Elisha A. ANDREWS

Birth: 5 Jan 1761, Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT

• Wallingford, CT Vital Records

Death: 17 Aug 1845, Shipton, Richmond, Quebec, Canada

Burial: about 17 Aug 1845, Shipton, Richmond, Quebec, Canada

Spouse: Rispah TYLER
Marriage: 2 Oct 1783, Claremont, NH

• Church Record Ezra S. Sterns The Lewis Publishing Company

1. Rispah Almira ANDREWS, born 1797, Waterloo, NH

Notes:

He was listed in a town meeting in Claremont, NH on 26 Mar 1787

Electa Jones

Birth: Aug 1790, Hebron, CT

• "Wheelock Genealogy", by Carlyle Capron Wheelock, of Woonsocket Rhode Island, and Winifred (Thomson) (Argersinger) Gonseth, of Clayton, New York, 1955; in Dartmouth University Special Collections.

Death: 1879

• Headstone Record, "Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Onondaga Co", taken from notes by William Martin Beauchamp, Vol 2.

Burial: Watervale Cemetery, Pompey, NY

• Headstone Record, "Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Onondaga Co", taken from notes by William Martin Beauchamp, Vol 2.

Spouse: Gershom Blashfield Wheelock
Marriage: 9 Dec 1807

• "Wheelock Genealogy", by Carlyle Capron Wheelock, of Woonsocket Rhode Island, and Winifred (Thomson) (Argersinger) Gonseth, of Clayton, New York, 1955; in Dartmouth University Special Collections.

1. Luther James Wheelock, born 17 Aug 1808, Pompey, NY
2. Lydia J. Wheelock, born 12 Jun 1810, Pompey, NY
3. Leonard Joseph Wheelock, born 24 Nov 1812, Pompey, NY
4. Esther Wheelock, born 13 Sep 1813, Pompey, NY
5. Louisa J. Wheelock, born 18 Sep 1815, Pompey, NY
6. Thomas J. Wheelock, born 13 Feb 1822, Pompey, NY
7. Lucinda M. Wheelock, born 20 Jan 1825, Pompey, NY
8. Henry B. Wheelock, born 9 Sep 1827, Pompey, NY

Notes:

Electa was the daughter of Samuel Jones, of Hebron, CT, and Tabatha Bishop of Bolton, CT.¹

Sources:

1. Connecticut Vital Reocrds, Barbour Collection

George Lewis

Birth: Mar 1832, MA

• 1900 U.S. census, Dayton, Cattaraugus County, New York, household of George and Ellen Lewis.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58668649/george-lewis: accessed 08 October 2023), gravestone photo for George Lewis (1832–1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58668649, Hamlet Cemetery, Hamlet, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Nelson L. Ambridge (contributor 47196066).

Death: 19 Jun 1912, South Dayton, Cattaraugus Co., NY

• "New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61535 : accessed 7 Oct 2023), George Lewis death (1912), certificate no. 26981, citing New York State Death Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.
• "Mrs. Ellen Lewis, for 35 Years a Resident of South Dayton, Dies," The Buffalo Enquirer (Buffalo, New York), 30 Dec 1919, p. 2, col. 7; FultonHistory.com, accessed 8 October 2023.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58668649/george-lewis: accessed 08 October 2023), gravestone photo for George Lewis (1832–1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58668649, Hamlet Cemetery, Hamlet, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Nelson L. Ambridge (contributor 47196066).

Burial: Hamlet Cemetery, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58668649/george-lewis: accessed 08 October 2023), gravestone photo for George Lewis (1832–1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58668649, Hamlet Cemetery, Hamlet, Chautauqua Co, NY, maintained by Nelson L. Ambridge (contributor 47196066).

Spouse: Ellen Blydenburgh
Marriage: 27 Sep 1860, Villenova, Chautauqua Co, NY

• Methodist Episcopal Church records (Villenova/Hamlet, New York), 1856-1888, FHL film 1437513, items 10,11; transcribed at "Villenova Circuit Church Records Hamlet, Chautauqua County, NY," Rootsweb (https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/CHURCH/Villenov.htm, accessed 30 Sep 2023).

1. Persis Ellen Lewis, born 18 Dec 1861

Notes:

Lewis is not George's surname. He took this name himself, on a visit to Hamlet, and it stuck. The story, as told by Theresa Anne Crowell Bickhart is this:

George came to Hamlet one day to conduct business, sometime before 1860. While there, he noticed Ellen Blydenburgh on the street, and was favorably impressed. After his business was done, George went to the local tavern where he drank a bit too much, and became a nuisance. A law officer packed him off to jail for the night. When he was released, he wanted to make the acquaintance of Ellen, but he didn't want her to know that he spent the night in jail, so he told her his last name was Lewis. Forever after he went by that name.

To this date (Mar 2000) George's real last name is not known for certain.

George painted houses for a living, and was very artistic. When he finished a job, he'd paint a scene on a hidden spot ... like the inside of a closet door. Persis Ivett lived in one of the houses that her great grandfather had painted, and had left a pastoral scene on a closet door (described and witnessed by Theresa Ann Crowell Bickhart).

Ellen and George Lewis lived on South Hill in Hamlet. They are both burried at the Hamlet Cemetery.

Kenneth Warren Reynolds

Father: Warren H. Reynolds
Mother: Dorothy Marie Wheelock

Partner: (--?--)

1. Jeff Reynolds
2. Nicky Reynolds
3. Crista Reynolds

Harriet L. Wheelock

Birth: 6 Dec 1825, Grafton, Worcester, MA

• Grafton Vital Records

Death: 25 Sep 1828

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

Burial: Old Indian Burial Ground, Grafton, MA

• Headstone record (taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.) Located at Intersection of Rt. 120 & 140, Grafton.

Father: Timothy Wheelock
Mother: Mary Marsh

Prudence Wheelock

Birth: 8 Mar 1795, Winchester, Cheshire Co, NH

• Records of Su Wetzel (swetzel@@erols.com), a descendant of Phinehas Wheelock and Prudence Dodge, May 1999; also "History of Surry, NH", by Frank B. Kingsbury, 1925.

Death: 3 Oct 1798, Winchester, Cheshire Co, NH

• Records of Su Wetzel (swetzel@@erols.com), a descendant of Phinehas Wheelock and Prudence Dodge, May 1999.

Father: Thomas L. Wheelock
Mother: Mary Watts

Rowena Wheelock

Birth: 28 Dec 1766, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA

• Uxbridge Vital Records to 1850

Death: 1802

• Headstone record, Adams Rural Cemetery, Adams, Jefferson County, New York, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 82190653, created 20 Dec 2011 by Diane Creamer.

Burial: Adams Rural Cemetery, Adams, Jefferson Co, NY

• Headstone record, Adams Rural Cemetery, Adams, Jefferson County, New York, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 82190653, created 20 Dec 2011 by Diane Creamer.

Father: Paul Wheelock
Mother: Lydia Sayles

Spouse: Nicholas Salisbury
Marriage: 15 Mar 1787, Glocester, RI

• "Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths", Vol 3, by James N. Arnold, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1892.

1. Lydia Salisbury, born 1788

Notes:

The birth date on her headstone, 20 Dec 1760, disagrees with her birth date in the Uxbridge Vital Records, 28 Dec 1766.

Samuel Wheelock

Birth: 6 Sep 1714, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Mendon Vital Records

Death: about Dec 1792, Tyringham, Berkshire Co, MA

• "Index of Obituaries in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784 to 1840", Vol 5, compiled by the American Antiquarian Society, G. K. Hall Co, 1961, Boston. Death notice published in 15 Dec 1792 Columbian Centinel.

Father: Obadiah Wheelock
Mother: Elisabeth Darling

Spouse: Hannah Amidown
Marriage: 16 Feb 1737/38, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Mendon Vital Records

1. Mary Wheelock, born 31 Dec 1738, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
2. Samuel Wheelock, bapt. 11 Sep 1743, Milford, Worcester, MA
3. Samuel Wheelock, bapt. 22 Sep 1745, Milford, Worcester, MA
4. Hannah Wheelock, born 31 Aug 1748, Mendon, MA
5. Elisabeth Wheelock, born 31 Aug 1748, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
6. Rachel Wheelock, born 11 Feb 1750/51, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
7. Ithamar Wheelock, bapt. 15 Apr 1753, Milford, Worcester, MA
8. Levi Wheelock, bapt. 3 Aug 1755, Milford, Worcester, MA
9. Esebel Wheelock, born 9 May 1757, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
10. Amariah Wheelock, born 15 Mar 1759, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
11. Obadiah Wheelock, born 20 Apr 1762, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

The Mendon VRs record the following births to "Samuel and Mary": Esabel Wheelock, b. 9 May 1757; Amariah Wheelock, b. 15 Mar 1759; Obadiah Wheelock, b. 20 Apr 1762. The Milford VRs record the following baptisms to "Ensign Samuel and Hannah", church records: Isabel Wheelock, bapt. 22 May 1757; Amariah Wheelock, bapt. 6 May 1759.

Walter T. Wheelock in "The Wheelock Family in America, 1637-1969" incorrectly interpreted these records and reported that Samuel married (2) Mary ____, and had children Isabel, Amariah, and Obadiah by her. In reality, these are the same children, and either Hannah went by the name of Mary, or the Mendon records for these three children are in error. Samuel Wheelock's administration of estate, dated 1793, makes reference to Hannah Wheelock, widow of the deceased; and makes no reference to Mary.

Most genealogies (including the genealogy of Samuel Wheelock, by Adin Ballou in "The History of Milford") report Isabel, Amariah, and Obadiah to be children of Samuel and Hannah, not Samuel and Mary.

Samuel Wheelock served as an Ensign in the French and Indian Wars. He appears on the 1757 alarm list, and served for 14 days on the Ft. William Henry expedition.¹

In 1776 in the town of Tyringham, Samuel Wheelock signed a document (with 37 others) declaring the War of Indpendence "on the Part of the Said Colonies, just and necessary."²

Samuel Wheelock left no will, but the records of his estate administration are on file at the Berkshire County Probate Office, case 1607. On 5 Mar 1793, Noah Allen, Adonijah Bidwell and Solomon Garfield, all of Tyringham, were appointed by the Judge of Probates to take inventory of and appraise the estate of Samuel Wheelock, "late of Tyringham".

In Apr 1793, the same three were appointed to take inventory of and appraise the real estate of Samuel Wheelock. They were further instructed to set off one third to Hannah Wheelock, widow of the deceased; and the remainder to distribute to and amongst the children.

An inventory of his estate was recorded in Apr 1793, amounting to 90 pounds, 8 shillings, 9 pence for personal goods, 205 pounds, 10 shillings for Real Estate, and 80 pounds, 17 shillings, 8 pence for debts owed to the estate. The document was signed by the three appointees, and Samuel Wheelock (his son).

A document, itemizing the debts of Samuel Wheelock, was signed by Samuel Wheelock (his son), and presented to the court Apr 1794. The debts amounted to 34 pounds, 5 shillings, 3 pence.

The final distribution of estate was approved by the court Apr 1794, and left 1/3 of the estate to Hannah Whelock, widow of the deceased, with the remaining money and land divided amongst his children: Samuel Whelock, Ithamar Whelock, Levi Whelock, Amariah Whelock, Obadiah Whelock, Mary Cheney, Hannah Jackson, deceased, Rachel Whelock, Isabell Carpenter, and Elizabeth Whelock. Besides the committee of three named above, the document was signed by Levi Wheelock, Amariah Wheelock, Caleb Cheney, Mary Cheney, Ebenezer Carpenter, Issabel Carpenter, Eben. Jackson, Elizabeth Whelock, and Rachel Whelock. (Note the different spellings of the surname.)

His death notice in the 15 Dec 1792 Boston Columbian Centinel refers to him as Captain.

Sources:

1. "Massachusetts Officers in the French and Indian Wars, 1748-1763", by Nancy S. Voye, 1975; researched by Dave Lawrence, Aug 2001.
2. "Tyringham, A Hinterland Settlement", by Eloise Myers, published 1963 by the Tyringham Historical Commission. Researched by Dave Lawrence, July 2000.