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More about Melancthon Gilbert Wheeler, who was my great-great-great grandfather (1803-1870). Blame today's excursus on the Buffistas.
Melancthon Gilbert Wheeler was born in Charlotte VT on May 22 1802. He was the third child of his parents, Zadoc Wheeler (b. 5/6/1768, Huntington NY, d. 9/24/1841, New York NY) and Mary Holbrook (b. 1/34/1768, Boston, d. 7/23/1833 Waterford NY.) His parents were married at Spencertown NY 8/14/1793. He had two older siblings, both born in Whitehall NY: Charles Holbrook Wheeler (b. 7/9/1794) and Caroline Eliza Wheeler (b. 1/28/1799), both of whom lived to adulthood and had children.
Zadoc's parents were Gilbert Wheeler (b. 7/5/1740, Huntington NY, d. 6/29/1809, Whitehall NY) and Elizabeth Bryan (b. 3/13/1740, d. Whitehall NY).
Melancthon attended Union College (1825) and Princeton Theological Seminary (1826-8), and Andover Theological Seminary (1828-9). He was ordained August 12, 1829, and spent the next two years on a mission. There is a list of his postings as a minister in the Princeton catalog; he ended as the pastor in North Woburn (1865-1870) and died in office of cancer February 9 1870 at the age of 67. He is buried in Woburn Cemetery, as I noted in my post here: http://flea.dreamwidth.org/449247.html (with photos!)
His first wife was Elizabeth Moulton, whom he married at Pittsford VT on 9/23/1829. Their seven children were:
-Elizabeth Moulton Wheeler, b. 2/6/1831 Falmouth MA; d. Conway MA
-Gilbert Melancthon Wheeler, b. 6/4/1832 Abington MA; lived to adulthood, d. at sea, leaving a widow in New Zealand.
-Mary Shedd Wheeler, b. 3/11/1834 Conway MA; m. John C. Almay (they are both buried in the Woburn Cemetery plot), no children.
-Ogden Dwight Wheeler, b. 1/16/1836, d. 3/17/1841
-Charles Holbrook Wheeler, b. 5/2/1837
-Silas Safford Wheeler, b. 12/22/1840, d. 1/1/1841
-Robert Ogden Wheeler, b. 12/2/1842, d. 12/16/1843
At this point if I were Elizabeth Moulton Wheeler I probably would have died, too. At least two of the children survived to adulthood; as far as I can tell only Mary outlived Melancthon.
Melancthon remarried on May 4 1848 at Nashua NH. His second wife was Frances Cochran Parkinson, who was awesome. They also had a bunch of kids:
-Elizabeth Parkinson Wheeler, b. 11/8/1849, m. John R. Carter, d. 1888 leaving 3 sons.
-John Henry Wheeler, b. 9/25/1851 who is treated at some length in my post here: http://flea.dreamwidth.org/457029.html
-Caroline Antoinette Wheeler, b. 1/10/1854, m. Charles H. Cooper 1/10/1883, had 3 children.
-Cornelia Frances Wheeler, b. 4/29/1858, mt great-great-grandmother.
-Edward Francis Wheeler, b. 1/20/1862 at Grafton VT, who went to Bowdoin and became a minister in MN, married and had 2 surviving children.
This still leaves mysterious who the "Caroline Parkinson Wheeler" buried in the Woburn Cemetery plot is (http://flea.dreamwidth.org/449247.html?#cutid1). Given her names she seems like she should be a descendant of Melancthon and Frances, but their daughter Caroline married and lived to adulthood, and no granddaughters of the right name are mentioned - to be a granddaughter Wheeler she would have had to be the child of Edward (or John, who had only one child), and he did not marry until he'd removed to Minnesota.
Sources: The Geneaological and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/american-college-of-genealogy/the-genealogical-and-encyclopedic-history-of-the-wheeler-family-in-america-rem/page-68-the-genealogical-and-encyclopedic-history-of-the-wheeler-family-in-america-rem.shtml)
Biographical Catalog of Princeton Theological Seminary, 1909. http://books.google.com/books?id=vdPNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=melancthon+wheeler+princeton+theological+seminary&source=bl&ots=pegtxpfA06&sig=AsI8vYxunEm_HIGfv5hck1TeapM&hl=en&ei=NeeITKisMZHM9gStoJXiDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false
History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: http://books.google.com/books?id=m74TAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA432&lpg=RA1-PA432&dq=melancthon+wheeler+princeton+theological+seminary&source=bl&ots=294XOdsGy3&sig=ZvnIRrygHx5j9PqN4p4tjQg9bZg&hl=en&ei=NeeITKisMZHM9gStoJXiDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=melancthon%20wheeler%20princeton%20theological%20seminary&f=false
Melancthon Gilbert Wheeler was born in Charlotte VT on May 22 1802. He was the third child of his parents, Zadoc Wheeler (b. 5/6/1768, Huntington NY, d. 9/24/1841, New York NY) and Mary Holbrook (b. 1/34/1768, Boston, d. 7/23/1833 Waterford NY.) His parents were married at Spencertown NY 8/14/1793. He had two older siblings, both born in Whitehall NY: Charles Holbrook Wheeler (b. 7/9/1794) and Caroline Eliza Wheeler (b. 1/28/1799), both of whom lived to adulthood and had children.
Zadoc's parents were Gilbert Wheeler (b. 7/5/1740, Huntington NY, d. 6/29/1809, Whitehall NY) and Elizabeth Bryan (b. 3/13/1740, d. Whitehall NY).
Melancthon attended Union College (1825) and Princeton Theological Seminary (1826-8), and Andover Theological Seminary (1828-9). He was ordained August 12, 1829, and spent the next two years on a mission. There is a list of his postings as a minister in the Princeton catalog; he ended as the pastor in North Woburn (1865-1870) and died in office of cancer February 9 1870 at the age of 67. He is buried in Woburn Cemetery, as I noted in my post here: http://flea.dreamwidth.org/449247.html (with photos!)
His first wife was Elizabeth Moulton, whom he married at Pittsford VT on 9/23/1829. Their seven children were:
-Elizabeth Moulton Wheeler, b. 2/6/1831 Falmouth MA; d. Conway MA
-Gilbert Melancthon Wheeler, b. 6/4/1832 Abington MA; lived to adulthood, d. at sea, leaving a widow in New Zealand.
-Mary Shedd Wheeler, b. 3/11/1834 Conway MA; m. John C. Almay (they are both buried in the Woburn Cemetery plot), no children.
-Ogden Dwight Wheeler, b. 1/16/1836, d. 3/17/1841
-Charles Holbrook Wheeler, b. 5/2/1837
-Silas Safford Wheeler, b. 12/22/1840, d. 1/1/1841
-Robert Ogden Wheeler, b. 12/2/1842, d. 12/16/1843
At this point if I were Elizabeth Moulton Wheeler I probably would have died, too. At least two of the children survived to adulthood; as far as I can tell only Mary outlived Melancthon.
Melancthon remarried on May 4 1848 at Nashua NH. His second wife was Frances Cochran Parkinson, who was awesome. They also had a bunch of kids:
-Elizabeth Parkinson Wheeler, b. 11/8/1849, m. John R. Carter, d. 1888 leaving 3 sons.
-John Henry Wheeler, b. 9/25/1851 who is treated at some length in my post here: http://flea.dreamwidth.org/457029.html
-Caroline Antoinette Wheeler, b. 1/10/1854, m. Charles H. Cooper 1/10/1883, had 3 children.
-Cornelia Frances Wheeler, b. 4/29/1858, mt great-great-grandmother.
-Edward Francis Wheeler, b. 1/20/1862 at Grafton VT, who went to Bowdoin and became a minister in MN, married and had 2 surviving children.
This still leaves mysterious who the "Caroline Parkinson Wheeler" buried in the Woburn Cemetery plot is (http://flea.dreamwidth.org/449247.html?#cutid1). Given her names she seems like she should be a descendant of Melancthon and Frances, but their daughter Caroline married and lived to adulthood, and no granddaughters of the right name are mentioned - to be a granddaughter Wheeler she would have had to be the child of Edward (or John, who had only one child), and he did not marry until he'd removed to Minnesota.
Sources: The Geneaological and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/american-college-of-genealogy/the-genealogical-and-encyclopedic-history-of-the-wheeler-family-in-america-rem/page-68-the-genealogical-and-encyclopedic-history-of-the-wheeler-family-in-america-rem.shtml)
Biographical Catalog of Princeton Theological Seminary, 1909. http://books.google.com/books?id=vdPNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=melancthon+wheeler+princeton+theological+seminary&source=bl&ots=pegtxpfA06&sig=AsI8vYxunEm_HIGfv5hck1TeapM&hl=en&ei=NeeITKisMZHM9gStoJXiDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false
History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: http://books.google.com/books?id=m74TAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA432&lpg=RA1-PA432&dq=melancthon+wheeler+princeton+theological+seminary&source=bl&ots=294XOdsGy3&sig=ZvnIRrygHx5j9PqN4p4tjQg9bZg&hl=en&ei=NeeITKisMZHM9gStoJXiDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=melancthon%20wheeler%20princeton%20theological%20seminary&f=false