Manuscript Group 1007, Wheeler Family (Newark, NJ), Papers, 1714 – 1892

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Manuscript Group 1007, Wheeler Family (Newark, NJ)

Papers, 1714 – 1892, 0.1 linear feet / 36 items

Call Number: MG 1007


Summary:

Principally indentures of or pertaining to Caleb Wheeler (ca. 1717-1793) and his son, also Caleb Wheeler (ca. 1751-1824), landowners from Newark, New Jersey.

Gift of William S. Disbrow, 1918.

Biographical Note:

The Wheeler family represented in these documents is descended from James Wheeler and his family from Hartford, Connecticut.  James Wheeler married Mary Coe, the widow of Benjamin Coe, and produced one son, Caleb (ca. 1717-1793).  James Wheeler died in Newark, New Jersey on January 3, 1747.

Caleb Wheeler was born in Connecticut, but moved to Newark, New Jersey prior to the Revolutionary War.  He married Phebe ( ) and together they had six children: James (ca. 1740-1777), Anne (ca. 1742-1794), Phebe, Mary, Caleb (ca. 1751-1824), and Abigail.  Caleb Wheeler died in Newark on December 23, 1793.

Phebe Wheeler married Robert Neil and outlived him.  Mary Wheeler married John Burnet; Anne Wheeler married Caleb Bruen (1735-1818); Abigail Wheeler married Oliver Burnet.  Caleb Wheeler married Betsey ( ) (ca. 1757-1833) and lived in Newark, New Jersey.  He died on May 28, 1824.

James Wheeler (ca. 1740-1777) married Rhoda Lyon and raised five children: Stephen, James, Joseph Lyon, Phebe (d. 1804), and Sarah.  Phebe Wheeler married Governor William S. Pennington (1757-1826).

Sources:

Genealogical Card File, The New Jersey Historical Society

Wheeler, Albert Gallatin Jr. History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy: Boston, Massachusetts, 1914).

Provenance Note:

These documents were donated to the Society by Doctor William S. Disbrow in February 1918 (accession numbers run from M1157-M1218).

Scope and Content Note:

The Wheeler Family Papers contain thirty-six items documenting three generations of Wheelers and dating from 1714-1892.  The documents have been arranged chronologically into two folders.  The majority of the collection consists of indentures for land in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Newark.  There are also two manuscript maps, a survey, and Caleb Wheeler’s (ca. 1717-1793) last will and testament and probate certificate.

Related Collections:

Manuscript Group 61, John R. Burnet (ca. 1820-1900) Genealogy Collection

Manuscript Group 79, Caleb W. Bruen (1768-1846) Daybooks

Manuscript Group 234, William S. Pennington (1757-1826) Papers

Manuscript Group 331, William Pennington (1796-1862) Papers

Manuscript Group 386, Ogden Family Papers (Newark and Elizabeth, NJ)

Manuscript Group 675, Pennington-Satterthwaite Family Papers

Manuscript Group 850, Lyon-Bedford Family Papers

Item List:
The spelling of names below reflects that in the documents


Folder

Title

Dates
1 Indenture: John and Mary Treat to
James Wheeller
1714
Indenture: John and Abigail Brown to
James Wheeler
1714
Indenture: David Ogden to James
Wheeler
1725
Indenture: John Curtiss to James
Wheler
1733
Indenture: James Ward to James
Wheeler
1737
Indenture: Joseph Peck to James
Wheeler
1738
Indenture: Hezekiah Johnson to Caleb
Wheeler
1746
Indenture: Timothy Ball and Ezekiel
Ball to Caleb Wheeler
1755
Indenture: Jonathan Sergeant to
Caleb Wheeler
1758
Indenture: Robert Hunter Morris,
signed by his attorney David Ogden, to Caleb Wheeler, Jedediah Johnston,
and Jonathan Sayrs
1759
Survey of Robert Hunter Morris’s
land for Caleb Wheeler, Jedidiah Johnson, and Jonathan Sayrs
1759
Indenture: Moses Clark to Caleb
Wheeler
1759
Survey map: Division of the home lot
of Jestus Baldwin
n.d.
Indenture: Timothy and Elisabeth
Davis to Caleb Wheeler
1759
Sheriff’s deed: Matthias
Williamson
1759
Indenture: Abraham Smith to Caleb
Wheeler, Joseph Baldwin, and Jonathan Siers
1761
Joseph Baldwin, Jr. and Jonathan
Sayrs to Caleb Wheeler
1762
Indenture: John and Susannah
Robinson and James and Phebe Nizbit to James Wheeler
1763
Bond: David Wade and Caleb Wheeler
to William Walton
1769
Bond: Caleb Wheeler, Jr. and Caleb
Wheeler, Sr. to Joseph Baldwin, Jr.
1772
2 Indenture: Joseph Hedden, Jr.,
Samuel Hayes, and Thomas Canfield to Caleb Wheeler, Jr.
1779
Indenture: Joseph Hedden, Jr.,
Samuel Hays, and Thomas Canfield to Caleb Wheeler
1779
Indenture: Robert and Phebe Neil to
Caleb Wheeler
1781
Indenture: Robert and Phebe Neil to
Caleb Wheeler, Jr.
1781
Indenture: James Ward to Caleb
Wheeler
1792
Indenture: Benjamin Coe and his wife
to Caleb Wheeler, Jr.
1792
Will and probate certificate of
Caleb Wheeler
1790, 1793
Indenture: John and Mary Burnet to
Phebe Neal
1797
Indenture: Phebe Niel, widow of
Robart Niel to Caleb Wheeler
1797
Indenture: John Tichenor to Caleb
Wheeler
1798
Indenture: Oliver Burnet to Caleb
Wheeler
1803
Indenture: Thomas and Jerusha Ward
and Elias and Margaret Van Arsdale to Caleb Wheeler
1808
Indenture: Betsey Wheeler, widow of
Caleb Wheeler, James Bruen, and William Pennington, executors of Caleb
Wheeler, to Elihu Pierson
1827
Indenture: Enoch Bolles, William A.
Myer, and Joel W. Condit, Commissioners to sell the real estate of Caleb
Wheeler, to Joseph S. Tucker
1851
Indenture: Robert Wade, Stephen
Crane, Caleb Wheeler, Jr., executors of David Wade to Noah Wade
1892
Account: Caleb Wheeler, Stephen
Wheeler, and Phebe Wheeler, executors of Caleb Wheeler dec’d in acct
with the heirs of the personal estate of Caleb Wheeler deceased
n.d.
Survey map n.d.

Processed by Stephen Sullivan, December 1999 as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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