Jervis Orlando Bemis

Birth: 11 Aug 1818, Hamilton, Madison Co, NY

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.
• The History of Rock County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical, 1879), Biography of Jervis Bemis, p. 872; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyrockcoun00pubgoog/page/n863/mode/2up : 8 Aug 2020).

Death: 3 Oct 1901

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444129/jervis-orlando-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), gravestone photo for Jervis O. Bemis (1818–3 Oct 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444129, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

Burial: Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93444129/jervis-orlando-bemis: accessed 15 August 2022), gravestone photo for Jervis O. Bemis (1818–3 Oct 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93444129, Grove Cemetery, Footville, Rock Co, WI, maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

Father: Daniel Bemis
Mother: Charlotte Wheelock

Spouse: Eunice Marie Bump
Marriage: 19 Dec 1841

• Henry Mendell Tower, Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Mass., 4 vols. (Spencer, Mass.: W. J. Heffernam-Spencer Leader Print, 1901-1909), vol. 1, pp. 165-171; online at Archive.org, 15 Aug 2022.

Frederick Wheelock Chick

Birth: 6 Dec 1918, Springfield, MA

• "The Wheelock Family in America, 1637-1969", Walter T. Wheelock, Uxbridge, MA, Privately Published, 1969

Father: Frank T. Chick
Mother: Ruth Wheelock

Laban Fairbanks

Birth: 1 Oct 1755, Dedham, Norfolk Co, MA

• "Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897", Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Boston, The American Printing & Engraving Company, 1897. Record kindly supplied by Joe Fairbanks, May 2002.

Death: 27 Mar 1799, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• "Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897", Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, A.M., Boston, The American Printing & Engraving Company, 1897. Record kindly supplied by Joe Fairbanks, May 2002.

Spouse: Nancy Wheelock
Marriage: about 1785

• Mendon Vital Records - Intention Filed 9 Mar 1785

1. Clarissa Fairbanks, born 26 Jan 1786, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
2. Lewis Fairbanks, born 21 Jul 1788, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
3. Samuel Fairbanks, born 29 Mar 1791, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
4. Almira Fairbanks, born 20 Mar 1794, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
5. Nancy Fairbanks, born 14 Feb 1796, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
6. Laban Fairbanks, born 14 Nov 1798, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

Private Laban Fairbanks of Mendon, served in the Revolutionary War, 6th Company, Colonel Bailey's regiment.

Myrland Johnson

Father: Earl Johnson
Mother: Mabel Kanouse

Partner: Pauline Coral Wheelock

Stacy Robinson

Spouse: Christopher Wheelock
Marriage:

• Records of Michelle Wheelock, daughter of Joseph Gerald Wheelock and Rosemary Caporiccio, Dec 2006.

1. Channah Wheelock, born 7 Mar 1991
2. Rachel Wheelock, born 29 Aug 1996
3. Corey Wheelock, born 18 Dec 2000

Simeon Steere

Birth: 26 Feb 1747

• "Steere Genealogy, A Record of the Descendants of John Steere Who Settled in Providence, Rhode Island, About the Year 1660", James Pierce Root, Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1890

Spouse: Mary Walker
Marriage:

• "Steere Genealogy, A Record of the Descendants of John Steere Who Settled in Providence, Rhode Island, About the Year 1660", James Pierce Root, Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1890

1. Sophia Steere, born 20 Apr 1773

Notes:

Simeon Steere removed from Glocester to Burrillville, RI, which was set off from Glocester in 1806. His will was made 28 Mar 1816, and probated 5 Apr 1817.¹

Sources:

1. "Steere Genealogy", James Pierce Root, Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1890

Elizabeth Ward

Birth: 22 Jan 1702/3, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

• Marlborough Vital Records

Father: Joseph Ward
Mother: Abiel Wheelock

Essa Mae Wetherell

Birth: 24 Oct 1906

• Records of Leslie Fay Wetherell, grandson of Celia Delina Caroline St. Cyr (aka Celia Wheelock), Oct 2002.

Father: Fay Orlin Wetherell
Mother: Celia Wheelock

Eli Wheelock

Birth: 24 Apr 1798, Calais, Washington Co, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Z-TJF : accessed 2 July 2022), Eli Wheelock birth; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL film 27726.

Death: 13 Jun 1856, Chelsea, Suffolk 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 29 June 2022), Chelsea deaths, vol. 104, p. 100, Eli Wheelock death; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Father: Peter Wheelock
Mother: Lydia Green

Spouse: Hepsibah Osgood
Marriage: 27 Aug 1820, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Z-TJN : accessed 3 July 2022), Eli Wheelock and Hepzikah Osgood; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL film 27726.

1. Merrill G. Wheelock, born 31 May 1822, Marshfield, Washington Co, VT
2. Eli Wellington Wheelock, born Jul 1826, Marshfield, Washington Co, VT
3. Lucius Augustus Wheelock, born about 1829, probably Marshfield, Washington Co, VT
4. Melora K. Wheelock, born calculated Mar 1833, Barre, Worcester Co, MA
5. John Moore Wheelock, born Feb 1834
6. Frederick Delano Wheelock, born 3 Feb 1839, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

Eli was a resident of Marshfield, Vermont, when he married Hepsibah Osgood on 27 Aug 1820,¹ and was still living there in 1830, per census. By 7 Feb 1831 he had moved "out of state", according to the newspapers.² Whether he moved directly to Hardwick, Massachusetts, is not known, but he was probably there by 17 May 1835, the date his son died, as recorded on a gravestone in the Hardwick central cemetery.³ On various dates between 5 Aug 1836 and 24 Feb 1837 he is listed as an agent in Hardwick, representing the Barre Gazette.⁴ On the latter date, a newspaper article makes reference to "the Inn of Eli Wheelock in said Hardwick", suggesting he ran an inn there.⁵

On 31 May 1837 he published a newspaper announcement stating that he had "removed from Hardwick and taken the" Barre Hotel,⁶ where he was an inn keeper for several years.⁷

In 1840 he was living in Barre, with 29 others in the dwelling. In 1842 he administered the estate of his brother, Jera, who was living in Barre and had died intestate there.⁸

He later sold the hotel to Joseph Robinson,⁷ and by 4 July 1845 he was running newspaper ads for the Quincy House in Boston.⁹

He lived in Boston at least through 1850, where he is found in the census, occupation inn keeper.

By 1855 he had moved to Chelsea, Massachusetts, and in 1856 died there in the house of his son, Eli Wellington Wheelock.¹⁰

Marie Rose Wheelock:

Eli Wheelock and Hepsibah Osgood were said to have a daughter Marie Rose Wheelock, born 1833, but no clear record of her is found. There is a birth record in Chelsea [taken from Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett] for Maria Rose Wheelock, born 1833, but this almost certainly belongs to Maria Rose, wife of Merrill G. Wheelock, who is also buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Maria Rose was born 15 Feb 1833 in Turner, Maine, per vital records there. The 1850 census shows an M. R. Wheelock, age 19, living in the household of Eli and Hepsibah, but this could easily be Melora K. Wheelock, who isn't found anywhere else in the 1850 census. Finally, there isn't room for a Marie Rose Wheelock, born 1833, in her mother's sequence of births. Melora K. Wheelock was born in Mar 1833, per her Chicago death record, leaving no room for Maria Rose Wheelock.

Research Notes:

On 24 Feb 1837 Gardner Ruggles advertised "to let" the Tavern Stand in the centre of Hardwick, "now ocupied by Mr. Eli Wheelock".¹¹

In 1850 he was living in Boston, age 50, innholder, with M. Wheelock, 48, M. G. Wheelock, 28, architect, E. W. Wheelock, 25, clerk, L. W. Wheelock, 22, and M. R. [or M. K.] Wheelock, 19.

Sources:

1. "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Z-TJN : accessed 3 July 2022), Eli Wheelock and Hepzikah Osgood; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL film 27726.
2. Vermont Patriot and State Gazette (Montpelier, Vermont), 7 Feb 1831, p. 4, col. 5; GenealogyBank.com, 2 July 2022.
3. Hardwick Vital Records to 1850, John Moore Wheelock, buried Hardwick Central Cemetery, GR2.
4. "Agents," Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass), 5 Aug 1836, p. 1; also Agents," Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass), 24 Feb 1837, p. 1; both at GenealogyBank.com.
5. Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass), 24 Feb 1837, p. 3; GenealogyBank.com.
6. Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass), 31 May 1837, p. 3; GenealogyBank.com.
7. Helen Webber Connington, Albert Clark, Mary Kelley, History of Barre, Windows Into the Past (Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Historical Commission, 1992), p. 122, online at Archive.org.
8. Worcester County probate case 63702.
9. Barre Patriot (Barre, Mass), 4 July 1845, p. 4; GenealogyBank.com.
10. National Aegis (Worcester, Mass), 25 June 1856, p. 3; GenealogyBank.com.
11. Barre Gazette (Barre, Mass), 10 Mar 1837, p. 3; GenealogyBank.com.

Keith Francis Wheelock

Birth: 1958

• Records of Gregory Wayne Wheelock, cousin, Feb 2015.

Father: William Joseph Wheelock
Mother: Theresa Klug

Marion Clifton Wheelock

Birth: 24 Feb 1885, Lawrence, Essex Co, MA

• Records of Kimber Gadsby Wheelock, a descendant of William North Wheelock and Isabel Brown, August 2001.

Death: 23 Oct 1970, Stockton, San Joaquin Co, CA

• Records of Deborah (Wheelock) Taylor, daughter of Frederic Melvin Wheelock and Dorothy Rathbone, July 2001.

Father: Major Chipman Wheelock
Mother: Mary Lois North

Spouse: John Baldwin
Marriage: DATE UNKNOWN

• Records of Kimber Gadsby Wheelock, a descendant of William North Wheelock and Isabel Brown, August 2001.

Jennie May Willard

Birth: 4 Mar 1855, Winchester, Cheshire Co, NH

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

Father: Alvin Thayer Willard
Mother: Prudence F. Wheelock