Nelson Rollin Lyons

Spouse: Mary Alice Wheelock
Marriage: 4 May 1884, Ticonderoga, NY

• "Barber genealogy (in two sections) Section I. Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn. 1614-1909. Section II. Descendants of John Barber of Worcester, Mass. 1714-1909", published by John Barber White, edited by Lillian Mae Wilson, Haverhill, Mass. Press of the Nichols Print, 1909; found at www.ebooksread.com, Aug 2012.

1. Ruth Agnes Lyons, born 16 Apr 1885, Moriah, NY
2. Helen Alyda Lyons, born 9 Jun 1886
3. Water Hiram Lyons, born 21 Jan 1888

Catharine Moore

Birth: 15 Jul 1808

• "Wheelock Genealogy", by Carlyle Capron Wheelock, of Woonsocket Rhode Island, and Winifred (Thomson) (Argersinger) Gonseth, of Clayton, New York, 1955; in Dartmouth University Special Collections.
• Records of Karen (Root) Grimm, Jan 2008, from records of Ellen Francis Leach Root whose original sources include letters to Mrs. Alice Moore, Marlborough, MA 31 Jan 1819.

Death: 8 Dec 1876, Greenfield, Franklin Co, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Greenfield Death Record, Volume 283, Pg 306 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.)

Father: Jonas Moore
Mother: Alice Wheelock

Spouse: Archippus Wheelock
Marriage: 9 Jun 1835, Greenfield, Franklin Co, MA

• Greenfield Vital Records

1. Edward Willard Wheelock, born 3 Oct 1836
2. Julia Ann Wheelock, born 8 Sep 1841
3. Mary Charlean Wheelock, born 12 Jun 1850

Notes:

In the 1860 Census Catharine is enumerated in the household of her presumed son, Edwin(sic), in Greenfield, MA. Charline Wheelock is also in the household.

Catharine's Greenfield Mass death record (MA 283:306) identifies her as the daughter of Jonas Moore (of Sudbury), and Alice (of Lancaster). She was 68 when she died of pneumonia.

Harriet Lois Poland

Birth: 10 Oct 1906, Beverly, Essex Co, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910, Beverly Birth Record, Vol 558, Pg 412; online database at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org, Apr 2008.
• Records of Kenneth Gilbert, obtained from his grandmother, Ethel May Poland, July 2007.

Death: 8 Feb 1985, Danvers, MA

• Records of Kenneth Gilbert, obtained from his grandmother, Ethel May Poland, July 2007.

Father: Charles Henry Poland
Mother: Lottie Esther Wheelock

Samuel Reed

Birth: 25 Apr 1783, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA

• Connecticut River Valley Rootsweb Archives, Descendants of Jonathan Woodward, posted 11 Dec 2002, author and original source unknown, online at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CT-RIVER-VALLEY/2002-09/1031800988, July 2010.

Death: 3 Feb 1826, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA

• Connecticut River Valley Rootsweb Archives, Descendants of Jonathan Woodward, posted 11 Dec 2002, author and original source unknown, online at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CT-RIVER-VALLEY/2002-09/1031800988, July 2010.

Spouse: Melinda Wheelock
Marriage: 23 Feb 1818, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/matownvital : accessed 19 June 2019), Prudence Smith, image 430; citing Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and DeLene Holbrook); from Warwick Copy of Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1739-1849, book 1, p. 169 of approx 213, Warwick Town Clerk's office, Warwick, MA.

1. John Reed, born 26 Feb 1820, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA
2. Melinda Ann Reed, born 12 Oct 1824

Geraldine Lynn Reid

Spouse: Truman Earnest Neill
Marriage: 4 Jul 1964

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

Amelia Ames Wheelock

Birth: 29 Jul 1813, Cumberland, Providence Co, RI

• "Wolcott Immigrants: And Their Early Descendants (The First Six Generations)", by John Benjamin Wolcott, Charles V. Waid, Society of the Descendants of Henry WOlcott, page 563, published by the Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 2002, Rochester, Washington.

Death: 1 Jun 1855, Providence, Providence Co, RI

• "Wolcott Immigrants: And Their Early Descendants (The First Six Generations)", by John Benjamin Wolcott, Charles V. Waid, Society of the Descendants of Henry WOlcott, page 563, published by the Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 2002, Rochester, Washington.

Burial: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI

• "Wolcott Immigrants: And Their Early Descendants (The First Six Generations)", by John Benjamin Wolcott, Charles V. Waid, Society of the Descendants of Henry WOlcott, page 563, published by the Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 2002, Rochester, Washington.

Father: Joseph Wheelock
Mother: Amelia Ames

Spouse: Edward Walcott
Marriage: 28 May 1835, Providence, Providence Co, RI

• "Wolcott Immigrants: And Their Early Descendants (The First Six Generations)", by John Benjamin Wolcott, Charles V. Waid, Society of the Descendants of Henry WOlcott, page 563, published by the Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 2002, Rochester, Washington.

Joel Sylvanus Wheelock

Birth: 9 Mar 1848, Lockport, NY

• "Portrait And Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawasse Counties, Michigan", published 1891 in Chicago, by Chapman Bros; pg 895, biographical sketch of Joel Sylvanus Wheelock, MD, online at books.google.com.

Father: Joel Wheelock
Mother: Lois Chase

Lewis Wheelock

Birth: 5 Dec 1807, Batavia, Genesee Co, NY

• "Lewis Wheelock," obit, Buffalo Daily Courier (Buffalo, New York), 1 Dec 1881, p. 2, col. 8; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/354465257/ : accessed 24 September 2023).

Death: 24 Nov 1881, Erie Co, NY

• "Lewis Wheelock," obit, Buffalo Daily Courier (Buffalo, New York), 1 Dec 1881, p. 2, col. 8; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/354465257/ : accessed 24 September 2023).

Father: Silas Wheelock
Mother: Rena Baldwin

Spouse: Eliza Palmer
Marriage: about 1831

1. Clarinda Wheelock, born about 1832, NY
2. Orlando Wheelock, born 30 Jul 1834, NY
3. Mary Ann Wheelock, born about 1836
4. Albert Homer Wheelock, born 28 Jun 1839, Concord, NY
5. Almina Clarissa Wheelock, born about 1841, Erie Co, NY
6. Lewis M. Wheelock, born 3 May 1844, NY
7. Irena Wheelock, born Apr 1847, Erie Co, NY
8. Cyrus J. Wheelock, born Apr 1850
9. Phoebe Wheelock, born 15 Nov 1852, Glenwood, Erie Co, NY

Notes:

On 8 Feb 1833, Silas Wheelock, Lewis' father, bought lot 38, township 7, range 6, 100 acres of land in what is now Concord, NY, or thereabouts, for $465.¹ Shortly thereafter, in the same year, 1833, Lewis moved onto this lot.² He built a mill (on Buffalo Creek, Waterville), and set up farming operations.³ Twelve years later, in 1845, Lewis was still living on the farm.⁴

The following is a testimonial by Calvin Killom, a neighbor of Lewis:

"We moved over to Waterville about 1822 and located on lot thirty-eight, township seven, range six, on what has since been known as the Whelock place. Our house was on a small flat on the north part of the farm. There were no settlers in the northeast part of town when we came; there was no road along the creek nor in any direction. Isaac Beaver came two years after and located on Ransford Foot's flats. Robert Flint came in 1826 and settled on the Treat Place. Homer Barnes and his father came about 1830 and built a sawmill. Abner Wilson came, and he and Barnes built a grist mill. Hezekiah Griffith came about 1832, John Griffith and Lewis Whelock about '33..."⁵

Per census records, Lewis lived on the farm in Concord until at least 1875, after which he moved to Colden - perhaps around the time his son-in-law, D. D. Chase, sold the "Lewis Wheelock farm," announced in the newspaper on 19 Feb 1876.⁷

Lewis' obituary (unindexed) appears in the Buffalo Daily Courier Newspaper, 1 Dec 1881, and reads as follows:⁸

"The death of Lewis Wheelock, one of the oldest residents of Erie County, occurred at Concord on the 24th ult. The deceased was born in Batavia, Genesee County, Dec, 5, 1807 but shortly afterwards removed to Erie county, where he resided for 70 years, 48 of which had been passed on his farm in Concord, Mr. Wheelock leaves a family of 8 children, 2 of whom reside in this city."

Lewis died intestate probably in Colden in 1881. The petition for administration of his estate was dated 17 March 1884, and lists the following children: Orlando Wheelock of South Bend, Indiana, Albert Wheelock of Fredonia, Irena Ellis of Buffalo, Lewis Wheelock of Concord, Erie County, New York, Almina Pierce of Buffalo, Cyrus Wheelock of Buffalo, and Phoebe Hedley of Medina, Orleans County, New York. In addition, the following grandchildren are listed: Edward E. Hedges, Mary Hedges, both of Colden, New York, both of full age; Lewis Hedges, of Colden, a minor, Estella Alger, of Boston, Erie County, New York, of full age; and Elmer Chase and Velma Chase of Boston, Erie County, both minors. Lewis M. Wheelock was appointed administrator.⁶

Death Date:

Lewis Wheelock's probate documents state that he died in Colden "on, or about, the 24th day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty one."⁹ However, his obituary appears in the 1 December 1881 issue of the Buffalo Daily Courier newspaper, rendering the 24 December 1881 death date impossible.⁸ The date given in his obituary is more likely correct: 24 November 1881.

Sources:

1. Erasmus Briggs, History of the Original Town of Concord, being the present towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York (Rochester, New York: Union and Advertiser, 1883), p. 162; Archive.org, 12 Sep 2023.
2. History of the Original Town of Concord ..., pg. 395
3. History of the Original Town of Concord ..., pg. 181
4. History of the Original Town of Concord ..., pg. 200
5. History of the Original Town of Concord ..., pg. 395. Calvin Killom, the man who made this testimony, is buried at the Morse Road Cemetery, in Concord, NY, along with many members of the Griffith family.
6. Erie County probate file #24272.
7. Springville Journal (Springville, New York), 19 Feb 1876, p. 3, col. 5; Newspapers.com, 25 Sep 2023.
8. "Lewis Wheelock," Buffalo Daily Courier (Buffalo, New York), 1 Dec 1881, p. 2, col. 8; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/354465257/ : accessed 24 September 2023).
9. Erie County probate, case 24272; FHL 964090, image 287 of 1341.

Margaret Wheelock

Birth: 29 Jan 1898, Chicago, Cook Co, IL

• "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940", online database at www.familysearch.org, Aug 2016.

Death: 26 Nov 1992, Evanston, Cook Co, IL

• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994", online database at www.familysearch.org, Aug 2016.

Burial: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook Co, IL

• FindAGrave memorial, Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 161491532, created 22 Apr 2016 by Ken Nagel.

Father: Everett Baxter Wheelock
Mother: Alice E. Leland

Oliver Wheelock

Birth: 12 Nov 1837, East Montpelier, Washington Co, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8T-NBK : accessed 11 Nov 2020), Oliver Wheelock death; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL 004358914; Aged 69 years, 2 months, 5 days.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89Z-XMK : accessed 11 Nov 2020), Oliver Wheelock birth; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL 004705397; Birth date incorrectly given as 11 November 1838.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2020), headstone photo for Oliver Wheelock (1837 - 1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 77120983, Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington Co, VT.
• "Died at the Hospital," obituary of Oliver Wheelock, The Daily Journal (Montpelier, Vermont), 18 Jan 1907, p. 1, col 3; online at Newspapers.com 11 Nov 2020.

Death: 17 Jan 1907, Montpelier, Washington Co, VT

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF8T-NBK : accessed 11 Nov 2020), Oliver Wheelock death; citing Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, Vermont; FHL 004358914.

Burial: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington Co, VT

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2020), headstone photo for Oliver Wheelock (1837 - 1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 77120983, Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington Co, VT.

Father: Abijah Wheelock
Mother: Sophronia Gove

Spouse: Olive Matilda Ainsworth
Marriage: 19 Nov 1869

• Marcus Warren Waite, The Wheelock Family of Calais, Vermont: Their American Ancestry and Descendants, (North Montpelier, Vermont: Driftwind Press, 1940), p. 125.

1. Clarence Dean Wheelock, born 30 Jul 1877, Berlin, Washington Co, VT

Notes:

He was a cabinet maker in Worcester and Montpelier. He served in Company I, Ninth Vermont Regiment during the Civil War. He fought at Winchester, Harper's Ferry, Fair Oaks, and the fall of Richmond. He was taken prisonr at Harper's Ferry by the Confederate Army, but was exchanged after some months.¹

Research Notes:

The Vermont vital records incorrectly give a birth date of 11 Nov 1838, in disagreement with most of the census records, which imply 1837. The 1900 census states Nov 1837. His age at death implies a birth date of 12 Nov 1837, in agreement with his obituary in the 19 Jan 1907 Daily Journal (Montpelier, Vermont).

Sources:

1. "Oliver Wheelock," Montpelier Evening Argus (Montpelier, Vermont), 18 Jan 1907, p 1, col 4; online at Newspapers.com 11 Nov 2020.

Willa Mae Wilson

Birth: 15 Aug 1930, Los Angeles, CA

• Private Records of Bruce Norman Wheelock, Mar 2015.

Death: 23 Mar 1975, Pomona, CA

• Private Records of Bruce Norman Wheelock, Mar 2015.

Spouse: Charles Eliot McKnight
Marriage:

• Private records of Bruce Norman Wheelock, Aug 2003.

1. Susan Gail McKnight, born 28 Mar 1953, Fullerton, CA
2. Sandra L. McKnight, born 1956