Wheaton Robert b. 1606 d.

1606 -

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Birth	1606 [1]
Gender	Male
_UPD	09 AUG 2009 11:03:05 GMT-5
Person ID	I5271	Alan Donald Vibber
Last Modified	08 Dec 2009

Family 1	Elizabeth
Married	1648 [1]
Family ID	F2240	Group Sheet

Family 2	Ann
Married	Y [1]
Family ID	F2241	Group Sheet

Notes	From the earliest days of the colony, the family of Wheaton has held a foremost place in the town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and has taken rank among the leading families of Rhode Island. Among the Wheatons of Providence have been many prominent physicians, and various representatives of the family have won distinction in civil and military affairs. (I) Robert Wheaton, the immigrant ancestor, was born in 1606 and came from Swansea in Wales to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636. Here his independence of thought and speech made for him enemies who finally drove him from the town, as "a pestilential fellow." From Salem he made his way to Weymouth sometime previous to 1642, and soon afterward came with Elder Samuel Newman to Seconnet or Seekonk, which Mr. Newman named Rehoboth, because, he said, "the Lord hath made room for us." Thomas Cooper and Robert Wheaton were the two deacons of Elder Newman's church. In Newman's colony, Mr. Wheaton came toRehoboth among the founders of the town. He drew land in various divisions of the town. Hi. was a quiet, useful citizen, apparently prospering as a planter. During King Philip's war, he and other settlers had to abandon their homes, but he returned and died there at the ripe old age of ninety in 1696. He married Alice (Alys, Elice, etc.) Bowen, daughter of Richard Bowen, who came to America about1639. Richard Bowen was another of the founders of Rehoboth and he acquired large tracts of real estate along the river, "running under the bridge," called Bowen's bridge afterward. Richard Bowen wasadmitted a freeman, June 5, 1651; held various town offices. He married (first) Ann _____, who came from England with seven children; he married (second) in 1648, Elizabeth Marsh, widow of George Marsh. Children of Robert Wheaton : Joseph, Samuel and Jeremiah, born at Salem; Obadiah, born at Rehoboth, January 20, 1647; John, April 20, 1650: Bethia, May 20, 1652; Hannah, September 18, 1654; Mary, November 4, 1656; Ephraim, mentioned below; Benjamin, in the last of February, 1661.

[S68] New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1913-1915;), 1756 (Reliability: 3).