Elizabeth Fields

Birth: 19 Dec 1829, Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 Sep 2022), Pittsfield deaths, vol. 481, p. 105; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104660649/elizabeth-hammond: accessed 13 September 2022), gravestone photo for Elizabeth Fields wife of Aaron Hammond (19 Dec 1829–20 Mar 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104660649, Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire Co, MA, maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).

Death: 20 Mar 1898, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 Sep 2022), Dalton deaths, vol. 481, p. 51; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104660649/elizabeth-hammond: accessed 13 September 2022), gravestone photo for Elizabeth Fields wife of Aaron Hammond (19 Dec 1829–20 Mar 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104660649, Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire Co, MA, maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 Sep 2022), Pittsfield deaths, vol. 481, p. 105; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; Date of death given as 18 Mar 1898.

Burial: Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104660649/elizabeth-hammond: accessed 13 September 2022), gravestone photo for Elizabeth Fields wife of Aaron Hammond (19 Dec 1829–20 Mar 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104660649, Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire Co, MA, maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).

Father: Thomas Fields
Mother: Mary Jenks

Spouse: Aaron Hammond
Marriage:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104660649/elizabeth-hammond: accessed 13 September 2022), gravestone photo for Elizabeth Fields wife of Aaron Hammond (19 Dec 1829–20 Mar 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104660649, Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire Co, MA, maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 Sep 2022), Pittsfield deaths, vol. 481, p. 105; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Guy Wheelock Harris

Birth: 1894

• Records of Kathleen Mortensen, g-grandaughter of Arthur Welsford Harris, 12 Feb 2011.

Death: 1965

• Records of Kathleen Mortensen, g-grandaughter of Arthur Welsford Harris, 12 Feb 2011.

Father: Arthur Welsford Harris
Mother: Bessie Trask

Spouse: Sarah Catherine McNeil
Marriage:

• Records of Kathleen Mortensen, g-grandaughter of Arthur Welsford Harris, 12 Feb 2011.

Sherry Dawn Mattern

Birth: 1970

Spouse: Donald Gary McAllister
Marriage:

• Records of Don McAllister, son of Robert and Barbara (Richert) McAllister, Aug 2013.

1. Alexander Chase McAllister, born 2002
2. Landon Alan McAllister, born 2004

John H. Schuneman

Birth: Mar 1822, NY

• Records of Kate O'Keefe, Feb 2004.

Death: 7 Aug 1908

• Records of Kate O'Keefe, Feb 2004.

Burial: Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA

• Records of Kate O'Keefe, Feb 2004.

Spouse: Euphemia Wheelock
Marriage: DATE UNKNOWN

• Records of Kate O'Keefe, Feb 2004.

Notes:

John H. Schuneman, farmer, and Euphemia are enumerated in the 1850 Census living in Des Moines Township, Boone County, IA. At home is son Charles E., age 20; John, 12; Edward, 9; and Effie, 4.

John Schuneman was inducted as a Corporal in the Civil war and discharged with the same rank. He served in Company I of the 7th Iowa Cavalry, and likely was inducted in Millard's County, Sioux City, Iowa. His records are in Box 000541, Extract 0023, Records 00002225, 2765, 2768 and 2769.

John Schuneman, at 73, is enumerated in the 1895 Census, listed as a retired person and a presbyterian. He was in house #312 in the 1895 Boone City, Boone County, Iowa Census. His wife Euphemia is 68 and they are living ith daughter Effie, age 27, who is a teacher. John Schuneman is noted as serving in Company I of the 7th Iowa Calvary.

Sources:

1. Research kindly contributed by Kate O'Keefe, Feb 2004.

Reuben Westcott

Birth: about 1790, probably Cheshire, Berkshire Co, MA

• 1850 U.S. census, Wales, Erie Co, NY, household of Reuben Westcott, age 60.

Death: 1 Sep 1863

• Erie County, NY, probate case files, case 24175, estate administration for Reuben Westcott of Wales, filed 20 Jan 1866; Erie County Surrogate's Court, Bufalo, NY; database with images "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9C7-H8N : accessed 17 Aug 2020), Erie County, Estate papers 1800-1929 case 24174-24213, image 78 of 1598.

Spouse: Betsey Wheelock
Marriage: 26 Nov 1812, Windsor, Berkshire Co, MA

• Windsor Vital Records to 1850.

1. Cyrus A. Westcott, born 1819, Erie Co, NY
2. Laura Fidelia Westcott, born calculated 27 Sep 1822
3. Harriet Westcott, born calculated 29 Aug 1825
4. Betsey Westcott, born about 1827, Erie Co, NY

Notes:

Reuben Westcott's parentage is uncertain (see below). He was born about 1790 in Massachusetts (per 1850 census). He married Betsey Wheelock in Windsor, MA on 26 Nov 1812.

Reuben and Betsey moved to New York state shortly thereafter, and settled in Wales, Niagara (now Erie) County, New York, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. Both had siblings living in Wales - Betsey's brother, Abner Wheelock, is found there in the 1820 census; and Reuben's brother, Jesse, lived in Wales for a time (per History of Erie County).

Betsey died sometime before 1850, when Reuben appears in the census with a second wife, Sarah. Sarah must have died shortly thereafter, because she does not appear in the 1855 NY state census. Reuben died in 1863, per his probate records, dated 20 Jan 1866, which name the following children: Cyrus A. Westcott, administrator; Laura W. Pattengell, wife of Allen A. Pattengell, of Wales; Harriot W. Fitzgerald, wife of John Figtzgerald, of St. Catherines, Canada; and Betsey W. Tregilgus, wife of Joseph Tregilgus of Buffalo.¹

Research Notes:

The evidence connecting this Reuben Westcott with the one who married Betsey Wheelock in 1812 is as follows:

1) The 1820 census lists a Reuben Westcott living in Wales, Niagara (now Erie) County, New York, with a family whose ages are consistent with a couple married in 1812.

2) Abner Wheelock, brother of Betsey, lived in Wales in 1820, and is enumerated in the census within a few lines of Reuben Westcott.

3) Reuben's wife was named Betsey, per an Erie County deed, dated 7 Sep 1840, in which Reuben Westcott of Wales and his wife Betsey sold about half an acre of land in Aurora to Miles Wallace and Horace Harvey (Erie County deeds, vol 60, pg 440). Reuben also had a daughter named Betsey (1850, 1855, 1860 census, and Reuben's probate documents, Erie Co case 24175).

4) According to the History of Erie County, Reuben had a brother, Jesse, that lived in Wales during the 1820s, later moving to Aurora. The 1850 census reveals that Jesse's wife was named Lucy; and the 1860 census reveals that Jesse was born in Cheshire, MA, near Windsor where Reuben and Betsey Wheelock were married. Jesse was almost certainly the man that published his intention to marry Lucy Mason on 5 Feb 1816 in Windsor (per Windsor VRs to 1850). These facts, taken together, render it highly likely that the Reuben living in Wales is the same man that married Betsey Wheelock in Windsor, MA.²

Reuben's Parentage:

Reuben was probably the son of Rufus Westcott and Mary Blanchard of Windsor, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts. Rufus married Mary Blanchard about 1782 (based on his date of birth, 1 Sep 1764, and the birth of his daughter Sophia 7 Apr 1783). He was an innkeeper in Windsor. He is said to have had nine children, including Nancy, Seth, Rufus, Jr., and Jesse.³

Though Whitman's Stukely Westcott genealogy does not explicitly list Reuben as a child of Rufus and Mary, his birth about 1790 likely falls within the child bearing years of Mary (assuming she was of similar age as Rufus). The fact that Jesse was also a child in this family fits, though the Westcott genealogy does not identify Jesse's wife (which would have made the case stronger, because the marriage of Jesse and Lucy Mason is recorded in Windsor, and Jesse's wife was Lucy in the 1850 census in Erie County). Rufus was an innkeeper, possibly passing the avocation on to his children Jesse and Reuben, who were both innkeepers in Wales. Also Rufus had a brother named Reuben, so it is plausible that he would name one of his sons Reuben.

It looks as though several sons of Rufus Westcott went to western New York. There is a Rufus Westcott residing in Holland, Erie Co, New York (a few miles from Wales) in 1830, age between 20 and 30. In 1830, Jesse Westcott was a few miles away in Aurora, and Reuben was in Wales. The three presumed brothers, Reuben, Jesse, and Rufus, all children of Rufus Westcott, form a tight cluster. The only other Westcott found in Erie County in the 1830 census is Seth Westcott, of Aurora, also listed as a son of Rufus and Mary in Whitman's Stukely Westcott genealogy.

It may also be pertinent that the Windsor vital records to 1850 include very few people named Westcott (or variations); but those that are included are exclusively within this family - including Jesse's 1816 marriage to Lucy Mason, John Mason Brown's marriage to Nancy Westcott (a daughter of Rufus and Mary), and the death of an infant child of Jesse (in 1824). The marriage of Reuben Westcott to Betsey Wheelock is the only other Windsor vital record (prior to 1850) for surname Westcott.

John M. Brown (husband of Nancy Westcott) was also residing in Wales in 1830. He is enumerated in the 1830 census, age 30 to 40, next to Reuben Westcott. John M. Brown (of Cheshire, Massachusetts) and his wife, Nancy Westcott moved from Erie County, New York to Naperville Township, DuPage County, Illinois in June 1834. Both are buried there.⁴

Seth Westcott, born about 1804 in Massachusetts, probably the same one who lived in Aurora in 1830, also removed to Illinois. He is found there in the 1840 and 1850 census, living in Will County (adjacent to Dupage). According to History of Will County, he came there from New York in 1832. The book goes on to say that he "was originally from Vermont," which conflicts with the census, and is probably an error.⁵

Sources:

1. Erie County, NY, probate case files, case 24175, estate administration for Reuben Westcott of Wales, filed 20 Jan 1866; Erie County Surrogate's Court, Bufalo, NY; database with images "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9C7-H8N : accessed 17 Aug 2020), Erie County, Estate papers 1800-1929 case 24174-24213, image 78 of 1598.
2. Henry Perry Smith, History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches..., 2 Volumes (Syracuse, New York: D. Mason, 1884), vol 1, p. 568-9; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historycitybuff00smitgoog/page/n674/mode/2up : 15 Aug 2020).
3. Roscoe L. Whitman, History and genealogy of the ancestors and some descendants of Stukely Westcott : one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantation and the colony of Rhode Island (Oneonta, NY : Otsego Pub. Co., 1932), p. 240, also p. 235; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historygenealogy01whit/page/240/mode/2up : Oct 2020).
4. Portrait and Biographical Record of Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois (Chicago: Lake City Publishing, 1894), p. 336; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/portraitbiographi00chica/page/336/mode/2up : accessed 21 Oct 2020).
5. William Le Baron, Jr, History of Will County, Illinois (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr., 1878), p. 530; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofwillcou00leba/page/530/mode/2up : accessed 21 Oct 2020.)

George Gilbert Wheelock

Birth: 24 Jul 1850, Framingham, Middlesex, MA

• Mass Archives, Framingham Birth Record, Vol 43, Page 82; online database at NewEnglandAncestors.org, May 2006.

Death: 30 Sep 1851, Framingham, Middlesex, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 to 1910, Framingham Death Record, Vol 58, Pg 60 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)

Father: Gilbert C. Wheelock
Mother: Harriet (--?--)

Mary Estelle Wheelock

Birth: 14 Feb 1860, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 to 1910, Hopkinton Birth Record, Vol 133, Pg 110. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, retrieved May 2017.

Father: Levi C. Wheelock
Mother: Mary E. Howard

Rinda Wheelock

Birth: 5 Sep 1810, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA

• Shrewsbury Vital Records

Father: Silas Wheelock
Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse: Samuel D. Smith
Marriage: 26 May 1830, Grafton, Worcester Co, MA

• Grafton Vital Records

Samuel Wheelock

Birth: 6 Jan 1773, Granville Township, Nova Scotia

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

Death: 25 May 1849, Granville Township, Nova Scotia

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

Burial: Nictaux Cemetery, Annapolis Co, NS

• LDS Film #1017205, grave 585

Father: Abel Wheelock
Mother: Sarah Foster

Spouse: Mary Wilkins
Marriage: 1803

• John Manning Wheelock, by way of Beverly (Wheelock) Musick and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Abel Wheelock and Sarah Foster, April 1999.

1. Joseph Wheelock, born 1807
2. Benjamin Wheelock, born 1809, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
3. Sarah Wheelock, born 1811
4. Walter Wheelock, born 1 Apr 1813
5. James Wheelock, born 1815
6. William Wheelock, born 1817
7. Wesley Wheelock, born 12 Mar 1818, Wilmot, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia
8. George Whitefield Wheelock, born 1822
9. Anthony Wheelock, born 1824
10. Samuel Wheelock, born 1826
11. Samuel Wheelock, born 24 Dec 1828
12. John Wheelock, born 1831

Susan Wheelock

Father: Ward Wheelock
Mother: Azabah Gates

Susan Lucretia Wheelock

Birth: 24 Jun 1828

• Records of Dale Edward Wheelock, a descendant of Alba Lucius Wheelock, Apr 1999.

Death: 23 Apr 1904, Rome, Jefferson Co, WI

• Records of Dale Edward Wheelock, a descendant of Alba Lucius Wheelock, Apr 1999.

Burial: Crowder Cemetery, Rome, WI

• Records of Dale Edward Wheelock, a descendant of Alba Lucius Wheelock, Apr 1999.

Father: Jonathan Wheelock
Mother: Susannah Blood

Willis Warren Wheelock

Birth: 30 Aug 1873

• "The Street Genealogy", By Mary Evarts Anderson, Henry Augustus Street, Published by Printed by J. Templeton, 1895, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized Jan 17, 2008, Google Books.

Father: Everett J. Wheelock
Mother: Elizabeth Flanigan