Ephraim Wheeler

M, b. 26 March 1647, d. 27 February 1684/85
     Ephraim was born in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. He was the son of Thomas Wheeler and Joanna (?) He was christened there on 5 April 1647 in the First Church.1,2 Ephraim married Mary Holbrook, daughter of Richard Holbrook and Agnes (?), on 8 September 1675 in Milford.3 Ephraim & Mary had children: Ephraim [1/05/1681], Abigail [2/08/1683], Hannah & Mary [m. Eliphalet Gillett].4 The inventory of Ephraim's estate was taken on Tuesday, 27 February 1684/85 at Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, by John Board and John Sherman. The estate was valued at £534 17s. 8d.5 Ephraim departed this life in Milford.6

Citations

  1. [S2186] Milford CT: Records of the First Church, Page 68 - Children of Thomas Wheeler.
  2. [S2302] Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870: Milford; 170-172.
  3. [S1802] Donald Lines Jacobus, Milford [Conn.] Vital Records, page 112 - Wheeler, Ephraim, married 8 Sep. 1675 Holbrook, Mary, da. of Richard of Milford by Mr. Alexander Bryan Assistant. - www.americanancestors.org.
  4. [S305] Mary Louise Holbrook, The Holbrook Family of Derby, Connecticut, page 2 - Mary Holbrook, daughter of Richard and Agnes Holbrook, b. Mar. 17,1650, at Dorchester, Mass.; mar. sept. 8, 1678, in Milford, Conn. Ephraim Wheeler. [the children are then listed.]
  5. [S2566] New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703 Family Search: image 215. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 132.
  6. [S2563] William Downing Wheeler, Genealogy of some of the descendants of Thomas Wheeler of Concord, Massachusetts, 1639, and Fairfield, Connecticut, 1644

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