Emogene Atchinson

Birth: 22 Sep 1851, Wilbraham, MA

• "History of Worcester County, Massachusetts", editted by Ellery Bicknell Crane, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, NY and Chicago, 1924 (place of birth); and Headston Record (date of birth).

Death: 12 Apr 1898

• Headstone record (taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.)

Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, MA

• Headstone record (taken by Roderick B. Sullivan, Jr.)

Spouse: Arthur Wheelock
Marriage: 15 Oct 1873

• "History of Worcester County, Massachusetts", editted by Ellery Bicknell Crane, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, NY and Chicago, 1924.

1. Stanley H. Wheelock, born 15 Jul 1879, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
2. Anne Wheelock

Debbie Cameron

Spouse: Mark Wheelock Minde
Marriage: 15 Feb 1975

Laura Campbell

Father: James C. Campbell
Mother: Lulu Grace Wheelock

Charles Herring

Birth: Jan 1895, Kansas City, MO

• 1900 U.S. census, Horton, Brown Co, Kansas, household of William and Margaret Herring.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXBF-LZF : accessed 4 June 2022), card for Charles William Herring; NARA, Washington, D.C.,Record Group 163, Records of the Selective Service System (WWI), 1917-1939, publication M1509. ; States birth date 21 Jan 1894, in conflict with gravestone and 1900 U.S. census, which both say 1895.

Death: 1975

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94392082/charles-william-herring : accessed 04 June 2022), gravestone photo for PFC Charles William Herring (1895–1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94392082, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, Los Angeles Co, CA.

Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, Los Angeles Co, CA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94392082/charles-william-herring : accessed 04 June 2022), gravestone photo for PFC Charles William Herring (1895–1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94392082, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Covina, Los Angeles Co, CA.

Spouse: Elizabeth Beatrice Wheelock
Marriage: about 1933

1. James Lee Herring, born 30 Dec 1934, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co, CA
2. Barbara Herring, born 7 Sep 1937, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co, CA
3. Thomas Dean Herring, born 5 Jul 1943, Los Angeles Co, CA

Joseph Thompson

Birth: estimated 1744

Spouse: Sarah Wheelock
Marriage: 13 Oct 1768, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Marvel Thompson, born 10 Jan 1770
2. Sarah Thompson, born 26 Feb 1772, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA
3. Joseph Thompson, born 1 Apr 1783, probably Spencer, Worcester Co, MA
4. Moses Thompson, born calculated 31 Dec 1785, MA

Notes:

Joseph Thompson was born probably around 1744. He married Sarah Wheelock 13 Oct 1768 in Charlton. Joseph and Sarah apparently lived in Charlton until at least 1772, when their daughter, Sarah was born. They moved to Spencer, probably before 21 Aug 1777, when he served (from Spencer) in Samuel Denny's regiment, Lt. Col. Benjamin Flagg's division, marching to Hadley on an alarm.² Worcester County deeds confirm that he and his wife Sarah lived in Spencer in the years 1782 (Worc deed 86:197), 1789 (107:321), and 1791 (115:279).³ He is enumerated in the 1790 census living there.⁴

Neither Sarah nor Joseph appear in Spencer or Charlton in the 1800 census, nor do they appear in the Worcester County land records or vital records after 1791.

There is, however, a Joseph Thompson of the right age in the 1800 census living in Augusta, Oneida Co, NY.⁵ He also appears on a list of taxpayers in Augusta in 1799. Other members of his extended family were known to have moved to Augusta in a similar time frame (e.g. Edward Wheelock, Jabez Howe, and Chapin Kelley), so it is plausible that it could be the same Joseph Thompson.⁶

Joseph Thompson sold 5 acres of land in Augusta, NY, on 7 July 1800 to John Letson. No dower signature. The deed was witnessed by Moses Thompson.²⁷

Ancestry:

The ancestry of Joseph Thompson is unknown. There were two families with the Thompson surname that lived in Charlton during the 1700s - the family of John Thompson (1689 - 1756) and his second wife, Abigail Thayer (1701 - 1756), and the family of John Thompson's son, John, Jr. (1721 - ???) and his wife Ruth Merritt.⁷ Both families lived in the County Gore, and had frequent interactions with the Wheelocks, including intermarriages, and guardianships. It seems likely that Joseph was a member of one of these families, each of which has room for him in the birth sequence.

Perhaps the most likely parents of Joseph are John Thompson and his second wife, Abigail Thayer. The evidence:

• Like the Wheelock's, John Thompson lived in the County Gore, and had numerous associations with the Wheelock family. Jonathan Wheelock witnessed at least one deed in which John Thompson was a grantor.²⁸ Paul Wheelock and his brother, Jonathan Wheelock, were charged with taking the inventory of John Thompson's estate. Amongst the notes listed in the inventory was one from David Wheelock "of the Gore."²⁹
• The children of John and his second wife, Abigail (Thayer) Thompson, as documented in the Descendants of David and Amyes (Colle) Thomson and Their Son John, span from 1721 to 1747, with an eight year gap between the last two children - Aaron and Hannah. Joseph fits neatly into that gap.³⁰
• John Thompson died in Charlton, 27 Feb 1756, leaving two minor children: Aaron and Hannah. In a gaurdianship dated 10 Feb [sic?] 1756, Jonathan Wheelock was appointed guardian of Aaron, "a minor seventeen years next May son of John Thomson".³¹
• The Thompson families of Charlton also had many associations with the Merritt families. At least two of John's children married into the Merritt family - specifically Abiall, who married Henry Merritt, son of Isaac and Jerusha (Hayden) Merritt; and Hannah, who married Job Merritt, brother of Henry.³⁰ Joseph Thompson also had connections with this family. On 14 Sep 1769, Joseph and his wife Sarah, both of Charlton, sold property in Charlton to Job Merritt (soon to be husband of Hannah Thompson),³² suggesting a possible kinship between Joseph Thompson and Hannah.

Despite the indirect evidence outlined above, no documentation has yet been found linking Joseph Thompson directly to John and Abigail (Thayer) Thompson. Furthermore, records are missing that should exist if Joseph was the sibling of Aaron and Hannah. Specifically, guardianship records for both Aaron and Hannah were drawn up shortly after their father died, yet no such record has been found for Joseph.³³ Possibly Joseph was not a minor at the time (which would place his birth outside the above identified birth sequence gap),

Children:

Besides the two children recorded in Charlton (Sarah and Marvel), the vital records of Charlton and Spencer contain no indication of other children born to Joseph Thompson and Sarah Wheelock. However, eight family members are enumerated in the 1790 census - three young boys, two older men, and three females - suggesting that there were additional children.

There is another tantalizing clue in the Spencer Vital Records to 1850. On 18 Aug 1811, Joseph Thompson "of Augustia, NY" married Patty Bemis (whose brother also married into the Wheelock family). This is likely the son of Joseph Thompson and Sarah Wheelock.⁸

There are additional clues to support the claim. Sarah (Wheelock) Thompson's niece, Mary (Polly) Converse, kept a diary between the years 1804 and 1809. Her diary contains multiple references to Joseph Thompson and Moses Thompson. The references are characteristic of those to her own age group. They lack the "Mr." that she uses when referencing her elders. Moses Thompson boarded at her house in Dec 1806, and Joseph Thompson boarded at her house in Nov 1807 (perhaps on visits). In June 1808 Polly Converse notes that she wrote a letter to Joseph and Moses Thompson.

The Joseph Thompson in Polly's diary is likely the same man from Augusta, NY that married Patty Bemis in Spencer. The following paragraph discusses the likelihood that Moses is his brother.

In 1811 Joseph moved to Aurora, Erie Co, NY, per Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, N.Y.⁹ His biography in the gazetteer states that he married Martha Bemis - consistent with the Spencer marriage record (Patty being a common nickname for Martha). Joseph, born circa 1783 in Massachusetts, is enumerated in the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1855, and 1860 census records, living in Aurora with his wife, Martha. In 1865 Martha appears to have died, and he was living in the household of Moses Thompson, Jr, his nephew (per NY state census). The relationship of "nephew" directly implies that Joseph Thompson, and the father of Moses Thompson, Jr. (presumably also named Moses Thompson) are brothers. Supporting this conclusion is the fact that Moses Thompson, born about 1786 in Massachusetts, is also enumerated in the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1855, 1860, 1865, and 1870 census records, living in Aurora. His 2 Nov 1876 Erie County will (probate case 22590) identified a son name Moses Thompson, confirming the existence of a "Moses Jr." as implied by the 1865 NY state census.¹⁰

The final piece of evidence connecting Joseph Thompson and his wife, Martha Bemis to Sarah (Wheelock) Thompson, and her husband Joseph is this: the same bundle of records containing Polly Converse's diary also contains vital records for the family of Patty Bemis and Joseph Thompson, along with family group sheets for other cousins and close relatives of Polly Converse. This bundle of records was handed down from Polly Converse through many generations of her descendants, and is now part of the manuscripts collection at the New England Historic and Genealogical Society in Boston. The existence of the Joseph Thompson and Patty Bemis family group sheet is strong evidence that Joseph Thompson was Polly's cousin.

Sources:

1. Vital Records of Charlton, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Massachusetts : F. P. Rice, 1905), p. 217; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofch1850char/page/n429 : accessed Sep 2019).
2. Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1896-1908), Vol 15, p. 836-7, p. 649]; book online, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/masssoldiers15bostrich/page/n7 : accessed Sep 2019).
3. Worcester County, Massachusetts, Registry of Deeds, Worcester; Joseph Thompson to Simeon Howard, 1 Mar 1782, b. 86, p. 197; Joseph Thompson to John Coburn, Apr 1789, b. 107, p. 321; Joseph Thompson to Josiah Weld, 26 Dec 1791, b. 115, p. 279; "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," database with images FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007459937?owc=MCB2-DM9%3A361612201%3Fcc%3D2106411&wc=MCBL-56J%3A361612201%2C361813601&cc=2106411 : accessed Sep 2019).
4. "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-79Z : accessed 12 September 2019), Joseph Thompson, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 539, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
5. "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5Y-461 : accessed 12 September 2019), Joseph Thompson, Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States; citing p. 184, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 23; FHL microfilm 193,711.
6. New York State, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804. Series B0950 (26 reels), Microfilm, New York State Archives, Albany, New York; "New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/nytaxassessment : accessed 12 Sep 2019); Joseph Thompson, Augusta, 1799; Edward Wheelock, Augusta, 1799, 1801-1803; Chapin Kelley (Helley), Augusta, 1799-1801, 1803; Jabez Howe, Augusta, 1799-1803.
7. Henry Joseph Amy, Descendants of David and Amyes (Colle) Thomson and their son John (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1996), pp. 15, 30-1; images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/genealogy-glh34277446 : accessed Sep 2019).
8. Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Massachusetts : F. P. Rice, 1909), marriage, Joseph Thompson of Augustia, NY and Patty Bemiss, p. 208; images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsp00spen/page/208 : accessed Sep 2019).
9. F. W. Beers, Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, NY, 1788-1890, (Syracuse, New York: J. W. Vose, 1890), pg 313; database with images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbiograp00beer/page/n333/mode/2up : accessed 29 Oct 2022).
10. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1920234 : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Erie County, Moses Thompson (2 Nov 1876), case 22590; Estate papers 1800-1929 case 22575-22631 > image 358, see especially image 387.
11. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLB-P34 : accessed 12 September 2019), Joseph Thompson, Aurora, Niagara, New York, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 193,724.
12. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-SLT : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Joseph Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing 170, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 114; FHL microfilm 17,174.
13. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY4-N5Q : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Joseph Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 243, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 280; FHL microfilm 17,186.
14. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY4-S52 : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Joseph Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing family 1263, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
15. "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63R-N3Z : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Joseph Thompson, E.D. 1, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 55, line #25, family #488, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 825,680.
16. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWK-Y8G : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Joseph Thompson, 1860.
17. "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-LHQG : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Joseph Thompson in household of Moses Thompson Jr., District 01, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 41, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
18. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLB-GY5 : accessed 12 September 2019), Moses Thompson, Aurora, Niagara, New York, United States; NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 193,724.
19. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-SP7 : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing 171, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 114; FHL microfilm 17,174.
20. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY4-NLP : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 237, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 280; FHL microfilm 17,186.
21. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYW-7XB : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing family 1498, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
22. "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63R-J31 : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, E.D. 2, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 74, line #20, family #108, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 825,680.
23. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWK-TTS : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, 1860.
24. "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-LHRX : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, District 02, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 4, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
25. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FP-G11 : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson, 1870.
26. "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNKM-LPR : accessed 12 Sep 2019), Moses Thompson in household of Miles R Thompson, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 8, line 38, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 825,689.
27. Oneida County deeds, 8:389; FHL 364859, image 550 of 632.
28. Worcester County, Massachusetts, deeds, 37:152; FHL 843174, image 91 of 626.
29. Worcester County probate case 59023.
30. Col. Henry Joseph Amy, Descendants of David and Amyes (Colle) Thomson and Their Son John (Eastchester, New York: author, 1962), p. 15-16; FHL 875402, image 41 of 1023.
31. Worcester County probate, case 58921.
32. Worcester County deeds, 99:609; FHL 843369, image 659 of 685.
33. Worcester County probate, cases 58921 (Aaron Thompson), 58993, and 58994 (both Hannah Thompson).

Anna D. Wheelock

Birth: Nov 1862

• Headstone Record, Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, Memorial number 90422497, created by Kurt Moser, 20 May 2012.

Death: 1929

• Headstone Record, Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, Memorial number 90422497, created by Kurt Moser, 20 May 2012.

Burial: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA

• Headstone Record, Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, Memorial number 90422497, created by Kurt Moser, 20 May 2012.

Father: Esock Wheelock
Mother: Harriet A. Dana

Partner: Thomas B. Grenville

Elizabeth Wheelock

Birth: 1810

Father: Esek Wheelock
Mother: Sophia Steere

Gertrude Ann Wheelock

Birth: 23 May 1921, Birmingham, AL

Father: George Frederick (C.) Wheelock
Mother: Anne Elizabeth FRANKLIN

Partner: Arch Hurt Seewald

1. Arch Seewald Arthur, born 4 Feb 1944

Spouse: Harry Baker Arthur
Marriage: 1947

• Private records of George Wheelock Arthur, son of Harry Baker Arthur, Jr, Dec 2005.

1. Harry Baker Arthur, born 4 Nov 1947
2. George Wheelock Arthur, born 1952

Notes:

Gertrude (Bamy) was first the wife of an Army Officer, Arch Hurt Seewald, during World War II. They met while they were both in school in Virginia. They married shortly thereafter. After his death in Germany, March 5, 1945, she remained in Birmingham with her parents, but spent a great deal of her time in Memphis, TN, with the Seewald family. She married the second time to Harry B. Arthur, Jr., a career Naval Officer. They had two more sons. Bamy is very artistic and multi-talented. Her favorite skill if that of flower arranging. She teaches flower arranging across the country, and is on the Altar Guild at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. where she arranges flowers with other guild members.

Sources:

1. Judith Arthur, 1999

Harriet O. Wheelock

Birth: 22 Apr 1825, Grafton, Worcester, MA

• Grafton Vital Records

Death: 8 Mar 1888, Grafton, Worcester Co, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Grafton Death Record, Vol 393, Page 502. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.).

Father: Thomas Wheelock
Mother: Sally Nurse Fairbanks

Huldah Wheelock

Birth: 9 Feb 1747/48, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

Death: before 10 Jun 1783

• Worcester County, Massachusetts, probate case 63715, will of Jonathan Wheelock, written 10 June 1783 (or 10 Jan 1783), calling his daughter Huldah Town deceased.

Father: Jonathan Wheelock
Mother: Martha Wight

Spouse: Ebenezer Towne
Marriage: 15 Dec 1768, Charlton, Worcester Co, MA

• Charlton Vital Records to 1850

1. Azubah Towne, born 3 Dec 1769, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA
2. Lydia Towne, born 21 Sep 1771, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA
3. Huldah Towne, born calculated 21 Apr 1773

Notes:

Children of Huldah from the will of Jonathan Wheelock, Worcester County probate case number 63715, dated 10 June 1783. He left money to "Azubah Town Lidia Town and Huldah Town Daughters of my Well beloved Daughter Huldah Town Deceased."

Stanley Robert Wheelock

Birth: 11 Oct 1931

Father: Daniel Perry Wheelock
Mother: Ethel Broeffle