Elizabeth French

Birth: 29 Sep 1655, Braintree, Suffolk Co, MA

• Samuel A. Bates, Records of the Town of Braintree 1640 to 1793, (Randolph, Mass : Daniel H. Huxford, 1886), p. 634; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/recordsoftownofb00brai_0/page/634/mode/2up : 9 Jan 2025).

Death: after 4 May 1713

• Worcester County land records, 26:324, Benjamin Wheelock Sr and wife to Obadiah Wheelock; FHL 843168, image 370 of 525. Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Wheelock Sr, signed a deed transferring mill priveledges to Benjamin's sons, Benjamin Jr and Obadiah.

Spouse: Jonathan Thayer
Marriage: 13 Jul 1680, Medfield, Norfolk Co, MA

• Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850

1. Huldah Thayer, born 11 May 1682, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
2. Grace Thayer, born 20 Dec 1684, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
3. Deborah Thayer, born 4 Nov 1687, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
4. Jonathan Thayer, born 8 Dec 1690, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

Spouse: Benjamin Wheelock
Marriage: 1692, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 volumes, (Boston, Massachusetts : NEHGS, 2011), vol. 3, p. 1641; at AmericanAncestors.org.

1. Ann Wheelock, born 18 Jul 1693, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
2. Ruth Wheelock, born 3 Nov 1695, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

Elizabeth French is the daughter of John French, and Grace ____ of Braintree. She married first Jonathan Thayer, son of Ferdinando Thayer, the first founder of Mendon.

She was administratrix of the estate of her husband, who died 14 Sep 1690. Benjamin Wheelock was a surety on the admninistrator's bond, dated 28 April 1692.¹ Elizabeth likely married Benjamin shortly after that date, and certainly before the end of 1692, given the birth date of her first child by Benjamin, 18 July 1693.

She died after 4 May 1713, when she signed a deed with her husband.²

Death Date for Elizabeth (French) (Thayer) Wheelock:

There are two Thayer genealogy books that cite the death date for Elizabeth French, wife of Jonathan Thayer, as 3 Oct 1703.³

No original source has been found for this record, and unless Benjamin Wheelock married a third woman named Elizabeth, the date is incorrect. Elizabeth (French) (Thayer) Wheelock was alive on 4 May 1713 when she signed a deed with her husband, Benjamin Wheelock Sr, transfering property and mill priveledges to his children, Benjamin Jr and Obadiah.⁴ Unless Benjamin married a third Elizabeth, she could not have died in 1703.

Sources:

1. Suffolk County, Massachusetts, probate records, Jonathan Thayer (1690), case 1760.
2. Worcester County land records, 26:324, Benjamin Wheelock Sr and wife to Obadiah Wheelock; FHL 843168, image 370 of 525.
3. Bezaleel Thayer, Memoryial of the Thayer Name, from the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer, and Their Descendants, from 1636 to 1874 (Oswego: R. J. Oliphant Steam Book, 1874), p. 223; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/memorialofthayern00thay/page/222/mode/2up : accessed 8 Jan 2025); and Elisha Thayer, Family Memorial... (Hingham, Massachusetts: J. Farmer, 1835), p. 142; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/familymemorialpa12thay/page/142/mode/2up : 8 Jan 2025).
4. Worcester County land records, 26:324, Benjamin Wheelock Sr and wife to Obadiah Wheelock; FHL 843168, image 370 of 525.

Mary Adeline Gould

Birth: 1836

• Headstone Record, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project, http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/

Death: 1904

• Headstone Record, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project, http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Woonsocket, RI

• Headstone Record, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project, http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/

Partner: Anson Allen Wheelock

1. Jesse Comfort Wheelock, born 11 Apr 1859, Woonsocket, RI
2. Edgar Burnside Wheelock, born 10 Jun 1861, Woonsocket, RI
3. Aurilla Charlotte Wheelock, born 27 Dec 1862, Woonsocket, RI
4. Carlyle Capron Wheelock, born 13 May 1865, Woonsocket, RI
5. Anne Cook Wheelock, born 14 Sep 1867, Woonsocket, RI

Laurel E. Ransom

Birth: 21 Sep 1868

Death: 5 Dec 1896

Partner: Julia Edith Wheelock

1. Harvey Ransom, born 28 Jul 1891

Andrew Jackson Spurr

Birth: 18 Jan 1820, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Death: 15 Nov 1837, at Sea

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Father: John Spurr
Mother: Sally Wheelock

Calvin Wheelock

Birth: 28 Sep 1822, Burrillville, RI

• "Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990", Calvin Wheelock, born Burrillville, RI; online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved July 2018.

Death: 24 Jul 1893, Framingham, Middlesex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990", Calvin Wheelock, born Burrillville, RI; online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved July 2018.
• "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915", online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved Oct 2016.

Burial: Edgell Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Framingham, Middlesex Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191818894/calvin-wheelock: accessed 06 September 2023), gravestone photo for Calvin Wheelock (1822–1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191818894, Edgell Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Framingham, Middlesex Co, MA.

Father: Seth Wheelock
Mother: Lydia Mitchell

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Wade
Marriage: 30 Dec 1846, Berlin, Washington Co, VT

• "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908", online at www.ancestry.com, retrieved July 2018.

1. Allen Curtis Wheelock, born 7 Dec 1848, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
2. Edwin Curtis Wheelock, born 11 Apr 1850
3. Emma Sophia Wheelock, born 3 Dec 1852, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
4. Ella Maria Wheelock, born 3 Dec 1852, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA
5. Carrie L. Wheelock, born 23 Nov 1860, Milford, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

His 1893 death record identifies his birth place as Burrillville, Rhode Island, and his parents as Seth and Lydia.

He is enumerated in the 1850 Census living in Mendon, with wife Mary (23), and son Allen C. Wheelock, age 1.

The family is living in Mendon in 1855, with son Edwin C. Wheelock (5).

He's in Milford in 1860, living alone.

In Aug 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 36th Infantry Regiment. He was mustered on in June 1865 in Alexandria, VA.¹

In 1870, he's again in Milford, living wih wife Mary, son Edward C. (20), and daughter Caroline (9).

In 1880, he's in Framingham, with wife Mary, and daughter Carrie L. Wheelock (19).

He does not appear in the 1900 census, but his wife, Mary E., born Nov 1826, in Vermont, appears there as a boarder, widowed.

Sources:

1. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, online at www.ancestry.com.

Jacob Wheelock

Birth: 21 Nov 1757, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA

• Shrewsbury Vital Records

Death: 3 Dec 1757, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, MA

• Shrewsbury Vital Records

Father: David Wheelock
Mother: Phoebe _____

Lewis E. Wheelock

Birth: about 1852, NY

• 1860 Federal Census, Lockport, Niagara Co, NY.

Father: Lewis Wheelock
Mother: Christina (--?--)

Mary Wheelock

Birth: 28 Aug 1748, Lebanon, CT

• Lebanon Vital Records

Death: 26 Mar 1807, Hanover, NH

• "The Hatch And Brood of Time, Five Phelps Families in the Atlantic World, 1720-1780", by Peter Haring Judd, 1999, Newbury Street Press, Boston, MA

Father: Eleazar Wheelock
Mother: Mary Brinsmead

Spouse: Bezaleel Woodward
Marriage: 5 Feb 1772, Hanover, NH

• Vital Records from the New Hampshire Gazette, 1756-1800 (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), unpublished abstracts taken by Priscilla Hammond, 1937.

1. Abigail Woodward, born 28 Jan 1773
2. William Woodward, born 17 Sep 1774
3. George Woodward, born 20 Aug 1776
4. Bezaleel Woodward, born 28 Aug 1778
5. James Woodward, born 6 Feb 1781
6. Mary Woodward, born 9 Feb 1784
7. Henry Woodward, born 12 Feb 1786
8. Annette Woodward, born 4 Aug 1789
9. Henry Woodward, born 3 Feb 1797

Notes:

Patten, Malcom Clark, Patten Genealogy, Powell and Taylor Publishing Company, 1990, p. 131

Josiah Wood

Spouse: Zipporah Wheelock
Marriage: 3 Feb 1757, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA

• Shrewsbury Vital Records

Notes:

Josiah was from Upton, MA.

Josiah Wood turned out from Uxbridge at the Lexington Alarm and served on the Committee of Correspondence.

Sources:

1. "The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", Volume 41, page 238. Miss Minnie E. Strong. DAR ID Number: 40621