Mary Wheeler

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name
Mary Wheeler
aka
[Mary Fairchild, Mary Beach, Mary Yale]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Daughter of Moses Wheeler, the Stratford ferryman, born at Stratford, Connecticut, in 1655. She married first Samuel Fairchild and bore him five children, probably among them Jonathan (1692); widowed in 1704/5, she married Benjamin Beach and then Thomas Yale, and died at Wallingford in 1747. The family's descent from her rests on Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett being her great-grandson, which is possible only.
born
date
13 Sep 1655
place
Stratford, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
note
Starr, from the Stratford land records.
died
date
17 Aug 1747
place
Wallingford, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
father
id
moses-wheeler-d1698
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines]
research
research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
note
Moses Wheeler's will of 19 Feb 1689/90 leaves "to my daughter Mary a brasse kettle"; the distribution of his estate, 14 Apr 1719, gives a share "to Mistress Mary (Yeal?)" (Fairfield probate, as Starr transcribes it).
mother
name
Miriam
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
note
Orcutt names Moses Wheeler's wife Miriam, sister of Joseph Hawley; Starr "failed to find any evidence on the subject."
spouses
name
Benjamin Beach
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-orcutt-1886-history-stratford]
married
date
5 Dec 1705
place
Stratford, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
name
Thomas Yale
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines]
note
Starr has only "Yeal (?)."
married
date
31 Jul 1716
place
Wallingford, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]

Daughter of Moses Wheeler, the Stratford ferryman, and wife successively of Samuel Fairchild, Benjamin Beach and Thomas Yale. In his will of 19 February 1689/90 her father left her "a brasse kettle holding ten or twelve Galons more or lesse. The abridgment of the martyr booke, and Mr Brookes his devices of sathan" (source): an abridged Foxe's Book of Martyrs and, very probably, Thomas Brooks's Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices (1652).

She married Samuel Fairchild, a ship's carpenter like her father, and bore him Robert (1681), Samuel, Anna, Edward and Jonathan (1692). Widowed in January 1704/5, she married Benjamin Beach Sen. of Stratford on 5 December 1705, and Thomas Yale at Wallingford on 31 July 1716 (source). In January 1712/13, fifteen years after her father's death, his estate was still unsettled, and "Nathan Wheeler and Samuel Fairchild" (her son, her husband being dead) "were appointed administrators to bring the matter to a final issue"; at the distribution of 14 April 1719 a single share, twenty-one and a third acres and one and a third sheep, went "to Mistress Mary (Yeal?)" (source). She died at Wallingford on 17 August 1747.

The family's descent from her rests on the identification of Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett with her great-grandson Jonathan, born at Norwalk in 1744, which is only possible (see Jonathan Fairchild).

Research: Notable connections of Frances Fairchild Holbrook: the Fairchild branch and the families that married in.

  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Wheeler
  3. aka: [Mary Fairchild, Mary Beach, Mary Yale]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Daughter of Moses Wheeler, the Stratford ferryman, born at Stratford, Connecticut, in 1655. She
  8. married first Samuel Fairchild and bore him five children, probably among them Jonathan (1692);
  9. widowed in 1704/5, she married Benjamin Beach and then Thomas Yale, and died at Wallingford in
  10. 1747. The family's descent from her rests on Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett being her
  11. great-grandson, which is possible only.
  12. born:
  13. date: 13 Sep 1655
  14. place: Stratford, Connecticut
  15. basis: compiled
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  18. note: Starr, from the Stratford land records.
  19. died:
  20. date: 17 Aug 1747
  21. place: Wallingford, Connecticut
  22. basis: compiled
  23. confidence: probable
  24. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  25. father:
  26. id: moses-wheeler-d1698
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines]
  30. research: research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
  31. note: 'Moses Wheeler''s will of 19 Feb 1689/90 leaves "to my daughter Mary a brasse kettle"; the distribution of his estate, 14 Apr 1719, gives a share "to Mistress Mary (Yeal?)" (Fairfield probate, as Starr transcribes it).'
  32. mother:
  33. name: Miriam
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: possible
  36. sources: [book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  37. note: Orcutt names Moses Wheeler's wife Miriam, sister of Joseph Hawley; Starr "failed to find any evidence on the subject."
  38. spouses:
  39. - name: Benjamin Beach
  40. basis: compiled
  41. confidence: probable
  42. sources: [book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-orcutt-1886-history-stratford]
  43. married:
  44. date: 5 Dec 1705
  45. place: Stratford, Connecticut
  46. basis: compiled
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines, book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  49. - name: Thomas Yale
  50. basis: compiled
  51. confidence: probable
  52. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines]
  53. note: Starr has only "Yeal (?)."
  54. married:
  55. date: 31 Jul 1716
  56. place: Wallingford, Connecticut
  57. basis: compiled
  58. confidence: probable
  59. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  60. ---
  62. Daughter of Moses Wheeler, the Stratford ferryman, and wife successively of Samuel Fairchild, Benjamin
  63. Beach and Thomas Yale. In his will of 19 February 1689/90 her father left her "a brasse kettle holding ten
  64. or twelve Galons more or lesse. The abridgment of the martyr booke, and Mr Brookes his devices of sathan"
  65. ([source](/files/sources/book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines/)): an abridged Foxe's *Book of Martyrs* and,
  66. very probably, Thomas Brooks's *Precious Remedies against Satan's Devices* (1652).
  68. She married Samuel Fairchild, a ship's carpenter like her father, and bore him Robert (1681), Samuel,
  69. Anna, Edward and Jonathan (1692). Widowed in January 1704/5, she married Benjamin Beach Sen. of Stratford
  70. on 5 December 1705, and Thomas Yale at Wallingford on 31 July 1716
  71. ([source](/files/sources/book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds/)). In January 1712/13, fifteen years after her
  72. father's death, his estate was still unsettled, and "Nathan Wheeler and Samuel Fairchild" (her son, her
  73. husband being dead) "were appointed administrators to bring the matter to a final issue"; at the distribution of 14 April 1719 a
  74. single share, twenty-one and a third acres and one and a third sheep, went "to Mistress Mary
  75. (Yeal?)" ([source](/files/sources/book-starr-1915-goodwin-ancestral-lines/)). She died at Wallingford on 17
  76. August 1747.
  78. The family's descent from her rests on the identification of Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett with her
  79. great-grandson Jonathan, born at Norwalk in 1744, which is only possible (see Jonathan Fairchild).
  81. Research: `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md`.
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