An Influential Citizen and The Avon Congregational Church
Author: Janet M. Conner, Researcher, Avon Historical Society Early Northington resident Joel Wheeler was a civic-minded individual. Joel was born about 1754 to William and Abigail Fost Wheeler. He moved to town in the late 1700s and began buying property in the town center known as East Avon. Land ownership correlated to status, wealth, and standing within the community, as well as within the Church. In 1795, he had acquired about 100 acres of land and a house at 26 Main Street,…
