Jane Coburn, daughter of James and Lydia Coburn, was born in 1771 and married Jonas Wheeler ca 1790. Jonas was born on 31 December 1765 in Galway, Saratoga Co., NY, and died in 1825 in Wheeler, Steuben Co., NY. His first wife was Rebecca Maynard who he married on 28 March 1765 in Concord, MA, by whom he had ten children. His second wife was Jane Coburn who he married ca 1790. They lived in Rindge, NH, Wilmington, VT, Galway, NY, Saratoga Co., NY, and Wheeler, NY. After his death, she moved to Lodi Twp., Washtenaw Co., MI, where she died in 1850.

Children of Jonas Wheeler and Jane Coburn:
[1] James Wheeler, b. 21 Mar 1793, Galway, Saratoga, NY, d. 23 Feb 1857, Tecumseh, Lenawee, MI
[2] John Wheeler, b. ca 1794, Galway, Saratoga, NY, d. ca 1850, Berrien Co., MI
[3] Asa Wheeler, b. 21 Oct 1796, Galway, Saratoga, NY, d. 4 Nov 1863, Woodland, Barry, MI
[4] Amos Wheeler, b. 22 Mar 1799, Galway, Saratoga, NY, d. 8 Dec 1867, Hagar, Berrien, MI
[5] Belina H. Wheeler, b. 17 Apr 1801, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, NY, d. 24 Apr 1887, Nevada, Vernon, MO
[6] Dolly (Wheeler) Sagar/Seagar, b. 27 Mar 1803, Galway, Saratoga, NY, d. 26 Jan 1880, Fairfax Co., VA
[7] Nathan Wheeler, b. ca 1804, d. 7 May 1879, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, NY, bur. William Nellis farm
[8] Julia Ann (Wheeler) Sagar/Seagar, b. 17 Apr 1805 Wheeler, Steuben, NY, d. 21 May 1826 Wheeler, Steuben, NY
[9] Benjamin P. Wheeler, b. ca 1808, NY, d. 1 Sep 1850, Meridian, Ingham, MI
[10] Thomas Jefferson Wheeler, b. 4 Feb 1809, Steuben Co., NY, d. 16 Mar 1887, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
[11] Joel O. Wheeler, b. 13 May 1811, Wheeler, Steuben, NY, d. 22 Aug 1871, Hastings, Barry, MI; Pvt., Co. K, 6th Michigan Cavalry & Co. D, 3rd Michigan Infantry
[12] Jane Olive Wheeler, b. 3 May 1814, Wheeler, Steuben, NY, d. 15 Nov 1881, Saline, Washtenaw, MI

Jane (Coburn) Wheeler was probably living with her son Belina and his family in Lodi Township, Washtenaw Co., Michigan by 1840; the census reports one female aged 70-79. In 1850, she still lived there with her son Belina Wheeler, his wife Malinda, and five children. Malinda was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Saline, then the First Presbyterian Church of Lodi in Lodi Township. This church had disbanded by 1857 and most members had returned to the First Presbyterian Church of Saline. (If church records exist, they could be at the First Presbyterian Church of Saline, the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, or the Michigan Historical Collections at the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor.)[1]

Belina H. Wheeler
b. 17 Apr 1801, Saratoga Spr., Saratoga, NY
m1. Malinda Hoyt
on 29 June 1825, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
m2. Jane M. [--?--]
d. 24 Apr 1887, Nevada, Vernon, MO
bur. Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, Vernon, MO

Malinda (Hoyt) Wheeler
d/o James Taylor Hoyt (1777-1851)
and Rachel Starr (1780-1857)
b. 12 Nov 1800, Steuben Co., NY, or Bethel, Fairfield, CT
d. 21 Jan 1856, Saline, Washtenaw, MI
(per church membership list)
bur. Union District Cemetery, Lodi Twp., Washtenaw, MI

Children of Belina and Malinda Wheeler (incomplete list):
[1] Lawrens Starr Wheeler, b. 20 Apr 1824, Wheeler, Steuben, NY, m. Adaline Ford, d. 12 Nov 1900, Jefferson, Jefferson, KS
[2] Isaac S. Wheeler, b. 11 May 1827, MI, d. 16 May 1844, Washtenaw Co., MI, bur. Union Cemetery near his mother and grandmother
[3] Chester Coburn Wheeler, b. ca 1828-29, Wheeler, NY, m. Mary Agnes Ames, Pvt. in Howland's Independent Co., Michigan Engineers, in Civil War, occ. bank cashier, d. 7 Jun 1890, Northampton, MA
[4] James H. Wheeler, b. ca 1832, NY
[5] Jonas Wheeler, b. ca 1834, MI, certified as a teacher in Superior Twp., MI, on 4 Nov 1854
[6] Edwin Orlando Belina Wheeler, b. 29 Nov 1835, Lodi Twp., Washtenaw, MI, certified as a teacher in Superior Twp., MI, on 4 Nov 1854, University of Michigan graduate 1862, m. Amanda Bennett, d. 3 Jun 1896, St. Louis, MO (See bio in Appleton's Encyclopedia and Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers.)
[7] Dorinda Wheeler, b. ca 1838, MI, m. [--?--] Aulls.

Jane's daughter, Jane Olive Wheeler, was born on 3 May 1814 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY, and died on 15 Nov 1881 in Saline, Washtenaw, MI. She married Daniel T. Drake in Saline on 18 Sep 1866. Daniel was born on 6 Sep 1798 in NY or in Pownal, VT, and died on 28 Oct 1880 in Saline. Both Jane Olive (Wheeler) Drake and Daniel T. Drake are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Saline, with Daniel's first wife, Sally W. Wheeler (4 Aug 1805 Salem, NY - 16 Feb 1851 Saline, MI).

[1] N. H. Krohn, abstractor, "First Presbyterian Church of Lodi, Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1836-1857," Family History Capers 8 (July, 1984), 7.