Twelfth Generation

2088. Obadiah WHEELER^{163,1246,1247} was born before 5 Dec 1609 in England, Bedfordshire, Cranfield.¹²⁴⁸ He was baptized on 5 Dec 1609 in England, Bedfordshire, Cranfield.^1248,1249 He died on 27 Oct 1671 in USA, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co., Concord.¹²⁴⁹ Obadiah Wheeler was born in England about 1608, and died at Concord, Mass. He was one of the original proprietors of Concord and was made freeman there in 1641. It is very probable that he came with the group of settlers to Concord that emigrated from Bedfordshire, England. Cranfield is a small rural village in Bedfordshire, seven of eight miles southwest from Bedford. The parish of Little Odell, about one mile north of Bedford, is where the Rev. Peter Bulkley, the first pastor and teacher of the Concord Church originated. A short distance southeast of Bedford is the cottage of John Bunyan. Early in the history of Concord a part of town at or near Meriam's Corner was known as "Cranefield".
Obadiah owned considerable property in and around Concord, and lived for a time, at least, in the East Quarter of the Town. His first wife was named Susannah. She died at Concord, March 24, 1649, and he married again but the name of his second wife is not known. He had nine children, seven with Susannah, and two with his second wife. The first was born in England, and the last was killed by Indians at Sudbury. Obadiah WHEELER and ? ? were married after 1649.

2089. ? ?.¹²⁵⁰Children were:

1044	i.	Obadiah WHEELER.
	ii.	Josiah WHEELER1104,1108 died on 21 Apr 1676 in Massachusetts Colony, Middlesex Co., Sudbury. He was killed by the Indians