Martha Bontells

Birth: 7 Jan 1834

• Records of Richard Mullen, a descendant of Andrus Wheelock, Sr and Lovice Hill, June 2000.

Death: 28 Dec 1891, Blackstone, Worcester, MA

• Records of Richard Mullen, a descendant of Andrus Wheelock, Sr and Lovice Hill, June 2000.

Burial: Blackstone Cemetery, Blackstone, MA

• Headstone Records, taken by Richard Mullen, June 2000.

Partner: Daniel Wheelock

1. Edward Everett Wheelock, born 1861
2. Julia B. Wheelock, born 4 Oct 1864

Susannah Bowman

Birth: 5 Apr 1793, Westborough, Worcester, MA

• Westborough Vital Records

Father: Benjamin Bowman
Mother: Abigail Wheelock

Patricia Davis

Birth: 27 Feb 1929, Somerville, MA

• Records of Maureen (Kelly) Power, granddaughter of Bertha Louise Wheelock, Nov 2002.

Father: Harold W. Davis
Mother: Bertha Louise Wheelock

Spouse: Walter Kelly
Marriage: 26 Mar 1947, Cambridge, MA

• Records of Maureen (Kelly) Power, granddaughter of Bertha Louise Wheelock, Nov 2002.

1. Maureen Florence Kelly, born 2 Nov 1948, Boston, MA
2. Nancy Kelly, born 28 Feb 1953, Boston, MA
3. Walter W. Kelly, born 8 Dec 1960

Alice Hughes

Partner: Henry Douglas

Joseph Miles

Birth: about 1635

Death: 1693

• Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate File Papers, 1631-1881, case 18433, Joseph Miles (1693); at AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18433-co1/30412063 : accessed 28 Jan 2025); also at Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069/records/3537203 : 28 Jan 2025).

Spouse: Mary Wheelock
Marriage: 28 Jan 1660/61, Medfield, Norfolk Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274679-00208 : accessed 30 Oct 2023), Boston, Registry of Births, Deaths, 1630-1699, image 206 of 220, Joseph Miles and Mary Whelock (1660); Boston town clerk.

Spouse: Exercise Felton
Marriage: 7 Nov 1664, Salem, Essex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-WQBD : accessed 2 January 2025), Essex County births, marriages, deaths 1654-1795, Joseph Miles and Exercise Felton (1664); FHL 877468, image 244 of 814; see also Salem Vital Records to 1850, Vol. 4 Marriages, p. 87.

1. Mary Miles, born probably 1 Apr 1666, Salem, Essex Co, MA
2. Susana Miles, born 7 Oct 1667, Salem, Essex Co, MA
3. Abigail Miles, born 5 Jul 1669, Salem, Essex Co, MA
4. Mary Miles, born 27 Mar 1671, Salem, Essex Co, MA
5. Elizabeth Miles, bapt. Nov 1673, Salem, Essex Co, MA
6. Sarah Miles, bapt. May 1677, Salem, Essex Co, MA

Notes:

His parents are not known.

After Mary died, he married Exercise Felton in Salem, "7:9m:1664", or 7 November 1664 on the modern calender.¹

Five daughters of Joseph and Exercise are recorded in Salem, one of whom, Mary, presumably died young, since they had another daughter named Mary, born later. Two other daughters are listed as children of Joseph and Exercise in the Salem VRs: Susana and Abigail.² They had a fifth daughter, Sarah Miles, who married Thomas Elkins - proven by the will of Exercise Miles, dated 17 July 1704. In her will she called Thomas Elkins her "son-in-law ... who married my Daughter" and made him sole executor of her estate.³ Thomas Elkins married Sarah Miles in Salem, 14 Jan. 1701.⁴ This was likely the Sarah Miles who was baptized in Salem, May 1677.⁵

A sixth daughter, Elizabeth, baptized in Salem, is presumed to be a child of Joseph and Experience based on her baptism date, which fills a gap in the birth sequence for Excercise.⁵

See also History of Salem for another take on the children of Joseph and Exercise,⁶ and A Genealogical History of the Felton Family ... for yet another take.⁷

Joseph made his will 20 May 1692, witnessed by Edward Berry, Catherine Berry, and Simon Willard. In it he left five shillings each to his four daughters; and his house, cow, and whatever swine he had to his wife, Execercize, whom he named sole executrix. The inventory of his estate was prepared by Simon Willard and Edward Berry; and was presented to the probate court on 6 June 1693.⁸

Sources:

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-WQBD : accessed 2 January 2025), Essex County births, marriages, deaths 1654-1795, Joseph Miles and Exercise Felton (1664); FHL 877468, image 244 of 814; see also Salem Vital Records to 1850, Vol. 3 Marriages, p. 87.
2. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, 5 Vols. (Salem, Massachusetts : Essex Institute, 1916), vol. 2, p. 74, births of Mary 1, Mary 2, Susana, and Abigail, baptisms of Sarah and Elizabeth; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsabyu02sale/page/74/mode/2up : accessed 2 Februrary 2025).
3. Essex County, Massachusetts, probate file papers, Exercise Miles (1704), case 18432; online at AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18432-co3/30412056 : accessed 2 July 2025).
4. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, 5 Vols. (Salem, Massachusetts : Essex Institute, 1916), vol. 4 Marriages, p. 87; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsabyu04sale/page/n89/mode/2up : accessed 2 Februrary 2025).
5. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, 5 Vols. (Salem, Massachusetts : Essex Institute, 1916), vol. 2, p. 74, births of Mary 1, Mary 2, Susana, and Abigail, baptisms of Elizabeth and Sarah; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsabyu02sale/page/74/mode/2up : accessed 2 Februrary 2025).
6. Sidney Perley, The History of Salem, Massachusetts (Salem, Massachusetts: author), 1924, p. 233; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofsalemma02perl/page/234/mode/2up : 2 Feb 2025).
7. Cyrus Felton, A Genealogical History of the Felton family; Descendants of Lieutenant Nathaniel Felton, who came to Salem, Mass., in 1633 (Marlborough, Massachusetts : Pratt Brothers, 1886), p. 7; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist1886felt/page/6/mode/2up : 2 Feb 2025). This source omits Sarah and Elizabeth, but includes Katherine, without source information.
8. Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate File Papers, 1631-1881, case 18433, Joseph Miles (1693); at AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18433-co1/30412063 : accessed 28 Jan 2025); also at Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069/records/3537203 : 28 Jan 2025).

Rhoda Pope

Birth: 7 Jan 1796, Calais, Washington Co, Vermont

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

Death: 23 Nov 1868

• Headstone Record, Castlebar Cemetery, Shipton, Richmond Co, Quebec, Canada; as reported at www.interment.com, May 2007.

Burial: Castlebar Cemetery, Shipton, Richmond Co, Quebec

• Headstone Record, Castlebar Cemetery, Shipton, Richmond Co, Quebec, Canada; as reported at www.interment.com, May 2007.

Father: Winslow Pope
Mother: Mary Wheelock

Clara Josephine Wheelock

Birth: 13 Oct 1874

• Email from Kevin Wheelock (a descendant of Silas Wheelock and Rena Baldwin, through Silas B. Wheelock) to Roderick Sullivan, Nov 1998; family records, original source unknown.
• 1900 U.S. census, Hamburg, Erie County, New York, household of Hilton H and Orpha S. Wheelock.

Death: 14 Jan 1965, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• "New York State, U.S., Death Index, 1957-1970," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61668/ : accessed 30 Oct 2023), Clara J. Titus (1965), death certificate #2391; New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index, Albany, New York.

Burial: Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60216095/clara-w-titus: accessed 30 October 2023), gravestone photo for Clara Wheelock Titus (1874–1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60216095, Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Phyllis Meyer (contributor 47083260).

Father: Hilton Haven Wheelock
Mother: Orpha Sophia Fritts

Spouse: Harry Arnold Titus
Marriage: 6 Sep 1905, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61632/ : accessed 30 Oct 2023), Harry A. Titus and Clara J. Wheelock (1905), cert. no. 18749; citing New York State Marriage Index, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Notes:

Clara was a music teacher, per 1900 census. No children.

Joseph Albert Wheelock

Birth: 8 Feb 1831, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

• "Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society", Volume XII, published by the society, December 1908, St. Paul, Minn, online at books.google.com, Nov 2010.

Death: 9 May 1906

• "Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society", Volume XII, published by the society, December 1908, St. Paul, Minn, online at books.google.com, Nov 2010.

Father: Joseph Wheelock
Mother: Mercy Whitman

Spouse: Catherine French
Marriage: 14 May 1861

• "Wheelock Family, Gilfillan Family", family history notebook, authored by Webster Wheelock (1870 - 1931), reproducing letters and writings of his father, Joseph Albert Wheelock (1832 - 1906), and citing as sources interviews with older relatives, his ancestors journals, diaries, notebooks, and letters. Date of writing unknown. The journal is currently (2013) in the hands of Webster Wheelock's great-grandson, Joseph Albert Wheelock, III.

1. Katrine Wheelock, born 1864
2. Ellen Wheelock, born 1866
3. Webster Wheelock, born 3 Dec 1870, St. Paul, MN

Notes:

Joseph Albert Wheelock was the editor-in-chief of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1860-1906.

Samuel Wheelock

Baptism: 22 Sep 1745, Milford, Worcester, MA

• Milford Vital Records (Church Record)

Father: Samuel Wheelock
Mother: Hannah Amidown

Spouse: Dinah Leyland
Marriage: 15 Oct 1770, Holliston, MA

• Holliston Vital Records

1. Mille Wheelock, born 1768
2. Azuba Wheelock, born 1770
3. Anna Wheelock, born 1773
4. Luther Wheelock, born calculated 31 Oct 1782, Tyringham, Berskshire Co, MA
5. Alexander Wheelock, born 1778

Notes:

Samuel probably served in the Revolutionary War. He was a private in Captain Staples Chamberlain's Company of Militia (from Holliston) who marched in response the the Lexington Alarm of 19 April 1775.

The children of Samuel and Dinah are taken from the "Leland Genealogy" as reported by Carlyle Wheelock and Winifred Gonseth in "Wheelock Genealogy". The birth dates are not consistent with the marriage date.

The death of an unnamed child of Samuel, Jr. is recorded in Tyringham, 24 Dec 1781 (Church Record).

William Everett Wheelock

Birth: 19 Dec 1838, Lancaster, Worcester, MA

• Leominster Vital Records

Death: 31 Jan 1862

• Headstone record, Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 53073849, created 31 May 2010.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, MA

• Headstone record, Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 53073849, created 31 May 2010.

Father: Charles Wheelock
Mother: Elizabeth Hastings

Notes:

William mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 24 Jul 1861. His brother, Charles Albert Wheelock, also served in the 15th. William ended his service 25 Aug 1861, due to disability. His brother, George Franklin Wheelock, served in the 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.¹

He died of consumption, per death certificate.

Sources:

1. Roster and Genealogies of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, online records at http://www.nextech.de/ma15mvi/ma15mvi-p/main.htm, compiled by Susan Harnwell, May 2008.