Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Elizabeth Wheeler
1669 - 1744 (75 years)1. Elizabeth Wheeler was born on 22 May 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts (daughter of Richard Wheeler and Sarah Prescott); died on 26 Oct 1744 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Church Hill Cemetery, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 24 May 1669, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Elizabeth married Jonathan Rice on 12 Feb 1691. Jonathan (son of Corporal Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore) was born on 3 Jul 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Apr 1725 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Richard Rice was born on 31 Jan 1710; died in 1737.
2. Richard Wheeler died on 10 Feb 1676 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 9 Feb 1676, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Notes:
He may or may not be the Richard Wheeler baptised 13 Jun 1614 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, son of "Thomas Wheler of the Towne ende." He was killed in an attack on Lancaster by Native Americans.
Richard married Sarah Prescott on 2 Aug 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger alias Platt) was born about 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Prescott was born about 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger alias Platt). Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1637, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Children:
- Abraham Wheeler was born on 7 Dec 1659 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died in Nov 1695 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1. Elizabeth Wheeler was born on 22 May 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 26 Oct 1744 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Church Hill Cemetery, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
6. John Prescott was born about 1604 in Lancashire, England; died about 1681 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Dec 1681
Notes:
He came to New England in about 1636 and settled in Watertown. He was a blacksmith.
John married Mary Gawkroger alias Platt on 11 Apr 1629 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Mary was born between 1611 and 1612; died in 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Gawkroger alias Platt was born between 1611 and 1612; died in 1674. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1607
Notes:
Her odd surname means "left-handed Roger." Many of her relatives appear to have used Platt or Platts as an alternative surname, after the area of Yorkshire the family was associated with. But she appears to have used Gawkroger or Gawroger during the periods of her life when she was unmarried. The exact identity of her parents, however, is unclear. Mary Lovering Holman (citation details below) says she was "possibly daughter of Abraham and Martha (Riley) Gawkroger, who was living in 1678."
Children:
- Mary Prescott was born before 24 Feb 1630; was christened on 24 Feb 1630 in Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England; died about Apr 1716.
- 3. Sarah Prescott was born about 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
- Capt. Jonathan Prescott was born about 1645 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1721 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.