Mary Brinsmead is the daughter of John Brinsmead (1681-1753) and Abigail Wheeler (1680-1764, born in Milford, Connecticut). John Brinsmead is the son of Paul Brinsmead (d. 1696) and Elizabeth Hawkins (b. 1659, probably in Farmington, Connecticut). Paul Brinsmead is the son of John Brinsmead (b. 1617 in England, d. 1673) and Mary Carter.
(Source: Leslie Lienert, descendent of Mary Brinsmead and Eleazar Wheelock.)
Her tombstone inscription reads:
"Consecrated to the memory of MARY of the family of Brinsmaid in Milford, Connecticut and consort of Eleazer Wheelock S.T.D., President of Dartmouth College. She lived in the fear of God, and in the lively exercise of the Christian virtue till her departure in 1783, Anno aetatis 69. In testimony of the filial reverence this monument was erected and incribed by John Wheelock".
(Source: Marcus Warren Waite, "Eleazer Wheelock and Some of His Descendants", Dartmouth College Archives, no date.)
Miriam was 24 years old at the time of her death. (Source: Headstone record, taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.)
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_Jotham THAYER ______|
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|--Alexander THAYER
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| _Josiah WHEELOCK ____+
| | (1725 - 1794) m 1747
|_Bathsheba WHEELOCK _|
(1760 - ....) m 1784|
|_Experiance CLARK ___+
(1730 - 1807) m 1747
Frederick and Marjorie live in Kerrville, Texas (Aug 1998).
_Jonathan WHEELOCK __+
| (.... - 1754) m 1735
_Luke WHEELOCK ______|
| (.... - 1822) m 1776|
| |_Elizabeth RUSSELL __
| m 1735
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|--Luke WHEELOCK
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| _Jonathan PIERCE ____
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|_Esther PIERCE ______|
(1751 - 1825) m 1776|
|_Sarah DODGE ________
m 1745
Luke Wheelock was a merchant in Jaffrey in 1806 and 1807. His store burnt.
_Luther A. WHEELOCK _+
| (1857 - 1939) m 1874
_Cecil L. WHEELOCK __|
| (1885 - 1947) |
| |_Sarah A. FREEBY ____
| m 1874
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|--Wayne WHEELOCK
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|_Agnes HANSON _______|
(1889 - 1934) |
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