SIXTH GENERATION


32. Jason WHEELER (90)(32) (103)(196) (197)(198) was born on 4 Oct 1765 in NY. (Source given by Morrow: " Wheeler, Jr., Albert Gallatin, The Genealogical & Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, 1914.") He died in 1843. Notes from Richard O. Johnson:
Jason Wheeler appears in 1800 census of Herkimer Co., NY, Frankfort twp., with following family configuration (identifications based on list of children in Wheeler Genealogy):
male 26-45 [Jason himself, b. 1765]
female 26-45 [wife Patience]
female 10-16 [Elizabeth, b. 1789]
male under 10 [Silas, b. 1790]
female under 10 [Abigail, b. 1793]
male under 10 [Jason James, b. 1795]
female under 10 [Lucy, b. 1797]
male under 10 [George, b. 1799]

4 Oct. 1801 Jason Wheeler, along with Alexander Watson, John Rathbun, Benoni Vinton and Stephen Dow purchase land from Jane Constable in Herkimer co. NY (492 acres in Bayard or Freemason Patent, Lot #110) (recorded 4 Oct. 1801, Book 1, p. 288).

3 Jan. 1803 Jason Wheeler granted land in Frankfort, Herkimer co. NY (41 1/2 acres in Freemason Patent, part of Lot #110), by Samuel Merry Jr. (recorded 24 May 1804, Bk 1 p. 48).

3 Apr. 1805 Jason Wheeler and Patience his wife, both of Frankfort, sell 41 1/2 acres in Frankfort to Christopher Joslin of Exeter, Rhode Island (recorded 11 Apr. 1805, Book 1, p. 289).

1810 Jason Wheeler appears in census of Chenango Co., NY, Columbus twp., with following family configuration:
male over 45 [Jason himself, b. 1765]
female 26-45 [Patience]
female 16-26 [Abigail, b. 1793; or Elizabeth, b. 1789; other probably married]
male 16-26 [Silas, b. 1790]
female 10-16 [Lucy, b. 1797]
male 10-16 [Jason James, b. 1795]
male 10-16 [George, b. 1799]
male under 10 [Abel, b. 1801]
female under 10 [Lucinda, b. 1803]
male under 10 [Harvey, b. 1805]
male under 10 [Tracy b. 1807]
female under 10 [Almira, b. 1809]

1820 Jason Wheeler appears in census of Clermont Co., OH, Franklin twp., with following family configuration:
male over 45 [Jason himself, b. 1765]
female over 45 [Patience]
male 16-26 [Abel, b. 1801]
female 10-16 [Almira, b. 1809]
male 10-16 [Harvey, b. 1805]
male 10-16 [Tracy, b. 1807]
female under 10 [Mary Ann, b. 1811]

He has not been located in the 1830 census; several of his children are still in Clermont co., however, including Harvey, Mary Ann (Hastings), Almira (Johnston), and the widow of Jason Jr.

In the 1840 census, he has not been located by name; but several of his children are by this time in Lawrence twp., Marion co. IN (Mary Ann, Harvey, Tracy. Could he be the "John Wheeler" enumerated fairly near them, whose household consisted of a male and female, each 70 to 80?

By the 1850 census, Jason is apparently dead; but his wife appears in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, John and Mary Ann Hastings, in Lawrence twp., Marion co. IN.

In A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America, Jason was listed as follows: "17315. Jason Wheeler. Born Oct. 4, 1765: died 1843. Married Patience ___ ___. Rem. from New York State to Ohio, and from there to Indiana." His 12 children are then listed.
He was married to Patience _______? about 1787. (32) "(based on birthdate of oldest known child)"

33. Patience _______?(90) (32)(103) (196) (197)(35) was born about 1768 in VA. She died after 1850. In an e-mail from Amelia Morrow dated 16 Jul 1999 she states, "I seem to remember that Patience lived as an old woman with her daughter Mary Ann Hastings (?) in Indiana. She's listed in the 1850 census."
The following is based on information received from Richard O. Johnson: She is listed in the 1800, 1810 & 1820 censuses with her husband and children, first in Frankfort twp., Herkimer Co., NY; then Columbus twp., Chenango Co., NY; and then Franklin twp., Clermont Co., OH. Like her husband, she does not clearly appear in the 1830 & 1840 censuses, but it is suggested that she and her husband might have been living in Lawrence twp., Marion Co., IN, in 1840. By the 1850 census her husband is apparently dead, but she appears in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, John and Mary Ann Hastings, in Lawrence twp., Marion co. IN. The name appears to be 'Palina Wheeler' but is probably intended to be 'Patience'; she is listed as age 82, born in Virginia. In the same county we find several of their other children, including Harvey (age 45), Almira (age 41); in subsequent census years, appearances are also made by Abel (age 69 in 1870), the widow of Tracy (in 1870)."
Children were:

child i. Elizabeth WHEELER(90) (199) was born in 1789 in NY. She died in 1849. Listed as #17316 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child ii. Silas M. WHEELER(90) (200) was born on 11 Feb 1790 in NY. He died on 18 Jun 1855. "Owned property in Franklin, Clermont, OH in 1826."
Source given by Morrow for birth & death: " Wheeler, Jr., Albert Gallatin, The Genealogical & Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, 1914" (p. 705, #12199). This source states that he "married Rhoda ___ ___" and lists their 5 children (Solomon, Silas, Betsey Lucinda, Abel Foster, and George).
Also listed as #17317 on p. 995 with his siblings and parents in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child iii. Abigail WHEELER(90) (201) was born in 1793 in NY. She died in 1832. Listed as #17318 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child iv. Jason James WHEELER(90) (202) was born in 1795 in NY. He died in 1828. Listed as #17319 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child v. Lucy WHEELER(90) (203) was born in 1797 in NY. She died in 1875. Listed as #17320 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child vi. George WHEELER(90) (204) was born in 1799 in NY. He died in 1829. Listed as #17321 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child vii. Abel M. WHEELER(90) (205) was born in 1801 in NY. He died in 1881. Listed as #17322 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child viii. Lucinda WHEELER(90) (206) was born in 1803 in NY. She died in 1834. Listed as #17323 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child16 ix. Harvey D. (or B.) WHEELER.
child x. Tracy R. WHEELER(90) (207) was born in 1807 in NY. He died in 1888. Listed as #17325 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child xi. Almira WHEELER(90) (208) was born in 1809 in NY. She died in 1852. Listed as #17326 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.
child xii. Mary Ann WHEELER(90) (209) was born in 1811 in NY. She died in 1852. Listed as #17327 in A.G. Wheeler's History of the Wheeler Family in America.

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