_Benjamin WHEELOCK __+
| (1639 - 1720) m 1668
_Benjamin WHEELOCK __|
| (1678 - 1746) m 1700|
| |_Elizabeth BULLEN ___
| (1646 - 1689) m 1668
|
|--David WHEELOCK
| (1720 - 1789)
| _Jonathan THAYER ____+
| | (1658 - ....) m 1679
|_Huldah THAYER ______|
(1682 - 1739) m 1700|
|_Elizabeth FRENCH ___
(1655 - 1703) m 1679
David Wheelock, born in Mendon, removed to what is now modern day Charlton when a young man. On 15 Aug 1740, his father gave him "in consideration ... of parental love and affection" 150 acres in the County Gore, a tract of 10,000 acres adjoining Oxford (Worcester Deeds, book 26, page 17). He must have moved there after 15 Aug 1740, because the deed refers to him as David Wheelock "of Mendon". His brothers Jonathan and Paul also lived in the Gore, and were close neighbors. Unsatisfied with their representation in Oxford town affairs, residents of the County Gore signed a petition to become part of Charlton. David and his brother Jonathan both signed this petition on 12 June 1750. Finally, in 1757 the Gore was annexed to Charlton; becoming the northern section of the town.
David was active in the affairs of Charlton, holding office as a selectman in the years 1761, 1771, 1775, and 1777. (The first Board of Selectmen was formed in 1755.)
In 1779, a committee consisting of David Wheelock, Isaiah Blood, and Stephen Fay was chosen to provide for the families of Revolutionary War Soldiers of Charlton. In September of that year, the town voted to raise 900 pounds for this purpose.
In 1781 Jacob Davis, an active participant in Charlton town affairs, and a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, organized several residents of Charlton to purchase a tract of land in Vermont, later to become the town of Calais. David was one of the 60 original proprieters of Calais, as were his nephews Peter and Eli Wheelock.
David passed his interest in Calais to his son, Abijah, who became the first permanent settler of Calais in 1789. Abijah purchased lot 51 of the first division from Col. Davis for 20 pounds lawful English money.
David's first wife, Lydia White, died in the "great sickess" of 1759. His children Jemima and Hendrick also died in 1759, at an early age, probably suffering the same fate.
He married 2nd Rachel Chapin, half sister to Abigail Chapin, his brother's wife.
David Wheelock left no will, but the settlement of his estate is found in the Worcester County Probate Office, file 63644.
(Written by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr., July 1999)
Sources
o Notes on the formation of Charlton, Charlton Public Library, 1997. (Record of Selectmen of Charlton.)
o "The History of Charlton", by George F. Stockwell, an article in "The History of Worcester County", published in 1879 by C. F. Jewett and Company, of Boston.
o "The Wheelock Family of Calais, Vermont", by Marcus Warren Waite, The Driftwind Press, North Montpelier, Vt, 1940.
o "The History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches", compiled under the supervision of D. Hamilton Hurd, published in 1889 by J. W. Lewis and Co., Philadelphia.
o Worcester County Deeds, Benjamin Wheelock to David Wheelock, 15 Aug 1740, recorded 1748, Book 26, Page 17.
_Benjamin WHEELOCK __+
| (1704 - ....) m 1726
_Jonathan WHEELOCK __|
| (.... - 1774) m 1756|
| |_Deborah TAFT _______
| (1702 - ....) m 1726
|
|--Deborah WHEELOCK
| (1765 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Ruth DANIELS _______|
(1738 - ....) m 1756|
|_____________________
Intention to marry filed in Mendon, 8 July 1787 according to Wheelock Genealogy, by CCW.
_Eliab WHEELOCK _____+
| (1753 - 1819) m 1782
_Abraham WHEELOCK _____|
| (1804 - 1870) m 1830 |
| |_Mary GASSETT _______
| (1764 - 1808) m 1782
|
|--Mary Elizabeth WHEELOCK
| (1831 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Catherine Hill PRATT _|
(1803 - 1838) m 1830 |
|_____________________
_Ebenezer WHEELOCK __+
| (1792 - 1870)
_Addison Patridge WHEELOCK _|
| (1833 - ....) m 1855 |
| |_Mary BLAISDELL _____
| (1797 - 1864)
|
|--William Addison WHEELOCK
| (1863 - 1926)
| _Thomas MCBRIDE _____
| | (1795 - ....)
|_Ann MCBRIDE _______________|
(1833 - 1885) m 1855 |
|_Phebe HACKETT ______