James Albee

Birth: 21 Feb 1711/12, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Private records of Kathi McGuire, descendent of Abiel ____ and Benjamin Albee, 15 May 1998.

Death: 19 Mar 1784, Milford, Worcester Co, MA

• Private records of Kathi McGuire, descendent of Abiel ____ and Benjamin Albee, 15 May 1998.

Spouse: Margaret Wheelock
Marriage: 16 Jul 1739, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Mendon Vital Records

Notes:

James Albee was the son of James Albee and Mary Thayer, and the nephew of Benjamin Albee and Abiel ____.

Asa Inman

Spouse: Lydia Sayles Wheelock
Marriage: 29 Jun 1837, 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.

Notes:

Asa Inman was the son of John Inman.

Sources:

1. "Vital Records of Rhode Island 1638-1850", by James N. Arnold

Archibald D. McDonald

Spouse: Rozella Blodgett
Marriage:

• John W. Jordan, LL.D, Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, 3 Volumes (New York : Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913), p 400-4, online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers01jord/page/400/mode/2up : 19 Sep 2022).

1. Anna B. McDonald, born 4 Jun 1878, Sugar Grove, Warren Co, PA
2. Alden Blodgett McDonald, born 26 Jan 1880, Sugar Grove, Warren Co, PA

Rachel Ann Roach

Birth: Sep 1846, Maryland

• 1900 Federal Census, Hyattsville, Prince George's, Maryland

Spouse: William Wallace Wheelock
Marriage:

• "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014", for William Wallace Wheelock, online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved Apr 2018; William Wallace Wheelock listed as the son of William Wallace Wheelock and Rachel Ann Roach.

1. Vergia Wheelock, born about 1866
2. Pearl Wheelock, born about 1868
3. Clinton C. Wheelock, born Mar 1870, Maryland
4. Olive M. Wheelock, born May 1871, Maryland
5. Marion E. Wheelock, born Aug 1874, Maryland
6. Arthur Wheelock, born Jun 1876, District of Columbia, US
7. Rachael Wheelock, born May 1881, Maryland
8. William Wallace Wheelock, born 15 Dec 1886

Notes:

Surname Roach from 1958 Virginia death certificate of her son, William Wallace Wheelock.¹

Sources:

1. "Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014" for William Wallace Wheelock, online at www.Ancestry.com, retrieved Apr 2018.

Abner Wheelock

Birth: 16 Nov 1735, Leominster, Worcester, MA

• Leominster Vital Records

Baptism: 28 Mar 1736, Lancaster, Worcester, MA

• Henry S. Nourse, The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, 1890), p. 286.

Death: 31 May 1790, Leominster, Worcester, MA

• Leominster Vital Records

Father: Joseph Wheelock
Mother: Abigail _____

Spouse: Mary Brown
Marriage: 12 Apr 1758, Lunenburg, MA

• Leominster Vital Records

1. Jonathan Wheelock, born 3 Mar 1759, Leominster, Worcester, MA
2. Martha Wheelock, born 2 Oct 1760, Leominster, Worcester, MA
3. Mary Wheelock, born 7 Sep 1762, Leominster, Worcester, MA
4. Abner Wheelock, born 6 Jan 1765, Leominster, Worcester, MA
5. Unity Wheelock, born 19 Apr 1767, Leominster, Worcester, MA

Notes:

Abner died of Billous Fever according to the Leominster Vital Records. According to the the same records, his daughters Amy and Betsey also died of the same cause. Amy died 25 Apr 1790, and Betsey died 30 May 1790, age 14.

Abner may have fought in the Revolutionary War. Abner Wheelock, served in Colonel Abijah Stearns' regiment on a march to Williamstown, Aug 1777, roll dated Leominster.

Rockingham, VT, vital records show an Abner and Jonathan Wheelock living there in a time frame consistent with them being the children of Abner Wheelock and Mary Brown, though no proof is yet found. Also, Salmon Wheelock, who filed marriage intention in Leominster, lived in Rockingham, VT in the same time frame, suggesting that he may also be a child in this family. All three joined the Universalist Society in Rockingham on 3 Oct 1795.

Sources:

1. "Vital Records of Rockingham, VT, and Records of the First Church of Rockingham, VT, 1773-1839", compiled by Thomas Bellows Peck, published 1908 and 1902 respectively, and then by the Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1994

John Herbert Wheelock

Birth: 27 Nov 1873, Paterson, NJ

• "The Histories and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, 1635-1891", Vol II, by Henry R. Stiles, published by Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892, pg 516; available online at books.google.com, May 2015.

Death: 25 Jul 1943, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire Co, NH

• FindAGrave memorial, Fitzwilliam Village Cemetery, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 134101175, created 9 Aug 2014.

Burial: Fitzwilliam Village Cemetery, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire Co, NH

• FindAGrave memorial, Fitzwilliam Village Cemetery, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 134101175, created 9 Aug 2014.

Father: Thomas Seabury Wheelock
Mother: Sarah Maria Nash

Spouse: Zella Agatha Baker
Marriage: 29 Nov 1904, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 to 1910, Worcester Marriage Record, Vol 548, Pg 503 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)

Notes:

John's marriage to Zella was the second marriage for both, per Worcester marriage record.

He was the founder of the Signal Engineering and Manufacturing Company of New York, which became Wheelock Signals, Inc., and later became part of Eaton, Inc. His obituary in the 27 June 1943 Boston Herald states that he left his widow, Mrs. Dorothy (Christianson) Wheelock; four sons, Ralph of Ramsey, N. J.; Thomas, of Ft. Schuyler N.Y., and Hugh and Bradford Wheelock of Fitzwilliam, N. H.; and three daughters, Mrs. Marcia Greene of West Point, N.Y.; Mrs. Olive Tarlton and Miss Patricia Wheelock, both of Fitzwilliam, N.H.¹

Sources:

1. "John H. Wheelock, N.H. Inventor, Dies," The Boston Herald (Boston, Mass.), 27 June 1943, p. 13, col. 4; online at GenealogyBank.com; also "Inventor Dies, Once Hartford Resident," Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 3 July 1943, p. 16, col. 2; online at Newspapers.com, 21 May 2022.