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_John FINEHOUT ______|
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| |__
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|--Mary E. FINEHOUT
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|_____________________|
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________________________
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_Robert FREEMAN _____|
| (1885 - 1970) |
| |________________________
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|
|--Joseph FREEMAN
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| _Edwin Calvin WHEELOCK _+
| | (1847 - 1935)
|_Nellie WHEELOCK ____|
(1889 - 1941) |
|_Etta Mae PHETEPLACE ___
(1860 - 1937)
_____________________
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_Alexander PHELPS ___|
| (1723 - 1773) m 1751|
| |_____________________
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|--Ralph Rodolphus PHELPS
| (1772 - 1849)
| _Eleazar WHEELOCK ___+
| | (1711 - 1779) m 1735
|_Theodora WHEELOCK __|
(1736 - 1811) m 1751|
|_Sarah DAVENPORT ____
(1702 - 1746) m 1735
_Ralph WHEELOCK _____
| (1600 - 1683) m 1630
_Benjamin WHEELOCK __|
| (1639 - 1720) m 1668|
| |_Rebecca CLARKE _____+
| (1610 - 1680) m 1630
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|--Benjamin WHEELOCK
| (1678 - 1746)
| _____________________
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|_Elizabeth BULLEN ___|
(1646 - 1689) m 1668|
|_____________________
Benjamin Wheelock, third generation Wheelock in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was born in Medfield, Massachusetts, 12 Dec 1678; the first male child of Benjamin Wheelock, Sr. and Elizabeth (Bullen) Wheelock. His grandparents, Rev. Ralph Wheelock, Rebecca (Clarke) Wheelock, Samuel Bullen, and Mary (Morse) Bullen were all early settlers of both Dedham and Medfield. [1]
Benjamin, Sr. was a proprieter of the town of Mendon, and moved there with his family circa 1685, thus becoming one of the founding settlers of the town. Benjamin, Jr. was but six or seven years old at the time. Benjamin, Sr. was a large landholder in Mendon, and was the third owner of the Albee Cornmill. In 1713, when Benjamin, Jr. was 25 years of age, his father deeded mill priveledges to he and his brother, Obadiah. [2] Thus Benjamin became established as a miller and a farmer in Mendon, where he lived out the rest of his life.
Benjamin married twice; first to Hulda Thayer, whose grandfather, Ferdinando Thayer was the principle founder of Mendon [3], and second to Rebecca Kinney. Having married Rebecca fairly late in life, all of Benjamin's children were born to his first wife, Hulda.
In 1722/3, Benjamin acquired a parcell of land near Oxford, Mass, which he deeded to his sons Jonathan, David, and Paul between the years1735 and 1740. This land was later annexed to Charlton (in 1757), where the three brothers played principle roles as early settlers and leaders of town affairs. [4]
On 13 Sep 1746 Benjamin died in Mendon, leaving his wife, Rebecca, and eight children. His will is on file with the Worcester Probate Office, case number 63618. In it, he leaves bequests to his wife Rebecca (to sustain her for the rest of her life, or until she remarries); land to his sons Benjamin, Daniel, Silas, and Peter; money to his sons Jonathan, David, and Paul; money and miscellaneous domestic items to his grandchildren Peter Thayer, Mary Thayer, and Abigail Thayer (the children of his deceased daughter Mary Wheelock); money to his daughter Hulda (Wheelock) (Sanford) Rice; money and other items to his grandchildren Seth and Mary Sanford (children of Hulda).
(Written by Roderick B. Sullivan, Northborough, MA, May 1998)
References
[1] "History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650 to 1886", William S. Tilden, published 1887 by George H. Ellis, Boston.
[2] "The Wheelock Family in America", Walter T. Wheelock, privately published.
[3] A historical plaque in the center of Mendon lists the founders of Mendon. Ferdinando Thayer appears first on this list. Benjamin Wheelock, Sr. also appears further down on the list.
[4] March 1997 phone interview with William Hultgren, member of the Charlton Historical Society, specializing in the history of the Charlton Northside. Also, Worcester County Deeds, Benjamin Wheelock to son Paul, book 16, pg 360, recorded 1742.
_Lewis Lorenzo WHEELOCK _+
| (1807 - 1849)
_Gilbert L. WHEELOCK _|
| (1849 - 1908) |
| |_Eliza A. BARNEY ________
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|--Bessie WHEELOCK
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| _________________________
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|_Betsy Maria WEST ____|
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|_________________________
Bessie and Hugh had no issue. They lived in Ellisburg in 1908.
_Oscar WHEELOCK _____+
| (1840 - 1922) m 1864
_Oscar Lee WHEELOCK ______|
| (1882 - ....) m 1901 |
| |_Nancy Jane PARKE ___
| m 1864
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|--Donald Hilton WHEELOCK
| (1910 - ....)
| _____________________
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|_Emilie Truesdale FOSTER _|
(1884 - ....) m 1901 |
|_____________________
_Albert Henry WHEELOCK _+
| (1805 - 1875)
_William Henry Harrison WHEELOCK _|
| (1837 - 1908) m 1860 |
| |_Lucina CLARK __________+
| (1816 - 1894)
|
|--Edward Silas WHEELOCK
| (1864 - 1959)
| ________________________
| |
|_Caroline Juliana DORST __________|
(1843 - 1922) m 1860 |
|________________________
The birth and death dates are confirmed by Vital Records of California. (Src: "The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research, Vital Statistics Section", as given by Rootsweb, Oct 2001.)
_George Frederick WHEELOCK _+
| (1857 - 1905) m 1881
_George Frederick (C.) WHEELOCK _|
| (1888 - 1965) m 1917 |
| |_Addie Maria ROBERTS _______+
| (1858 - 1924) m 1881
|
|--Hugh Franklin WHEELOCK
| (1933 - ....)
| ____________________________
| |
|_Sarah Annie FRANKLIN ___________|
(1894 - 1989) m 1917 |
|____________________________
_Herman Arthur WHEELOCK _+
| (1869 - 1948) m 1892
_Arthur Raymond WHEELOCK _|
| (1895 - 1985) m 1920 |
| |_Mary O'NEIL ____________
| (1874 - 1957) m 1892
|
|--Ruby Lucille WHEELOCK
| (1923 - ....)
| _________________________
| |
|_Anella Gladys WOODS _____|
(1902 - 1996) m 1920 |
|_________________________