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IDA MATILDA, b. Jan. 19, 1855; m. Osborn Frank Remick, Jan. 19, 1873.
CLARA ESTELLE, b. Jan. 3, 1857.
NELLIE AUGUSTA, b. June 26, 1864.
Always res. in Mil. Dwell in a pleasant home, So. Main St., far down to- wards the ancient Penniman corner. Husband's occupation the boot business. Worthy people.
WARFIELD, NEWELL 6 (Elijah,5 Abijah,4 Elihu,3 Elihu,2 Dea. John1), b. in Mendon, Feb. 2, 1831; bootmaker; m. Elvira Warfield, dr. of John and Lavina (Henries) Warfield; cer. Jan. 1, 1867; cther particulars not given. Always res. in So. Mil. He d. Dec. 26, 1873, leaving no chn. He received due funeral honors. His bereaved wf. thus far survives him.
WARFIELD, WILLIAM WHEELOCK 6 (Elijah,5 Abijah,4 Elihu,3 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), b. in Mil., Nov. 17, 1834; bootmaker; m. Mary Sophia (Nichols) Howard, wid. of Sylvester B. Howard, and dr. of John and Maria (Chamber- lain) Nichols, b. in Mil., 1844; cer. at Hopedale, Nov. 30, 1870, by the writer. No chn. Always res. in Mil., and of good report. Their home is on So. Main St., near Howard.
WARFIELD, DAVID LONG, and his sister Arvilla 6 (Elijah,5 Abijah,4 Elihu,8 Elihu,2 Dea. John 1), dwell together unm. on the parental homestead, War- field St., near So. Main. Standing reputable.
The two married sisters, Mrs. Knights and Mrs. Thayer, appear under their respective husband's names.
WARREN, Capt. SAMUEL 5 (Samuel,4 Jolin,3 John,2 John1), b. Grafton, April 20, 1730; m. Eunice Corbett, dr. of Eld. Daniel and Sarah (Jones) Corbett,
b. May 4, 1728; cer. May 29, 1754, by Rev. Amariah Frost. Issue : - JOHN, b. May 4, 1756.
SARAH, b. Oct. 8, 1759.
ESTHER, b. Oct. 16, 1761.
JEMIMA, b. Oct. 8, 1763.
PRISCILLA, b. Aug. 2, 1765.
ANNA, b. Jan. 22, 1767.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 1, 1769; presently d.
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 16, 1771; d. May 28, 1773.
I find myself somewhat mystified between Mendon records and Mr. Pierce's recently published "History of Grafton." Mendon records seem to confound Samuel 4 and Samuel,5 as if they were one person. They say that Samuel War- ren m. Hannah Beard, both of Mendon, Sept. 27, 1733; to whom were b. Jason, Feb. 10, 1734; and Hannah, Dec. 1, 1735. Then they say that Samuel Warren of Grafton m. Eunice Corbett of Mendon, May 29, 1754, to whom were b. John, April 4, 1750; Tabitha, March 21, 1755; then go on with the names above credited to Samuel.5 Grafton history says that Samuel4 m. Tabitha Stone at Weston, Aug. 26, 1728, and had Samuel,5 April 20, 1730; Sarah, Dec. 24, 1731; Rebecca, April 16, 1733; Abigail, April 29, 1735; John, Aug. 8, 1736, d. Sept. 8, 1755; Tabitha, Aug. 6, 1738, d. Sept. 7, 1754; William, May 29, 1740;
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David, March 24, 1742, etc. But it says nothing of the mge. to Hannah Beard and of her 2 chn., Jason and Hannah; yet says Samuel5 m. Eunice Corbett, May 29, 1754. Mendon records say that Samuel Warren had certain tracts of land laid out to him near his premises (which were on our now Mil. territory), April 25, 1747. This laying-out is not likely to have been made to Samuel,5 a lad of 17 yrs. Moreover, our Easterly Precinct ch. records say that the elder Samuel Warren was one of the original members of that ch., which was formed April 15, 1741, and that he and his wf. Hannah had 2 chn. bap. by Mr. Frost; viz., Isaac, April 15, 1744, and Lois, June 29, 1746. What does all this mean? Was that Samuel Warren altogether a different person from Samuel 4 of Graf- ton ? I cannot reconcile these incongruities ; so I leave them to more profound genealogists, and return to Samuel,5 wf. Eunice (Corbett), and their chn., as first given. When married, the hus. purported to be of Grafton, but probably soon located in the No. Purchase, where he became a considerable landholder, and where I presume most, if not all, his chn. were b. If the other Samuel was his father, as seems probable, he may have taken possession of the paternal homestead, then several years relinquished, and besides must have inherited, in the right of his wf., a goodly portion of Eld. Daniel Corbett's very large real estate. However, he soon became a prominent citizen, commanded a company of minute-men at the outbreak of the American Revolution, and, after Mil.'s incorporation, held many of its responsible offices. I have been anxious to learn the history of his old age, but have not yet ascertained where he and his wf. ended their days. Their dr. Sarah m. Joseph Partridge, Nov. 15, 1778; their dr. Esther m. Abraham Stearns, May 31, 1780; their dr. Jemima m. Samuel Hart of Chesterfield, N.H., June 29, 1783; and their dr. Priscilla m. Baruch Penniman, Nov. 26, 1789, -cer. in each case by Rev. A. Frost. Their dr. Anna, by me unknown, m. Josiah Nelson, jun., 1786, and afterwards in widowhood, by Rev. Mr. Long, m. Abner Albee of Chesterfield, N.H., May 30, 1811. Samuel, jun., m. Mary Mellen, dr. of Col. James Mellen, Mil., April 19, 1797; cer. by Rev. Caleb Alexander of Mendon. I think I have been informed that Samuel, jun., d. suddenly in Providence, R.I., not long after mge., leaving no chn., but a broken-hearted wid., who soon followed him to an early grave. I am unable to trace Capt. Samuel Warren's family further.
WARREN, L. W., of the firm Lothrop & Co., appears in Directory for 1856.
WARREN, HOSEA, bootmaker, in No. Purchase same yr.
WARREN, CHARLES, physician ; and
WARREN, GEORGE C., bootmaker. 1869.
WARREN, JOHN, tailor. 1872.
WARREN, ELIJAH, bootblocker. 1880. Also
WARREN, FRED E .. at Johnson, Rust, & Co.'s. 1880.
Probably a few other transient Warrens have been in town at different periods, persons to me unknown.
WEBB. We have had but few of this name in town. First among these was, -
WEBB, JOSEPH, son of Daniel and Elizabeth; ancestry no further traced;
b. May 4, 1794; place of nativity not given; m. Ruby Parkhurst, dr. of Amasa and Hopestill (Nelson) Parkhurst, b. Mil., Nov. 7, 1803; cer. April 2, 1822, by Rev. D. Long. I do not recollect seeing any record of chn. b. to this couple.
He was engaged in the boot business when I first came into town, and as late as 1832. He was deemed an intelligent citizen, and elected to town offices
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while here. He was one of the assessors in 1825. I am indebted to his son, Mr. Charles B. Webb, for the little I can add to the foregoing. He sent me the following, under date of So. Hadley, Mass., Dec. 26, 1878 :-
"They [his parents] moved to R. I. about 1833; then to Wilkinsonville, Mass., in 1846. In 1S56 removed to Trempealeau, Wis. Joseph Webb d. in Wis., April, 1869; and Ruby Webb in Oct., 1869. They had 9 sons and 1 daugh- ter. Six sons are now living; 3 in Wis., 1 in Mo., one in Mass., and one, when last heard from, in Ohio."
WEBB,VAMOS W., birth-date, place of nativity, etc., not traced; merchant tailor; m. Hannaly P. Thayer, dr. of Rufus and Hannah (Parkhurst)
Thayer, b. Mil., Feb. 18, 1823; cer. May 14, 1845, by whom not ascer- tained. Their chn .: -
VEMMA A., b. May 24, 1846; d. May 24, 1868, a. 22 yrs.
VADA M., b. Sept. 9, 1848; d. April 18, 1869, a. 20 yrs. 7 mos. 11 days.
The hus. and fr. d. suddenly, from a fatal injury received by the falling of a tree in his wood-lot, Nov. 27, 1857. Mrs. Hannah P. survived him long enough to educate, and be bereaved of, their two drs. She d. Oct. 12, 1870, a. 47 yrs. and 8 mos. A most worthy, but often afflicted and short-lived, family. WEBBER, EDWARD, came into Mil., with Jacob Town and wf. Judith, from
Providence, R.I., April 7, 1787. In what relationship he stood to the Towns is not indicated. The family was warned hence in 1791. How long any of them remained, I do not learn; but Webber staid long enough to be m. to Ruth Wight, Feb. 4, 1790; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. I think she must have been a dr. of Eleazer and Ruth (Legg) Wight, b. about 1770. Of chn., if any, I know nothing. I find only that wid. Ruth Webber d. Sept. 15, 1839, a. 69 yrs. 3 mos.
WEDGE, DANIEL, Jun., pedigree untraced; m. Hannah Wiswall, dr. of Thomas and Sarah (Daniell) Wiswall, b. Nov. 3, 1734; cer. March 6, 1755, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : -
SARAH, b. in our Precinct, May 17, 1755; d. Sept. 13, 1757.
ABIJAH, b. in our Precinct, March 29, 1759; d. young.
THOMAS, b. in our Precinct, July 29, 1761; untraced.
SARAH, b. in our Precinct, July 21, 1763; m. Ephraim Hayward, Dec. 8, 1787. ABIJAH, b. in our Precinct, Nov. 21, 1767; m. Polly Brick, 1790; he d. Dec. 22, 1819.
LYDIA, b. in our Precinct, Nov., 1769; m. John Chapin, jun., 1791 or 1792.
Rev. Mr. Frost, in his marriage record, calls the groom of Hannah Wiswall "Daniel Wedge, jun." So his fr.'s name was Daniel. I find that Daniel, sen., d. in Sept., 1761; but I get only the information concerning his wf. that her name was Experience. No chn. named but Daniel and Jepthah. Whence they came, I have not learned. I think they must have come to So. Mil. perhaps about 1750, as I read nothing concerning them in our records before that date. They made their homes on a considerable tract of land near the junction of our present Mellen St. with So. Main. From all I can learn, they were maltsters, and ran an establishment of that sort for several yrs. One of their mill-stones still remains on the premises, and tradition says this was their business at an early period of their inhabitancy. Daniel Wedge seems to have been a man of some influence, as appears from our precinct and town records. Whether he and his wf. spent all their days in So. Mil., or part of them elsewhere, I am not sufficiently informed to say. He d. Oct. 2, 1809. Mrs. Hannah, his wid., d. Jan. 8, 1816.
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WEDGE, JEPTHAH, understood to be a bro. of the preceding; pedigree, birth- date, etc., untraced; m. Esther Marshall, dr. of Joseph and Mary (Leland) Marshall, b. Holl., Aug. 3, 1738; cer. in our Precinct, Nov. 17, 1757, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : -
ELI, b. Aug. 4, 1758; d. Sept. 14, 1761.
DINAH, b. July 10, 1760; d. Sept. 12, 1761.
ESTHER, b. June 1, 1761; m. John Bowker, Hop., March 7, 1782.
ELI, b. Oct. 4, 1763; m., 1st, Lois Bowker, Hop., Jan., 1784; 2d, Elizabeth Taft, 1843.
NAHUM, b. May 25, 1766; m. Cynthia Chapin, June 18, 1795.
b. Oct. 31, 1769; m. Luther Chapin, March 5, 1796.
MARTHA
POLLY, or MARY !( (twins), b. Oct. 31, 1769; untraced.
LEMUEL, b. May 17, 1775; untraced.
LAVINA, bap. Sept. 13, 1778; an unm. mr .; d. Nov. 9, 1842.
Mrs. Esther d. July 17, 1808; Jepthah himself d. June 18, 1823. All their chn., save Eli, appear to have d., or emigrated to other localities. I knew Eli, but cannot recollect that he ever had any chn. Mrs. Lois, his 1st wf., d. Dec. 14, 1841, a. 73 yrs. He m., 2d, wid. Elizabeth Taft, formerly the wid. of John Perham, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Snell; cer. Oct. 8, 1843, by Isaac Davenport, Esq. He d. at So. Mil., Jan. 26, 1845. Mrs. Elizabeth d. in our town asylum, July 2, 1861, in her 84th yr.
WEDGE, ABIJAH3 (Daniel,2 Daniel 1), b. Nov. 21, 1767; m. Polly, alias Mary
Brick of Sherborn, about the yr. 1790; no particulars of cer. found. Issue : - DANIEL, b. Mil., Aug. 6, 1791; untraced; prob. lived and d. elsewhere.
FISHER, b. Mil., May 9, 1793; d. here, March 12, 1818.
JOHN, b. Leverett, April 20, 1795; untraced; prob. lived and d. elsewhere.
LOTHROP, b. Lyme, N.H., Oct. 17, 1797; untraced; prob. lived and d. else- where.
MARY, b. Lyme, N.H., July 6, 1799; untraced; prob. lived and d. elsewhere.
What became of the wf. and mr., I have not learned. Abijah became a dependent on the town, and d. here, Dec. 22, 1819; also his son Fisher, and d. here, as above mentioned. Family traced no further, nor any of the Wedges who are understood to have emigrated.
WENTWORTH, NOYES S., and wf., Sarah Howard Wentworth, resided at Hopedale from Feb. 19, 1851, to May, 1855. They had the following-named chil .: LUCY ELIZABETH, ANNA ESTHER, and SARAH NOYES. The last was b. here in Jan., 1852. They were intelligent, worthy people. He was a printer. They have since res. in Norwich, Ct., where Mr. Wentworth has occupied a responsible position in the publication of one of the Nor- wich newspapers. I am not well enough informed to state further partic- ulars of the family history.
WESTCOTT. Few of this name have ever dwelt on our territory. There was one whose name is written Waistcoat, possibly meant for Westcott, who is recorded by our early town-clerk as the fr. of a son by Priscilla Dolbear, named Ephraim, b. April 20, 1785. No further mention is recollected of the parents or child.
An excellent family, that of Dea. Asa A. Westcott, have recently set. among us. They came hither from Scituate, R.I., in the yr. 1873, and have won a valuable reputation for religious, moral, and business worth. The head of the family is successfully managing the spindle manufacture for George Draper & Sons, in a machine-shop at the water-privilege formerly known as "Gaskill's
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Mills," etc., now called Spindleville. The parents are exemplary members of the Orthodox Cong. ch. in the Centre, and he was elected a deacon of the same a few mos. since. They res. in Hopedale, on the E. D. Draper place, of which they became purchasers in 1873. The deacon has favored me with his family record, from which it appears that his gd. fr., Caleb Westcott, was b. Scituate, R.I., 1753; m. Lydia Knowlton, b. in the same town, 1757, and had the follow- ing-named chn .: Oliver, b. 1782; Thomas K., 1787; Lydia, 1793; Mary, 1795; Nathan, 1797; and Caleb, 1800. His fr., -
WESTCOTT, THOMAS K., farmer, b. in Scituate, R.I., as above, m. Lydia
Steere, dr. of Asa and Mary (Irons) Steere, b. Gloucester, R.I., March 25, 1790; cer. in said Gloucester, Sept. 17, 1817, by Elder John Westcott. Their chn. :-
ABBEY S., b. Aug. 24, 1818; d. unm., Oct. 10, 1870.
ELIZA, b. July 5, 1820; m. John Wilder, Jan. 5, 1843; she d. Oct. 4, 1846.
CHARLES M., Aug. 7, 1822; m. Betsey Ware, Butler, Ill., Dec. 12, 1861.
MARY A., b. June 22, 1824; m. Dr. Jacob B. White, Nov. 27, 1851.
ASA A., b. Aug. 17, 1826; m. Elizabeth Aldrich, Nov. 5, 1850.
The fr. d. in Scituate, R.I., July 5, 1853. His wid. still survives there.
WESTCOTT, Dea. ASA A.3 (Thomas K.,2 Caleb 1), b. as aforesaid, Aug. 17,
1826; m. Elizabeth Aldrich, dr. of Wilmarth N. and Maria Aldrich, b. in Scituate, R.I., May 25, 1828; cer. in said Scituate, Nov. 5, 1850, by Rev. Hosea Quimby. Their chn. : -
AUGUSTUS W., b. Scituate, R.I., Aug. 29, 1851; m. Harriet A. Steere, June 15, 1873.
WILMARTH A., b. Scituate, R.I., Dec. 18, 1852; m. Nancy A. Hopkins, March 9, 1879.
MARY A., b. Scituate, R.I., Dec. 19, 1856; m. George N. Hopkins, May 18, 1881.
DAVID A., b. Scituate, R.I., Oct. 6, 1862.
MARIA PHILLIPS, b. Burrillville, R.I., April 7, 1866.
FRANK THOMAS, b. Burrillville, R.I., Aug. 6, 1868.
Grandchn. : - Augustus Wilmarth and Harriet A. (Steere) Westcott have 1 son, -
Asa A., b. Milford, Aug. 9, 1877.
Wilmarth Aldrich and Nancy A. (Hopkins) Westcott have'1 son, -
Henry Wilmarth, b. Mil., April 22, 1880.
WESTCOTT, GEORGE FRANK, son of William and Hannah (Pullen) Westcott, b. in Providence, R.I., 1849; brakeman on the P. & W. R.Rd .; m. May Austin, dr. of Horace and Betsey (Rand) Austin, b. in Bellingham, 1856; cer. at Hopedale, Nov. 23, 1876, by the writer. Having obtained no family record from this connubial pair, I am unable to report them further.
WHEATON, BENJAMIN, was one of our ancients, contemporary with Elder John Jones, and his near neighbor on the east. I have not been able to ascertain his pedigree, nor his wf.'s, nor her name, nor much concerning their chn. It seems that he owned, besides smaller parcels, a considerable tract of land on Magomiscock Hill, comprising what became the Dr. Scam- mell farm, and perhaps more. His domicile was up the hill eastward from Felix Kearney's, on the same side of Freedom St. See my description of Abandoned Home-sites, Chap. XV. He d., if I mistake not, Aug. 12, 1726; and his est. was set. by his son Benjamin. I think this Benj., jun., had a bro. David; but I have not found any thing more than a single reference to him, as prob. inheritor of part of Benj., senior's, homestead.
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WHEATON, BENJAMIN, Jun .; birth-date not ascertained; m. Abigail Green, April 14, 1719. No chn. credited to them on Mendon records. He sold 80 acres of the paternal homestead, inherited by him, to Dr. John Corbett of Bell, in 1729; bought the same back, 1732, and sold it soon after to one Thomas Sleman, who, in 1737, sold the whole to Dr. Samuel Leslie Scam- mell. I get intimations that Wheaton set. in the north-east corner of the town, or in edge of Hop. No further traced.
WHEATON, SAMUEL; pedigree untraced; perhaps son of Benjamin, sen. ; m. Mary Rockwood, Feb. 24, 1718. Issue : -
MARY, b. Oct. 23, 1718.
Family no further traced.
WHEELOCK. The Wheelocks were once numerous on our territory, but are now few. They are all descendants of Rev. Ralph Wheelock, who was a man of much distinction in his day, first as a Puritan clergyman, and afterwards as civil magistrate. He was b. in Eng., liberally educated at the University of Cambridge, took his degree there between 1626 and 1631, came to Water- town with his wf. Rebecca and a daughter of the same name, removed to that part of Dedham which became Medfield in 1638, made freem. the next yr., and there dwelt till his death in 1684. Two of his sons set. in Mendon, perhaps be- fore their father's death; for they pd. parochial taxes there in 1685 or 1686. Their names were Benjamin and Eliazer, or Eleazer. Eliazer set. in the vicinity of " Goat Hill" and "Wolf Hill," in the now northerly part of Uxbridge, on the " Great River." He was a very daring man, and became famous as a hunter and exterminator of ferocious wild beasts, then fearfully abundant He had sons and drs., of whom I need not treat. Benjamin set. on the old Rehoboth road, near where, in our time, Andrus Wheelock lived and d. He became a large landholder in that general neighborhood. He had two sons, Benjamin and Obadiah, and, as early as perhaps 1706, acquired possession of the ancient Benjamin Alby " corn-mill," on our south-western frontier, now the Lewis B. Gaskill place. He is understood to have bought it of Matthias Puffer or his heirs, who had it of Alby or his heirs. So he was the third owner of that famous estate. It seems that he made it over, with some reservation of the mill-privilege, to his sons Benjamin and Obadiah in 1713; and in 1719 all three of them joined in deeding it to Josiah Wood, -the mill being then said to have been burnt down. Thus Wood became the fourth owner. Obadiah Wheelock res. upon or near that mill-seat several yrs., and then moved farther north-east- wardly into our territory, locating on his lands, through which what we now call Plain St. was originally laid out. These lands lay east of Mill River, and extended, I think, from somewhere below the Stoddard cellar-holes, notable for their lilac-bushes, northward on the west side of the road, so as to include all, or nearly all, of the Lowell Fales place. He probably owned large tracts farther eastward towards Charles River. I suspect he acquired these lands in the right of his father to common, by inheritance. But, be this as it may, he became an extensive landholder within our limits, and transmitted much real estate to his posterity. I will commence with his family record : -
WHEELOCK, OBADIAH 3 (Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), birth-date not ascer-
tained; m. Elizabeth Darling, Jan. 8, 1708; particulars of cer. not traced. Their chn .: -
ELIZABETH, b. July 11, 1709; m. Ephraim Daniels, July 3, 1733.
OBADIAH, Jun., b. Sept. 21, 1712; in. Martha Sumner, Oct. 26, 1733.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 6, 1714; m. Hannah Ammidown, Feb. 16, 1738.
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HANNAH, b. Aug. 18, 1716; m. Joshua Underwood of Holl., Feb. 16, 1737. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 13, 1718; m. Mary Sloeman, Feb. 16, 1738. REBECCA, b. Aug. 30, 1720; m. Benjamin Fisk of Upton, Nov. 26, 1747. ยท MARGARET, b. Feb. 18, 1723; m. James Albee, July 16, 1739.
JOSIAH, b. March 30, 1725; m. Experience Clark, Jan. 6, 1748.
Obadiah Wheelock must have been a man of very considerable importance in his day. I have not found the death-dates of the parents.
WHEELOCK, OBADIAH, Jun.4 (Obadiah, sen.,3 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. Sept. 21, 1712; m. Martha Sumner, dr. of Joseph and Sarah (Lovett) Sum- ner, b. Aug. 27, 1709; cer. Oct. 26, 1733, prob. by Rev. Joseph Dorr. Their chn. : -
ZIPPORAH, b. May 12, 1734.
MARTHA, b. March 17, 1736.
OBADIAH, b. July 7, 1738.
JOSEPH, b. July 17, 1740.
ELIAS, b. April 17, 1743.
ABIGAIL, b. April 24, 1746.
JESSE, b. Oct. 2, 1748.
AMARIAH, b. Sept. 18, 1752. None of their death-dates found.
WHEELOCK, SAMUEL 4 (Obadiah, sen.,3 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. Sept. 6, 1714; m. Hannah Ammidown of Mendon, Feb. 16, 1738; cer. prob. by Rev. Joseph Dorr. They dwelt in the vicinity of Bear Hill, perhaps a little north-east of it. Their chn. : -
MARY, b. Dec. 31, 1738; m. Caleb Cheney, our 1st town clerk, May 9, 1758.
HANNAH b. Aug. 31, 1748.
ELIZABETH { (twins), b. Aug. 31, 1748.
RACHEL, b. Feb. 11, 1751.
ISABEL, b. May 9, 1757.
AMARIAH, b. May 15, 1759.
OBADIAH, b. April 20, 1762. No further traced.
WHEELOCK, EBENEZER 4 (Obadiah, sen.,3 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. Aug. 13, 1718; m. Mary Sloeman of Mendon; cer. Feb. 16, 1738. Their chn .: - MARY, b. July 19, 1738; d. young.
EUNICE, b. Aug. 31, 1739; d. of consumption, Nov., 1818.
JOHN, b. July 30, 1742; untraced.
TIMOTHY, b. Nov. 8, 1744; m. Joanna Holbrook, Bell., Jan. 22, 1765.
LOIS, b. Nov. 25, 1746; untraced.
THOMAS, b. April 7, 1749; d. of cancer, Aug. 16, 1804.
MARY (again), b. May 24, 1751; untraced.
ELIZABETH, b. May 2, 1754; m. Nathan Albee, March 20, 1776.
ABIGAIL, b. July 31, 1756; untraced.
LYDIA, b. 1759; m. Abijah Warfield, Dec. 11, 1783.
CYRUS, b. Dec. 28, 1763; m. Phebe Albee, Jan. 19, 1786.
This family dwelt in So. Milford, and at one time on what is now Warfield
St. The hus. and fr. d. May 6, 1801. His wid. d. Jan. 30, 1807.
WHEELOCK, JOSIAH 4 (Obadiah, sen.,3 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. March 30, 1725; m. Experience Clark, presumed to have been a dr. of Theophilus Clark of Holl .; cer. Jan. 6, 1747-48, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn .: - EXPERIENCE, b. May 15, 1748-49; m. Henry Penniman, April 13, 1769. ELIAZER, b. Feb. 2, 1750; untraced.
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THANKFUL, b. May 7, 1752; untraced.
ALEXANDER, b. Sept. 2, 1754; untraced.
BATHSHEBA, b. Dec. 14, 1760; m. Jotham Thayer, Aug. 29, 1784.
JOSIAH, b. Aug. 12, 1763; untraced.
OLIVE, b. April 3, 1769; m. Abner Allen, Aug. 8, 1790.
OBADIAH, b. April 6, 1771; m. Lydia Thurber of Rehoboth, 1797 or 1798.
This family dwelt on what we now call Howard St., towards So. Milford. They had a large landed estate, much of which descended to the youngest son, Obadiah, and his heirs. Josiah Wheelock d. Dec. 28, 1794. I do not seem to find the death-date of his wife.
WHEELOCK, OBADIAH5 (Josiah,4 Obadiah, sen.,8 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. April 6, 1771; m. Lydia Thurber of Rehoboth, dr. of Daniel and Lois Thurber, and a sister of the eminent Dr. Daniel Thurber, b. Jan. 5, 1775; cer. prob. in Rehoboth, near the close of 1797, or early in 1798, particulars not ascertained. Their chn .:-
ALPHA, b. Nov. 28, 1798; m., 1st, Ethan Bowker, Nov. 8, 1814; 2d, Lowell Fales, Feb. 9, 1824.
JOSIAH, b. June 30, 1800; untraced.
THANKFUL, b. -; d. in infancy, Jan. 30, 1804.
The hus. and fr. d. May 25, 1805. Mrs. Lydia, his wid., became the wf. of Barzillai Pond; cer. Feb. 26, 1809, by Rev. D. Long. She d. June, 1858.
WHEELOCK, CYRUS5 (Ebenezer,4 Obadiah, sen.,3 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1),
b. Dec. 28, 1763; m. Phebe Albee, dr. of Dea. Gideon and Hephzibah (Clark) Albee, b. Oct. 30, 1766; cer. Jan. 19, 1786, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
WILLIS b. Oct. 21, 1798.
WAITEE (twins), b. Oct. 21, 1798.
I think this family must have emigrated to some other locality.
WHEELOCK, LUTHER 4 (son prob. of Silas,3 son of Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. in Mendon, March 9, 1756; m. Mary Sumner, dr. of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Ellis) Sumner, b. in our Precinct, May 12, 1761; cer. Nov. 8, 1780, by Rev. A. Frost. They dwelt on now Mill St., just east of the Mill-pond. One son, -
HENRY ELLIS, b. Nov. 20, 1782; m. Amelia Nelson, Feb. 23, 1806.
The hus. and fr. d., date not found. Mrs. Mary m., 2d, David Madden in 1818, particulars of cer. not found. She d. Aug. 14, 1842.
WHEELOCK, HENRY ELLIS5 (Luther,4 Silas,3 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. Nov. 20, 1782; m. Amelia Nelson, dr. of Col. Samuel and Sally (Torrey) Nelson, b. Mil., July 18, 1786 ; cer. Feb. 23, 1806, by Rev. D. Long. Issue :- Lost an inft. son in 1810, named Lovett Sumner.
MARY SUMNER, birth-date not found; m. Samuel Haynes, July 8, 1841.
Many of the Wheelocks, before named, must, I judge, have emigrated to more or less distant localities, and perhaps some of them died without proper record. I have therefore found it difficult to trace them. Nor have I met with sufficient indications of their career and character which warranted me in attempting to speak of their personal worth with any definite justice. I come now to the few families of this name among our present inhabitants. These have come in from Mendon, and are the descendants of Rev. Ralph Wheelock through his son Benjamin, the bro. of our first Obadiah.
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