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Manuscript Group 1007, Wheeler Family (Newark, NJ)
Papers, 1714 - 1892, 0.1 linear feet / 36 items
Call Number: MG 1007
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.
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).
These documents were donated to the Society by Doctor William S. Disbrow in February 1918 (accession numbers run from M1157-M1218).
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.
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
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Folder |
Title |
Dates |
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1 |
Indenture: John and Mary Treat to James Wheeller |
1714 |
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Indenture: John and Abigail Brown to James Wheeler |
1714 |
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Indenture: David Ogden to James Wheeler |
1725 |
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Indenture: John Curtiss to James Wheler |
1733 |
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Indenture: James Ward to James Wheeler |
1737 |
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Indenture: Joseph Peck to James Wheeler |
1738 |
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Indenture: Hezekiah Johnson to Caleb Wheeler |
1746 |
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Indenture: Timothy Ball and Ezekiel Ball to Caleb Wheeler |
1755 |
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Indenture: Jonathan Sergeant to Caleb Wheeler |
1758 |
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Indenture: Robert Hunter Morris, signed by his attorney David Ogden, to Caleb Wheeler, Jedediah Johnston, and Jonathan Sayrs |
1759 |
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Survey of Robert Hunter Morris’s land for Caleb Wheeler, Jedidiah Johnson, and Jonathan Sayrs |
1759 |
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Indenture: Moses Clark to Caleb Wheeler |
1759 |
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Survey map: Division of the home lot of Jestus Baldwin |
n.d. |
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Indenture: Timothy and Elisabeth Davis to Caleb Wheeler |
1759 |
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Sheriff’s deed: Matthias Williamson |
1759 |
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Indenture: Abraham Smith to Caleb Wheeler, Joseph Baldwin, and Jonathan Siers |
1761 |
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Joseph Baldwin, Jr. and Jonathan Sayrs to Caleb Wheeler |
1762 |
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Indenture: John and Susannah Robinson and James and Phebe Nizbit to James Wheeler |
1763 |
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Bond: David Wade and Caleb Wheeler to William Walton |
1769 |
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Bond: Caleb Wheeler, Jr. and Caleb Wheeler, Sr. to Joseph Baldwin, Jr. |
1772 |
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2 |
Indenture: Joseph Hedden, Jr., Samuel Hayes, and Thomas Canfield to Caleb Wheeler, Jr. |
1779 |
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Indenture: Joseph Hedden, Jr., Samuel Hays, and Thomas Canfield to Caleb Wheeler |
1779 |
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Indenture: Robert and Phebe Neil to Caleb Wheeler |
1781 |
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Indenture: Robert and Phebe Neil to Caleb Wheeler, Jr. |
1781 |
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Indenture: James Ward to Caleb Wheeler |
1792 |
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Indenture: Benjamin Coe and his wife to Caleb Wheeler, Jr. |
1792 |
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Will and probate certificate of Caleb Wheeler |
1790, 1793 |
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Indenture: John and Mary Burnet to Phebe Neal |
1797 |
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Indenture: Phebe Niel, widow of Robart Niel to Caleb Wheeler |
1797 |
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Indenture: John Tichenor to Caleb Wheeler |
1798 |
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Indenture: Oliver Burnet to Caleb Wheeler |
1803 |
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Indenture: Thomas and Jerusha Ward and Elias and Margaret Van Arsdale to Caleb Wheeler |
1808 |
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Indenture: Betsey Wheeler, widow of Caleb Wheeler, James Bruen, and William Pennington, executors of Caleb Wheeler, to Elihu Pierson |
1827 |
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Indenture: Enoch Bolles, William A. Myer, and Joel W. Condit, Commissioners to sell the real estate of Caleb Wheeler, to Joseph S. Tucker |
1851 |
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Indenture: Robert Wade, Stephen Crane, Caleb Wheeler, Jr., executors of David Wade to Noah Wade |
1892 |
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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. |
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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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