Bathsheba Bennet

Birth: 2 Jun 1767

• "History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts, From Its Early Settlement to A. D. 1882", Seth Chandler, Shirley, MA, 1883; database online at Ancestry.com, Nov 2004.

Father: Thomas Bennett
Mother: Lydia Longley

Spouse: Abijah Wheelock
Marriage: 20 Nov 1788, Lancaster, Worcester, MA

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

1. Hennery Wheelock, born 1 Jan 1790, Charlemont, MA
2. Joseph Wheelock, born 29 Jul 1791, Charlemont, MA
3. Lydia Wheelock, born 11 Oct 1793, Charlemont, MA
4. Polly Wheelock, born 9 Dec 1795, Charlemont, MA
5. Thomas Bennet Wheelock, born 23 Jul 1798, Charlemont, MA
6. Jonathan Wheelock, born 2 Oct 1800, Charlemont, MA
7. Thomas Wheelock, born 7 Feb 1804, Charlemont, Franklin Co, MA
8. Jonas Wheelock, bapt. 1806, Charlemont, MA

Willard Converse

Birth: 20 Feb 1779, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Death: 19 Mar 1850, Spencer, Worcester 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 Oct 2022), Willard Converse, Spencer deaths, vol. 50, p. 141; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Burial: Northside Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44271612/willard-converse: accessed 29 October 2022), gravestone photo for Willard Converse (d. 19 Mar 1850, aged 71 years), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44271612, Northside Cemetery, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA, maintained by CNikosey (contributor 46920483).

Father: Daniel Converse
Mother: Mary Wheelock

Spouse: Betsey Sibley
Marriage: 25 May 1800, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850
• Charles Allen Converse, Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr, ..., 2 Volumes (Boston, Mass. : Eben Putnam, 1905), Vol 1, p. 180; online at books.google.com, 30 Oct 2022.

Spouse: Sally Davidson
Marriage: 24 Jul 1824, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• Spencer Vital Records to 1850
• Charles Allen Converse, Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr, ..., 2 Volumes (Boston, Mass. : Eben Putnam, 1905), Vol 1, p. 80; online at books.google.com, 29 Oct 2022.

1. Ruth Converse, born 10 Aug 1824, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

Polly Fairbanks

Spouse: Jonathan Hastings
Marriage:

• "The Hastings Memorial, A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Thomas Hastings of Watertown, MA, From 1634 to 1864", by Lydia Nelson (Hastings) Buckminster, Samuel G. Drake, Publisher, 1866; online at books.google.com, Apr 2011.

1. Sophia Ann Hastings, born 25 Aug 1813, Boylston, Worcester Co, MA

Frank Adelbert Rice

Birth: 21 Jul 1854, Walpole, Norfolk Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXDR-NBZ : accessed 19 May 2024), Frank Adelbert Rice (1854); Walpole births, vol. 82, p. 253, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL 1428234, image 610 of 674,
• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7287863:2495 : accessed 19 May 2024), Walpole, Births, Marriages and Death, image 560 of 2213.
• "Frank A. Rice," obit, Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts), 24 Jan 1933, p. 10, col. 2; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 19 May 2024.

Death: 23 Jan 1933, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Frank A. Rice," Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts), 24 June 1933, p. 10, col. 2; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 19 May 2024.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147644603/frank_adelbert-rice: accessed May 19, 2024), gravestone photo for Frank Adelbert Rice (1854–1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147644603, Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA.

Burial: Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147644603/frank_adelbert-rice: accessed May 19, 2024), gravestone photo for Frank Adelbert Rice (1854–1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 147644603, Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA.

Father: Henry T. Rice
Mother: Elizabeth Miller

Spouse: Ada Sophia Wheelock
Marriage: 10 Jun 1875, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MC-HMB : accessed 19 May 2024), Frank A. Rice and Addie S. Wheelock (1875); Spencer marriages, vol. 273, p. 283, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL 001433035, image 999 of 1061.
• "Marriages," Worcester Palladium (Worcester, Massachusetts), 19 June 1875, p. 3, col. 3; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 19 May 2024.

1. Hallie Adelbert Rice, born 29 May 1878, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA
2. Myron Frank Rice, born 17 Jul 1887, Spencer, Worcester Co, MA

Notes:

Per obit of his father, Henry T. Rice, dated 6 June 1896, Frank was manager of the Easton, Pennsylvania, Boot & Shoe Company.¹ In 1900, he was a boarder in Easton; his wife Addie and the kids were living in Spencer with her father. Per his own obit, Frank later operated a tobacco and cigar store in Worcester for more than 25 years. He was survived by his two sons, Hallie A. Rice, and Myron F. Rice, and a sister, Mrs. Edgar W. Bemis, all of Worcester.²

Sources:

1. Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts), 6 June 1896, p. 7, col. 5; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 19 May 2024.
2. "Frank A. Rice," Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts), 24 June 1933, p. 10, col. 2; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 19 May 2024.

Bertha Kate Wheelock

Birth: 12 Nov 1872, Martinsburg, Keokuk, IA

• "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/ : accessed 19 Aug 2024), Kate Vincent (1969).
• "Mrs. Carroll Vincent," obit, The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois), 19 Sep 1969, p. 6, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 19 August 2024.

Death: 1 Sep 1969, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI

• "Mrs. Carroll Vincent," obit, The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois), 19 Sep 1969, p. 6, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 19 August 2024.

Burial: Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha Co, WI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234128109/bertha_kate-vincent: accessed August 19, 2024), memorial page for Bertha Kate Wheelock Vincent (12 Nov 1872–1 Sep 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234128109, Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha Co, WI.

Father: Arthur Henrique Wheelock
Mother: Eliza Moore

Spouse: Carroll Henry Vincent
Marriage: 11 Jun 1896, Rock Island Co, IL

• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS2Q-75N2 : accessed 19 August 2024), Bertha K. Wheelock and Carroll H. Vincent (1896); FHL 1428581, image 330 of 748.
• "Carroll H. Vincent," obit, The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), 6 June 1927, p. 3, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 20 August 2024.

1. Catherine Vincent, born 28 Mar 1897, IL
2. Mary Gertrude Vincent, born 25 Mar 1899
3. Carol E. Vincent, born 24 Aug 1906, Moline, Rock Island Co, IL

Notes:

Per obit, she was survived by two daughters, Miss Catherine Vincent of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Otis Blakey, of Seattle, Washington. She was also survived by a sister, Miss Vera Wheelock of Milwaukee.¹

Sources:

1. "Mrs. Carroll Vincent," obit, The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois), 19 Sep 1969, p. 6, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 19 August 2024.

Cephas Wheelock

Birth: 22 Aug 1790, Lancaster, Worcester, MA

• Lancaster Vital Records.

Father: Benjamin Wheelock
Mother: Prudence Divol

Notes:

The Lancaster, MA, Vital Records reports a birth date for Cephas of 22 Aug 1790, and a baptism date of 9 Aug 1790 (sic).

Elvira Wheelock

Birth: 14 Jul 1823, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Mendon Vital Records

Father: Thomas Wheelock
Mother: Paulina Cook

Mary Wheelock

Birth: 10 Feb 1913, Townshend, Windham Co, VT

• "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008", online database at www.ancestry.com, retrieved Dec 2017.

Father: Almon Wheelock
Mother: Kate A. Barker

Notes:

The VT birth record indicates that Mary was the second child of Kate A. Barker.

_____ Wheelock

Death: 18 May 1826, Winchendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Winchendon Vital Records

Father: John H. Wheelock
Mother: Miranda Divol

Notes:

The Winchendon VRs record the death of an infant child of John H. Wheelock, 18 May 1826.