Wheat genealogy; a history of the Wheat family in America, with a brief account of the name and family in England and Normandy

M.L.Gc929„2W5605WV.21762958REYNOLDS HISTORICALGENEALOGY COLLECTIONALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYGENEALOGY929.23 1833 01398 5384W5605WV.2WHEAT GENEALOGYBYTHE LATE SILAS CARMI WHEATOFBROOKLYN, NEW YORKANDSCRANTONHELEN LOVEDESCENDANTSOF MOSESWHEATOF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTSAND OFMARYLANDFRANCIS WHEAT OF1960Publishing Co.Shore Line TimesConnecticutGuilford,1762958CONTENTSMOSES WHEAT ofMASSACHUSETTSand DESCENDANTS 1FRANCISWHEAT ofMARYLANDand DESCENDANTS 346UNPLACED FAMILIES 371APPENDICES:A: Ancestry (ALLEN) WHEAT 374of JERUSHAB: The Estate of SAMUEL WHEAT (1809-1879) 376INDEX 377ABBREVIATIONS USED:d.i. died in infancy; d,y, died young; s.p., sine prole, withoutissue; bp. baptized; c. about; the plus sign between the nameand the person's number indicates that the child is carried tothe next generation as a principal.refers Mr. Wheat's book,sew to 1903.PREFACEMore than fifty years ago Silas Carmi Wheat published a gene-alogy, dealing primarily with the family of Moses Wheat (c. 1616-1700) of Concord, Massachusetts. The early generations of his des-—cendants were hisgiven, as far as great-grandsons, four brothersSamuel, Salmon, Benjamin and Solomon. From there Mr. Wheatcarried on only his own direct line from Solomon (died c. 1797).publishIt was his intention to a second volume to cover the otherthree brothers, but after his sudden death in 1922 his valuablemanuscript remained untouched. The present compiler, also ...