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76, and his wid., Sarah, Aug. 31, 1841, aged 77. Chil. Anna, b. Sept. 1, 1797 ; Artemas, Aug. 7, 1800 ; Sarah, Jan. 16, 1802 ; and Trobridge, Sept. 4, 1806.
WARD, THOMAS W., Esq. (bro. of the preceding) m. Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1760, D. of Col. Samuel Denny of Leicester, Nov. 28, 1782 ; appointed Sheriff of the County of Worcester, in 1805, resigned in 1824, and d. Aug. 20, 1835, aged 77 ; he often expressed his great satisfaction, that in all that time, he never had occasion to take the life of a fellow being in execution of the laws of this Commonwealth ; a duty, that de- volved upon his successor immediately after his appointment. His wid., Elizabeth, d. Nov. 18, 1846, in her 87th year. Chil. Andrew Henshaw, b. May 26, 1734 ; Nahum, Oct. 25, 1785 ; Harriet, Oct. 6, 1787, and m. William Williams of Pomfret, Ct. in 1817 ; Joseph, Aug. 18, 1789, and d. unm. Oct. 2, 1821 ; Artemas, March 21, 1791, and d. unm. Dec. 31, 1816 ; Eliza- beth Denny, Sept. 25, 1793, and m. Nathan Baldwin, in 1817 ; Henry Dana, Jan. 13, 1797 ; Thomas Walter, Nov. 27, 1798 ; Sarah Henshaw, Nov. 3, 1800, and m. Benjamin Perkins Put- nam, Esq. of Marietta, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1824, where he d. Jan. 2, 1825, aged 25 ; Caroline, Jan. 28, 1802, and m. Benjamin Per- kins Dix of Groton, Dec. 30, 1830 ; their chil. are Benjamin Ward, Sarah Elizabeth, Henry Dana, and Alfred Perkins.
WARD, Hon. ARTEMAS (bro. of the preceding) grad. H. U., 1783, m. Catharine Maria, D. of Hon. Samuel Dexter,* and settled in Weston, in the practice of the law, which town he represented in the General Court. After some years, he remov- ed to Charlestown, and was several years a member of the Ex- ecutive Council ; thence to Boston, where he was elected and re- elected a member of Congress, and subsequently appointed Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, throughout the State. His wife, Catharine Maria, d. in Boston, March 11,
. * He was the s. of the Rev. Samuel Dexter of Dedham. who was a grad. H. U., 1720, and ordained to the ministry there, in May, 1724, and d. Jan. 29, 1755.
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1818, aged 57. He yet survives. Chil. Samuel Dexter ; Cath- arine Maria, who m. Samuel B. Barrell, Nov. 16, 1824 ; Fran- ces Fidelia, who m. the Rev. Alvan Lamson, D. D., of Ded- ham, July 25, 1825 ; Henry Artemas ; John and Charles Trobridge.
WARD, Hon. HENRY D. (bro. of the preceding) grad. H. U., 1791, settled in the practice of the law at Columbia, S. C., and m. Maria Eliza Smith of Camden, July 17, 1798. He survived a 2d wife, and d. at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 20, 1817, aged 49, leaving one child, Henry Dana Artemas, who, a grad. of Y. C., m. his cousin, Eliza Tracy of Middletown, and d. in S. C., leaving one child, Henry Dana Artemas, recently a grad. of Y. C.
WARD, ANDREW H., Esq. (s. of Thomas W.) grad. H. U., 1808, m. Sarah, D. of David Henshaw, Esq. of Leicester, in 1809, settled here, in the practice of the law, in 1811 ; they were ad. to this chh. in 1812, and in May, 1829, removed to Boston, and thence, in April, 1842, to Newton. Chil. Sarah Ann Henshaw, b. Sept. 28, 1809, and m. Francis Sumner Car- ruth of Boston, July 7, 1831 ; [their chil. were', Francis Wards b. Aug. 4, 1832, and d. Aug. 6, 1833 ; Francis Ward, July 2, 1834, and d. Oct. 1835 ; Sarah Henshaw, Nov. 12, 1836 ; An- drew, Oct. 30, 1838, and d. Feb. 11, 1839 ; William Ward, April 8, 1840; Antoinette Hale, Nov. 4, 1842 ; Emily Frances and Frances Emily, Feb. 28, 1845 ;] William, July 16, 1812; Joseph Walter, July 2, 1814 ; John Tucker, June 4, 1816, and d. in Boston, Nov. 2, 1840 ; Eliza Maria Antoinette, Feb. 8, 1818, d. Oct. 16, 1821 ; Frances Caroline Augusta, Feb. 2, 1820, and d. Oct. 23, 1821 ; Frances Antoinette Elizabeth, April 19, 1822, and m. Joseph Lewis Danforth of Louisville, Kentucky, [grad. H. U., 1839,] May 12, 1845. Child, Flor- ence Ward, b. April 26, 1846; Andrew Henshaw, Jan. 28, 1824; David Henshaw, June 23, 1830.
WARD, NAHUM, Esq. (bro. of the preceding) removed to Marietta, Ohio, in 1811, since Mayor of that city, and there
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m. Sarah Catharine, D. of William Skinner, Esq., Dec. 3, 1817. She d. there, Aug. 4, 1844. Chil. Sarah Catharine, b. March 18, 1819; Ann Maria Skinner, Sept. 30, 1820, and d. Aug. 11, 1839, aged 19; William Skinner, Feb. 12, 1822 ; Mary Elizabeth, Jan. 12, 1824 ; George Washington Lafayette, Sept. 29, 1825. and d. Aug. 27, 1826 ; Harriet Caroline, Nov. 6, 1826 ; and Henrietta Dana, March 31, 1830.
WARD, Rev. HENRY DANA (bro. of the preceding) grad. H. U., 1816, m. in New York, Abigail Porter, D. of Samuel Jones, Esq. of Lebanon Springs. She d. in New York, Dec. 23, 1837; no issue. In June, 1842, he m. in Virginia, Charlotte, D. of Richard Golbraith, Esq. of Dublin, in Ireland, and settled, an Episcopal clergyman, in Portsmouth, Kenbawa Co. Va. in 1845. Chil. Henry Dana Artemas, b. March 9, 1843 ; and Charlotte Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1845.
WARD, THOMAS W. Esq. (bro. of the preceding) m. Harriet P. Grosvenor of Pomfret, Ct., April 6, 1825, and lives on the homestead. Chil. Samuel Denny, b. April 3, 1826; Arte- mas, July 16, 1828, and d. Oct. 29, 1833 ; Charles Grosvenor, Dec. 30, 1829 ; Ellen Grosvenor, Jan. 18, 1332 ; Thomas Walter, July 6, 1834; Elizabeth, Dec. 13, 1840 ; Harriet, June 27, 1843.
WARD, WILLIAM (s. of Andrew H.) m. Mary Leffing- well, D. of Joshua, and g. D. of David Henshaw, Esq., of Leicester, Sept. 10, 1838. Chil. Elizabeth, b. July 15, 1839, and d. infant ; William Leffingwell, June 28, 1841; Flor- ence, Aug. 11, 1843, and d. Dec. 20, 1844; Florence, March 8, 1847.
WARD, JOSEPH W. (bro. of the preceding) m. Catha- rine Mary, D. of Benjamin B. Appleton, Esq. of Boston, June 22, 1841. Chil. John Tucker, b. July 29, 1842 ; Catharine Ap- pleton, May 12, 1844 ; Joseph Walter, May 26, 1817.
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WARD, JONAS from Worcester, (s. sup. of Richard Ward and Lydia Wheelock, who were m. in Sudbury, Jan. 1, 1719, and settled in Worcester. Richard was s. of Obediah, of Sud- bury, who m. Joanna Harrington of Watertown, Dec. 20, 1693, and g. s. of Richard Ward, who was drowned in Sud. river, in 1666,) b. Jan. 1, 1720, m. Abigail, D. of John Child of New- ton, and came here with a family before 1758, and settled in the N. P. Chil. as recorded in Worcester, John, b. July 13, 1744, and d. infant ; John, June 10, 1746; Abigail, June 10, 1748.
In 1751, he appears to have had a 2d wife, Elizabeth, and chil. b. there as follows : Elizabeth and Catharine, July 9, 1751 ; the former d. infant, the latter, and called of this town, m. Thomas Clark of Worcester, in 1774 ; Dolly, Aug. 1, 1755.
His first appearance on the records here, was in 1759, with a wife, Abigail, sup. his 3d wife. Their chil., as on record here, were Rufus, b. Jan. 6, 1759 ; Thaddeus, Sept. 22, 1761; Lu- cretia, Aug. 16, 1764. There is no record here of the death of his wife, Abigail. He next m. Sarah Draper of Worcester, in 1768. Their chil. as recorded here were, Daniel, b. Sept. 14, 1769; Sarah, June 19, 1771, and d. infant; Sarah, March 21, 1774.
WARD, JONAS, Jun. (perhaps s. of the preceding) m. Levinah, D. of Joseph Glazier, in 1770, and lived in the N. P. Chil. Annis, b. Aug. 13, 1770; and Eunice Glazier, Sept. 8, 1772.
A John Ward, called of this town, perhaps s. of Jonas, Sen. was pub. to Mindwell Harrington of Worcester, in 1774.
WHEELOCK, Deac. SAMUEL, whose wife was Lydia, came here from Marlboro', before 1720 ; most of his chil. also came here with him. He was one of the founders, and one of the first Deacons of this chh., to which his wife, Lydia, was ad. in 1724. He was living on house lot, No. 26, in 1729. His chil. as recorded in Marlboro', were Samuel, b. in 1696; Martha, 1698, and here m. Ephraim Pratt, in 1724, who d. in Shutesbury, at
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the age of 116 years ; Elizabeth, in 1700, and m. Israel Allen, in 1728 ; Hannah, in 1701; Tamar, in 1704, and here m. Eb- enezer Keyes, in 1726 ; Mary, in 1706, and here m. Eli Keyes, in 1734 ; Daniel, in 1708; Lois, in 1710, and here m. Cyrus Wheeler, in 1746; Rachel, in 1714, and perhaps m. Daniel Willard of Worcester, March 2, 1743. He also had Gershom, but, as he is not on the Marlboro' record, he may have been b. elsewhere, before the parents settled there.
A Samuel Wheelock d. here, according to the record, April 8, 1756 ; his age not stated, nor is he called Deacon. The late Deac. Gershom Wheelock, informed me, that "Deac. Samuel Wheelock attained to a good old age, and that he believed he d. in this town." The death of his wife, Lydia, is not on record here.
WHEELOCK, # Capt. GERSHOM, (s. of Deac. Samuel) m. Abigail Flagg of and in Marlboro', Jan. 1, 1719. She was ad. to this chh. in 1728, and d. Oct. 17, 1762, aged 69. Chil. Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1721, and m. Daniel Potter of Brookfield, (previously of this town) Oct. 14, 1745, where she d. in 1805, aged 84; Patience, Feb. 13, 1723 ; David, Sept. 14, 1724; Gershom, March 8, 1725; Jonathan, Sept. 18, 1727; Gideon, March 5, 1729, and d. young ; Grace, July 7, 1730, and sup. d. young.
* He is said to have been the first of the family, who settled here, if not the first settler in this town. He erected' a house between where the houses now are of Joseph Nurse and the late Daniel Maynard, and on the same side of the road. There he made improvements and spent one winter alone. He is said to have been of a cheerful disposition, and, that while here solitary and alone, he slept aloft in his log house, drawing the ladder up after him at night, and whistling a tune in the morning before leaving his bed.
His father with his family moved there, from Marlboro', the next spring, and, being owner of the land, he was accounted the first settler. Having been burnt out there, they removed to house lot, No. 26 ; of which he received soon after a deed of gift from his father, bearing date in 1720.
He was one of the four first appointed sergeants in the military company when first organized in this town. He was afterwards Ensign, Lieutenant, and in 1742, commissioned a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nahum Ward.
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He next m. Elizabeth, the wid. of Daniel Rice, May 19, 1764, and d. March 16, 1770, aged 77.
WHEELOCK, DAVID (s. of Capt. Gershom) whose wife was Phebe, had Submit, b. Jan. 2, 1751, and d. infant ; Gideon, May 29, 1752; Aaron, Jan. 30, 1756, and d. in 1758 ; Jacob, Nov. 21, 1757, and d. infant. Removed to Hardwick, where he d. in 1804, aged 80.
WHEELOCK, GERSHOM, Jr. (bro. of the preceding) m. Susannah, D. of Deac. Ezekiel Knowlton, March 15, 1757, and lived on the homestead. They were ad. to this chh. in 1758. He d. Jan. 1, 1806, aged 80, and his wid. Susanna, Jan. 14, 1814, aged 78. Chil. Asa, b. June 10, 1758; Gershom, Feb. 7, 1761 ; Susanna, Nov. 17, 1762, and m. Barlow Carpenter of Wardsboro', Vt., Feb. 6, 1803 ; Abigail, Sept. 30, 1765, and m. Daniel Harris of Wardsboro', Feb. 24, 1788; Elizabeth, Feb. 6, 1769, and m. Capt. John Rice, in 1790; Martha, April 25, 1772, and d. unm. Aug. 28, 1840; Alice, June 9, 1777, and d. in 1778.
WHEELOCK, JONATHAN (bro. of the preceding) m. Anna, D. of Daniel Drury, June 20, 1753. They were ad. to this chh. in 1757. Chil. Jonathan, b. Feb. 25, 1754; Anna, March 23, 1756 ; Zeruiah, Feb. 12, 1758; Ebenezer, June 4, 1760; Jotham, Aug. 26, 1763 ; Joseph Drury, Nov. 3, 1770 ; John Gleason, Feb. 10, 1774.
The parents with their seven chil. removed to Peterboro', N. H., in 1775, thence, after other removes, to Cavendish, Vt., where he d. about 1797, aged 70.
WHEELOCK, ASA (s. of Gershom, Jun.) m. Lucy, D. of Deac. Benjamin Maynard, June 24, 1788, and settled in Wardsboro', Vt. She d. there. Their chil. b. there are said to have been Henry, Erastus, and Lucy, who m. Dr. Warren of that town.
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He next m. - Reed of Worcester, and d. in Wardsbo- ro', in 1843, aged 85. Chil. said to have been, Eliza, Mary, and Emery.
WHEELOCK, Deac. GERSHOM (bro. of the preceding) m. Miriam, D. of Joseph Eager of Boylston, Dec. 4, 1811. They were ad. to this chh. in 1813. He lived on the home- stead, and d. July 10, 1841, aged 80. Chil. Luke Morgan, b. Aug. 29, 1814, and Erastus, July 22, 1818. These sons live on the homestead of their first ancestor, who settled in this town.
WHEDLOCR, SAMUEL, m. Huldah Rice of Westboro', Feb. 15, 1720, and sup. came here from Marlboro'. She was ad. to this chh. in 1724. He may have been the Samuel, b. in 1696, s. of Deac. Samuel ; but as no relationship has been known to be claimed or exist between this family and those of the de- scendants of Deac. Samuel, he was probably of another family ; yet-in absence of other considerations, it might be taken for granted, that he was the s. of Deac. Samuel ; and it may have been he, and not Deac. Samuel Wheelock, who d. in 1756; if not, his death is not on record here, nor is that of his wife, Hul- dah. Their chil. as recorded here, were, Nahor, b. Nov. 6, 1721 ; Timothy, June 24, 1724 ; Paul, June 26, 1727; Sam- uel, April 23, 1729, and m. Dorcas Perry of Worcester, in 1754 ; Persis, Sept. 19, 1732, and sup. m. Ezekiel Newton, in 1755 ; Huldah, July 20, 1741, and m. Timothy Newton, Feb. 10, 1763.
WHEELOCK, NAHOR (s. of the preceding) m. Abigail Williams, Dec. 16, 1747, and lived in quite the South part of the town, as probably did his father. Chil. Huldah, b. Nov. 9, 1748; Stephen, Feb. 22, 1751 ; Eliab, Aug. 26, 1753 ; Lydia, June 17, 1756 ; Silas, May 10. 1759; Ezra, Feb. 27, 1762; Joshua, April 1, 1765 ; Abigail, Feb. 26, 1770.
The death of Nahor Wheelock is not on record here. His wid. Abigail m. Daniel Hemenway in 1783.
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WHEELOCK, TIMOTHY (bro. of the preceding) m. Sarah, D. of Daniel Rand, Oct. 22, 1747. Chil. Sarah, b. Aug. 21, 1743 ; Jonas, Oct. 19, 1750, and d. April 11, 1764; Phebe, June 18, 1753, and d. in 1758; Timothy, June 12, 1756; Joel, July 8, 1758; Ithamar, Feb. 28, 1761 ; Lewis, Aug. 19, 1763 ; Phebe, Jan. 9, 1766.
Removed to New Ipswich, N. H., with his family, but when, unknown, and where his wife, Sarah, probably, deceased. He returned here and m. Abigail, wid. of Joseph Sherman, Jun., July 30, 1782, and lived at the now southern extremity of the town, and on the road to Grafton, where he d. April 14, 1812, aged 88 ; his wife, Abigail, d. in 1807. Chil. Joseph and Sarah, b. June 29, 1783; the former m. Judith Foster of Grafton, in 1806.
WHEELOCK, PAUL (bro. of the above) whose wife was 'Thankful, had Paul, b. Oct. 6, 1750 ; Rhoda, May 12, 1752; Samuel, May 6, 1755; Mary, Jan. 8, 1758. Removed to Sut- ton, that part now Millbury, and lived with, and outlived his son, Paul, and d. there, it is said, in 1824, aged 97.
WHEELOCK, STEPHEN (s. of Nahor) m. Lucretia, D. of Elisha Newton, Jan. 18, 1774. Child, Emery, b. Nov. 20, 1775.
WHEELOCK, SILAS (s. of Nahor) m. Anna, D. of Thomas Whitney, in 1783, and d. Feb. 24, 1842, aged 83 ; and his wife, Anna, one day previous, aged 78. Chil. Silas, b. May 12, 1784; Thomas, July 9, 1786, and m. Sarah Nurse Fairbank, of Graf- ton, in 1808; Elizabeth, March 12, 1789, and m. Elijah Har- rington, Jun., in 1810; Anna, June 18, 1791, and m. Ezra Phillips, in 1809; Lucy, Nov. 15, 1793, and m. Dr. Stephen Cutler of Grafton ; Edward Flint, Aug. 22, 1796, and m. Han- nah Warren of Westboro', Dec. 23, 1821 ; Zadock Putnam, March 21, 1799, d. infant ; Mary on the record of births, [per- haps should be Martha,] Williams, May 6, 1800, and m. James
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Wheeler ; Hannah, May 21, 1803, and m. John French; Rinda, March 17, 1805, and m. Willard Warren of Grafton, Dec. 1, 1825.
WHEELOCK, EZRA (s. of Nahor, whose wife was Vashti, had Ezra, b. Sept. 11, 1787 ; John Green, March -, 1790; Sherman, Dec. 27, 1792 ; Vashti, Nov. 4, 1796.
His death is not on record here. His wid. Vashti, m. Daniel Willington of Worcester, in 1801.
WHEELOCK, JOSHUA (s. of Nahor) m. Sarah Warren, April 5, 1790, lived on the Island, and d. Nov. 28, 1831, aged 663, and his wid. Sarah, Dec. 1, 1831, aged 61, and both buried at one time, and in one grave, as was his bro. Silas and his wife. Chil. Nahor, b. July 14, 1790 ; Sarah, Nov. 3, 1791, and m. Gardner Goddard, in 1809; Samuel Warren, Jan. 30, 1799, went to Grafton, and m. Fay of Southboro'.
WHEELOCK, SILAS, Jun. (s. of Silas) m. Mary, D. of Lewis Smith, Sept. 9, 1809. She d. Sept. 1, 1819, aged 28. Chil. Rinda, b. Sept 5, 1810, and m. John Smith of Northboro'; Nathan Smith, Feb. 27, 1814.
WHEELOCK, EZRA (s.of Ezra) whose wife was Hannah Croxford of Worcester, d. here, Feb. 26, 1841, aged 53, having had Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1809. No others on record.
WHEELOCK, SHERMAN (s. of Ezra) whose wife was Nancy, had Sarah Holden, b. Dec. 26, 1815 ; and John Green, March 31, 1818.
WHEELOCK, ABRAHAM (s. of Eliab, and g. s. of Na- hor) m. Catharine Hill, D. of Joseph Pratt, Sept. 26, 1830 ; She d. Sept. 20, 1838, aged 34. Chil. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1831 ; Henry Lincoln, Jan. 14, 1833 ; Albert G., April 10, 1836.
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WHEELOCK, Dr. SILAS (from Northbridge) m. Hannah, D. of Adam Harrington, Dec. 7, 1800, and d. here, Aug. 28, 1817, aged 48, and his wid. Hannah, in Dec. 1846, in her 65th year. Chil. Luther, b. Jan. 16, 1802, and d. April 22, 1820; Clarendon, June 2, 1804, and m. Abigail Wilder Fairbank of Northboro', Sept. 1828, and removed to Worcester ; Harriet, Nov. 17, 1806, and m. Henry Snow, in 1824; Eliza, Feb. 8, 1809, and m. Oliver Harrington, in 1828. .
WHEELOCK, Capt. GERSHOM, 2d, and his wife Pris- cilla, were from Medfield ; she d. here, Sept. 7, 1845, aged 67. Chil. as on record here, Eleazer, b. Feb. 23, 1807 ; Abigail Adams, Sept. 1, 1808, and m. - - Dewing of Norwich, Ct. ; Thomas Prentice, Oct. 5, 1813, and m. Elizabeth Allen of Grafton ; Sarah Ellis, Sept. 30, 1815 ; Amos Mason, April 25, 1818; Sørak, Sept. 3, 1820.
WHEELOCK, ZIMRI (from Northboro') m. Sarah Miller, D. Ephraim Sever, in 1826, and had John Bucklin, b. Oct. 29, 1826.
WHEELER,* JOHN (s. of John and Elizabeth, of Marl-
* Thomas Wheeler was in Concord with a family, in 1640, and in 1675, accom- panied Capt. Hutchinson, himself then a Captain, with about twenty troops, to Quaboag, now Brookfield, to treat with the Indians. They were there drawn into ambush, and suddenly fired upon as with a shower of hail, by the perfidious Indians, and eight of their number instantly killed, viz : Zachariah Phillips of Boston, Tim- othy Farlow of Billerica, Edward Colburn of Chelmsford, Samuel Smedly of Con- cord, Sydrach Hapgood of Sudbury, Sergeant Eyeres, now written Ayres, Sergeant Prichard, and corporal Coy, inhabitants of Brookfield ; and five others wounded; of these was Capt. Hutchinson, mortally, and d. soon after. Capt. Wheeler was sorely wounded, had his horse shot under him, and, when near being despatched by the enemy, was rescued by his son, Thomas, he also was wounded, who placed his father upon a horse, whose rider was slain, and both succeeded by flight, in saving their lives. Capt. Wheeler d. in Concord in 1676. His s. Thomas, whose wife was Hannah, had John, b. in Concord, in 1661, who there m. Elizabeth Wells, 25. 4. 1684, and perhaps had chil. b. there, but soon after settled in Marlboro', where he d. in 1721. His chil. as recorded in Marlboro', were John, b. in 1695, who set- tled in Shrewsbury ; Martha, in 1693; Joseph, in 1700; Ephraim, in 1702, and also, settled here ; and Daniel, in 1701.
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boro') b. in 1695, m. Mary, b. in 1694, D. of Thomas Hap- good of Marlboro', (and sister of Thomas Hapgood who settled here) Oct. 8, 1717, in Marlboro', and, as appears by the record there, had Cyrus, b. in 1717, and Darius, in 1719, and soon after removed to this town. His wife, Mary, was ad. to this chh. in 1730. Chil. as on record here, and probably b. here, Jona- than, b. June 22, 1720, and sup. settled in Grafton ; Thomas, Jan. 5, 1721, Lydia, March 25, 1722, m. William Norcross, Nov. 6, 1741 ; Josiah, Oct. 7, 1723; Hezediah, Feb. 16, 1725, (the first of his chil. bap. here) and m. David Taylor, in 1746 ; Martha, Oct. 2, 1726 ; Philemon, April 11, 1728, and d. in 1729 ; Persis, Oct. 6, 1729, ad. to chh. in 1748, and m. John Baker, Jun., in 1754; Azubah, Sept. 3, 1731, and m. Peter [perhaps Foster] Larkin of Lancaster, April 4, 1751 ; Damaris, Aug. 17, 1733, and m. John Barr of New Braintree, Oct. 25, 1751 ; John, Sept. 7, 1735 ; Mary, Oct. 7, 1737; Hepzibah, July 16, 1739.
There is no record here of the death of either of the parents.
WHEELER, CYRUS (s. of John and Mary) m. Lois, D. of Deac. Samuel Wheelock, May 1, 1746 ; they were ad. to this chh. in 1765. He d. here, Feb. 19, 1782, aged 65. The death of his wife is not on record here. Chil. Solomon, b. Feb. 22, 1747 ; Artemas, Dec. 5, 1748 ; Lois, April 22, 1753, and m. Jonathan Thurston, May 5, 1773, and Samuel Rawson, May 10. 1781, and removed to New York.
WHEELER, JOSIAH (bro. of the preceding) m. Eliza- beth Bailey, Feb. 28, 1744. Chil. as on record here, Darius, b. May 25, 1745 ; Hepzibah, Oct. 27, 1746.
WHEELER, JOHN Jun. (bro. of the preceding) m. Jedi- dah, D. of Samuel Bigelow, April 30, 1760. They were ad. to this chh. in 1765. Chil. Darius, b. March 11, 1761 ; Susanna, Dec. 31, 1762 ; Thomas, Jan. 27, 1765 ; Mary, Oct. 12, 1767 ; Elizabeth, Feb. 26, 1769; Catharine, bap. Sept. 8, 1771. " The parents were dismissed, in 1774, to the covenanting breth-
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ren in Newfane, Vt., in order to be formed into a chh. state there." He was at Fort William Henry, at the time of the memorable and unparalleled massacre of the English and Pro- vincial troops, by the Indians, in 1757, after its surrender to Mont- calm, the French commander.
WHEELER, SOLOMON, (s. of Cyrus) m. Zipporah Har- rington of Grafton, Aug. 26, 1771. Chil. Moses and Zipporah, b. March 19, 1772 ; Aaron, bap. March 27, 1774. Removed, sup. to Vermont.
WHEELER, ARTEMAS (bro. of the preceding) m. Lu- cretia, D. of Gideon Howe, March 25, 1778. Chil. Eber, b. Nov. 6, 1778, and drowned in Jordan pond, July 19, 1794 ; Nathan, Oct. 24, 1781, and m. Susanna Heard of Worcester, in 1805 ; Leonard, Aug. 27, 1783 ; Lucretia, Nov. 24, 1785 ; Daniel, Sept. 25, 1787; Nahum, Aug. 21, 1789 ; Joel, Sept. 10, 1791, and d. infant ; Joel, Oct. 15, 1792 ; Eber, June 10, 1796 ; Damaris, Aug. 22, 1798; Sarah, Dec. 30, 1801. Removed to Vermont.
WHEELER, LEONARD (s. of Artemas) m. Hannah Hemenway of and in Vt. Her death is not on record here ; their child, Leonard Hemenway, was bap. here, June 23, 1811, " on the deceased mother's account ; she was a member of a chh. in Shoreham, Vt." The father m. Dolly, D. of John H. Howe, Jan. 29, 1821, and returned to Vt.
WHEELER, EPHRAIM (s. of John and Elizabeth of Marl- boro') b. in 1702, m. Miriam Martin, Dec. 30, 1730 ; they were then both called of this town. She was ad. to this chh. in 1734, and d. July 9, 1756 ; and he, April 29, 1755 ; their ages are not recorded ; but his, according to his birth, was about 53. Chil. Adam, b. April 29, 1732, and sup. m. Mercy, D. of Isaac Whee- ler of Rutland, an early settler there from Medfield, Nov. 17, 1763, and settled in Hubbardston, where he was a Deacon of the chh., a Captain in the Continental army, and afterwards, in
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Shay's army ; Ephraim, March 12, 1734; Daniel, bap. June 6, 1736 ; Dinah, Aug. 12, 1739, and m. Aaron Smith, in 1757 ; Miriam, Sept. 1, 1742, and m. Asa Rice, in 1763; Elizabeth, bap. Oct. 28, 1744, and m. Asa Smith, in 1764; Aaron, b. Oct. 10, 1747.
WHEELER, EPHRAIM (s. of Ephraim) m. Azubah, D. of Abraham Eager, Nov. 4, 1761. Chil. Catharine, b. June 10, 1762; Sarah, March 23, 1764; Annis, July 16, 1767. The death of his wife, Azubah, is not on record here. He m. Elizabeth, wid. of Francis Temple, March 22, 1769.
WHEELER, AARON (bro. of the preceding) m. Ruth, wid. of Samuel Britton, Jun., and D. of Stephen Parker, Nov. 14, 1784, and d. June 23, 1821, aged 75 ; and his wife, Ruth, March 26, 1813, aged 65, Chil. Abigail, b. Oct. 17, 1785, and m. John Tufts, Jun. of Charlestown, in 1806 ; Miriam, Jan. 19, 1788.
WHEELER, LEMUEL and his wife Levinah, came here from Marlboro', about 1814. She was. ad. to this chh. in 1815. Chil. (no births on record here,) George, bap. Oct. 20, 1816; Lorenzo Williams, bap. Nov. 21, 1819 ; Levinah Ann, bap. Sept. 9, 1821. The father soon after returned to Marlboro'.
WHITNEY, SAMUEL of Weston, m. Elizabeth Hastings of Watertown, April 7, 1735. They came here, sup. about 1743, with a family of chil. ; of whom were Samuel ; Eliza- beth, who m. Joseph Mixer, Jun., in 1754; Nathaniel, who d. here, Nov. 19, 1744; Lydia, who d. here, Oct. 3, 1745 ; their ages are not recorded, nor are the births of any of them on re- cord here. The parents were ad. to this chh. from that in Wes- ton, in 1761, lived on the place afterwards belonging to the late John Bellows, and where he d. Aug. 2, 1788, aged 77 ; no re- cord of the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Chil. as on record here, Lucy, b. Aug. 27, 1744, and m. Asaph Sherman of Graf- ton, July 14, 1762 ; Lydia, June 1, 1746, and m. William Brit-
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