Mehitable Jewett
F, #12926, (5 December 1730 - 14 April 1802)
Gravestone of Mehitable (Jewett) Wheeler
Last Edited=12 May 2023
Mehitable Jewett was born on 5 December 1730 at Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Samuel Jewett and Ruth Hardy.1
Mehitable Jewett, age 20, married Peter Wheeler, age 21 , son of Peter Wheeler and Hannah Colburn, on 19 March 1751 at Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.1,4,5,6,7
Mehitable Jewett was mentioned in the will of Samuel Jewett on 18 July 1752 at Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.8 Mehitable and Petermoved to Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. towards the end of their life.1 Mehitable Jewett died on 14 April 1802 at Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, at age 71.2 She was buried at Alstead Center Cemetery, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Mehitable's epitaph reads:
Mehitable Jewett, age 20, married Peter Wheeler, age 21 , son of Peter Wheeler and Hannah Colburn, on 19 March 1751 at Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.1,4,5,6,7
Mehitable Jewett was mentioned in the will of Samuel Jewett on 18 July 1752 at Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.8 Mehitable and Petermoved to Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. towards the end of their life.1 Mehitable Jewett died on 14 April 1802 at Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, at age 71.2 She was buried at Alstead Center Cemetery, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Mehitable's epitaph reads: In memory of Mrs.
Mehitable Wheeler
Relict of Mr. Peter Wheeler
who died April 14th
1802 in the 72d
year of her age.2,9
Mehitable Wheeler
Relict of Mr. Peter Wheeler
who died April 14th
1802 in the 72d
year of her age.2,9
Children of Mehitable Jewett and Peter Wheeler
- Mehitable Wheeler1 (29 Feb 1752 - 6 Sep 1824)
- Peter Wheeler1 (31 Aug 1753 - )
- Samuel Wheeler1 (18 Jul 1755 - )
- Esther Wheeler1 (7 Jan 1758 - )
- Hannah Wheeler (12 Oct 1760 - )
- Benjamin Wheeler1 (29 Jul 1763 - )
- Joseph Wheeler1 (15 Nov 1766 - )
- Jonathan Wheeler1 (2 Jul 1768 - )
- Nathan Wheeler+ (19 Mar 1774 - 23 May 1812)
Citations
- Jewett, Frederick Clarke. History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America. Rowley, Massachusetts: The Jewett Familiy of America, 1908.
- Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
- Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Bedford to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903.
- New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
- New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
- New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2021.
- Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America. Boston: American College of Genealogy, 1914.
- New Hampshire. Probate Court. New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015.
- Historic Activities Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire. Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire. Dover, New Hampshire: by the author, 1942.