Hi Willard- Here is what I have on these Wheatons: William Wheaton- I have 1740-50 as a birth date range- source is Charles Carroll Gardner cards Martha Martin- I have 1753 as a birth date and ca 1796 for death- also Charles Carroll Gardner Marriage date for these about 1772, from Gardner and Lockward: A Puritan Heritage p. 441 as sources (all the children's information below is from Lockward): Children: (in no particular order) 1. Bethuel b 19 Nov 1773; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell; possibly father of Lucinda b 1807 who married Thomas Day Corby 2. Phebe b 28 Apr 1775; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell 3. Elizabeth b 6 Oct 1776; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell; married Amos Corby 15 Aug 1795 at 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell 4. Mary b 18 Nov 1778; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell 5. Rachel b 31 Jul 1780; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell; married William Davis 6. Lydia/Lydea b 22 Jan 1782; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell 7. Letty(?Hetty)/Lety - no date 8. William b 6 Oct 1783; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell; married Nettee Spear 8 Jan 1808 9. Naomi - no date 10. Cyrenus/Cyrenius b 7 Jan 1788; bap 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell 11. Eunice - not included in my data 12. Squire b 17 Jun 1796 at Caldwell; married 1813 at NJ Mary/Mercy Jacobus (1793 Caldwell to 1864 OH); 1815 living with Mary at Tyre, Seneca County, NY- no source - but - Gardner has them married 8 Jul 1821 at 1st Pres Ch at Caldwell; son Charles (6 Mar 1820-29Sep1881 Delaware Cty, OH) married 3 Feb 1848 Mary Elizabeth Saunders (8 Jul 1829- 27 Apr 1890); had son 13.Silas - no date 14. Emma b 4 Nov 1792 I also have William marrying 2 Harriet Corby in 1821- no further information on her. I find a William Wheton in the Feb 1779 Tax List for Newark Twp., Essex County living at Newark Township (which then extended through West Caldwell and Fairfield to the border of Pine Brook) (p. 035) In addition, in 1787 William Wheaton is listed as a lot owner in the Ashfield Tract, land between the First and Second Mountains, now the Cedar Grove/Verona area; the Ashfield Tract was a subdivision of the much larger Horse Neck Tract. The original information is from the NJ Archives at Trenton- if you are not familiar with the Ashfield or Horse Neck Tracts let me know and I can send some information. If you are local to Essex County, the reference librarian at the Verona Public Library has information on the Ashfield Tract compiled by Robert Williams, Verona town historian. This tie to the Horse Neck Tract is interesting. If William was born at NJ he was alive during the land riots, which started somewhere in the Verona area. If he ended up owning part of the Ashfield Tract he might have been on the side of the Proprietors, or simply came later. I think he must have come later as I do not find his name (or that of anyone who might have been his father) on a number of old documents: 1670 Newark Census 1696 Essex County Quit Rent list A List of the Freeholders in the County of Essex: 1 Sep 1755 1750 Records Orange Church Subscribers various documents related to prosecution of the Elizabethtown Associates and the Horse Neck Rioters My best guess is he arrived in Essex County ca 1778, having been born elsewhere. Seems like an odd time to immigrate here, but a number of Hessian soldiers came and stayed- and, or course, others did too. Does this help with either the LI or NE Wheatons? Thanks for the excuse to rummage through some old files! Please keep me updated on your progress. I am very interested in all the families who passed through the Caldwells from early NJ settlement to WW1. Regards- Bev ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 04:10:40 -0700 (PDT) From: WILLARD WHEATON <wwheatonjr@verizon.net> Subject: Re: [NJESSEX] Surname Wheaton To: njessex@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <849461.57598.qm@web84102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii William Wheaton, b1751-1756 d b1825-1826 in Caldwell, NJ m Martha Martin, b1769-1770, d abt 1821 prob Caldwell, NJ Children: Bethuel, Phebe, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel, Lydia, Letty(?Hetty), William, Naomi, Cyrenus, Eunice, Squire, Silas. I'm seeking information on Wheatons living in NJ prior to 1775 and from where they came; in an attempt to tie William to either the New England or Long Island Wheatons. Willard E Wheaton Jr wwheatonjr@verizon.net ------------------------------ ***************************************