PENSION: Samuel Wheeler; Westfield, Chautauqua Co., NY

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WHEELER, SAMUEL--Was born in Westfield, Mass., in Jan., 1764. He died at
Westfield, Chautauqua County, N. Y., May 23, 1847. He enlisted in the
Continental army in 1780, serving in the 4th Mass. Reg't, receiving an
honorable discharge at the end of the war. He was awarded pension and is
mentioned in the Pension Lists of 1830 and 1840 as residing at Westfield,
Chautauqua County, N. Y. He was buried on his farm on the Sherman road, near
Westfield. All traces of the burial lot have since been removed. His older
brother, Daniel, was an officer in Wayne's Regiment, and his younger brother,
Moses, was in the same regiment with Samuel. In Feb., 1787, he married Ruby
DEWEY, who was born in 1767. She died in 1847. Their children were:
Samuel, born June, 1788, who married Hannah KING;
Daniel, died at age of 6;
Ruby, born 1793, married Eli BISBEE;
Dewey, born 1796, married Hester VanWINKLE;
Clara, born 1798, married Levi MILLS, and later L. HARINGTON;
Laura, born 1802, married Thomas McCLINTOCK, she died Oct. 9, 1889;
Daniel 2nd, born 1804, married Rebecca HILL, and died in 1880;
Marion, born 1809, died March, 1861, became wife of Charles HILL.
Many descendants of Samuel WHEELER and his wife, Ruby DEWEY, are still living

*New York Pensioners, 1835
County: Chautauque Co.(*Chautauqua)
Name: Samuel Wheeler
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 80 00
Sums Received: 240 00
Description of service: Massachusetts continental
When placed on the pension roll: March 19, 1834
Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831
Age: 65