Ancestry of
William Henry Chipman

(1833–1891)

Thomas Wheeler

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of William Henry Chipman — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 204 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Wheeler 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 9 Apr 1620 
  • Christening Location:
  • Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 26 Nov 1672 
  • Death Location:
  • Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Jane -----
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  • Child:

  Joseph Wheeler (Ahnentafel No:102 )

  • Notes: 

  • This Thomas Wheeler of Milford, Connecticut, is often confused with the Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Massachusetts. Both were baptized in Cranfield, Berkshire, England, in 1620 or 1621 and had father's also named Thomas. The former was married to Jane (or Joan) while the latter had two wives, both named Sarah.

• Sources for Thomas Wheeler

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Milford, p. 171, Birth record for son Joseph Wheeler.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Milford, p. 172, Death record for Thomas Wheeler.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Milford, pp. 171-172, Death record for Thomas Wheeler.
  • ⁴ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for Thomas Wheeler.
  • ⁵ Abbott, Susan Woodruff, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. (1979), 372.
  • ⁶ Torrey, Frederic C., The Ancestors and Descendants of Humphrey Nichols of Newark, New Jersey and of His Brothers and Sisters, Lakehurst, New Jersey: Unknown (1917), Pedigree chart between pages 10 and 11.
  • ⁷ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, Jr., The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, Boston, Massachusetts: American College of Genealogy (1914), 201-205.