Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan

Family

Sources

1. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Wheeler Family pp. 640-641: "Thomas Wheeler (No. 54) m. Mercy Williams Feb. 7, 1739 (No. 176), Williams family, both of Stonington, Conn. CHILDREN: 72 MARY, b. April 22, 1741 ... 74 THOMAS, b. Oct. 12, 1745 ... 79 MEHITABLE, b. May 10, 1754, m. Jabez Swan (No. 56), Swan family. 80 RUFUS ..." Cross-ref Swan Family p. 617: "Jabez Swan (No. 56) m. 1st, Mehitable Wheeler June 17, 1772 (No. 79), that family ... CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE: 183 JAMES ... 184 HURLBURT, m. Easterbrooks. 185 THOMAS WHEELER ..." Matches mehitable-wheeler-swan: husband Jabez Swan, m. 17 Jun 1772, son Hurlburt m. (Hannah) Estabrook.

2. Thomas Minor Society descendants register (aqwg19): "348. Mehitable WHEELER-4513 (Thomas WHEELER, Mary MINOR, Ephraim, Ephraim) was born on 10 May 1754 in Stonington ... died on 17 Dec 1797 in Millington, East Haddam ... married Jabez SWAN on 17 Jun 1772" - i.e. daughter of Thomas Wheeler, granddaughter of Mary Minor (Miner). Children incl. Hurlburt and Thomas Wheeler Swan. Compiled 2nd source.

   Thomas Minor Society descendants register (aqwg19): "348. Mehitable WHEELER-4513 (Thomas WHEELER, Mary MINOR, Ephraim, Ephraim) was born on 10 May 1754 in Stonington ... died on 17 Dec 1797 in Millington, East Haddam ... married Jabez SWAN on 17 Jun 1772" - i.e. daughter of Thomas Wheeler, granddaughter of Mary Minor (Miner). Children incl. Hurlburt and Thomas Wheeler Swan. Compiled 2nd source.

3. WeRelate Person:Mehitable Wheeler (3) / Family:Thomas Wheeler and Mercy Williams (1), citing Barbour Collection, Stonington VR 3:90: "WHEELER, Mehetable, d. Thomas & Marcy, b. May 10, 1754"; "WHEELER, Thomas, m. Marcy Williams, Feb. 7, 1738/9, by Rev. Rosseter"; Mehitable m. Jabez Swan 17 Jun 1772; children incl. Hurlburt and Thomas Wheeler Swan. Same family page: Thomas Wheeler (b. 16 Mar 1721/22, d. bef. 5 Jan 1768) son of Thomas Wheeler and Mary Miner; Mercy/Mary Williams (b. 7 Nov 1719) daughter of John Williams and Desire Denison.

   WeRelate Person:Mehitable Wheeler (3) / Family:Thomas Wheeler and Mercy Williams (1), citing Barbour Collection, Stonington VR 3:90: "WHEELER, Mehetable, d. Thomas & Marcy, b. May 10, 1754"; "WHEELER, Thomas, m. Marcy Williams, Feb. 7, 1738/9, by Rev. Rosseter"; Mehitable m. Jabez Swan 17 Jun 1772; children incl. Hurlburt and Thomas Wheeler Swan. Same family page: Thomas Wheeler (b. 16 Mar 1721/22, d. bef. 5 Jan 1768) son of Thomas Wheeler and Mary Miner; Mercy/Mary Williams (b. 7 Nov 1719) daughter of John Williams and Desire Denison.

4. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

5. Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

   Beers, Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Connecticut (1903), p. 543, Ralph B. Swan sketch: "(V) Jabez Swan, son of Asa, was born May 21, 1751. On June 17, 1772, he married (first) Mehitable Wheeler, and for his second wife he wedded Lucy Wheeler. In 1777 he sold his property in Stonington... invested in a farm near Millington green, in East Haddam, and on May 22, 1777, moved there. Jabez and Mehitable (Wheeler) Swan had the following named children: Hurlburt, Mehitable, Jabez, Jr., ... By the second wife, Lucy (Wheeler), there were two children... (VI) Hurlburt and Hannah (Esterbrook) Swan, the paternal grandparents of Ralph B., were farming people of East Haddam". Independently, Davis, The New England States (1897) p. 332: "Jabez Swan, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1750, and removed to East Haddam, Conn., in 1776... Hurlbert Swan, son of Jabez". Matches hurlbert-swan: wife Hannah Estabrook (both sources); East Haddam (both); father of Diodate L. Swan Sr.

6. R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Avery Family pp. 199-201: "2. Capt. James Avery, the only child of Christopher, was born in 1620 ... He m. 1st, Nov. 10, 1643, Joanna Greenslade, b. about 1622 ... He m. 2nd, Mrs. Abigail (Ingraham) Chesebrough, widow of Joshua Holmes, July 4, 1698 ... CHILDREN: 3 HANNAH, b. at Gloucester, Oct. 11, 1644, m. Ephraim Miner, June 20, 1666, (No. 15) that family." Matches hannah-avery-miner-bsb.

   R. A. Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington (1900), Wheeler Family pp. 640-641: "Thomas Wheeler (No. 54) m. Mercy Williams Feb. 7, 1739 (No. 176), Williams family, both of Stonington, Conn. CHILDREN: 72 MARY, b. April 22, 1741 ... 74 THOMAS, b. Oct. 12, 1745 ... 79 MEHITABLE, b. May 10, 1754, m. Jabez Swan (No. 56), Swan family. 80 RUFUS ..." Cross-ref Swan Family p. 617: "Jabez Swan (No. 56) m. 1st, Mehitable Wheeler June 17, 1772 (No. 79), that family ... CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE: 183 JAMES ... 184 HURLBURT, m. Easterbrooks. 185 THOMAS WHEELER ..." Matches mehitable-wheeler-swan: husband Jabez Swan, m. 17 Jun 1772, son Hurlburt m. (Hannah) Estabrook.