_John Sr. Wheeler _
_Obadiah Wheeler __|_Elizabeth ? ______
_Obadiah Wheeler _|
| | _Thomas Wheeler ___
| |_Susannah Wheeler _|_Rebecca ? ________
_Joseph Wheeler ______|
| | _William White ____
| | _Resolved White ___|_Susanna ? ________
| |_Elizabeth White _|
| | _William Vassall __
| |_Judith Vassall ___|_Ann Kinge ________
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|--Rev. Joseph Wheeler
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As any incident connected in anyway with the battle of Bunker Hill is now eagerly sought for, and as the incident which I am about to relate has never been published & is known only to a few of the descendants. I offer the following truthful account for publication. Rev. Joseph Wheeler graduated at Harvard College in 1757; was ordained pastor of the church in Harvard, Mass. Dec. 12, 1759. After a few years he had the misfortune to lose his voice as entirely as to require him to leave the pulpit. Soon after the commencement of the Rev. Udange (?) he graciously engaged in the cause of his country and was chosen a member of the Providential Congress, refuser totine to the General Court, and a member of the Committee of Correspondence. The night before Bunker Hill battle he volunteered with five others to go on to the hill and they staked out the ground for the entrenchment which was thrown up during the night. After the arrival of General Washington at Cambridge, Mr. Wheeler was chaplain of his staff. After the war he was appointed a justice of the quorum for Worcester County register of probate, which office he held until he died. Among his descendants are and have been, some of our most prominent men. Moses Wheeler, formerly a merchant of State Street, Theophilus Wheeler of Worcester, register of probate and justice of the quorum, Daniel Wheeler of Worcester, and Dr. John Wheeler of Dover, NH were his sons. Mrs. Woods, wife of Rev. Dr. Woods of Andover and Mrs. Walker, wife of Rev. Daniel Walker of Danover were his daughters. Rev. Leonard Woods, D. D., ex. President of Providence College, Nathaniel Walker of Louisburg square, Theophilus Walker of Walltaus, Mrs. William Rea of Chestnut St., Mrs. Hannah Walker, sister of Nathaniel and Theophilus and Mr. Joseph Wheeler Woods of West Cedar Street are among his descendants. S. Woods
Boston, MA May 25, 1895
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