Hannah Cheney

Birth: 7 Nov 1778, Milford, Worcester, MA

• Milford Vital Records

Father: Caleb Cheney
Mother: Mary Wheelock

Notes:

The Mendon VRs report the birth date as "7 Nov 177[torn]"

Jonathan Connich

Spouse: Zeruiah Wheelock
Marriage: 3 Apr 1781, Townsend, Worcester, MA

• "History of the Town of Townsend, Middlesex County, MA, from the Grant of Hathorn's Farm, 1676-1878", Ithamar B. Sawtelle, Press of Blanchard & Brown, Fitchburg, MA, 1878; online at ancestry.com, Nov 2001.

Ebenezer Keyes

Spouse: Tamar Wheelock
Marriage: 13 Jul 1725, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA

• Shrewsbury Vital Records

1. Huldah Keyes, born 19 Apr 1727
2. Elisha Keyes, born 15 Feb 1729
3. Tamar Keyes, born 5 Jan 1731
4. Tryphena Keyes, born 5 Jan 1731
5. Ebenezer Keyes, born 4 Nov 1733
6. Hepzibah Keyes, born 2 Jun 1736
7. Hannah Keyes, born 17 Apr 1742

Notes:

Ebenezer was the son of Deacon John Keyes and Sarah Prescott.

Sources:

1. The Edmund Rice Association Website, Mar 2001, http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/index.htm

Tracy Lyn Latham

Birth: 24 Apr 1971, Denver, CO

• Private Records of Georgia Carol Wheelock, Apr. 1999.

Father: Joe Banks Latham
Mother: Georgia Carol Wheelock

Eli Wheelock

Birth: 7 Jul 1760, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850, pg 107

Death: 18 Sep 1797, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Burial: Northside Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41586659/eli-wheelock : accessed 11 July 2022), gravestone photo for Eli Wheelock (d. 18 Sep 1797, aged 37), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41586659, Northside Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by Jenean Hamilton (contributor 46846305).

Father: Jonathan Wheelock
Mother: Martha Wight

Spouse: Hannah Streeter
Marriage: 14 Mar 1782, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Daniel Wheelock, born 15 Oct 1782, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
2. Anna Wheelock, born 23 Jun 1784, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
3. Jere Wheelock, born 3 Mar 1786, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
4. Lewis Wheelock, born 7 Nov 1787, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
5. Harry Wheelock, born 31 Jan 1791, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
6. Francis Wheelock, born 21 Aug 1792, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
7. Hiram Wheelock, born 17 Jun 1794, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
8. Eli Wheelock, born 28 Jun 1797, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

Eli Wheelock was probably born in his father's house, which still stands (2022) on present day 275 Stafford Rd, the oldest house in the Charlton Northside.

Eli Wheelock was a Fifer in the Revolutionary War. He fought first, at the age of 15, in Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Regiment; and later under Colonel Cushing, and Colonel Jacob Davis.

Upon his father's death in 1783, Eli Wheelock took over the tavern which the Wheelocks had operated out of a room in their house. In 1792, perhaps to complement the tavern business, Eli built a distillery 100 feet to the west of his home where he distilled gin, brewed beer, ran a malthouse and operated a corn mill. The business venture was successful enough to be referenced in Rev. Peter Whitney's History of Worcester County, published in 1793.¹

By that time, the road on which Eli operated his tavern and distillery was becoming more heavily traveled as a major route between Worcester and towns to the east. Taking advantage of this, Eli formed a partnership with Leonard Morey (who had married Phoebe Wheelock, a distant cousin) and began construction of a tavern, just west of his distillery. He planned for this tavern to be the finest between Worcester and Hartford. On 18 Sep 1797, according to village tradition, Eli died from injuries received during a fall from the third floor of the incomplete building. The building was later completed. In 1801, Isaiah and William Rider purchased 2/3 of the building, along with the distillery that Eli had previously operated. The Rider Tavern served travelers for many years, and in 1975 was acquired by the Charlton Historical Commission, which has been engaged in a process of continuous restoration.

Hannah Streeter, Eli's widow, received as her portion of his estate the eastern third of the tavern. After a brief move to Calais, VT, she returned to live in the tavern until 1806.²

(Written by Roderick B. Sullivan, June 2002)

Sources:

1. "History of Worcester County", by Rev. Peter Whitney, A.M., Worcester, MA, Isaiah Thomas, Printer, 1793.
2. "A Bicentennial History of The Rider Tavern, 1797-1997", by William O. Hultgren, issued by the Charlton Historical Society, Inc., 255 Stafford St, Charlton, MA, 01507, 1997.

Kevin Andrew Wheelock

Birth: 9 May 1960, Pomona, Los Angeles Co, CA

• Private records of Bruce Norman Wheelock, Mar 1998, and Arlene (Jeronime) Fitzgerald, Mar 2000.

Father: Albert Norman Wheelock
Mother: Dorinda Paula Elmhirst

Spouse: L. Shaindell Goldhaber
Marriage: 4 Oct 1998, Seattle, WA

• Private records of Bruce Norman Wheelock, Aug 2003.

Mary Esther Wheelock

Birth: 14 Mar 1897, Calais, Washington, VT

• Marcus Warren Waite, The Wheelock Family of Calais, Vermont, (North Montpelier, Vermont : Driftwind Press, 1940).

Death: 16 Oct 1917

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

Burial: Robinson Cemetery, Calais, VT

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

Father: Omar Wheelock
Mother: Hattie Collier

Notes:

Mary Esther Wheelock was unmarried.

¹ Fitzgerald, granddaughter of Omar Wheelock and Hattie Collier, Mar 2000)

Sources:

1. Arlene (Jeronime