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| Moses Wheeler , Stratford ferryman, Immigrant 1 2 3 4 5 | |
| Birth: | 1598 in _, KEN, ENG 5 6 |
| Death: | 15 Jan 1698/99 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT 4 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Joseph Wheeler |
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| Miriam Hawley (Wife) b. 1620 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT
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| Marriage: | BEF. 1642 in _, New Haven, CT |
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 Elizabeth Wheeler b. 1 Aug 1642 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
- Miriam Wheeler b. 28 Mar 1647 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
- Samuel Wheeler b. 28 Apr 1649 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT
 Moses Wheeler b. 5 Jul 1651 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT
- Mary Wheeler b. 13 Sep 1655 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT
- Joanna Wheeler b. 5 Mar 1658/59 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT
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Individual:
He was the first European centenarian in New England, and Stratford's first ferryman.
"Moses Wheeler was a picturesque character of indomitable courage, incredible height and remarkable strength ...
"He was a strong powerful man of whom the Indians are said to have stood in mortal terror. The Milford Indians were thought to be unfriendly to him. One day as some of them came to attack him, he took a big dipper of boiling soap, which his wife was then making, and threatened to throw it on them. They dared not advance and left immediately. Another tradition relates that Mr Wheeler was one morning in the cellar of his house, when 3 Indians with tomahawks appeared in the doorway. Realizing his helplessness if attacked, he raised a half-emptied cider cask, saying has he did so 'Let's all have a drink" pretending at the same time to drink from the bunghole. The Indians seeing this and supposing the barrel to be full went away, saying they did not want to fight with such a strong man."
("History of Stratford, Connecticut : 1639-1939", p. 699)
He was also called a ship's carpenter.
("The Warren, Little, Lothrop, Park, Dix, Whitman, Fairchild, Platt, Wheeler, Lane, Avery pedigrees of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1847-1920")
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- Title: Ancestral File (AF)
Author: LDS
Publication: http://www.Familysearch.org
Call Number: @S02277@
Media: Electronic
- Title: "History of the Wheeler Family in America"
Author: WHEELER, Albert Gallatin, Jr.
Publication: Boston, MA: American College of Genealogy, 1914
Call Number: @S02368@
Media: Book
- Title: Challenge: Moses Wheeler
Author: REYNOLDS, Valerie
Publication: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GenConnecticut/2004-07/1089570547
Call Number: @S09822@
Media: Electronic
- Title: "History of Stratford, Connecticut : 1639-1939"
Author: WILCOXSON, William Howard
Publication: Stratford, Conn.: Stratford Tercentenary Commission, 1939
Call Number: @S09830@
Media: Book
- Title: "The Warren, Little, Lothrop, Park, Dix, Whitman, Fairchild, Platt, Wheeler, Lane, Avery pedigrees of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1847-1920"
Publication: New York: NYGBS, 1925
Call Number: @S08340@
Media: Book
- Title: "American Ancestors of the Children of Joseph and Daniella Wheeler"
Author: WHEELER, Daniella; WHEELER, Joseph
Publication: Wheeler, Alabama:Np., Nd.
Call Number: @S08112@ R929.2 W563.1
Media: Book
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