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Descendants of Uriah Wheaton

Generation No. 1

1. URIAH² WHEATON (PETER¹)^1,² was born 1710 ³, and died 1746 in Cape May County, New Jersey³. He married ELINOR WHEATON⁴. She was born 02 January 1714/15 ⁵, and died 1747 in Cape May County, New Jersey⁵.

Notes for URIAH WHEATON:
Family records holds that Uriah and Elinor Wheaton were parents of the children listed here. The Wheaton family Bible also records that Uriah and Elinor were second cousins, suggesting that the family legend about her Swedish ancestry may be less than factual.

The Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society has letters that indicate that Joseph Wheaton's father was named Uriah, and that Uriah may have had brothers, Peter, Silas and Robert. There are references to Wheatons with those names in the neighboring counties of Salem and Cumberland.

The four brothers were descendents possibly of Robert Wheaton of Rehoboth. Swansea, Massachusetts, but there is again no documentation. There is some indication that one or more of Robert's grandchildren, namely Noah and Jonathan, may have settled in Trenton, New Jersey early in the 1700s with their mother. If they are the connection, it is likely that their children moved into southern New Jersey by the 1740s.

Source: Private correspondence, 20 June 1996

One source believes Noah Wheaton, a grandson of Robert, could be the link. Robert reportedly came from Wales, as did his wife, Alice Bowen. Robert and Alice had several children, whose offspring spread throughout New England, New York and New Jersey.

Source: private correspondence, Dec. 2001

FamilySearch.org's IGI has an entry for a Peter Wheaton, son of Uriah Wheaton (b 1750), Gloucester, New Jersey. This Peter could be our Uriah's brother.

The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vols. 1-85, 1600s-1900s printed the Sealing Docket of Gloucester County, New Jersey, beginning 1746. In it, a Uriah Wheaton is mentioned three times (pages 16, 17 and 19)

p 16 -- Nichs. Gibbon Execr. of Leonard (Lenoard) Gibbon decsd v. Uriah Wheaton, 9 Jan. [1747], Fi. Fa. Case Ł16:11, H, no goods found; 24 Aug., Fi Fa, damages Ł18:19:11.

p. 17 -- Nichl. Gibbon Execr. of Leonard Gibbon decd. v. Uriah Wheaton, 30 May [1747], Fi. Fa., H, to be renewed; 24 Aug., Fi. Fa., damages Ł11:4:4.

p. 19 -- Mary Baynton, John Baynton, Joshua Maddox, & Thomas Bourne Excers. of Peter Baynton decsd v. Uriah Wheaton, 24 Nov. [1748], case Ł10, S., non Est.

Notes for ELINOR WHEATON:
Family legend has it that Elinor was a Delaware Swede, that is, a member of the Swedish colony in Delaware. However, the Wheaton family Bible records that she and Uriah Wheaton were second cousins.

Children of URIAH WHEATON and ELINOR WHEATON are:

EPHRAIM³ WHEATON^5,⁶.

More About EPHRAIM WHEATON:
Occupation: Pastor, First Baptist Church ⁷

	ii.	DANIEL WHEATON⁷.
2.	iii.	SILAS WHEATON, b. 1739, Gloucester County, New Jersey; d. New Jersey.
3.	iv.	URIAH WHEATON, b. Abt. 1750, New Jersey; d. 1811, Pee Pee Township, Ross County, Ohio.
4.	v.	JOSEPH WHEATON, b. 20 February 1743/44, Cape May County , New Jersey; d. Bef. 17 August 1803, Cape May County, New Jersey.

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