Rena Baldwin

Birth: 26 Feb 1777 or 26 Feb 1778

• Email from Kevin Wheelock (a descendant of Silas Wheelock and Rena Baldwin, through Silas B. Wheelock) to Roderick Sullivan, Nov 1998; family records, original source unknown.

Death: 28 Jan 1833, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2020), headstone photo for Rene Wheelock, Find A Grave Memorial no. 50266567, Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Jenean Hamilton (contributor 46846305).

Burial: Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, NY

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2020), headstone photo for Rene Wheelock, Find A Grave Memorial no. 50266567, Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY, maintained by Jenean Hamilton (contributor 46846305).

Spouse: Silas Wheelock
Marriage: 1 Jan 1804

• Email from Kevin Wheelock (a descendant of Silas Wheelock and Rena Baldwin, through Silas B. Wheelock) to Roderick Sullivan, Nov 1998; family records, original source unknown.

1. Albert Henry Wheelock, born 3 Jan 1805, Oneida Co, NY
2. Olive Wheelock, born 9 Apr 1806
3. Lewis Wheelock, born 5 Dec 1807, Batavia, Genesee Co, NY
4. Scinda Wheelock, born 16 Sep 1809
5. Silas B. Wheelock, born 6 Jun 1811
6. John Homer Wheelock, born 26 May 1813, Hamburg, Erie Co, NY
7. Harmon Wheelock, born 13 Mar 1815
8. Nancy B. Wheelock, born 17 Sep 1817
9. Joseph S. Wheelock, born 1 Nov 1819, Hamburg, N.Y.
10. Zenas S. Wheelock, born 29 Aug 1821
11. James Wheelock, born 4 Jul 1824
12. Sophronia Wheelock, born 25 Oct 1826

Notes:

The 1880 Census entries for her children indicate that she was born in Connecticut.¹

There are three headstones in the Prospect Lawn Cemetery that have Rena's name on it. The first is that of her own. This headstone refers to her as Rene. The second is that of her daughter, Scinda, which refers to her as Rena. The third is that of her son, Zenas, which refers to her as Rene.

Rena's headstone reads as follows:

In Memory of Rene Wheelock, wife of Silas Wheelock, who died Jan. 28, 1833, age 55 years. [There is a further inscription, but it is unreadable.]

Research Notes for Rena Baldwin:

Her last name of Badlwin comes from family records. This could be confirmed by obtaining a death certificate or maybe an obituary for one of her children.

Per headstone, she died 28 Jan 1833, aged 55 years. This places her birth year in 1777-1778. Specifically, her birth date is between 29 Jan 1777 and 28 Jan 1778, suggesting she was probably born in 1777. Census records indicate she was born in Connecticut.

A Rine Baldwin, daughter of Samuel and Lucy, was born in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut 5 Dec 1776.² Per profile on FamilySearch.org, Rine's whereabouts after her birth are unknown, thus cannot be ruled out as a candidate.³

An Irena Baldwin, daughter of Abner Baldwin, Jr. and Achsa, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 24 March 1779.⁴ Her profile on FamilySearch.org says nothing about who she married, where she lived, or when she died. Her brother, John, died in Oaksville, Otsego County, New York. She can't be ruled out as a candidate either.⁵

There was an Irene Baldwin, born in Branford 3 May 1779, daughter of John and Allethea. She maried Samuel Frisbee, so can be ruled out as a candidate for Rena.⁶

It is possible Silas Wheelock met Rena in Augusta, Oneida County, New York, where he lived as a very young man. His brother, Reu, met his bride in Augusta, so it is plausible Silas did the same. A Jesse Baldwin paid taxes in Augusta in 1803. Asahel Baldwin paid taxes there in 1801.⁷

Besides the tax record mentioned above, no other record of a Jesse Baldwin in or around Augusta, New York, has yet been found. There is no Jesse living in Oneida County in 1790 or 1800. There was a Jesse Baldwin living in New Mildford, Litchfield County, Connecticut in 1790, with a sizeable family, including 6 females. But he was not found in Litchfield County, or in Oneida County in 1800. He could be the Jesse Baldwin living in Andover, Windsor County, Vermont in 1800.

Asahel Baldwin (1762-1846), born in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, died in Grove, Alleghany County, New York, 9 Feb. 1846, lived in Augusta 1800, per profile on FamilySearch.org.⁸ He was likely the man of that name taxed in Augusta in 1801. Per FamilySearch.org profile, he married in Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 11 July 1782, Lois Bassett or Lois Bailey. Rena was presumably born prior to 11 July 1782, and is therefore not likely a member of this family (but perhaps related).

Per 1800 census, there were multiple people with surname Baldwin living in Oneida County: an Asa (Asahel) Baldwin living in Augusta; Heman Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin, and Lovet Baldwin living in Paris; Freat(?) Baldwin living in Whitestown; and Samuel W. Baldwin living in Deerfield.

The Samuel W. Baldwin of Deerfield in 1800 can be eliminated from consideration. He made his will 12 Jan 1827, named his wife, Esther, sons Samuel C. Baldwin, George Baldwin, Erastus Baldwin, and Norman Baldwin. No daughters were mentioned.⁹

Heman may be a candidate. In 1800 he was living in Paris, NY (near Augusta) and had a single daughter under 10 (too young to be Rena). Per The Baldwin Genealogy, from 1500 to 1881, he was born in North Branford, Connecticut, married Irene Russell of that place, moved to Whitestown, New York, and later to New Hartford, near Utica. He had a son Augustus. Rena had a son Harmon and a grandson Augustus - names that don't seem to run in Silas Wheelock's side of the family. But The Baldwin Genealogy does not show a child of Heman named Rene, Rena, or Irene, and does not give a marriage date for Heman and his wife Irene. Her gravestone implies she was born circa 1760, suggesting a marriage date in the range of 1778 to 1790. The first child listed on FamilySearch.org is Polly, born 1792. Rine Baldwin, mentioned above, was a cousin of Heman.

Sources:

1. 1880 Federal Census, Lewis Wheelock, Colden, Erie Co, NY, Enumeration District 85, pg 217B; 1880 Federal Census, Joseph Wheelock, Villenova, Chautauqua Co, NY, pg 98D; 1880 Federal Census, Harmon Wheelock, Hamburg, Erire Co, NY, pg 404A; Homer Wheelock, Pomfret, Chautauqua Co, NY, pg 404D.
2. Branford VR 3:288.
3. Profile of Rine Baldwin on FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHT6-Y8M : accessed 23 April 2023.
4. Litchfield, Connecticut, VRs 1:213.
5. Profile of Irene Baldwin on FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9C4W-Q3M : accessed 23 April 2023.
6. Branford VRs 3:299, 3:388.
7. "All New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804," database with images, Ancestry.com, accessed 23 April 2023.
8. Profile of Asahel Baldwin, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC4N-TWL : accessed 23 Apr 2023).
9. Oneida County Wills, 6:85.

George Hathaway

Birth: 13 Jun 1881, Worcester, VT

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

Death: 3 Dec 1957, Middlesex, VT

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

Spouse: Nellie May Wheelock
Marriage: 18 Jun 1907

• Collier Genealogy (internet)

1. Madine Grace Hathaway, born 20 Oct 1915, Worcester, VT
2. Albert George Hathaway, born 16 Nov 1917, Worcester, VT
3. Elizabeth Ruth Hathaway, born 2 Sep 1919, Worcester, VT
4. Mary Jane Hathaway, born 17 Apr 1921, Worcester, VT

Harriett Newell Hemming

Spouse: Fletcher Wheelock
Marriage: DATE UNKNOWN

• John Manning Wheelock, by way of Beverly (Wheelock) Musick and Georgia Wheelock, descendants of Abel Wheelock and Sarah Foster, April 1999.

1. Arthur Judson Wheelock, born 6 Apr 1860
2. Leander Wheelock

Levi McKennon Jones

Birth: 27 Mar 2014

• Records of Peter Wheelock Jones, grandson of Raymond Alexander Wheelock, Aug 2016.

Father: Aaron McKennon Jones
Mother: Ellen Wales

Alice Moore

Birth: 2 Dec 1799

• "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.

Father: Jonas Moore
Mother: Alice Wheelock

Daniel Rice

Birth: 3 Jun 1684, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

• Marlborough Vital Records

Spouse: Elizabeth Taylor
Marriage: 12 Feb 1712/13, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

• Marlborough Vital Records

Elizabeth Marian Thompson

Birth: 6 Apr 1859, Attleboro, Bristol Co, MA

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WCK-MS4 : 3 June 2020), Elizabeth Marian Wheelock, 19 Oct 1917; citing Death, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,415.
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 15 Feb 2021), Attleboro marriages, vol. 379 p. 92, George R. Wheelock - Elizabeth M. Thompson; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Death: 19 Oct 1917, Manhattan, NY, NY

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WCK-MS4 : 3 June 2020), Elizabeth Marian Wheelock, 19 Oct 1917; citing Death, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,415.

Spouse: George Rogers Wheelock
Marriage: 14 Jul 1887, Attleboro, Bristol 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 15 Feb 2021), Attleboro marriages, vol. 379 p. 92, George R. Wheelock - Elizabeth M. Thompson; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Notes:

She was a teacher, the daughter of John N. Thompson and Mary Hepburn. After her marriage, she and her husband moved to California for his health. After his death, she continued her career as a teacher, joining the faculty of the Horace Mann School of Teachers' College in New York City. She was a writer of ability, and published a volume of Wagner opera stories for children.¹

She and her husband had one child that apparently did not live (per 1900 census).

Research Notes:

Her marriage record identifies her as a teacher, the daughter of John and Mary Thompson, age 28, born in Attleboro.

An Elizabeth M. Wheelock, school teacher, born Apr 1859 in Massachusetts, widow, was boarding in Malden, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, per 1900 census. In 1910 she was living in Manhattan, Ward 12.

Her Manhattan death record identifies her parents as John N. Thompson and Mary Hepburn, both born in Scotland. Her funeral service was held at Forest Hills Cemetery chapel.

Sources:

1. "Mrs. Elizabeth M. Wheelock," The Sun, (New York, New York), 21 Oct 1917, p. 9, col. 3; Newspapers.com, 14 Feb 2021.

W. B. Vance

Spouse: Mary Wheelock
Marriage: 19 Dec 1907, Waterville, Lamoille Co, VT

• Vermont Vital Records, 1871 to 1908, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

Huldah W. Wheelock

Birth: 23 Apr 1824, 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), search for Prescott Wheelock, image 521; citing Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and DeLene Holbrook); from "Records of Births and Deaths in the Town of Warwick, 1805, No. 2", covering years from 1749-1851, p. 164 of 260, Warwick Town Clerk's office, Warwick, MA.

Death: 11 Aug 1903, Hull, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Hull Death Record, Vol 1903/27, Page 349 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.)

Burial: Hope Cemetery, Worcester, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Hull Death Record, Vol 1903/27, Page 349 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.)

Father: Jonathan Wheelock
Mother: Prudence Smith

Spouse: John F. Westcott
Marriage: 31 Dec 1846, Warwick, Franklin Co, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Warwick marriage record, Vol 24, Page 152 (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.)

1. Clara E. Westcott, born 1847

Samuel Judson Wheelock

Birth: 31 Jul 1840, Pompey, Onondaga, NY

• "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.

Death: 7 May 1841, Pompey, Onondaga Co, NY

• "Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Onondaga Co.", taken from notes by William Martin Beauchamp, Vol. 2. Rootsweb Cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETERY/POMPEYHI.HTM

Burial: Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, NY

• "Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Onondaga Co.", taken from notes by William Martin Beauchamp, Vol. 2. Rootsweb Cemeteries: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/CEMETERY/POMPEYHI.HTM

Father: Luther Wheelock
Mother: Nancy St. John

Notes:

The headstone refers to him as "Judson Wheelock". Name Samuel Judson comes from "Wheelock Genealogy", by Carlyle Capron Wheelock and Winifred (Thomson) Gonseth.