_William DENISON ________
| (1804 - 1854) m 1833
_William B. DENISON ___|
| (1837 - 1873) m 1863 |
| |_Emeline BILLS __________
| (1812 - ....) m 1833
|
|--Hubert Eugene DENISON
| (1865 - ....)
| _Samuel Leland WHEELOCK _+
| | (1825 - 1901) m 1844
|_Mary Amanda WHEELOCK _|
(1845 - 1929) m 1863 |
|_Almena R. LANGDON ______
(1822 - 1892) m 1844
_____________________
|
_Laban FAIRBANKS ____|
| (1755 - 1799) m 1785|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Samuel FAIRBANKS
| (1791 - ....)
| _Jesse WHEELOCK _____+
| | (1731 - ....) m 1753
|_Nancy WHEELOCK _____|
(1767 - 1843) m 1785|
|_Phoebe WHITE _______
m 1753
__
|
_Seth SMITH _________|
| m 1660 |
| |__
|
|
|--Elisha SMITH
| (1679 - ....)
| __
| |
|_Mary THURSTON ______|
m 1660 |
|__
Patten, Malcom Clark, Patten Genealogy, Powell and Taylor Publishing Company, 1990, p. 127
_Jotham THAYER ______
| m 1784
_Alexander THAYER ___|
| |
| |_Bathsheba WHEELOCK _+
| (1760 - ....) m 1784
|
|--Alexander Wheelock THAYER
| (1817 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Susanna BIGELOW ____|
|
|_____________________
Alexander Wheelock Thayer is well known for his biography of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
_Robert Franklin WHEELOCK _+
| (1920 - 1997) m 1942
_Scott Jeffrey WHEELOCK _|
| (1954 - ....) |
| |_Ruth N. TOTTEN ___________
| m 1942
|
|--Janine WHEELOCK
|
| ___________________________
| |
|_Sherry SMITH ___________|
|
|___________________________
_Ralph WHEELOCK _____+
| (1682 - 1748) m 1707
_Eleazar WHEELOCK ___|
| (1711 - 1779) m 1747|
| |_Ruth HUNTINGTON ____
| (1682 - 1725) m 1707
|
|--John WHEELOCK
| (1754 - 1817)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary BRINSMEAD _____|
(1714 - 1783) m 1747|
|_____________________
John Wheelock fought in the Revolutionary War, commanding NH units. He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army.
He succeeded his father Eleazar as the second President of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, from 1779-1815.
John Wheelock corresponded with George Washington. A copy of this correspondence is to be found in the George Washington archives, and can be found online here (May 2000), search for Wheelock:
http://memory.loc.gov