The WHEATLEY Family of Boston

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First Generation

LIONEL WHEATLEY (d. 1677) of Boston

Parents: Unknown

Lionel Wheatley died between 5 Sep 1677, when he signed his will, and 2 Nov 1677, when it was proved. [Ref, p. 70] He married first Eleanor Unknown. [Ref, p. 70] He married second Abigail Matson. [Ref, p. 70] Abigail was the daughter of Thomas Matson. [Ref, p. 70]

In his will, Lionel mentions his "three youngest children by Abigail, my last wife, viz.: Martha, William & Abigail"; his father in law Thomas Matson; his uncle Theodore Atkinson; the children by his first wife. [Ref, p. 70]

Children of Lionel Wheatley and his first wife:

1. Samuel Wheatley was born on 29 Apr 1654 in Boston. [Ref, p. 70]
2. Jane Wheatley was born on 28 May 1655. [Ref, p. 70] She married William Lancaster. [Ref, p. 70]
3. Mary Wheatley was born on 14 Apr 1659. [Ref, p. 70]
4. John Wheatley was born on 6 Oct 1661. [Ref, p. 70]
5. Eleanor Wheatley was born on 8 Aug 1668. [Ref, p. 70]

Children of Lionel Wheatley and Abigail Matson:

1. Martha Wheatley was born on 15 Nov 1671. [Ref, p. 70]
2. William Wheatley was born on 1 Mar 1673. [Ref, p. 70]
3. Abigail Wheatley was born on 9 Jun 1677 in Boston. She died in 1707 in Boston. She married Capt. Simon Slocum on 28 Aug 1701 in Boston.

Second Generation

ABIGAIL WHEATLEY (1677 - 1707)

Parents: Lionel Wheatley and Abigail Matson [Ref]

Abigail Wheatley was born on 9 Jun 1677 in Boston. [Ref] She died in 1707 in Boston. [Ref, p. 452] She married Capt. Simon Slocum on 28 Aug 1701 in Boston. [Ref][Ref, p. 70]

References

Hill, John Whipple, Genealogical Notes of the Whipple-Hill families: Together with fragmentary records of other families, Chicago, Fergus Print. Co., 1897.

No author, Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751, online database, Ancestry.com.

Slocum, Charles Elihu, History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, Defiance, Ohio: Slocum, 1908.

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