Mary Brinsmead

Birth: 1714

• Records of Leslie Lienert, direct descendent of Mary Brinsmead, May 1998.

Death: 1783

• "The Hatch And Brood of Time, Five Phelps Families in the Atlantic World, 1720-1780", by Peter Haring Judd, 1999, Newbury Street Press, Boston, MA

Burial: Hanover, NH

• "The Hatch And Brood of Time, Five Phelps Families in the Atlantic World, 1720-1780", by Peter Haring Judd, 1999, Newbury Street Press, Boston, MA

Spouse: Eleazar Wheelock
Marriage: 24 Nov 1747, Lebanon, CT

• "The Hatch And Brood of Time, Five Phelps Families in the Atlantic World, 1720-1780", by Peter Haring Judd, 1999, Newbury Street Press, Boston, MA

1. Mary Wheelock, born 28 Aug 1748, Lebanon, CT
2. Abigail Wheelock, born 21 Dec 1751, Lebanon, CT
3. John Wheelock, born 28 Jan 1754, Lebanon, CT
4. Eleazar Wheelock, born 17 Aug 1756, Lebanon, CT
5. James Wheelock, born 6 May 1759, Lebanon, CT

Notes:

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.

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".

Sources:

1. Leslie Lienert, descendent of Mary Brinsmead and Eleazar Wheelock.
2. Marcus Warren Waite, "Eleazer Wheelock and Some of His Descendants", Dartmouth College Archives, no date.

David Cawthorne

Birth: about 1820

• Headstone, Howard St. Cemetery, Northborough, MA, Apr 2002 - "d. July 25, 1856, AE 36".

Death: 26 Jul 1856, Northborough, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 104, p. 173, Northborough death record; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• Headstone, Howard St. Cemetery, Northborough, MA, Apr 2002.

Burial: Howard St. Cemetery, Northborough, MA

• Headstone, Howard St. Cemetery, Northborough, MA, Apr 2002.

Spouse: Sophia Wheelock
Marriage: 26 May 1848, Stonington, New London Co, CT

• Connecticut Vital Records, Stonington, 1658-1854, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1918, Houghton-Hawthorn (sic), p. 134, citing vol. 5, p. 197 of the original records; database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/414/connecticut-vital-records-the-barbour-collection-1630-1870 : accessed 22 Dec 2019), search for Sophia Houghton.

1. Edwin Cawthorne, born 23 Jul 1848, Northborough, Worcester Co, MA
2. David Auston Cawthorne, born 7 Aug 1850, Northborough, Worcester Co, MA
3. George A. Cawthorne, born 23 Mar 1852, Northborough, Worcester Co, MA

Spouse: Catherine Burdin
Marriage: 12 Aug 1855, Lowell, Middlesex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 16 Dec 2019), vol. 88, p. 103, Lowell marriage record; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Laura Hammond

Birth: 12 Jul 1822, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA

• Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America, 2 volumes, (Oneida, New York: Ryan & Burkhart, 1904), vol. 2, p. 41; online at FamilySearch.org, 12 Sep 2022.
• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 14 Sep 2022), Holbrook Research Institute, Cheshire Births, Marriages and Deaths, image 273 of 299, Laura Brown death; town clerk, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA.

Death: 20 May 1877, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 14 Sep 2022), Holbrook Research Institute, Cheshire Births, Marriages and Deaths, image 273 of 299, Laura Brown death; town clerk, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA.

Burial: Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242406721/laura-brown: accessed 14 September 2022), gravestone photo for Laura Hammond Brown (d. 20 May 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 242406721, Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA, maintained by Dawn Newton Clouthier (contributor 50877322).

Father: Aaron Hammond
Mother: Esther Wheelock

Spouse: Arthur F. Brown
Marriage: 15 Apr 1842, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHW3-FV9 : accessed 14 Sep 2022), Laura Hammond and Arthur F. Brown; citing Marriage, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts; Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007579510.
• Frederick Stam Hammond, History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America, 2 volumes, (Oneida, New York: Ryan & Burkhart, 1904), vol. 2, p. 41; online at FamilySearch.org, 12 Sep 2022.

Notes:

Laura's probate administration is on file in Berkshire County, case 12782.

Minnie Martin

Birth: about 1867

• 1880 Federal Census, Canandaigua, Ontario Co, NY.

Father: Henry Martin
Mother: Anna Eliza Wheelock

Joseph Stacey

Spouse: Peda E. Wheelock
Marriage: 10 Feb 1875, Geauga County, OH

• Records of Christine Galbraith, descendent of Amariah Wheelock and Hannah Warren, Jun 2000.

1. Lydia C. Stacey, born 30 Sep 1875, Hambden, Geauga Co, OH

Gardner Wheelock

Birth: about 1792

• Headstone record (taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.)

Death: 11 Jan 1837

• Headstone record (taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.)

Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Grafton, MA

• Headstone record (taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.)

Father: Paul Wheelock
Mother: Martha Sibley

Spouse: Anna Harrington
Marriage: 31 Dec 1818, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA

• Shrewsbury Vital Records

1. Oliver H. Wheelock, born 5 Oct 1819, Grafton, Worcester, MA
2. Nancy M. Wheelock, born 21 Mar 1821, Grafton, Worcester, MA
3. Mary E. Wheelock, born 29 Mar 1829, Grafton, Worcester, MA

Notes:

Gardner was in the local militia (Grafton North Company), with his brother Leonard, under the command of John Wadsworth.¹

Sources:

1. "History of Grafton", by Pierce

Gay E. Wheelock

Birth: Nov 1880

• 1900 Federal Census, Bakersfield, VT

Father: Herman Danforth Wheelock
Mother: Eunice Maria Converse

Jesse E. W. Wheelock

Birth: 1838

• "A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America", by William E. Chute, Salem, MA, 1894, online at books.google.com, Nov 2010.

Death: 1879

• "A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America", by William E. Chute, Salem, MA, 1894, online at books.google.com, Nov 2010.

Father: Joseph Wheelock
Mother: Mercy Whitman

Notes:

Lived in St. Paul, Minn¹

Sources:

1. "Chute Genealogy"

Mary E. Wheelock

Birth: 4 May 1830, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co, VT

• Records of Elizabeth (Wheelock) Davis, daughter of Almon Milo Wheelock; citing Henry Martin, great-grandson of Anna Eliza Wheelock (12 Oct 1837 - 18 Jan 1928); Mar 2006.

Death: 11 Jul 1918, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co, VT

• Records of Elizabeth (Wheelock) Davis, daughter of Almon Milo Wheelock; citing Henry Martin, great-grandson of Anna Eliza Wheelock (12 Oct 1837 - 18 Jan 1928); Mar 2006.

Father: Nahum Wheelock
Mother: Martha Slye

Spouse: Richmond F. Galusha
Marriage: 6 Sep 1852, Shaftsbury, Bennington Co, VT