| Show f P tf t. t l' l r ii UPI F 41 S I r C f I r I f T f I c f f 7 t I l e dr t ef 4 c WHEELER FAMILY An Ancient and Honorable Ra Race Race Race-F e Family Distinguished in jn CIvil and Military Life as Well Wel as in the Realm of Letters Letters- Leters- Leters Pilgrim Ancestors Men of A Affairs Rose Affairs Rose High in Public I E Esteem Lofty n Lofty Patriot Patriotism is II a Distinguishing Trait Trait Heraldic I. I Symbols s Betoken Constancy Magnanimity and Generosity 5 n fl ir Lexington f The Cornish word wore for n t mine Is 18 buol h 11 1 Jh h 1 arid and from mm rm this J lies lies' le derive tile the surname Wheeler or r 4 1 Us Hs ol oldest st form S A Wheeler then tIn was WS one mie who wito own owned 1 I r or tr operated a a wheal or nr mine mine Its It's Is I's quite t simple like meo many other things when you ou once know v about them But who would ue s It It I. I even en e I If a prize were wore t u offered for Cor a theory regarding the tho derivation de tie- r- r 1 of or this patronymic of ot the beauties of o the tho name is isyou s t. t l you U can not spell It Jt t In sixteen J I ways nI more or less Wheler er ler and Wheeler theo heeler theeo are afe ab about aboul ul chance tho con t be K IT o i cli n q f fJ nJ 01 J. n records K C the family 0 I hethe he- he j i gl n the seventeenth century OneS OneS' One S' S JIe rarest of oC books the books the s-the the Oxford AlS Al- Al S was was compiled d by Maurice born born ISIS In En England The only kf wn copy cory Is In the library Th mt Wheler ler of or tho the next net c century w t a famous and a a learned Cato who learned Greek Creek r ho wn was 0 O Thomas tho the botanist j I WJ W k flur-f flur store four oro before he he began to study Hebrew br The Tho historian of or India as ns heS he S ts' ts tj called canNI was wan James Wheeler The general generl of or th the Cat Islands Inlands during th tho reign reign-of n or Charles II 11 I Was Sir Charles Wheeler heeler and In 1093 t English fleet fee under Sir Francis Frncis VI Wheeler h ler put Into Boston harbor fori foris for s i-s i repairs Sir Francis FrancI however can no not notI 4 1 I Q r reckoned on d with wih n n a l pl pilgrim lather father fh The first of or the name to found a ahome ahome home In the tho new now world was Henry heeler heel r who was s living vIng H In Virginia Virgin In InIn In l iC Ho Ito 10 mn may hav ha 6 been beon ono one of or the j- j original Bottlers of or Jamestown and und a cAvalier er and while an arIstocrat b by trU birth at heart it IL democrat of or the demor democrats demo demo- r i as were so o mu of or the iho many It I was In aristocratic Virginia the thc great spirits spiris were were- to ho bo I f who WIH should make mako of or the I colonies the tho ml mighty ht republic our flit Whee Wheeler er forefather of or Vii Ir la was as on one of thos to lo raise ralso the first fir f oleo the tyranny of or tho t one of who saw nw ta be- be fhe colonial Into the thc ful fu- fu l ere 1 n iJ our country Ho Ito Im may hu I Joined oice with Nathaniel Bacon 3 J Ur first t American r rebel h I. I of or whom ar it a i r j has ll rt U t-eit t on f salt J J hud he lie lived longer the thc of or A 1 1 n might aught t hn havn VI cOmo corno did a n years earlier tU tUI It I Many Inny of if Bu Immigrant t ancestors onno ro from Crum l ht county l England n Among the lie otes horn born ll IBM who ho hio was tva one or ot ot orthe the be settlers o of N Nv ow cw v whore In l he married Miriam 1 J ley Ho lie became u tt largo large land lanil owner owner own own- er er and anti had property In Co Conn n. n Co Concord IO rd Matt ast la has always boon been a Wheeler h I r stronghold m 1 en 1 11 and 1 W l J trl e 1 wore were v am- am J 1 flies Illos t r Th l c U li George of oC C C noi- noi wait WAi th the tho 11 of t r a n along long of Wheelers Ir It In Inmany many many yolks ak of or life on one o or of orthe the l proprietors or of oC la ii downin fn the he records n as ni a 1 fr e enn nn wan Ho lie 10 wiB wa horn In itt f In I lUe W. W His IUs f wife was wis al mid and t. t their chi 1 r t Up to ih h number 1 d 1 the th I flu IU IM H hh jr Sr mitt mAr neil Of t ou d dI I h I nf tic Ih nr first white child 11 hion I I In 1 Hoth Peregrine a an TJ to tn mAt Important t mem- mem ber l r lh colony tony ev- ev V-I V v. v rAI t I Qt L tk l nt-c nt fell fellIn In p fI f U tl of or I and t tha h Hr eliM In iii which his hil r l l b by his III rather father William O On g ia Q of or the are arc rude TUtt Ile qt r by the by the pilgrims pilgrim one on rep n t IUA Indian with drawn b lioW n r beneath It l' tb the legend iW i ire Vere re KreM wh we cam cama a I if Ift on An n I I tO h I Ot nu o Wheeler heeler family were wen Isaac Inac a and Thom Thomas t liga G of BOston n. n Thomas Thoma 61 of oC Lynn Muss 19 aDd John who came eom from toni Wilts situ and ani was f a living In Newbury MaIL aL In IS l t ai conn connections In co colonial 0 co- co lonial times time Ures beside the Whites were f Johnsons Johnen and andL l till L Camle and founders founder of or our ur ur 4 Crio Christian Christan names following the to of the times were Pleasant Pleas Pleas- ant eRL at and Morning lurel surely an Improve- Improve ane l. l toast t tapon Walty waity Peer ley p and Tomasin colonial lonial names namo which ie ib b ben bin n trial trials great and heavy helvy n t u. t family claiming connection r k u l. l L W 1 0 o of Concord who was waR a n soldier good and true o of J King Philips Philip's Phiip's br war mar anal Sarah Meriam fh lh Wheelers II lers wore always read ready to shoulder arms when their country wagIn was wag In peril perI The Tue roster of officers of or th the American revolution re gives gl es the names of rat n Lieutenants Francis John and anti Nathan Nathan Na- Na than of or the tue Massachusetts branch and Lieutenant Seth Set of or New Hampshire The New York CamU family was represented among others other by hy John and SUf Surgeon eon William the Connecticut family b by Surgeon Lemuel otto The Wheelers hEIers In every cr crisis I have 1 V I always been heen among those who would have hac nothing less than absolute lib liberty lb- lb ib- ib erty and absolute Independence Their refrain has been heen no flag ojje ope oJe land one heart one t I d A O v rm rW f Of or course it H is nol forgotten otc that the has given a i vice president to tot the t United Slates W William l lam Almon Ills Ils great groat service ser was in adjusting adjusting ad ad- the tho political complications in Louisiana b by tho I compromise compro compro- mise The he of coat illustrated is or on 01 a a chevron between three leopards' leopards j faces sn sable ble Crest on ii u i ducal coronet or an nn eagle displayed d gules Motto Ioto Fade Facie Tenus Even to the Iaco This coat-armour coat was granted in is ls to the tho Wheeler or Wheler family family fam fam- 1 ily of Warwick and Worcester and was vas borne b by the pilgrim father Isaac Wheeler heel r of or Boston lC The eagle In In heraldry signifies a aman aman aman man of action of lofty spirit speedy In apprehension and judicious In coun cotta sel sd set Displayed wings denote enot protection which Is also the meaning of or a cheron chevion chevron chev chev- ron on gripping talons rending and ant ruin to rebels a and at evil Tho The armorial bearing If I it nm may bo be so called of or the tue kings o of Persia and Babylon was the tho eagle engle In preference to tho lion lon A valiant valant and hardy hanly warrior Is the tue heral heraldic heraldic her her- al c sl significance of the leopard The Tho colors sable salle and gules and unc the metal or 51 signify constancy for COl sable fortitude r bravery nUll anti m magnanimity gules of oC mind and auth or and elevation |
