Benjamin Pomeroy was a contemporary of the Rev. Eliazer Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth. He obtained a A.B. from Yale in 1733; a D.D. from Dartmouth, 1774. Rev. Pomeroy was a minister in Hebron, Conn. from 1734 to 1784; a chaplain in the army during the French and Indian wars; and a chaplain in the 3rd regiment Connecticut Line, from Jan. 1777 to July 1778. His tombstone in Hebron bears the following inscription:
"Along the gentle slope of life's decline, He bent his gradual way; Till full of years, he drops Life's mellow fruit into the grave."
"Here lies the body of Rev. Benj. Pomeroy, D.D. minister of the First Church of Hebron, and a trustee of Dartmouth College. Native of Suffield. Ob. Dec. 21st. 1784; aged 81. For 50 years a zealous preacher of the gospel, and eminently successful [...]. A Patron of learning, a firm and active Pastor and a friend to the distressed."
(Source: "History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family", by Albert A. Pomeroy, 1912)
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_Darald SPRINGER ________|
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|--Joel Richard SPRINGER
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| _Walter Ellis WHEELOCK _+
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|_Patricia Gail WHEELOCK _|
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|_Jean ELDER ____________
(1926 - ....) m 1949
_Samuel WHEELOCK ____+
| (1714 - 1792) m 1737
_Levi WHEELOCK ______|
| (.... - 1813) m 1785|
| |_Hannah AMMIDON _____
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|--Hannah WHEELOCK
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(1765 - 1817) m 1785|
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_Ralph WHEELOCK _____
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_Eleazar WHEELOCK ___|
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| |_Rebecca CLARKE _____+
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|--Ralph WHEELOCK
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|_Elizabeth FULLER ___|
(.... - 1688) m 1678|
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The Mendon VRs report Ralph's birth as follows: Ralph, s. of Eleazer and Elizebeth, Feb. 12, 1682.
Ralph Wheelocks will was probated (PR #4103) 21 Feb 1748/49 in Windham, CT mentions wife Mercy, son Eleazer, daughters Elizabeth Henry, Abigail Pomeroy, Sarah Bingham, and Mary Bingham.
His headstone in the Andover Road Cemetery, Hebron, CT, was transcribed by Rick Gagne:
06248-1-9 [Eleazar Wheelock's father] This MONUMENT/ sacred to The/ MEMORY OF MR/ Ralph wheelock/ Deacon of ye First/ Chh of Christ in/ windham who/ died Oct. 24 AD 1748/ 'tat. 6 [sic]