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 74.^3,5
     He appeared on the census of 2 June 1900 at 203? Little Falls Turnpike, Household 22-37, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁶ He appeared on the census of 16 April 1910 at 59 West 28 St., Household 40-56, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁷

     Ellen Doremus was born in October 1830 at New Jersey, USA.¹ She was the daughter of George G. Doremus and Willemtje Penelope Onderdonk. Ellen Doremus married George Young between 1845 and 1852. Ellen Doremus married Miles Hodgeson, son of Thomas Hodgeson and Sarah (?), on 11 May 1860 at Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 Ellen Doremus married Osburn Ryerson, son of William F. Ryerson and Emeline Osburn, on 21 November 1891 at Moutain View, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^4,5,6,7,8 Ellen Doremus died on 4 December 1903 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 73; RYERSON, In this city on friday Dec4 1903-Ellen the widow of the late Audrey Ryerson aged 73. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on monday dec 7, 1903 from her late residence 19 May Street at 1pm, internment at Laurel Grove.^9,6,10 She was buried on 7 December 1903 at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁹
     She appeared on the census of 31 July 1850 at Household 853-1176, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹¹ She appeared on the census of 1 August 1860 at Household 492-529, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹² She appeared on the census of 25 June 1870 at Household 760-817, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹³ She appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 at Household 194-215, Wayne, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.^14,15 She appeared on the census of 9 June 1900 at 20 Sheridan St., Household 154-263, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹⁶

     George Young was born at Scotland.¹ He married Ellen Doremus, daughter of George G. Doremus and Willemtje Penelope Onderdonk, between 1845 and 1852. George Young died before 1860 at Lost at sea.^2,3
     George Young was also known as William Young.⁴ He appeared on the census of 8 August 1850 at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; John Young, 64, Laborere, All b. Scotland
Mrs. John Young, 60
William, 23, weaver
Ellen, 20
James, 14
Robert, 24.

     Anna Ellen Young was born in February 1852 at New Jersey, USA.² She was born on 15 February 1853 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.³ She was the daughter of George Young and Ellen Doremus. Anna Ellen Young married Stephen Vose Wheeler, son of Warren W. Wheeler and Abigail Eunice Vose, on 4 April 1871 at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA.^4,5 Anna Ellen Young died on 13 June 1932 at 274 Fifth Ave., Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 79.^6,7 She was buried on 15 June 1932 at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁸
     Anna Ellen Young was also known as Annie E. Hodgeson. See comments under Dead Ends and Gray Areas on website. No birth documentation found.

     Stephen Vose Wheeler was born on 19 March 1852 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Warren W. Wheeler and Abigail Eunice Vose. Stephen Vose Wheeler married Anna Ellen Young, daughter of George Young and Ellen Doremus, on 4 April 1871 at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA.^3,4 Stephen Vose Wheeler died on 9 May 1935 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA, at age 83.³ He was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁵
     He appeared on the census of 12 June 1880 at 9 Redwood Avenue, Household 273-369, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁶ He appeared on the census of 9 June 1900 at 20 Sheridan St., Household 154-263, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁷ He appeared on the census of 18 April 1910 at 274 5th Ave., Household 38-69, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁸ He appeared on the census of 5 January 1920 at 274 5th Ave. Household 55-110, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.⁹ He appeared on the census of 4 April 1930 at 274 Fifth Ave., Household 80-114, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.¹⁰

     Abigail Eunice Vose was born on 27 September 1826 at Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3,4,5 She was the daughter of Stephen Vose and Joanna Bird. Abigail Eunice Vose married Warren W. Wheeler, son of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings, on 18 November 1844 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^6,7 Abigail Eunice Vose died on 21 October 1909 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 83.^2,8,9 She was buried at Lake Grove Cemetery, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
     She left a will in 1909 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹⁰

     Warren W. Wheeler was born on 24 February 1825 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Jotham Wheeler and Marcy Jennings. Warren W. Wheeler married Abigail Eunice Vose, daughter of Stephen Vose and Joanna Bird, on 18 November 1844 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^3,4 Warren W. Wheeler died on 2 September 1903 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 78.^5,6 He was buried at Lake Grove Cemetery, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
     He appeared on the census of 25 September 1850 at Household 272-227, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁷ He appeared on the census of 16 January 1860 at Household 250-210, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁸ He began military service on 3 September 1861 at Enlisted in Civil War, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, Enlisted as Warren H. Wheeler. Worked as a Bootmaker. Had black hair, blue eyes, dark complexion and was 5.1000 feet tall. Enlisted as a Private at age 35. Served Massachusetts I Co. 57th Inf. Reg.⁹
He ended military service on 30 July 1865 at Washington DC, USA; Mustered Out at Delaney House, Washington, DC.⁹ He appeared on the census of 19 July 1870 at Household 658-797, Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.¹⁰ He appeared on the census of 1880 at Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.¹¹ He appeared on the census of 20 June 1900 at Household 240-274, F---t St., Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹²

     Marcy Jennings was born circa 1791.¹ She married Jotham Wheeler, son of Joshua Wheeler and Dinah Maynard, on 18 February 1813 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 Marcy Jennings died on 29 February 1844 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁴
     In household of Julia Wheeler in 1850 census is an Abigail Jennings, 87 yrs. who may be the mother or sister-in-law of Marcy. There are two online sources with possibilities for this person. The first, which seems the most likely is a marriage for Isaac JINNINGS (see Jennings) and Abigal Cozens Marriage Date: Feb. 12, 1779 Marriage Place: Holliston Source: Vital Records of Holliston Full Text: JINNINGS (see Jennings), Isaac and Abigal Cozens, int. Feb. 12, 1779. [Asa Jennings and Abigail Cozzens, m. Apr. 6, 1780, M.R.]

Other records have the following entry for an Abigail who appears to have been single, so is most likely not the correct Abigail: Abigail JENNINGS (see Ginings, Jenings, Jinnings) Birth Date: Sept. 22, 1763 Birth Place: Holliston Mother's Name: Elisabeth Father's Name: Daniel Sex: F

A family record index has the following: Name: Jennings, Abigail Father: Jennings , Daniel Mother: Cozzens , Elizabeth Birth: 22 Sep. 1763 City: Hollister State: MA


JENNINGS (see Ginings, Jenings, Jinnings), Mercy Sex: F Birth Date: Oct. 28, 1750 Birth Place: HollistonFather's Name: Daniel Mother's Name: Source: Vital Records of Holliston

Mercy, d. Daniel, bp. Oct. 28, 1750. C.R.1.⁵ Marcy Jennings was also known as Merci Jennings.

     Jotham Wheeler was born on 30 March 1785 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Joshua Wheeler and Dinah Maynard. Jotham Wheeler married Marcy Jennings on 18 February 1813 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 Jotham Wheeler married Abigail S. Richards, daughter of William Richards and Olive () Richards, on 20 October 1847 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^4,5 Jotham Wheeler died on 8 November 1871 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 86.⁶
     Jotham Wheeler was also known as Jothom Wheeler. He appeared on the census of 1 June 1820 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁷ He appeared on the census of 1 June 1830 at Sherborne, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁸ He appeared on the census of 1 June 1840 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.⁹ He appeared on the census of 25 September 1850 at Household 212, 225, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹⁰ He appeared on the census of 18 January 1860 at Household 477-580, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Wheeler, Jotham, 75, Day Laborer
Abigail, 42
Asa, 11
Samuel Wiste?, 62, carpenter.¹¹ He appeared on the census of 13 August 1870 at Household 120-132, Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Wheeler, Jotham, 85, No occupation
Abigail S., 52, Keeping house
Asa W., 21, works in boot factory.¹²

     Dinah Maynard was born on 10 April 1764 at Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Jotham Maynard Jr. and Dinah Powers. Dinah Maynard married Joshua Wheeler, son of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney, on 14 November 1784 at Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.^3,4 Dinah Maynard married Asa Rider on 4 October 1805 at Holiston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.^5,6 Dinah Maynard died in 1823; The gravestone age for this Diana is significantly off for this to be the widow ofJoshua, however the age of Asa at death in 1825 was only 69, so this may be a misreading of the age on the stone and the History of Bolton gives the 1823 year as well.
Age for female in household of both the 1810 and 1820 census is >45.⁷

     Thankful Wheeler was born in 1767 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.
     Thankful Wheeler WHEELER, Thankful
Sex: F
Birth Date: Feb. 28, 1767
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Eliza
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Thankful, d. Joshua and Eliza[beth], Feb. 28, 1767.

     Anna Wheeler was born on 4 June 1764 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.
     Anna Wheeler WHEELER, Anna
Sex: F
Birth Date: June 4, 1764
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Elizabath
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Anna, d. Joshua and Elizabath, June 4, 1764. [Anne, C.R.1.]

     Joshua Wheeler was born on 8 April 1762 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Joshua, s. Joshua and Elizabeth, Apr. 8, 1762.¹ He was the son of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney. Joshua Wheeler married Dinah Maynard, daughter of Jotham Maynard Jr. and Dinah Powers, on 14 November 1784 at Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 Joshua Wheeler died on 26 January 1802 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 39; Cause of death: Fever.⁴

     Matilda Wheeler was born on 25 April 1760 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.
     Matilda Wheeler WHEELER, Matilda
Sex: F
Birth Date: Apr. 25, 1760
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Matilda, d. Joshua and Elizabeth, Apr. 25, 1760.





WHEELER, Metilda
Sex:
Birth Date: July 11, 1762
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name:
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Metilda, ch. Joshua, bp. July 11, 1762. C.R.1.

     Philadelphia Wheeler was born on 11 July 1758 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.
     Philadelphia Wheeler WHEELER, Philadelphia
Sex: F
Birth Date: July 11, 1758
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Philadelphia, d. Joshua and Elizabeth, July 11, 1758.

     Mary Wheeler was born on 4 June 1756 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.
     Mary Wheeler WHEELER, Mary
Sex: F
Birth Date: June 4, 1756
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Mary, d. Joshua and Elizabeth [dup. Mary], June 4, 1756.

     Sarah Wheeler was born on 11 November 1754 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.
     Sarah Wheeler WHEELER, Sarah
Sex: F
Birth Date: Jan. 11, 1754
Birth Place: Hopkinton
Father's Name: Joshua
Mother's Name: Elisabath
Source: Vital Records of Hopkinton

Sarah, d. Joshua and Elisabath, Jan. 11, 1754.

     Mary Wheeler was born in 1751 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of Joshua White Wheeler and Elizabeth Barney.