All info in this record was provided by a letter dated September 14, 1925, to Mr. Carlyle S. Wheelock, 632 South Main Street, Woonsocket, RI, from Ralph H. Wheelock, Sr. (copy in possession of Edwin K. Wheelock)
_Reu WHEELOCK _______+
| (1785 - 1833) m 1805
_James Loring WHEELOCK _|
| (1825 - 1900) |
| |_Rosanna SMILEY _____
| (1780 - 1874) m 1805
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|--_____ WHEELOCK
| (1848 - 1848)
| _____________________
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|_Irene Jane HAYNES _____|
(1827 - 1905) |
|_____________________
This child was stillborn. The date of birth is uncertain; it may have been 1849.
_Silas WHEELOCK _____+
| (1781 - 1851) m 1804
_John Homer WHEELOCK _|
| (1813 - 1887) |
| |_Rena BALDWIN _______
| (.... - 1833) m 1804
|
|--Augusta WHEELOCK
| (1847 - 1900)
| _____________________
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|_Sarah L. HOUGHTON ___|
(1813 - 1890) |
|_____________________
Augusta Wheelock is referred to as "Miss" in her death notice.
_David WHEELOCK _____
| (1775 - 1822) m 1800
_Charles WHEELOCK ___|
| (1813 - 1866) m 1834|
| |_Naomi FAIRBANKS ____
| (.... - 1859) m 1800
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|--Charles Albert WHEELOCK
| (1834 - 1871)
| _____________________
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|_Elizabeth HASTINGS _|
(.... - 1882) m 1834|
|_____________________
This birth also appears in the Leominster Vital Records, as follows: "Charles Albert, s. Charles and Elizabeth D., born in Lancaster."
"C. Albert Wheelock, while in a state of intoxication, fell from an extra-camp meeting train at Sterling, and was fatally injured." (Src: Annual Report: Including Returns of Railway Companies By Massachusetts Board of Railroad, Published 1872 by Wright and Potter, state printers.)
Charles mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 12 Jul 1861, age 26 years, 11 months and 27 days. His brother, William Everett Wheelock, also served in the 15th. He mustered out 28 July 1864, while absent sick, having fulfilled his term of service. His brother, George Franklin Wheelock, served in the 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. (Src: Roster and Genealogies of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, online records at http://www.nextech.de/ma15mvi/ma15mvi-p/main.htm, compiled by Susan Harnwell, May 2008.)
_Henry Howell WHEELOCK _+
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_Frank Bascom WHEELOCK _|
| |
| |_Mary BASCOM ___________
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|--Donald WHEELOCK
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| ________________________
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|_Jean HANNA ____________|
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|________________________
_____________________
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_Ralph WHEELOCK _____|
| (1600 - 1683) m 1630|
| |_____________________
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|--Gershom WHEELOCK
| (.... - 1684)
| _Thomas CLARKE ______
| | (1567 - 1638) m 1602
|_Rebecca CLARKE _____|
(1610 - 1680) m 1630|
|_Mary CANNE _________
(1580 - ....) m 1602
The baptism record for Gershom was found in the Register at the village of Eccles, near Banham, Norfolk, England. The record reads as follows: "Gersham Wheelocke filius Radolphi Wheelocke baptisatus fuit 3 die Jan:1632/33". (Source: "Mr. Wheelock's Cure", by Christopher Gleason Clark, published in the July 1998 issue of New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 152.)
William S. Tilden, "History of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886", 1886, writes the following about Gershom: "Gershom was in the list for Mr. Wilson's rate in 1657 [1], and probably came of age about that time. He married Hannah Stodder, daughter of John of Hingham, in 1658. In 1663, he had liberty from the town to cut "200 sedar plank" in the common swamp. His house stood on the Harbor Island road, a short distance south-west of the present residence of Charles Hamant. He rung the bell and swept the meeting-house in 1674, for which the town paid him 2 pounds, 15 shillings. The next year, he assisted in thatching the meeting-house. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and it appears to have been rebuilt on the same spot [2]. He died in 1684, and in 1690 his heirs sold the homestead to Joseph Plimpton."
Note [1]: Mr Wilson was the first minister in Medfield.
Note [2]: King Philips War.