In 1649 and 1650, grants of land were made to Dedham, MA settlers wishing to establish a new settlement in the Boggestowe area at East Holliston, MA. Medfield, MA, was incorpoted in 1650 on these lands. In 1659 another grant of land, called the "New Grant" was made to Medfield settlers, in an area now largely occupied by Medway, MA.
Henry Garnsey, of Roxbury, was the first settler in the New Grant. In 1700, the same year that he married Sarah Wheelock, he owned Lot No. 8, which laid on both sides of Chicken Brook, with its east bound at the present Cottage Street. His dwelling stood near the original junction of Village and Cottage Streets. The site of his house is marked by a partial foundation and celler hole, just south of the former railroad grade, preserved by the Medway Historical Commission.
In 1717 he was a Selectman of Medway.
Guernsey Street, unfortunately misnamed, commemorates Henry Garnsey.
Henry's wife Sarah died in 1716, and Hannah, Henry's second wife died in 1721.
His tombstone, in the Old Burying Ground, West Medway, reads as follows: "Here lies ye Body of Henry Gurnsey Deceased, July ye 3rd 1759 Aged 80 years."
(Source: "Early Medway Settlers & Land Records", Francis D. Donovan, 1996, Medway Public Library website, www.medwaylib.org)
Molly (or Mary) was the daughter of Captain Aaron Sanborn.
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_George Hazzard Wattles SHERMAN _|
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|--Anna Niccolin SHERMAN
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| _Charles Sumner WHEELOCK _+
| | (1863 - 1935) m 1887
|_Anna Mildren WHEELOCK __________|
(1889 - 1979) m 1913 |
|_Anna Maria KOCH _________
(1863 - 1942) m 1887
_Nathan WHEELOCK ______+
| (1785 - 1821) m 1806
_Francis Eaton WHEELOCK _|
| (1809 - 1877) m 1835 |
| |_Abigail Ellis RAWSON _
| (1784 - ....) m 1806
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|--Edwin Morton WHEELOCK
| (1839 - 1926)
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|_Sarah HOWE _____________|
(1807 - 1893) m 1835 |
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Edwin's headstone is inscribed with "Company B, 26th Mass Volunteers, Infantry".
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_Jonathan WHEELOCK ___|
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|--Pamela WHEELOCK
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| _Jonathan HASTINGS __
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|_Sophia Ann HASTINGS _|
(1812 - ....) m 1833 |
|_Polly FAIRBANKS ____
_Paul WHEELOCK ______+
| (1738 - 1807)
_Phyletus WHEELOCK __|
| (1769 - 1841) m 1790|
| |_Lydia SAYLES _______
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|--Paul WHEELOCK
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|_Avis HANDY _________|
(.... - 1817) m 1790|
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There is a Paul Wheelock buried in the Allen Cemetery, North Kingstown, RI. He was born circa 1803, and died 3 Sep 1858. This may be the same Paul. Dewitt Clinton Wheelock may be a child in this family.
_Samuel WHEELOCK ____+
| (1696 - 1756) m 1720
_Paul WHEELOCK ______|
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| |_Huldah RICE ________
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|--Samuel WHEELOCK
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|_Thankful RAND ______|
(1727 - ....) |
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Samuel and his brother Alvan appear to have lived in Brookfield, MA for a time. Alvan's marriage in 1786 is on record there, and both Samuel and Alvan are enumerated there in the 1790 census. Both Carlyle Capron Wheelock and Marcus Warren Waite indicate that Samuel's twin sons Luther and Bradshaw were born in Brookfield.
Residence in Brookfield would explain why Samuel's Revolutionary War service record shows that he enlisted from Charlton, MA, which is adjacent to Brookfield. There were no Samuels amongst the Charlton Wheelocks to otherwise account for the record. He fought as a private, engaged for the town of Charlton. He enlisted in 1779, serving in Col. Nathan Tyler's regiment, and again in 1780, serving in Colonel Davis's regiment.
Samuel Wheelock and family moved to Herkimer Co., NY, before 1800. His brother, Alvan, is on record as having moved to New York in 1791. Samuel later moved to Onondaga Co., where he spent his last days.
(Sources: [1] "Wheelock Genealogy", Carlyle Capron Wheelock and Winifred Gonseth, unpublished, 1955; [2] "New England Ancestry of the Wheelock Family of Pompey, NY", Compiled by Marcus Warren Waite, unpublished 1942; [3] Mary Landkamer, descendent of Samuel Wheelock, Oct 1998, [4] "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War", published 1907)
Five children are listed living with Samuel and Susannah in the 1800 and 1810 census.
(Source: Jack Landkamer, May 2000)