Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler (1779-1855)

Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler (1779-1855)

Birth: January 5th, 1779 in Mason, NH

• Father: Timothy Wheeler(1752-1820)
• Mother: Sarah Hubbard(1756-1823)

Death: January 11th, 1855 in Mason, NH

I am putting this biography together because of some samplers and embroidered purses that have been passed down to me through the family.  Betsy Wheeler was my 3rd Great Grand Aunt.  Here is how we are related:

4th Great Grandparents: Timothy Wheeler(1752-1820) and Sarah Hubbard(1756-1823)
3rd Great Grandaunt: Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler(1779-1855)	3rd Great Grandparents: David Sanders(1791-1863) and Amy Wheeler(1793-1874)
	2nd Great Grandparents: Benjamin Franklin Reed(1819-1900?) and Sarah Wheeler Sanders(1823-1919)
	Great Grandparents: David Joy Wright(1851-1908) and Jane Caroline Reed(1846-1936)
	Grandparents: David Sanders Wright(1887-1967) and Florence Edna Smith(1892-1937)

Betsy Wheeler was born on January 5th, 1779 in Mason, NH to Timothy Wheeler and Sarah Hubbard.  She was the second of ten children.  There isn't much documentation on here life and she appears to have lived in Mason, NH for all of it.  Her father died in 1820 and her mother passed away in 1823.

I have inherited a sampler and a set of embroidered purses from her.  She completed the sampler when she was 23 in 1802 and I don't know when she made the purses.  Here are some photos of them.

Betsy died in Mason, NH on January 11th, 1855 according to her grave site and February 6th, 1855 according to the death records.  Given that the death record is a copy done in 1906 I tend to trust the gravesite more.  She is buried with her father, mother and brother in Pleasant View Cemetery, Mason, NH.

There is a second sampler that is tied to a woman named Caroline Snoden and says she was born on May 8th, 1800.  I don't know how this one came into the family.  Caroline Snoden appears to have been born in Martha's Vineyard and married Samual Whitmarsh in Boston on November 26th, 1822.  They seem to have ended their years in Northampton. This could be where it ended up with the family.  

Sources:

• New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900: Name Betsey Wheeler Gender Female Birth Date 5 Jan 1779 Birth Place Mason, New Hampshire, USA Father Timothy Wheeler Mother Sarah
• New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904: Name: Betsy Wheeler birth date: 05 Jan 1779 birth place: Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
• New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949: Name Betsy Wheeler, Birth Date 1779, Death Date 6 Feb 1855, Death Place Mason, New Hampshire, Death Age 76, Clerk Locality Mason, New Hampshire, Event Type Death, FHL Film Number 1001113
• New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947: Name Betsy Wheeler, Birth Date 1779, Death Date 6 Feb 1855, Death Place Mason, New Hampshire, USA, Age at Death 76
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Name Elizabeth Wheeler, Birth Date 5 Jan 1779, Birth Place Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States of America, Death Date 11 Jan 1855, Cemetery Pleasant View Cemetery, Burial or Cremation Place Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States of America, Has Bio? N, Father Timothy Wheeler, Mother Sarah Wheeler, URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149522179/elizabeth-wheeler