Jacob Oakes

Spouse: Polly Wheelock
Marriage: 14 Aug 1816

• "Captain Ralph Wheelock of Sturbridge, His Ancestry and Some of His Descendants", by Henry J. Clarke, Esq., Quinabaug Historical Society Leaflets, Vol 1, No. 15.

David Richard Regan

Birth: 29 Dec 1940, Bellows Falls, VT

• Records of Arlene (Jeronime) Fitzgerald, granddaughter of Omar Wheelock and Hattie Collier, Mar 2000.

Father: Leslie Howard Regan
Mother: Ida Viola Wheelock

Spouse: Carmel Marie Courchesne
Marriage: 26 Feb 1972, Charlestown, NH

• Records of Arlene (Jeronime) Fitzgerald, granddaughter of Omar Wheelock and Hattie Collier, Mar 2000.

Marilyn Stebbins

Birth: 1926

Spouse: Roderick Wheelock
Marriage:

• Headstone Record, Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, Chittenden Co, VT, FindAGrave.com memorial number 46265171, created 3 Jan 2010 by Barb Destromp.

George Wheelock

Birth: about 1866

• 1870 Federal Census, Moriah, Essex Co, NY

Father: John S. Wheelock
Mother: Almira (--?--)

Paul Wheelock

Birth: 8 Mar 1785, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Death: 27 Feb 1833, Charlestown, Suffolk Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 23 Apr 2024), Boston, Index Deaths 1810-1848 Vol P-Z, image 155 of 197; Boston City clerk.
• Death Notice for Paul Wheelock, The New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, Massachusetts), 1 May 1833, p. 4, col. 6; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 23 April 2024

Burial: Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251682168/paul-wheelock: accessed April 24, 2024), memorial page for Paul Wheelock (1785–27 Feb 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 251682168, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA, maintained by Adrian Thierry (contributor 50329759).

Father: Paul Wheelock
Mother: Beulah Johnson

Partner: Betsy Converse

1. Paul Wheelock, born about 1807

Spouse: Parmelia W. Davenport
Marriage: 11 Nov 1810, Portsmouth, NH

• "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL64-TM8 : accessed 24 April 2024), Paul Wheelock and Parmelia W. Davenport (1810); FHL 1001315.

Notes:

Paul was born 8 March 1785 in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the son of Paul Wheelock and Beulah Johnson.¹ In early 1807 he had an out of wedlock child with his cousin, Betsey Converse.² To note the occassion, Betsy's sister, Polly (Converse) Wheelock, wrote this diary entry on 11 March 1807: "Betsy had a fine boy born, with but little difficulty thank to God the giver of good and evil too."

From Polly's diary, it is evident that Paul had a difficult time in his youth. On 16 March 1806 (months before Betsy became pregnant) she visited Paul and wrote that she "found him poorly enough". A month later she made a similar entry, stating that he "was very much cast down and quite unwell." Shortly after word got out that Betsy was pregnant, Polly penned the following diary entry (on 23 Oct 1806): "I heard about Betsy Converse. Very disagreeable indeed." Three days later she wrote "Paul Wheelock ran away." More than a year passed before she wrote "Paul Wheelock returned."³

Paul later went to Boston and established permanent residence there. He was "of Boston" on 11 Nov 1810 when he married Pemelia W. Davenport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, daughter of Mr. John Davenport of that town. He was called Paul Jr. in the marriage announcement.⁴ The 1823 Boston directory lists his occupation as hackman (driver of a hack or taxi).⁵ By 1831 he operated a livery stable.⁶ He was executor of Ziba Crosby's estate, and was called a stable keeper in the probate petition, dated 31 Oct 1831.⁷

Paul died in the McLean Institution, a psychiatric hospital in Charlestown, 27 Feb 1833, aged 48 years.⁸ His widow, Pamelia W. Wheelock was administrator of his estate. Two of the largest creditors paid out of the estate were Ephraim and Martin Wheelock, no doubt his brothers. She also made a payment to the McLean Asylum for the Insane.⁹

Research Notes for Paul Wheelock:

The following facts about Paul Wheelock, Jr. of Boston, connect him to the Paul Wheelock born in Charlton:

1. His father's name was evidently Paul, based on the use of Jr. in multiple newspaper marriage announcements.
2. He was born circa 1785, based on his age at death.¹⁰ No other Paul Wheelock is known to have been born around that date; and only a handful of men named Paul whose father is also Paul Wheelock exist. The Paul Wheelock born 1785 in Charlton is the only one born around that date, with a father named Paul.
3. Per probate records, he apparently borrowed relatively large sums of money from both Ephraim and Martin Wheelock.
4. Based on his death in the McLean Asylum, he evidently had psychological issues, as did the Paul in Charlton, based on his cousin's diary. His out of wedlock son, Paul 3rd (aka John Adams Wheelock), may also have had psychological problems, based on his cause of death which was listed as "insanity".¹¹
5. Abigail (Wheelock) King, older sister of Martin, Ephraim, and Paul Wheelock, named a daughter Pamelia Davenport King, possibly after Paul's wife (see notes for Pamelia, born 1812 in Leicester).

There are a few facts that might argue against the connection between Paul Jr. of Boston and Paul of Charlton:

1. One of the guardianship documents for Paul's out of wedlock son, dated 16 Jan 1822, refers to his father as "Paul Wheelock late of Charlton decd", implying Paul of Charlton died well before 1833, when Paul, Jr. of Boston died.¹² But the other facts connecting Paul, Jr. of Boston to Paul of Charlton are felt to be too strong to give credence to the guardianship document. In 1822 Paul had been living in Boston for at least 12 years. It is possible some members of the community did not know where he was or whether he was still alive. He had possibly "run off" to Boston, and it may have been months or years before it became widely known where he went or whether he was still alive. Or it is possible that family members (or at least the informant to the probate judge) simply preferred to consider Paul Jr. of Boston as deceased - perhaps more socially acceptable or legally expedient given the situation. Or, it is possible the probate judge simply made a slip of hand - Paul, the father, was certainly "late of Charlton", but not "decd".
2. Paul's out of wedlock son was not mentioned in his probate records. This suggests distance between Paul Jr. of Boston and his out of wedlock son, consistent with the fact that he had left the community before his son was born, returned well after his birth, then left permantly shortly thereafter.

Sources:

1. Vital Records of Charlton to 1850.
2. Worcester County probate case 63784, Will of Lydia Wheelock (1824), which left money to "Paul Wheelock 3rd, an illegitimate child born to Betsey Converse now deceased"; also Worcester County probate case 63784, guardianship for Paul Wheelock (1818), which refers to "Paul Wheelock aged 11 years an illegitimate child of Betsey Converse"; and (in 1822) "Paul Wheelock a son of Paul Wheelock late of Charlton decd being over fourteen years of age".
3. Mary (Converse) Wheelock, "Polley Converse Journal," 11 March 1807; Manuscript, 1804-1809 (Charlton, Massachusetts); MSS 1280, Subgroup 2 Wheelock Family, Series C, Polly (Converse) Wheelock, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2020.
4. "Married," Matrimony Notice (Boston, Massachusetts), 17 Nov 1810, p. 2, col. 5; GenealogyBank.com; also "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL64-TM8 : accessed 24 April 2024), Paul Wheelock and Parmelia W. Davenport (1810); FHL 1001315.
5. 1823 Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, p. 240; "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 25 Apr 2024), Massachusetts>Boston>1823>image 259 of 298.
6. 1813 Boston, Massachusetts, City Directory, p. 329; "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 25 Apr 2024), Massachusetts>Boston>1831>image 355 of 373.
7. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate records, case 29703, Ziba Crosby (1831), Petition for Probate, 240:194; FHL 494425, image 569 of 982.
8. Death Notice for Paul Wheelock, The New-England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser (Boston, Massachusetts), 1 May 1833, p. 4, col. 6; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 23 April 2024; see also "McLean Hospital: A Brief History from Charlestown to Belmont," McLeanHospital.org (https://www.mcleanhospital.org/about/history-progress : accessed 24 April 2024).
9. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate records, case 30159, dated 11 Mar 1833, Pamela Wheelock petitions to administer the estate of her deceased husband, Paul Wheelock, and makes payment to McLean Asylum for the Insane, Martin Wheelock, and Ephraim Wheelock; online at AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/55244/30159-co28/73447734 : accessed 23 Apr 2024).
10. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 23 Apr 2024), Boston, Index Deaths 1810-1848 Vol P-Z, image 155 of 197; Boston City clerk.
11. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7983121:2495 : accessed 24 Apr 2024), John A. Wheelock death (1848), Worcester, Births, Marriages and Death, image 5411 of 7288.
12. Worcester County, Massachusetts, probate case 63784, Paul Wheelock gaurdianship, 1818; database with images, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/33901/63784-co3/56209000 : accessed 23 Apr 2024).

Sarah Wheelock

Birth: 1794

• "History of the County of Annapolis", by W. A. Calnek, and A. W. Savary, M.A., published in Toronto by William Briggs, 1897.

Father: Benjamin Wheelock
Mother: Elizabeth Jacques