Descendants of John (I) Lord - the Delaware County, NY Genealogy ...

two marriages,seven came to New England in the 1630’s: Thomas, Elizabeth, Timothy, Susanna, Joseph,Ephraim, and Thomas (by second wife). Of these, both of the brothers Thomas and their brother Ephraim movedto Fairfield, Connecticut while the others remained in Concord, Massachusetts, except for the daughter Elizabeth,who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, with her husband Allen Breed.”Review of “The Wheeler Family of Cranfield, England and Concord, Massachusetts and some Descendants of Sgt.Thomas Wheeler of Concord” by M. Wheeler Molyneaux (M. Wheeler Molyneaux, 4701 East Ocean Blvd., LongBeach, CA 90803-3113 $47.5) Nutmegger June 1993 p. 85]Captain Timothy Wheeler had two horses shot under him in one of the encounters of King Philip’s terrible war. ACaptain Timothy Wheeler in 1775 had charge of colonial stores at Concord, saving them from capture.One branch of the family settled in Brantford, Mass., before the Revolution.One, named William, had five sons, Ebenezer, James, William, John and Joseph, and died in Brantford. The widowmarried George Hubbell, who by his first wife had three sons, Edmund, George and Silas.By a second wife he had three sons, Wheeler, Truman and Richard. In the last decade of the 18th century GeorgeHubbell, with the family, left Massachusetts and came to Sidney, N.Y., where they stayed a few years (and where heis buried).They next located at the mouth of Sands Creek near Shehocken, and in 1798 we find them at Partridge Island.Here the Wheeler brothers settled and married, except John, who lived a bachelor and was finally, drowned.Major Ebenezer Wheeler had one son, Ransom, and several daughters, all of whom married respectably. He diedin 1814, aged 44. He and his brother were remarkable for physical strength and endurance. William, in 1804,married Eleanor Knox, of Massachusetts, a descendant or relative of General Knox, the aid(sic] of Washington,and lived at Partridge Island till 1814, when he removed to Deposit.James had three sons, Leroy, Ebenezer and James; the first a physician, the second a lawyer, and the other afarmer, who occupies the homestead. The father died in 1854. Joseph Wheeler had three sons. Franklin, Miltonand Rensselaer, the first two lawyers and the latter a farmer. He died in 1858.Edmund Hubble settled at Ballstown, and George at Little Falls, near Hancock, where he married Paul Newton’sdaughter. He had two sons, Jefferson and Chester. Chester, his second son. was born in 1799, and is now (1879)living in Deposit.)Jefferson went to the Legislature, and removed afterward to Honesdale, Pa.Silas Wheeler went west, Truman and Richard all lived in Hancock for several years. Truman and Richardremoved to Tompkins. Richard died there, and Truman removed to Philadelphia, where he died.Several other Wheelers. relatives of the former, also came to Hancock early from Massachusetts.Frederick Wheeler, father of Marvin and Royal Wheeler, first settled near Knight’s, below Shehocken, and thenwent to Partridge Island. Marvin Wheeler married Emily, daughter of Captain Conrad Edick, of Deposit. He lefttwo sons, Frederick and Marvin D. One son, Clinton, had died before the father, and two daughters unmarried.Royal Wheeler, a brother of Frederick, came to Hancock at the same time. He had two sons, Earl and Royal, theformer a distinguished lawyer at Honesdale, Pa., now deceased.One James Wheeler was known as “Fiddler Jim,” to distinguish him from the other James, who was called “TailorJim.” Little is known of his history. One Joseph Wheeler was known as “Hatter Joe,” while the other was called