Benjamin Buffum

Birth: 5 Dec 1787, Douglas, Worcester Co, MA

• Douglas Vital Records to 1850
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2019), headstone photo for Benjamin Buffum, memorial no. 50365219, Buffum Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, MA; Maintained by Glenda Decker Perkins (contributor 47013880).

Death: 12 Feb 1861, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," online database, AmericanAncestors.org (AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 3 Feb 2019), vol. 149, p. 315, Worcester death record; from Massachusetts Archives, Boston.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2019), headstone photo for Benjamin Buffum, memorial no. 50365219, Buffum Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, MA; Maintained by Glenda Decker Perkins (contributor 47013880).

Burial: Buffum Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, MA

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2019), headstone photo for Benjamin Buffum, memorial no. 50365219, Buffum Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, MA; Maintained by Glenda Decker Perkins (contributor 47013880).

Father: Benjamin Buffum
Mother: Phebe Baker

Spouse: Olive Wheelock
Marriage: about 1810

• Uxbridge Vital Records, Intention Filed May 1810

1. Benjamin Buffum, born 13 May 1811
2. Paul W. Buffum, born 25 Jul 1812, Douglas, Worcester Co, MA
3. Daniel Buffum, born 27 Aug 1814
4. Farnum Buffum, born 12 Jun 1819
5. Farnum Buffum, born 4 Dec 1822, Douglas, Worcester Co, MA
6. Hannah M. Buffum, born 14 Aug 1828, East Douglas, Worcester Co, MA

Spouse: Sophia Wheelock
Marriage: 26 Nov 1849, Burrillville, Providence Co, RI

• "New England, Select United Methodist Curch Records, 1787-1922," Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9134 : accessed 30 Jan 2019); New England Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History, Boston School of Theology Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
• "Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths," Vol 3, by James N. Arnold, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1892, p 6.

1. Phebe Buffum, born 2 Sep 1821, Douglas, Worcester Co, MA
2. Emeline Buffum, born 4 May 1825, Douglas, Worcester Co, MA
3. Phyletus Buffum, born calculated 1841
4. Loren A. Buffum, born May 1843, Douglas, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

Benjamin Buffum (1789-1861) was born in Douglas and lived his entire life there. He married Olive Wheelock in 1810, with whom he fathered at least six children. Olive died in 1848. A year later he married her niece, Sophia.

Sophia gave birth to at least four children out-of-wedlock, according to Douglas town records. Of these four, three are recorded in the town births, wherein the father is not identified, and Sophia is identified as single.¹

The marriage and death records of these same four children identify Sophia as their mother, and Benjamin Buffum as their father. Yet all were born before Benjamin and Sophia married. The four children of Sophia are listed here with Benjamin Buffum as father. However, this relationship is uncertain, given their out-of-wedlock births, and the potential unreliability of their marriage and death records.

For details, arguments, and comprehensive source citations, see the notes for Sophia Wheelock (1804 - 1901).

Sources:

1. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2495 : accessed 2 Feb 2019), "Douglas" > "Births, Marriages, and Deaths", Buffum births, Phebe Buffum, p. 15, and Wheelock births, Emeline Wheelock, p. 81; Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Also, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2061550 : accessed 17 Feb 2019), Julias Wheelock, son of Sophia Wheelock, single woman.

Eunice Howard

Death: Chicago, Il

• Records of Margaret (Rowe) Joannes, descendant of Washinton Wheelock and Eunice Howard, from family bible, Oct 2001.

Spouse: Washington Wheelock
Marriage: 19 Jan 1854

• Records of Margaret (Rowe) Joannes, descendant of Washinton Wheelock and Eunice Howard, from family bible, Oct 2001.

1. Hiram Howard Wheelock, born 12 Apr 1855
2. William W. Wheelock, born 24 Feb 1864, Felts Mills, NY

Elaine Park

Birth: 6 Sep 1945

Father: Warren George Park
Mother: Blanche Bartlett

Phoebe Reynolds

Spouse: Samuel Alfred Wheelock
Marriage: 1901

• Private Records of Jacki Hanson, a descendant of Alfred Wheelock and Matilda Randolph, Aug 1999.

Abigail Wheelock

Birth: 24 Aug 1820, Eden, Lamoille Co, VT

• Vermont Vital Records to 1870, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

Death: 3 Mar 1842

• Vermont Vital Records to 1870, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

Burial: Eden, Lamoille Co, VT

• Vermont Vital Records to 1870, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

Father: Martin Wheelock
Mother: Rachel Ordway

Notes:

Abigail Wheelock's death record does not specify age, but it is assumed to be the same Abigail, daughter of Martin and Rachel that was born in 1820.

Annette Woodward Wheelock

Birth: 8 Apr 1821

• Private Records of Mike Wheelock

Death: 1901

• Private Records of Mike Wheelock

Father: Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock
Mother: Mary Pope Prickett

Guilford Dudley Wheelock

Birth: 27 Mar 1839, Wilmot, Annapolis Co, Nova Scotia

• Beverly Wheelock Musick and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Wesley Wheelock.

Death: 23 Jun 1878, Cambridge, MA

• Beverly Wheelock Musick and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Wesley Wheelock.

Burial: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

• Beverly Wheelock Musick and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Wesley Wheelock.

Father: Wesley Wheelock
Mother: Mary Jane Masters

Spouse: Jessie Elizabeth Pierce
Marriage: 29 Dec 1861, Wilmot, Nova Scotia

• Beverly Wheelock Musick and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Wesley Wheelock.

1. Syrethe Elizabeth Wheelock, born 9 Feb 1862, Wilmot, NS
2. Cora Jane Wheelock, born 26 Sep 1864, Wilmot, NS
3. Jessie Blanche Wheelock, born 24 Dec 1871, Cambridge, MA
4. Guilford Percy Wheelock, born 28 Jun 1874, Cambridge, MA

Notes:

Guilford drowned in the Charles River, at the age of 39 years, 2 months, and 29 days. His death was reported in the Cambridge Chronicle on 29 June 1878, pg. 4, column 5.¹

Sources:

1. Beverly Wheelock Musick, and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Guilford Dudley Wheelock.

Nathan Wheelock

Birth: Dec 1880, Little Falls, NY

• Private records of Nancy Docherty, descendent of Joseph Wheelock and Judith Foster, through Dolly Wheelock, Oct 1998.

Death: 1881, Romeo, MI

• Private records of Nancy Docherty, descendent of Joseph Wheelock and Judith Foster, through Dolly Wheelock, Oct 1998.

Father: Joseph Brayton Wheelock
Mother: Jane Ann Clark

Sophia Wheelock

Birth: 1837

Father: Charles Wheelock
Mother: Hannah Baltzor