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Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1355

id 1355
lastname Wheeler
firstname Lewis
sex m
birth_date 1806c
birth_place 1828
date_admitted Hancock 1819, 1828-1831, 1838
covenant_signed Burglar, 1839.
shaker_residences 1838.06.11
health Age 13, Hancock Chh, 1819.09.00, OClWHi.III:A-17. Signed Hancock Chh Family covenant 1828.08.08, MPH.854. Hancock Chh 1st Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting, Hancock Chh Family, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. Left 1838.06.11, NOC.13,602, p33. Burglar: broke into seed shop and stole $3,325 worth of seeds & equipment 1839.02.16; property was recovered; he was apprehended in March; Dr. Wright posted $700 bail; on April 21, authorities found another $400+ of Shaker property concealed under Jeffords barn; on June 21, grand jury indicted him for grand larceny in Lenox MA, but he fled before trial in June, MPH.4395. See also Joseph Wicker letter to Grove Blanchard, 1839.03.17, OClWHi.IV:A-19.

	id	1355
	lastname	Wheeler
	firstname	Lewis
	sex	m
	birth_date	1806c
	birth_place	1828
	date_admitted	Hancock 1819, 1828-1831, 1838
	covenant_signed	Burglar, 1839.
	shaker_residences	1838.06.11
	health	Age 13, Hancock Chh, 1819.09.00, OClWHi.III:A-17. Signed Hancock Chh Family covenant 1828.08.08, MPH.854. Hancock Chh 1st Order 1829.08.30, OClWHi.III:B-42. Signed covenant 1830.12.25, NOC.10,345. Assigned place in meeting, Hancock Chh Family, 1831.11.20, MPH.1784. Left 1838.06.11, NOC.13,602, p33. Burglar: broke into seed shop and stole $3,325 worth of seeds & equipment 1839.02.16; property was recovered; he was apprehended in March; Dr. Wright posted $700 bail; on April 21, authorities found another $400+ of Shaker property concealed under Jeffords barn; on June 21, grand jury indicted him for grand larceny in Lenox MA, but he fled before trial in June, MPH.4395. See also Joseph Wicker letter to Grove Blanchard, 1839.03.17, OClWHi.IV:A-19.

Village:Hancock, MA Source:whrsreel:015829