Phebe (--?--)

Birth: about 1792, CT

• 1850 Federal Census, Pitcher, Chenango Co, NY

Death: 28 May 1861

• FindAGrave Memorial, Ufford Corners Cemetery, Pitcher, Chenango Co, NY, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, memorial number 51732614, created by Jim Livermore, 28 Apr 2010.

Burial: Ufford Corners Cemetery, Pitcher, Chenango Co, NY

• FindAGrave Memorial, Ufford Corners Cemetery, Pitcher, Chenango Co, NY, documented at www.FindAGrave.com, memorial number 51732614, created by Jim Livermore, 28 Apr 2010.

Partner: Calvin Wheelock

1. Jerusha Wheelock, born about 1830, NY
2. Clarissa E. Wheelock, born calculated 28 Sep 1831

Janet Lois Anthony

Spouse: Richard Ambrose Wheelock
Marriage: 16 Sep 1961

• Records of Shari (Wheelock) Miller, granddaughter of Ambrose Wheelock and Ellen Julia Maloney, Dec 2003.

1. Donald Richard Wheelock, born 23 Jul 1962
2. Julie Ann Wheelock, born 16 Sep 1965
3. Michael William Wheelock, born 20 Feb 1970

_____ Joe

Father: Jimmy Leonard Wheelock
Mother: Janie Pike

Abigail McKnight

Birth: about 1778, probably Douglas, Worcester Co, MA

• 1860 U.S. census, Verona, Oneida Co, NY, household of Orville and Fanny Burroughs, with Fanny's mother, Abigail Wheelock, age 82, born Mass.

Death: after 1860

• 1860 U.S. census, Verona, Oneida Co, NY, household of Orville and Fanny Burroughs, with Fanny's mother, Abigail Wheelock, age 82, born Mass; Abigail is found in no further census records.

Father: Thomas McKnight
Mother: Abigail Gould

Spouse: Salem Wheelock
Marriage: estimated 1798

1. Lucy Wheelock, born 4 Apr 1799, Calais, Washington Co, VT
2. Eli Wheelock, born 8 Oct 1801, Calais, Washington Co, VT
3. Abigail Wheelock, born 22 Jul 1803, Calais, Washington Co, VT
4. Fanny Wheelock, born 10 Jan 1805, Calais, Washington Co, VT
5. Elvira Wheelock, born 4 Oct 1807, Calais, Washington Co, VT
6. Sarah Wheelock, born 19 Apr 1810
7. Salem Drury Wheelock, born 1819, Washington Co, NY

Notes:

Abigail was born circa 1778 in probably Douglas or Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the daughter of Thomas McKnight and Abigail Gould. Judging by the witnesses on land records, her family had close ties with the family of Edward Davis and Abigail Learned of Oxford, whose son, Jacob, was the principle founder of the towns of Calais and Montpelier, Vermont.¹

Several of Abigail's siblings went to Calais and Montpelier. Her sister, Sarah, was in Calais by 23 Dec 1799, when she gave birth to her first child there.² Her brother Lemuel was in Montpelier by Mar 1795 when both he and Parley Davis (nephew of Jacob) were voted haywards.³ Abigail's uncle, John Gould, also went to Montpelier. He is buried in the Gould Cemetery in East Montpelier.⁷.

The date of Abigails arrival in Vermont is uncertain, but must have been before 4 Apr 1799, when she gave birth to her first child there.⁴ Whether she married Salem Wheelock before or after moving to Calais is uncertain.

She and Salem moved to Granville, Washington County, New York before 1820, when Salem is enumerated in the census there. They moved to Auburn probably before 1 July 1826, when an uncollected letter was awaiting Salem there at the post office.⁵

On 2 Dec 1831, Eleazer Hunter of Auburn sold property in Sennet, Cayuga County, New York to Abigail Wheelock and Elvira Wheelock, both of Sennet.⁶ This same property later became subject to a land dispute in a 1955 legal case "Hutson v. Wheelock." See notes for Elvira Wheelock.⁸

Abigail remained in Sennet until at least 1860, when she is enumerated in the census there living with her son, Salem D. Wheelock. On the census she is listed as eighty years old, born in Connecticut (see notes below). She is also enumerated in the 1860 census living with her daughter, Fanny (Wheelock) Burrows, in Verona, Oneida County, NY, age eighty-two, born in Massachusetts.

There is no record of Abigail beyond that date.

Parentage:

According to Waite, Abigail McKnight was the daughter of Thomas and Abigail. They were very likely Thomas McKnight and Abigail Gould who were married in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts on 1 Mar 1764. At the time of his marriage, Thomas was a resident of Oxford, Worcester County. The couple lived in Oxford for awhile after their marriage. The births of three children were recorded there: Sarah, b. 22 May 1764, James, b. 11 Mar 1766, and John, b. 13 Mar 1768. Later the family lived in Douglas, where Thomases' father had owned land. The 1790 census indicates the family had more children than were recorded. They lived in Douglas with two males 16 and over (one of whom was Thomas), four males under 16, and four females (one of whom was Abigail).

Thomas McKnight and family had associations with the family of Edward Davis and Abigail Learned, whose son, Jacob Davis, was a founder of Calais and Montpelier, Vermont. Jacob also had close ties to the Wheelock family of Charlton.

Many of Thomas McKnight's children moved to Calais or Montpelier, including their daughter, Sarah (Abigail's sister) who married Jonathan Pray and moved to Calais. Lemuel McKnight was an early settler of Montpelier. Alvin, who according to a newspaper article was the younger brother of Lemuel, and whose death record identifies his father as Thomas McKnight, was also an early settler of Montpelier. Other likely children of Thomas and Abigail McKnight who ended up in Calais or Montpelier include Thomas, Jr. who died in Calais in in 1836, and Elijah McKnight, who died in Montpelier in 1864.

Though no direct documentary evidence has been found to prove Abigail, wife of Salem, was a member of this family, the evidence points strongly in that direction. (1) It matches the assertion by Waite that her parents were named Thomas and Abigail. (2) Her date of birth (about 1778) fits into the sequence of births for the family. (3) The ties between the McKnight family and the family of Jacob Davis (who founded Montpelier and Calais) are documented in the land records. (4) Many of her siblings went to the Calais/Montpelier area. (5) Her uncle, John Gould, went to Montpelier, and is buried there. Further research would likely yield many more relatives of Abigail (McKnight) Wheelock who settled in Montpelier/Calais.

Birth Date:

The census records conflict on the birth place of Abigail McKnight. The 1850 census says she was born in Vermont, the 1855 NY census says Massachusetts, and the 1860 census, where she is listed twice, says Connecticut and Massachusetts. Waite says she was the daughter of Thomas and Abigail McKnight of Montpelier, though no direct evidence has been found that Thomas and Abigail (Gould) McKnight ever lived in Montpelier. They might have, since many of their children and relatives were there.

Second Marriage?

Abigail (McKnight) Wheelock is sometimes confused with the wife of John Lansdown, who lived in Sennett in 1865. Her name was also Abby. But according to the 1865 NY state census, Abby Lansdown was 55 years old in 1865, and had only been married once. According to her gravestone, which approximately agrees with the census records, she died in 1866, aged 60, which would place her birthdate well after Abigail (McKnight) Wheelock had her first child.

Sources:

1. Deeds witnessed by Edward Davis, father of Jacob: Worc deeds 72:53, 45:420; and by Jonathan Davis, Jacob's brother: Worc deeds 147:13.
2. "Vermont State Vital Records, 1760-1954," at FamilySearch.org, birth of Thomas Pray in Calais, son of Sarah and Jonathan Pray.
3. Daniel Pierce Thompson, History of the Town of Montpelier From the Time it was First Chartered in 1781 to the Year 1860 (Montpelier: E. F. Walton, 1860), p. 68.
4. "Vermont State Vital Records, 1760-1954," at FamilySearch.org, birth of Lucy Wheelock in Calais, daughter of Abigail and Salem Wheelock.
5. Cayuga Patriot (Auburn, NY), 12 July 1826, p. 3, col. 2, at GenealogyBank.com.
6. Cayuga County, New York, Deeds, 59:196.
7. FindaGrave memorial 137001757
8. Cayuga County, New York, Court File 7730, Edwin L. Hutson and Helen F. Hutson, Sennett, New York vs. Abigail Wheelock and Elvira Wheelock, land dispute, 23 Aug 1955, City Clerks Office, Auburn, New York.

Lyman Morton

Spouse: Mary M. Wheelock
Marriage: 3 Mar 1866, Chicopee, MA

• Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Chicopee Marriage Record, Vol 190, Pg 7, Mary M. Wheelock, daughter of Moses, age 21, to Lyman Morton, soldier, age 38, born Rockland, NY. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.)

Laura E. Phillips

Birth: 8 Apr 1828

• Headstone record, Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 154370746, created 29 Oct 2015 by Barb Destromp.

Death: 22 Sep 1893

• Headstone record, Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 154370746, created 29 Oct 2015 by Barb Destromp.

Burial: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, VT

• Headstone record, Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA; documented at FindAGrave.com, memorial number 154370746, created 29 Oct 2015 by Barb Destromp.

Spouse: Joseph Wilson Wheelock
Marriage: DATE UNKNOWN

• "Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont", compiled by Jacob G. Ulltery, 1894, Transcript Publishing Co, Brattleboro, VT; Ancestry.Com electronic search, Sep 2001.

1. Martin W. Wheelock, born 18 Mar 1853, Montpelier, Washington Co, VT
2. Florence E. Wheelock
3. Herbert R. Wheelock, born about 1855

John Adams Pray

Birth: 18 Sep 1824

• Pray Wheelock Bible, originally owned by John H. Pray and Eleanor Allen Wheelock, printed in 1816; now owned by Nancy Jacson, Jun 2008.

Father: John Hancock Pray
Mother: Eleanor Allen Wheelock

Marianne Stidham Scott

Spouse: Donald Lawrence Ashline
Marriage: 25 Feb 1975, Fayette County, OH

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

Hettie M. Watts

Spouse: William Warren Wheelock
Marriage: 9 Apr 1906, Battle Creek, MI

• Private Records of Anita Decoteau, 12 June 1998, descendent of Elias Mann Wheelock.

Mary M. Wetherbee

Birth: 7 May 1834

• "The Weatherbee Round-Up", Volume XIV, Number 2, Mar/Apr 1990, pg 75, and Volume XV, Number 4, Jul/Aug 1991, pg 135; as given by Eugene James Weatherbee, Ancestry.com, Weatherby lines of NJ/NY/PA/DE/MA, Dec 2001.

Father: Moses Wetherbee
Mother: Mary Wheelock

Kate Augusta Wheelock

Birth: 5 Oct 1852, NY

• Records of Kathleen Dawson, ggg-granddaughter of Kate Wheelock, Nov 2001.

Death: 27 Sep 1919

• Records of Kathleen Dawson, ggg-granddaughter of Kate Wheelock, Nov 2001.

Father: Charles Augustus Wheelock
Mother: Fanny Dodge

Spouse: William Wallace Blackwell
Marriage: 24 Dec 1881

• Records of Kathleen Dawson, ggg-granddaughter of Kate Wheelock, Nov 2001.

Merton Hayes Wheelock

Birth: 23 Aug 1904, Brighton, MA

• Private Records of Andrew Hayes Wheelock, Sr., a descendent of Rev. Isaac Robinson Wheelock, Sep 1999.

Death: 9 May 1948, Wakefield, MA

• Private Records of Andrew Hayes Wheelock, Sr., a descendent of Rev. Isaac Robinson Wheelock, Sep 1999.

Burial: Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA

• Private Records of Andrew Hayes Wheelock, Sr., a descendent of Rev. Isaac Robinson Wheelock, Sep 1999.

Father: Merton Hayes Wheelock
Mother: Mattie Evalyn Marshall

Spouse: Earline Elizabeth Weigel
Marriage: Cleveland, OH

• Private Records of Andrew Hayes Wheelock, Sr., a descendent of Rev. Isaac Robinson Wheelock, Sep 1999.

1. Robert Hayes Wheelock, born 14 Nov 1938, Newton, MA

Notes:

Merton graduated from Boston University, Boston, MA. In 1948 he resided on 22 Sweetser St., Wakefield, MA.¹

Sources:

1. Andrew Hayes Wheelock, Sr., a descendant of Merton Hayes Wheelock, 1999.

Thirza Wheelock

Birth: 5 Oct 1775, Mendon, Worcester Co, MA

• Mendon Vital Records

Father: Caleb Wheelock
Mother: Rachel Green

Lydia Wood

Spouse: Ephraim Wheelock
Marriage: 11 Nov 1790, Townshend, Windham Co, VT

• Vermont Vital Records to 1870, Microfilm Collection, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

1. Lucius Tullus Wheelock, born 9 Oct 1791, Townshend, Windham Co, VT