Thomas Wheeler Banks was the son of Zaccheus and Sarah (Wheeler) Banks. Thomas was only 11 years old when his father died in 1775. Thomas' uncle (possibly Joseph) took him to Boston in 1776, but the harbor was blockaded, a consequence of the conflict between the colonies and the English. Unable to stay in Boston, they returned to Annapolis Valley where young Thomas boarded with Colonel Phineas Lovett, author of memoirs which are often used by historians.
(Source: John Manning Wheelock, a descendant of Abel Wheelock and Jane Foster, April 1999.)
_Elijah DEWING ______
| (1761 - 1844) m 1788
_Joel DEWING ________|
| (1807 - 1891) m 1832|
| |_Betty REED _________
| m 1788
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|--Charles Prentice DEWING
| (1835 - ....)
| _Gershom WHEELOCK ___+
| | (1779 - 1855) m 1806
|_Mary WHEELOCK ______|
(1810 - 1848) m 1832|
|_Priscilla MASON ____+
(1778 - 1845) m 1806
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_Jonas MOORE ________|
| m 1786 |
| |_____________________
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|
|--Israel MOORE
| (1795 - 1829)
| _Joseph WHEELOCK ____+
| | (1729 - 1776) m 1751
|_Alice WHEELOCK _____|
(1770 - ....) m 1786|
|_Alice PAGE _________
(1730 - ....) m 1751
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_Warren H. REYNOLDS _____|
| m 1940 |
| |________________________
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|
|--Gary Thomas REYNOLDS
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| _Walter Edwin WHEELOCK _+
| | (1891 - 1986) m 1917
|_Dorothy Marie WHEELOCK _|
(1917 - ....) m 1940 |
|_Arba Marie RIDER ______
(1896 - 1954) m 1917
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_Phlin SHATTUCK ____________|
| (1863 - 1939) m 1888 |
| |________________________
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|
|--Charles L. SHATTUCK
| (1889 - 1956)
| _Joseph S. WHEELOCK ____+
| | (1819 - 1902) m 1850
|_Lillian Victoria WHEELOCK _|
(1858 - 1907) m 1888 |
|_Polly Almira CRANDALL _+
(1826 - 1899) m 1850
Charles was an avid genealogist. He created a number of hand-drawn family trees in the late 1940's, early 1950's, one of which served as the basis for much of the information presented in this genealogy. These family trees started with Joseph S. Wheelock (his grandfather), and extended down to all of Joseph's descendants who were alive in 1952.
Some documents refer to his name as George Schmitt.
_Darald SPRINGER ________
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_Jason Lee SPRINGER _|
| (1973 - ....) m 2003|
| |_Patricia Gail WHEELOCK _+
| (1951 - ....)
|
|--Karis Ann SPRINGER
| (2004 - ....)
| _________________________
| |
|_Leah Doreen ROSS ___|
m 2003 |
|_________________________
_John WHEELOCK ______+
| (1757 - ....) m 1779
_Joseph WHEELOCK ____|
| (1789 - 1878) m 1810|
| |_Sarah WILLIS _______+
| (1762 - ....) m 1779
|
|--Dorothy WHEELOCK
| (1822 - 1825)
| _____________________
| |
|_Abigail C. BEAL ____|
(1788 - 1854) m 1810|
|_____________________
_Ralph WHEELOCK ______+
| (1726 - 1822) m 1750
_Ralph WHEELOCK _____|
| (1758 - 1847) m 1784|
| |_Experience DENNISON _
| (.... - 1765) m 1750
|
|--Gershom Blashfield WHEELOCK
| (1786 - 1871)
| _John BLASHFIELD _____
| |
|_Abigail BLASHFIELD _|
(1762 - 1819) m 1784|
|_Mary REA ____________
The Sturbridge Vital Records refer to him as "Gershom Wheelock", omitting the middle name "Blashfield". The same VRs make note that Gershom and Chester were born too close together. One or both of their birth records must be in error. Carlyle Capron Wheelock obtained some of the information about this family from Avery G. Wheelock, 10 Sep 1912.
_Benjamin WHEELOCK __+
| (1639 - 1720) m 1668
_Obadiah WHEELOCK ___|
| (1685 - 1760) m 1708|
| |_Elizabeth BULLEN ___
| (1646 - 1689) m 1668
|
|--Obadiah WHEELOCK
| (1712 - 1761)
| _Dennis DARLING _____
| |
|_Elisabeth DARLING __|
(1685 - ....) m 1708|
|_Hannah _____ _______
Obadiah Wheelock and family moved from Mendon to Shrewsbury probably before 1757 when Zipporah was married there, and possibly before 1752, when his son Ammariah was baptised in neighboring Grafton.
Obadiah Wheelock died in 1761 in Shrewsbury. In his will, Worcester County Probate case 63774, filed 27 Apr 1761, he mentions his wife Martha, eldest son Obadiah, second son Joseph, both of age; third son Elias, fourth son Jesse, and fifth son Ammariah, none of whom are yet of age. He then mentions his eldest daughter Zipporah Wood, wife of Josiah Wood, second daughter Martha Wheelock, and third daughter Abigail who is not yet of age.
At the close of the French and Indian war, the British government embarked on a program to replace the French speaking, Roman Catholic influence in Nova Scotia (and the other Canadian territories) with Protestant and English speaking influence. To encourage this, the British governors of Nova Scotia offered grants of free land to settlers. In the 1760's, a wave of New Englanders (called "Planters") migrated to Nova Scotia.
Among these were three members of this family, Obadiah Jr., Joseph, and Elias. Two of these (Obadiah and Elias) married into the Rice family of Marlborough, Massachusetts, many of whom also removed to Nova Scotia. (Source: George King, Rice Family Genealogist).
_Adams WHEELOCK ______+
| (1763 - 1846) m 1785
_Chapin WHEELOCK ____|
| (1786 - 1835) m 1806|
| |_Lucy LAMB ___________+
| (1765 - 1799) m 1785
|
|--William WHEELOCK
| (1808 - 1869)
| _Abner WHEELOCK ______+
| | (1747 - 1831) m 1780
|_Lucy WHEELOCK ______|
(1783 - 1864) m 1806|
|_Elizabeth BLANCHARD _
(1754 - 1831) m 1780
William Wheelock and his wife were among the first settlers of Holland and the county districts of Erie county, NY. The "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, and History of Rock Island County", 1914, gives a death date for William Wheelock of 11 May 1869.