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

• Biographical Note

• Provenance Note

• Scope and Content Note

• Related Collections

• Item List

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

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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