In 1649 and 1650, grants of land were made to Dedham, MA settlers wishing to establish a new settlement in the Boggestowe area at East Holliston, MA. Medfield, MA, was incorpoted in 1650 on these lands. In 1659 another grant of land, called the "New Grant" was made to Medfield settlers, in an area now largely occupied by Medway, MA.
Henry Garnsey, of Roxbury, was the first settler in the New Grant. In 1700, the same year that he married Sarah Wheelock, he owned Lot No. 8, which laid on both sides of Chicken Brook, with its east bound at the present Cottage Street. His dwelling stood near the original junction of Village and Cottage Streets. The site of his house is marked by a partial foundation and celler hole, just south of the former railroad grade, preserved by the Medway Historical Commission.
In 1717 he was a Selectman of Medway.
Guernsey Street, unfortunately misnamed, commemorates Henry Garnsey.
Henry's wife Sarah died in 1716, and Hannah, Henry's second wife died in 1721.
His tombstone, in the Old Burying Ground, West Medway, reads as follows: "Here lies ye Body of Henry Gurnsey Deceased, July ye 3rd 1759 Aged 80 years."
(Source: "Early Medway Settlers & Land Records", Francis D. Donovan, 1996, Medway Public Library website, www.medwaylib.org)
Molly (or Mary) was the daughter of Captain Aaron Sanborn.
_Eleazar WHEELOCK ___+
| (1749 - 1831) m 1774
_Humphrey WHEELOCK __|
| (1800 - 1892) m 1824|
| |_Huldah WOODWARD ____
| (1758 - 1829) m 1774
|
|--Alonzo WHEELOCK
| (1837 - ....)
| _Samuel LESURE ______
| |
|_Sophia LESURE ______|
(1800 - 1880) m 1824|
|_Hannah (--?--) _____
Alonzo Wheelock lived in St. Clair, Minn. (Src: "The History of Barnard, Vermont, 1761-1927", William Monroe Newton, Vermont Historical Society.)
_Asa WHEELOCK _______+
| (1783 - 1858) m 1807
_Cyrus Hubbard WHEELOCK _|
| (1813 - 1894) m 1835 |
| |_Lucy HUBBARD _______
| (1787 - 1815) m 1807
|
|--Asa Nathan WHEELOCK
| (1835 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Olive PARRISH __________|
m 1835 |
|_____________________
_Nathan WHEELOCK ______+
| (1785 - 1821) m 1806
_Francis Eaton WHEELOCK _|
| (1809 - 1877) m 1835 |
| |_Abigail Ellis RAWSON _
| (1784 - ....) m 1806
|
|--Edwin Morton WHEELOCK
| (1839 - 1926)
| _______________________
| |
|_Sarah HOWE _____________|
(1807 - 1893) m 1835 |
|_______________________
Edwin's headstone is inscribed with "Company B, 26th Mass Volunteers, Infantry".