The Origin: Below is an excerpted from "The Genealogical
and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America",
compiled by the American College of Genealogy under the direction of
Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr. (Boston: American College of Genealogy,
1914)
The name first
appears in history in the eighth century, when one of the Saxon
chieftains is recorded as bearing the name "Wielher." As the word
shows progressive changes from that date onward, there is no
difficulty in tracing the character of that change. Thus, in the great
Domesday Book of William the Conqueror, the anme appears as "Weleret,"
the holder of the name being recorded as a landowner. "Hugh Le Welere"
is mentioned on the One Hundred Rolls in 1273 and "Richard le Whelere"
on the Close Rolls in 1348. The spelling "Wheeler" does not appear
until later, not until a date which precludes its having borne any
relation to a trade, such as a wheelright.
First
found in Worcestershire where they held a family seat from ancient
times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066, at Martin
Hussingtree.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants
were: Joseph Wheeler who settled in New England in 1630; Mercy
Wheeler, who settled in Massachusetts in 1633; Henry Wheeler, who
settled in Virginia in 1623.
Results from my uncles
y-DNA
testing show that our Branch of the Wheeler line is connected to Henry
& Mary Elizabeth (COLE) WHEELER c1400 from Cranfield, Bedfordshire,
England.
Coat of Arms:
A green shield with
three green lions rampant on a gold fess.
Motto: Avito jure - By
Ancestral Right
The earliest recorded Wheeler: Richard Welere
b.1399 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND.
Name variations associated with this House:
Wheeler,
Wieler, Welert, Whelere, Wheller & Welere
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