William Hill is of the eight generation from John Hill, one of the early settlers of Plymouth, MA (circa 1632).
He was engaged in the mercantile business at Wilkinsonville, in the firm Dudley and Hill (1836). He was a prominent man in the affairs of Sutton, serving on the board of selectmen, assessors, etc. He served as a representative to the general court, and was a senator from the 25th Representative District of Worcester County. In 1878 he was a director of the Grafton National Bank.
(Source: "History of Grafton", by Frederick Clifton Pierce.)
According to the gravestone, Emily and William had a daughter, "Caroline Wheelock", May 15, 1840 to Sep 6, 1907.
(Source: Headstone Record, taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr., June 1999.)
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_Israel MARSH _______|
| (1789 - ....) m 1812|
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|--Lucretia MARSH
| (1816 - ....)
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|_Tabitha WHEELOCK ___|
(1788 - ....) m 1812|
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Family records give the birth date for Lucretia as 16 Nov 1816.
(Source: "Vital Statistics of Keene, NH", by Frank H. Whitcomb, 1905.)
_Obadiah WHEELOCK ___+
| (1685 - 1760) m 1708
_Ebenezer WHEELOCK __|
| (1718 - 1801) m 1737|
| |_Elisabeth DARLING __+
| (1685 - ....) m 1708
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|--Cyrus WHEELOCK
| (1763 - ....)
| _____________________
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|_Mary SLEEMAN _______|
m 1737 |
|_____________________
The is probably the Private Cyrus Wheelock that served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Philip Ammidon in March, 1781.
Cyrus appears in the 1790 Census living in Milford, with 1 male under 16, and 2 females. In 1800 he is enumerated again in Milford, next to Ebenezer Wheelock, age betwen 25 and 44, with 2 boys under 15, two girls under 10, and a female (his wife?) age 25 to 44. After 1800 he disappears from the Massachusetts Census records. However, in 1810, a Cyrus Wheelock appears in Readfield, Kennebec Co, ME, age greater than 45, with a male, age 16 to 26, 2 females under 16, and a female (his wife?) age 26 to 45. Cyrus continues to appear in the Readfield, Kennebec Co, Maine Census records in 1820, 1830, and 1840, in which year he is between 70 and 80 years old, implying a birth date between 1760 and 1770. Appearing also in Readfield at various times is David Wheelock and William Wheelock. Note that Cyrus Wheelock is the cousin of Jesse Wheelock, who settled in Union Township, Lincoln Co, ME.
_Ralph WHEELOCK _____+
| (1682 - 1748) m 1707
_Eleazar WHEELOCK ___|
| (1711 - 1779) m 1747|
| |_Ruth HUNTINGTON ____
| (1682 - 1725) m 1707
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|--Eleazar WHEELOCK
| (1756 - 1811)
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|_Mary BRINSMEAD _____|
(1714 - 1783) m 1747|
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Eleazar was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He removed from Hanover, NH, to Boat Run, Ohio, circa 1805. SOURCE: Bibliography of Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock.
Eleazar Wheelock corresponded with Thomas Jefferson. A copy if this correspondence can be found in the Thomas Jefferson archives, an image of which is online (May 2000) at (search for Wheelock):
http://memory.loc.gov
_Moses Bond WHEELOCK _+
| (1768 - 1848) m 1793
_Horatio WHEELOCK ___|
| (1812 - 1891) m 1835|
| |_Catherine GLEASON ___
| (1774 - 1847) m 1793
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|--George Nelson WHEELOCK
| (1838 - ....)
| ______________________
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|_Martha Ann BRIGHAM _|
(.... - 1879) m 1835|
|______________________
George N. Wheelock served in the Massachusetts 15th infantry as a 1st Sergt. and died at Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863. (Source: MA Officers and Soldiers Killed in Action, p. 430). His name appears on a monument in the center of Barre, Worcester Co, MA, commemorating those who died at Gettysburg from Barre.
_Benjamin WHEELOCK __+
| (1678 - 1746) m 1700
_Silas WHEELOCK _____|
| (1717 - 1793) m 1740|
| |_Huldah THAYER ______+
| (1682 - 1739) m 1700
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|--Hannah WHEELOCK
| (1749 - ....)
| _John ALBEE _________
| | m 1705
|_Hannah ALBEE _______|
(1718 - 1803) m 1740|
|_Deborah THAYER _____
m 1705