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Of his real estate, he sold numerous lots and a new homestead in Concord to his son Samuel on 26 December 1689. To his son Ebenezer numerous pieces of land in Concord on 17 April 1704. This transaction had the proviso that.... The last deed was on 22 July 1712, when he sold land in Concord to his sons Edward and more land to son Samuel. John's death in the Concord town records says "Mr. John Wheeler ye husband of Sarah his wife dyed September 17 day 1713." It was very unusual to mention a man's wife in his death record.

children of John Wheeler and Sarah Larkin:1

i. Samuel, b. 6 July 1664
ii. Sarah, b. 12 December 1666
iii. Edward, b. 17 July 1669
iv. Johannah/Joanna, 21 December 1671
v. Mary, b. 15 September 1673
vi. Lydia, b. 27 October 1675
vii. Esther, b. 1 December 1678 ("1 10 78," Julian format)
viii. Joseph, b. 27 January 1679/80 ("27 11 79," Julian format)
ix. Ebenezer, b. 3 June 1682 ("3 4 82," Julian format)
x. Thankful, b. 3 June 1682





vital records sources: John's birth, marriage and death are in Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston:1895), 3 (recorded at Boston), 10 and 82 respectively.

1. Middlesex Co., MA, probate file 24290. Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston:1895), 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19. Esther, Joseph, Ebenezer and Thankful are recorded at the county level, Concord records missing ("Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," Middlesex, County records, Births, marriages, deaths, 1651-1793, familysearch.org database online (2020), images 172, 173, 200 of mss pages 26, 28, 72).

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