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_Fred CLARK _________|
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|--Ruth CLARK
| (1906 - 2001)
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|_Florence BROWN _____|
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Ruth Clark's obituary refers to her children, Mrs. Sue Ann (Richard) Hunt of Glenview, and Mrs. Sherry (Stan) Schupbach of Lake Forest; grandchildren Jeff (Peggy) Hunt of Arlington Heights, Laurie (John) Davis of LaCrosse, Wis, Sally Hunt of Glenview, Emily Schupbach of Chicago, and Ellie Schupbach of Lake Forest. (Src: Obituary of Ruth Wheelock, published in the 17 Jan 2001 Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling, IL)
Mary Holman was the daughter of Jeremiah Holman and Anne ____. Mary's death is recorded in the Heath Vital Records (MA), as follows: Mary, w. John (father of John, h. Dorothy), Feb. 25, 1818.
The life of Alexander Phelps, and his relationship to Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, is well documented in "The Hatch and Brood of Time, Five Phelps Families in the Atlantic World, 1720-1880", by Peter Haring Judd, Newbury Street Press, Boston, MA, 1999.
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_Winslow POPE _______|
| (1770 - 1847) m 1793|
| |_____________________
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|
|--Mary POPE
| (1819 - ....)
| _Asa WHEELOCK _______+
| | (1741 - 1816) m 1763
|_Mary WHEELOCK ______|
(1778 - 1853) m 1793|
|_Rachel DRURY _______+
(1744 - 1830) m 1763
_Warren H. REYNOLDS _____
| m 1940
_Kenneth Warren REYNOLDS _|
| |
| |_Dorothy Marie WHEELOCK _+
| (1917 - ....) m 1940
|
|--Jeff REYNOLDS
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| _________________________
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|__________________________|
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|_________________________
_Benjamin WHEELOCK __+
| (1678 - 1746) m 1700
_Paul WHEELOCK ______|
| (1715 - 1776) |
| |_Huldah THAYER ______+
| (1682 - 1739) m 1700
|
|--Edward WHEELOCK
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| _Seth CHAPIN ________+
| | (1692 - ....) m 1713
|_Abigail CHAPIN _____|
(1721 - 1800) |
|_Abigail ADAMS ______+
(1684 - 1722) m 1713
Like his siblings, no record of birth for Edward is to be found in the Vital Records of Massachusetts. Edward grew up on his fathers farm in Charlton. The house he lived in, and one barn, are still standing on present day Gould Road.
He married his neighbor [1], Martha Daggett, on Independence Day, 4 July 1776. A few months later, his father died, leaving the bulk of his estate (including farmhouse and lands) to his eldest sons, Seth, Edward, and Paul. The three were also charged with the care of their mother, Abigail (Chapin) Wheelock. [9]
At the time, Edward was the only one of the three married, his wife pregnant. His older brother, Seth, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, having by this time already marched on the 1775 Lexington Alarm, and served in several campaigns in 1776.
Perhaps because of the obligations of war, Seth sold his portion of the inheritance to Edward and Paul for 140 pounds [2]. The two remaining heirs then divided the land and buildings [3], living together with their mother and the younger children.
A few months later (Sep 1777), Edward's wife gave birth to their first child, Relief, and brother Paul went off to fight in the war. Though most of his brothers fought, no record of Edward's enrollment has been found; it may be that he relinquished service to care for the family and farm.
Edward remained on the inherited estate for 17 years. Deeds indicate that his brother Paul also remained, sharing the house with Edward. [4]
In 1783, his brother in law, Robert Kelley, died. Edward was appointed guardian of three of the children: Abigail, Joel, and Chapin Kelley.
Edward appears in the 1790 Census, residing with 4 males under age 16, and 5 females. One of the females is his wife, Martha; one may be his mother, Abigail; the other three are probably daughters. Of the four males, two are accounted for in the Charlton Vital Records, Silas and Reu. Marcus Waite in his "papers" refers to additional male children Eli and Paul.
In Dec 1793, Edward sold his portion of the estate to his brother, John Wheelock of Spencer. [5] On the same date, his mother released him from his obligation to care for her. [6]
In 1781, Jacob Davis and 64 others purchased the township of Salem in Caledonia Co, VT, and were given a charter. Edward Wheelock was one of these; in 1798 his name appears on a list of proprietors for the town, delinquent in their payment of taxes. [7] Other names on the list were Jacob Davis, Nehemiah Stone, Abijah Lamb, Paul Wheelock, and others from Charlton, MA. The boundaries of Salem were held in dispute for many years, delaying it's settlement. [13] It's unlikely that Edward Wheelock ever established residence there.
In 1806 Edward Wheelock appears in the Oneida County, NY Index of Deeds as a Grantor, deeding land (with his wife) to John Goodhue (book 12, pg 123). He appears again in 1809, granting lands to Reu Wheelock (book 19, pg 122), and again in 1811 and in 1822. [11] Given that Edwards' daughter, Relief came to Augusta, Oneida Co, NY about 1800 with her husband, Jabez Howe [12], it is likely that Edward, Martha, and the entire family settled near there at about that time.
Other children of Edward and Martha appear in Batavia, Genessee County, NY, (in the 1805-1810 time frame). [8, 9]
No death record or headstone for Edward or Martha has yet been found.
(Written by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr., Aug 2000, updated Jan 2007)
Sources and References
[1] The marriage of Martha and Edward is listed in the Charlton Vital Records. The Worcester County Registry of Deeds has a deed showing that Captain Paul Wheelock's land abutted that of Deacon Nehemiah Stone, Martha's stepfather (Book 77, pg 322). Martha's brother, David, also married into the Wheelock family.
[2] Worcester County Registry of Deeds: Seth Wheelock to Edward and Paul Wheelock, 23 Jun 1777, Book 77, Pg 321.
[3] Worcester County Registry of Deeds: Paul Wheelock to Edward Wheelock, 24 Jun 1777, Book 77, Pg 322; Edward Wheelock to Paul Wheelock, 24 Jun 1777, Book 77, Pg 322.
[4] Worcester County Registry of Deeds: Edward Wheelock to John Wheelock, 16 Dec 1793, Book 119, Pg 642; Edward sells his land to his brother John, along with buildings, and refers to Paul Wheelock, owner of one of the buildings.
[5] Worcester County Registry of Deeds: Edward Wheelock to John Wheelock, 16 Dec 1793, Book 119, Pg 642.
[6] Worcester County Registry of Deeds: Abigail Wheelock to Edward Wheelock, 16 Dec 1793, Book 120, Pg. 59. Abigail releases Edward from his "maintenance" obligations stipulated in her husbands will. These "obligations" transferred to Edward's brother, Seth.
[7] The Vermont Journal, Classified Ads, 25 April 1798.
[8] "Western New York Land Transactions, 1804-1824, Extracted From the Archives of the Holland Land Company", Karen E. Livsey, published by the Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1991. These records show purchases of land in Genessee County by Reu and Eli Wheelock, and purchases in Erie County by Silas Wheelock.
[9] "Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, NY, 1788-1890", Edited by F. W. Beers, Syracus, NY, J. W. Vose and Co, Publishers, June, 1890, pg. 289. Makes reference to Relief Wheelock, and her husband Jabez Howe. Relief is probably the daughter of Edward.
[10] Will of Captain Paul Wheelock of Charlton, Worcester County Probate Office, Case Number 63782.
[11] Oneida County Deeds
[12] "Howe Genealogies", Daniel Wait Howe, date not given, pg 97; the genealogy of Relief Wheelock and Jabez Howe.
[13] "Annals of Salem, VT", by Pliny H. White, date of publication unknown, online at www.Ancestry.com, Dec 2006.
_Charles WHEELOCK ________+
| (1833 - 1910) m 1854
_George Frederick WHEELOCK _|
| (1857 - 1905) m 1881 |
| |_Elizabeth A. MANCHESTER _+
| (1837 - 1919) m 1854
|
|--Gertrude WHEELOCK
|
| _L. W. ROBERTS ___________
| |
|_Addie Maria ROBERTS _______|
(1858 - 1924) m 1881 |
|_Elizabeth LANG __________
_Levi WHEELOCK ______+
| (1772 - ....) m 1817
_Alden D. WHEELOCK __|
| (1825 - 1897) m 1851|
| |_Hepsibeth MITCHELL _
| (1796 - ....) m 1817
|
|--Harold Alden WHEELOCK
| (1853 - 1921)
| _David PERKINS ______
| |
|_Elizabeth PERKINS __|
(1828 - 1869) m 1851|
|_Rachel _____ _______
_Samuel WHEELOCK ____+
| (1755 - 1827) m 1787
_Luther WHEELOCK ____|
| (1789 - 1864) m 1817|
| |_Susannah HOPPINS ___
| (.... - 1845) m 1787
|
|--Henry Clinton WHEELOCK
| (1826 - 1853)
| _____________________
| |
|_Nancy ST. JOHN _____|
(1789 - 1879) m 1817|
|_____________________
Henry Clinton Wheelock was unmarried. He died while crossing the Humbolt River on the way to California. (Source: "Wheelock Genealogy", by Carlye Capron Wheelock and Winifred (Thomson) Gonseth)
_Silas WHEELOCK _____+
| (1781 - 1851) m 1804
_Silas B. WHEELOCK __|
| (1811 - 1897) m 1834|
| |_Rena BALDWIN _______
| (.... - 1833) m 1804
|
|--Hilton Haven WHEELOCK
| (1843 - 1925)
| _____________________
| |
|_Phebe SMITH ________|
(1809 - 1890) m 1834|
|_____________________
The 1850 Erie County Census shows Hilton age 7. Hilton's first wife died just a few months after they were married. For a time, he lived with his second wife, Orpha, on Hawkins Ave., Hamburg, NY. He died at 318 Pleasant Ave., Hamburg, NY. (Source: Evelyn Wheelock, descendent of Hilton Haven Wheelock)
_Reu WHEELOCK _______+
| (1785 - 1833) m 1805
_Andrew Jackson WHEELOCK _|
| (1822 - 1915) |
| |_Rosanna SMILEY _____
| (1780 - 1874) m 1805
|
|--Leah Josephine WHEELOCK
| (1849 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary Ann GREGORY ________|
(1826 - ....) |
|_____________________
_Calvin Eugene WHEELOCK ___________+
| (1929 - ....) m 1951
_Donald Keith WHEELOCK _|
| (1955 - ....) m 1980 |
| |_Priscilla Alden "Percy" SEARIGHT _
| (1929 - ....) m 1951
|
|--Matthew Christopher WHEELOCK
| (1980 - ....)
| ___________________________________
| |
|_Brenda L. REEM ________|
(1960 - ....) m 1980 |
|___________________________________
_Otis WHEELOCK ______+
| (1796 - 1885)
_Jay Jasper WHEELOCK _|
| (1825 - ....) |
| |_Hannah (--?--) _____
| (1797 - ....)
|
|--Otis WHEELOCK
| (1868 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Caroline (--?--) ____|
(1830 - ....) |
|_____________________
_Lewis Lorenzo WHEELOCK _+
| (1807 - 1849)
_Lewis Lorenzo WHEELOCK _|
| (1839 - 1907) m 1871 |
| |_Mary Letta HOWE ________
| (1815 - 1843)
|
|--Paul A. WHEELOCK
| (1887 - ....)
| _________________________
| |
|_Adeline BURCH __________|
(1845 - 1901) m 1871 |
|_________________________
_Ralph WHEELOCK _____+
| (1726 - 1822) m 1766
_Ephraim WHEELOCK ___|
| (1771 - 1854) m 1799|
| |_Experience CRARY ___
| (1740 - 1833) m 1766
|
|--Tristrum Shandy WHEELOCK
| (1800 - 1881)
| _____________________
| |
|_Matilda UPHAM ______|
m 1799 |
|_____________________