Simon Wheeler (1719-1758)

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Simon Wheeler I
Birth:	1719 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death:	20 July 1758 Halfway Brook, Saratoga County, New York, United States
Father:	Jonathan Wheeler (1685-1747)
Mother:	Hannah Russell (1690-1747)
Spouse / partner:	Sarah Temple (1722-1790)
Wedding:	13 July 1742 Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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• Casualty of French and Indian Wars
• 1758 Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

Biography

Simon Wheeler I was born 1719 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States to Jonathan Wheeler (1685-1747) and Hannah Russell (1690-1747) and died 20 July 1758 Halfway Brook, Saratoga County, New York, United States of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Temple (1722-1790) 13 July 1742 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

1758 Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

The French and Indian Wars In the summer of 1758, brought much combat action to the neighborhood of Fort Ticonderoga in Saratoga County, New York. Here French Canadian troops and their Indian warrior allies launched several ambushes on the British forces stationed there.

On July 20, one such raid near Halfway Brook, caught a small detachment of Colonel Nichols Regiment, scalping and killing about nine soldiers. These had "thro their own negligence having contrary to orders set out from [Lake George Camp] early in the morning without waiting for the escort."

Children

Offspring of Simon Wheeler I and Sarah Temple (1722-1790)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Simon Wheeler (1742-1803)	13 July 1742 Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	1803 Bowdoin, Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States	Hannah Reed (1745-)
Elijah Wheeler (1745-)
John Wheeler (1755-1844)
Joseph Proctor Wheeler (1757-)

Siblings

Offspring of Jonathan Wheeler (1685-1747) and Hannah Russell (1690-1747)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Abraham Wheeler (1711-1795)
Jerathmeel Wheeler (1715-1792)
Jonathan Wheeler (1715-)
Tabitha Wheeler (1716-)
Simon Wheeler (1719-1758)	1719 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	20 July 1758 Halfway Brook, Saratoga County, New York, United States	Sarah Temple (1722-1790)
Mary Wheeler (1719-)
Sampson Wheeler (1721-1804)
Oliver Wheeler (1722-1804)	1722 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts	31 July 1804 Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts	Abigail Woods (1726-1786)
Hannah Wheeler (1725-)

See Also

• Simon Wheeler
• Wheeler in Massachusetts County, Massachusetts
• Wheeler in Saratoga County, New York

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