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21. BETHIA, 1672.
22. ESTHER, 1674-1755; m. in 1713 Jonathan Boyden (8); second, John Turner (12).
23. JOHN, 1677-1751 ; m. in 1723 Sarah Pierce; gave the place to his nephew, Josiah Ellis.
24. BENJAMIN, 1680-1704.
6.
DANIEL 2 (John 1) appears to have lived on the place east of his father's. He died in 1683, his wife Mary in 1680. His inventory contains house, barn, and other real estate. Chil- dren : -
25. DANIEL; died in 1674. +-26. DANIEL, 1674. 27. BENJAMIN, 1678-1680.
IO.
JOHN 3 (Thomas,2 John ') was called blacksmith. He lived in town for some years, probably at the place now owned by
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Mr. Barts, which he sold in 1727. In 1722, he is said to be of Rehoboth. Children : -
28. SARAH, 1691.
20). HANNAH, 1693.
30. BETHIA, 1695.
31. JABEZ, 1697-1697.
32. REBECCA, 1698.
33. MEMITABLE, 1700.
34. PHEBE, 1702.
35. JANE, 1704.
These were born in Medfield. There is said to have been a son David, probably born in Rehoboth.
26.
DANIEL 3 (Daniel,2 John ') is mentioned in his grandfather's will, his father having died in early manhood. He probably lived on the place that had been his father's, though no traces of a house there have been known to exist within the recollection of living men. There was evidently no house standing there in 1766. He married in 1699 Experience Warren (3), who died in 1704; second, in 1705, Martha Allen (161). In 1727, Daniel Thurston sold half a dwelling-house and barn, with house lot bounded south-east by the highway and north-west by the brook. He is said to have removed to Marlboro. Children : -
+36. JOSEPH, 1700. 37. S DANIEL, 1702; of Marlboro in 1732; in Sturbridge in 1737.
38. INCREASE, 1702-1702.
39. DIANA, 1707-1707. 40. MARTHA, 1709.
36.
JOSEPH + (Daniel, 3 Daniel,2 John 1) was here as late as 1732. In 1740, he was dismissed to church in Westboro. He married Dorothy Frizzell of Marlboro. Children : -
41. AMARIAH, 1729.
+2 . EXPERIENCE, 1731.
TILDEN.
STEPHEN TILDEN was of the fifth generation from Elder Nathaniel of Scituate, - STEPHEN 5 (Stephen,4 David,3 Stephen,2 Nathaniel :). He was born in Stoughton in 1764; lived, when a young man, in Roxbury, engaged in market gardening. In 1792, he married Hannah Perry (15), and resided in Medfield for a few years ; then for a short time in Wrentham ; returning to this town. About ISro, he bought the house that had belonged to Elihu Lawrence, and which stood on the site of that now owned by Mr. Quincy, in the south part of the town. He died in 1828,
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his widow marrying, second, Amos Kingsbury (1). She died in IS55. Children : -
2. POLLY, 1794-1854; m. in 1818 Abner Fairbanks of Sharon.
3. ESTHER M., 1801-1874; m. in 1823 Lowell Fisher.
+4. ELEAZAR P'., ISO4.
5. . ELIZABETH P., 1807; m. in 1830 Chauncey Cloyes. 6. Infant, 1810-1810.
4.
ELEAZAR P.2 (Stephen 1) married in 1827 Catherine Smith (219), who died in 1884. Son : -
7. WILLIAM S., 1830; m. in 1853 Olive M. Babcock (5).
TOWNSEND.
JONATHAN TOWNSEND was the son of Rev. Jonathan Townsend of Needham, born in 1721. He graduated at Harvard College in 1741 ; was chosen by the Medfield church in 1745 as colleague with the pastor, Mr. Baxter signifying his assent in writing, and was ordained October 23 of the same year. He married Sarah Allen of Newton, who died in 1766. At least two sermons of his were published : one, in 1749, on the subject, "Children included in the Abrahamic Covenant : A Caveat against Strife among Christian Brethren"; the other, in 1759, a sermon of thanksgiving for the reduction of Quebec by the forces under General Wolfe. The next year he received an appointment as chaplain in Colonel Bagley's regiment, and served in the garrison at Louisburg.
In 1769, he was formally dismissed from the pastoral office. He continued to reside in town until 1776, when, attending a friend unexpectedly affected with small-pox, he took the disease, was carried to a hospital in Dedham, died, and was buried there. His house was on Frairy Street, and is now owned by the Derby heirs. Children : -
2. JONATHAN, 1751.
3. WILLIAM, 1753-1753.
4 . SARAH, 1754-1836.
5. WILLIAM, 1755-1763.
6. GREGORY, 1758-1763.
7. GEORGE, 1760-1787.
S. MARY, 1761-1787.
+9. HORATIO, 1763.
IO. GREGORY, 1766-1840; unmarried; built and lived in the house on North Street, opposite Frairy Street. He bought the lot of the Cooledge heirs in ISoo.
9.
HORATIO 2 (Jonathan 1) graduated at Harvard College in 1783. After residing here a few years, he removed to Dedham, where he spent his life as a lawyer. He married Anstis Green, daughter
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of Nathaniel of Boston. He died in 1826, his widow in 1850, aged eighty-five. Children : -
11. MARY, 1797-1880; m. in 1820 John B. Derby (5).
12. LUCRETIA, 1798-1880.
13. HORATIO, 1799; died in South America.
14. SARAH, 1801-1869; m. in 1854 Ezra Williams of Washing- ton, D.C.
TURNER.
JOHN TURNER came from Roxbury here, and was a member of the Roxbury church. He was among the original thirteen who formed the settlement at Medfield, and his house lot was on South Street, near Curve Street. His first house was on the west side of the street, but was occupied only a few years. In 1665, he had leave to dig a well on the common land. Two years after, he had leave to dig a cellar on the side opposite his house ; and in 166S he was permitted to have "the spot where his siller stands to set his house on." This was near the present corner of South and Philip Streets. He brought with him his wife Deborah, and probably three children. He served five years as a member of the board of selectmen. Deborah died in 1676, and a wife Alice died in 1680. He died in 1705. Children : -
2. ELIZABETH, 1647-1676; m. in 1665 Samuel Smith (5).
3. DEBORAH, 1649; m. in 1668 Jabez Tatman, Roxbury.
+ 4 . JOHN, 1651.
+5. ISAAC, 1654.
6. MARY, 1658; m. - Parker of Newton.
7. SAMUEL, 1661-1685.
8. SARAH, 1663-1738; m. in 1696 John Plimpton (4); second, John Metcalf (2).
9. ABIGAIL, 1667-1750; m. Samuel Smith (12); second, Joseph Clark (11).
10. HANNAH, 1670-1752; unmarried ; died in Walpole.
4.
JOHN 2 (John 1) settled in the south part of the town, on the old road that led from South Plain through the woods to Stop River. In 1669, his father had a grant of a piece of land on the top of a hill to the left of the cartway ; and there John had a house of his own as early as 1680, the cellar of which is yet to be seen on land belonging to Stephen F. Turner. He married in 1677 Sarah Adams (6). After his father's death, he sold his part in the original place near Philip Street to Isaac Wheeler of Dedham. He died in 1710; and his inventory includes house, barn, shop, and house lot of eighteen acres, the road running past the north end of the house from the waste lands to South l'lain. His widow died in 1747. John was said to be a soldier in Mosely's company. Children : -
11. DEBORAH, 1679-1679.
+12. JOHN, 1681.
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13. STEPHEN, 1684; m. in 1712 Judith Fisher (14), and settled on what is known as the Ford place in Wrentham, now Norfolk.
+14. EDWARD, 1688.
+15. EBENEZER, 1693.
5.
ISAAC 2 (John ') married in 1682 Rebecca Crafts, and had a portion of his father's homestead, with whom he appears to have lived. He died in 1694, eleven years before his father ; and his widow in 1708 married John Rockwood. His heirs sold their share of the old place to Isaac Wheeler. Children : -
16. REBECCA, 1682 ; m. James Allen (11).
17. ELIZABETH, 1684.
+18. SAMUEL, 1686.
19. ISAAC, 1688. 20. PHILIP, 1689.
12.
JOHN 3 (John,2 John 1) lived on the farm "to the southward of south plain," now on High Street, owned at present by Stephen F. Turner. He built a house some distance nearer the present road, traces of which are still pointed out. He married Mary Fisher (13), who died in 1719; second, Esther, widow of Jonathan Boyden. He died in 1757, having survived all his children ; and his grandson, John Smith (58), came into possession of his property. Children : -
21. SARAH, 1709-1753; m. in 1729 Eleazar Smith (28).
22. MARY, 1711-1733.
23. 5 JOHN, 1714-1714.
24. MIRIAM, 1714-1714.
14.
EDWARD 3 (John,2 John 1) sold his rights in his father's estate to his brother John in 1741. About the same time, he appears to have bought the place of Moses Clark on South Street, near the South School-house. He married in 1745 Mercy Wight (38), he being then at the age of fifty-seven, and she forty-three. Edward Turner was a very prominent man in town affairs for many years,-constable (or collector) in 1733, on the board of selectmen for eleven years, and moderator at the town-meetings. He died in 1774; and his estate was given to his nephew, Seth Turner (34). His widow died in 1783.
15.
EBENEZER 3 (John,2 John ') lived on the Walpole side of the line, near the south-easterly corner of the town of Medfield. He married in 1716 Esther Clark (53), who died in 1774. He died in 1759. Children : -
25. EBENEZER.
26. ESTHER; m. in 1742 Zachary l'artridge (90 ?).
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27. JonN; perhaps of Sturbridge.
28. JOSEPHI.
+29. BEZALEEL.
30. EDWARD, 172S : lived in Walpole.
+-31. ABNER, 1730.
32. ELISHIA, 1733 ; lived in Walpole.
33. KETURAH, 1735; m. John Cleaveland, 1761.
+34. SETHI, 1738.
18.
SAMUEL, 3 (Isaac,2 John ') settled in the extreme southerly part of the town, near the bridge on the road leading to Norfolk. His house was built under the brow of the hill, west of the road, on land now owned by Bonney Brothers. He married in 1711 Mary Rockwood (21). Samuel served as highway surveyor in 1718, as one of the selectmen in 1733. A new house had been built on the place prior to 1752, and he in that year deeded it to his son. The traces of that house are distinctly visible at present. He died in 1755, his wife in 1762. Children : -
35. MARY; m. John Varney of Medway.
36. REBECCA, 1715.
37. RACHEL, 1720.
+38. SAMUEL, 1724.
29.
BEZALEEL 4 (Ebenezer,3 John,2 John ') married in 1747 Elizabeth Baker (6), and settled in the extreme south-east part of the town, the site of the house, which was burned about 1770, being still shown in the woods. It was not rebuilt, and the family located on the Walpole side of the line. He died in 1787. Children : -
39. ELIZABETH, 1748.
40. BEZALEEL, 1749; m. in 1772 Mary Thompson of Wrentham.
41. JOEL, 1751.
42. [ HANNAH, 1753-1757.
43. 2 THANKFUL, 1753-1827; m. in 1778 David Clark (152).
44. NATHAN, 1757; inherited his father's place in Walpole.
45. HANNAH, 1760.
46. LOIS, 1762.
47. ASA, 1765.
48. FINIS, 1767.
49. SILENCE, 1769.
31.
ABNER 4 (Ebenezer, 3 John,2 John ') married in 1754 Abigail Smith of Walpole. He lived for a while in Medfield, but finally inherited and lived on the ancestral place. Some of his children are here given. He died in 1807. Children : -
50. SARAH, 1755-1757.
51. DAVID, 1756.
52. ABIGAIL, 1759.
53. ZILPANI, 1763-1846; m. Charles Hamant (40).
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34.
SETH 4 (Ebenezer,3 John,2 John :) married in 1775 Mary Clark (109). After the death of his uncle Edward, he came into posses- sion of the place near the South School-house, which he sold in 1786 to Eleazar Perry (14), and removed from town. Children : -
54. EDWARD), 1776; is said to have been a clergyman.
55. MARY, 1779-1783.
56. EXPERIENCE; died in 1783.
38.
SAMUEL 4 (Samuel,3 Isaac,2 John 1) married in 1752 Ruth Smith (42); lived in the "new house" his father had deeded to him, and bought the rights of his sisters in the estate. He died in 1784, and in 1796 the place was sold to Eleazar Perry (14). Children : -
57. SARAH, 1753 ; m. in 1792 Jeremiah Tucker of Wrentham.
58. JACOB, 1755; m. in 1783 Lois Boyden of Wrentham ; second, in 1790, Miriam Morse of Wrentham. Jacob Turner had
a house on the road south side of Noon Hill in 1793. AZUBAH, 1758; m. in 1778 Jesse Day of Wrentham.
59.
60. KEZIAH, 1760 ; m. Moses Frost, Chester, Vt.
61. SAMUEL, 1761; m. in 1789 Lucinda Guild of Wrentham ; settled at Chester, Vt.
62. RUTH, 1764-1841 ; pauper.
63. MARY, 1765; m. in 1791 Nathaniel Stearns (2).
64. ENOS, 1768-1796; aided by the town.
65. KETURAH, 1770; m. Alanson Guild, Chester, Vt., father of Luther Guild, who afterward settled here.
66. ZILLAH, 1773; m. Richard Guild, Chester, Vt.
67. PRISCILLA, 1776-1865 ; m. in 1798 Timothy Hamant (36).
68.
CALVIN 5 (Ichabod,4 Stephen,3 John,2 John ') was born in Wrentham in 1761. He came to Medfield, and married in 1790 Sarah Adams (75). He died in 1846, his wife in 1831. Chil- dren : -
69. SALLY, 1790.
OBED, 1792-1829; lived in Medway. 70.
+71. STEPHEN, 1794.
72. JOSEPH, 1797-1797.
73. SUSANNA, 1798-1874; m. Harding Partridge, Medway.
74. CALVIN, 1800-1877 ; lived in Mendon.
75. JOHN, 1802; settled in Dixfield, Me.
76. MARTHA; m. Elijah Cady, Hampton, Conn.
71.
STEPHEN 6 (Calvin,5 Ichabod,4 Stephen,3 John,2 John ') became heir to his uncle, John Smith (100). He married in 1820 Susanna, daughter of Elisha Adams (80), who died in 1879. He was one of the constituent members of the Orthodox church, of
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which he was afterward chosen deacon. He died in ISS5. Children : -
+-77. STEPHEN F., 1823. 78. JOHN S., 1825-1878. 79. FRANCIS A., 1827-1831.
77.
STEPHEN F.7 (Stephen,6 Calvin,5 Ichabod,4 Stephen,3 John,2 John ') married in 1853 Mary J. Babcock (18), who died in 1869 ; second, in 1871, Abbie F. Lewis. Children : -
80. LAVELLA J. F., 1854.
SI. ARTHUR S., 1857-1869.
82. MARY ADDIE, 1865.
83.
CHARLES F.7 (Obed,6 Calvin,5 Ichabod,4 Stephen,3 John,2 John ') was born in Medway, and married Eliza Fairbanks of Medway. Children : -
84. HARRIET E., 1846-1852.
85. ABBY L., 1850; m. in 1875 R. Emmons Cole (27).
86. CHARLES F., 1851-1853.
87. EMERY H., 1854; m. Lydia A. Elder of Lewiston, Me.
88. MARIAN M., 1863-1879.
89.
JOHN A.6 (John,5 Ichabod,4 Stephen,3 John,2 John ') was born in Wrentham in 1802 ; married in 1829 Catherine Morse (98), and inherited her father's homestead, now owned by John Y. Thurston. He was an esteemed and useful citizen ; served as sexton for many years. His first wife died in 1857; and he married in 1861 Harriet Ellis (112), who died in 1862. He died in 1864. Children : -
90. J. ADDISON, 1833. 91. THADDEUS M., 1838. 92. ELIZA C., 1844-1855.
93.
GEORGE TURNER was a deserter from the British army during the Revolutionary war. He is said to have been gardener to the Duke of Argyle before entering the army. He came to Medfield, and hid in what is called " Cheney Pond " woods until it became safe for him to be seen abroad. He married in 1777 Amy Clark (187), and lived on the place that had belonged to her father on South Street, just beyond the brook. The family soon became a public charge, and the town received $67 yearly from the State for their support. He continued to be a State pauper till the
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time of his death in 1824, at the age of eighty-three. His wife died in 1813. Children : -
94. HANNAH, 1776; was the mother of Sally Fisher in 1804.
95. WILLIAM, 1778.
96. MARGARET, 1780; perhaps m. Jonas Pike of Sturbridge.
97. LUCY, 1782-186S.
98. GEORGE, 1785-1866.
99. AMY, 1787-1876.
100. POLLY, 1793-1854.
WALLACE.
ALFRED WALLACE, son of Alfred and Milly Wallace, was born in Medway in 1805. He came here when young, having been brought up in the family of Shem Armsby (15), and worked here many years as a carpenter. He married in 1829 Drusilla Walker, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Smith 115) Walker of New Salem, who had lived from childhood in the family of Johnson Mason (44). About 1850, he built for himself the house on North Street, which (since enlarged) is now occupied by William F. Harding. Five years later, he removed to Boston, where he died in 1885, his wife having died in 1880. Children : -
2. CLARA S., 1832 ; m. in 1857 Moses Shatswell of Salem ; re- sides in Boston.
3. WILLIAM H., 1835; is a salesman in Boston.
4. ABBIE W., IS40; m. in 1860 Oscar F. Cory; second, in 1883. G. W. Slocomb of Holliston.
in CHARLES E., 1843-1862; died at Savage Station, Va .. in hospital, a prisoner of war.
6. JEROME B., 1845-1860.
WARE.
JAMES WARE was born in Wrentham in 1785, son of Elias and Deborah Ware. His wife was Eliza, daughter of Joseph Pope of Boston. He came to Medfield about 1828, and commenced keep- ing store in the building on the east corner of Main and Pleasant Streets, which he continued for several years. After relinquish- ing business, he continued to reside on the same spot till his death in 1865. His wife died the same year. Children : -
2. JAMES, 1819; m. Annie R. Sneeden of Boston.
3. PASCHAL P. P., 1820; m. Lucy D. Lewis of Everett.
4. EMILY, 1822.
5. JOSEPH O., 1826; m. Harriett C. Lewis of Boston.
6. ADDISON P., 1829; m. Sarah B. Sanderson of Springfield.
7.
HERMAN WARE was born in Wrentham in ISI, son of Heze- kiah Ware and Abigail (Boyden) Ware. He came to Medfield in 1842, and lived on Elm Street, at the old house beyond Mill Brook. In 1853, he and his son removed to a new house on
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South Street. He married in 1828 Ruth Whiting of Wrentham, who died in 1871. He died in 1883. Children : -
8. SUSAN E., 1829; m. in 1851 Frederick H. Wight of Dover.
9. CHARLES H., 1832-1870; m. in 1862 Susan E. Sanders of Milford.
10. SARAII E., 1834-1850.
WARFIELD.
JOHN WARFIELD came to Medfield when a young man, and was here as early as 1654, in which year he was appointed to "burn the woods." He married in 1661 Elizabeth Sheppard (4). She died in 1669, and he married in the same year Peregrina Wheelock (6), who died in 1671. His third wife was Hannah Randall. He had a house on Bridge Street, said to be on the side of the way opposite the meadows, perhaps the same that belonged at first to the Sheppard family. Warfield removed to Mendon in 1685, where he was the first schoolmaster and a dea- con of the church. He died in 1692. Children : -
2. JOHN, 1662.
3. ELIZABETHI, 1665.
4. ITHAMAR, 1676.
5. EPHRAIM, 1679.
6. ELIHU, 1682.
Other children were born in Mendon.
WARREN.
JOSEPH WARREN had a grant of land in 1667, and owned a house as early as 1673. That house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and his case is specially referred to by Mr. Wilson in his letter to the General Court. He lived somewhere to the south- ward of Castle Hill, perhaps near the present Pine Street. A lot of land in that locality long went by the name of the "Warren lot." He married in 1668 Experience Wheelock (9). He died in 1718 ; and the homestead came into the possession of his son-in- law, Eleazar Wight. Children : -
2. RELIEF, 1670-1740; m. Eleazar Wight (12).
EXPERIENCE, 1672-1704; m. in 1699 Daniel Thurston (26).
4. ABIGAIL, 1674; m. in 1701 Jolin Bullard (9); died prior to 1722.
5. REBECCA, 1677; m. Peter Randall. A Rebecca Randall died here in 1740.
6. JOSEPHI, 1680-1699.
7. MEHITABLE, 1684 ; m. in 1703 Gershom Brigham.
8. MARY, 1689; m. in 1707 Joseph Lawrence.
WHEELER.
ISAAC WHEELER was the son of Richard of Dedham, and wife, Elizabeth Turner. In 1708, Isaac bought the house which had
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been the property of John Turner, and which stood near the corner of South and Philip Streets. In 1720, he bought out the remaining heirs to the Turner estate, which lay along the north side of Curve Street. He came to Medfield several years earlier ; was a carpenter. His wife was Experience Metcalf (6). Isaac and his wife both died in 1731. Children : -
2. MARY; m. in 1713 Joseph Boyden (14).
3. EXPERIENCE; m. Joseph Clark (54); second, Daniel Wedge of Mendon; died 1774.
4. RICHARD ; settled in Worcester.
+5. ISAAC, 1698.
6. ABRAHAM, 1700; said to have settled in Worcester.
5.
ISAAC 2 (Isaac ') married Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Ebenezer of Wrentham. He lived on the place that had been his father's till 1755, when he sold it to Seth Clark, removed from town, and settled in Rutland, where descendants still live. Children : -
7. ISAAC, 1735.
S. SARAH, 1738.
9. MERCY, 1740.
IO. RHODA, 1744.
II. ABRAHAM, 1746.
12. JACOB, 1749.
13. EDE, 1751-1755.
WHEELOCK.
RALPH WHEELOCK, "the founder of Medfield," was born in Shropshire, England, in 1600. He was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge. He was a dissenting preacher, and came from England when the tide of persecution ran highest. It is said he often preached after coming to this country, though never a settled minister. He came from Watertown to Dedham at the time of its settlement, and was active in the formation of the church there ; was a freeman in 1639. In 1642, he was appointed a local magistrate and "clerk of the writs." In 1645, he was authorized to "solemnize marriages " in that town.
His house lot was the first granted in Medfield, and was at the corner of Main and North Streets, the site lately owned by Elijah Thayer. The twelve acres in his lot included the spot where the house stood on the north side of Main Street, from North to Short Street, and also a field opposite, extending along what is now Pleasant Street. His house was built in the latter part of 1651 or beginning of 1652. He was a member of the first board of selectmen in 1651, and served four years afterward. In 1653, he was chosen to take up a collection for Harvard College. In 1655, the first school was established ; and Ralph Wheelock was the schoolmaster. He was deputy, or representative to the General Court, for several years, and held almost every office of importance
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in the gift of the town ; was the magistrate here, and was com- missioned to perform the marriage service within the bounds of Medfield and Mendon. He died in 1683, his wife Rebecca in 1680. Children : -
+2. GERSHOM.
3. MARY; m. in 1661 Joseph Miles ; went to Shrewsbury.
1-4. BENJAMIN, 1640.
+5. SAMUEL, 1642.
PEREGRINA ; m. in 1669 John Warfield (1); died in 1671.
7. REBECCA; m. John Crafts of Roxbury in 1654.
8. RECORD, 1644; m. in 1672 Increase Ward of Shrewsbury.
9. EXPERIENCE, 1648; m. in 1668 Joseph Warren (1).
+10. ELEAZAR, 1654.
2.
GERSHOM 2 (Ralph :) was in the list for Mr. Wilson's rate in 1657, and probably came of age about that time. He married Hannah Stodder, daughter of John of Hingham, in 1658. In 1663, he had liberty from the town to cut "200 sedar plank " in the common swamp. His house stood on the Harbor Island road, a short distance south-west of the present residence of Charles Hamant. He rung the bell and swept the meeting-house in 1674, for which the town paid him {2 15s. The next year, he assisted in thatching the meeting-house. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and it appears to have been rebuilt on the same spot. He died in 1684, and in 1690 his heirs sold the homestead to Joseph Plimpton. Children : --
1 2. HANNAH, 1659-1659.
13. SAMUEL, 1660-1660.
14. HANNAII, 1661.
1 5. SAMUEL, 1664; settled in Marlboro ; afterward in Shrews- bury.
16. JOHN, 1670-1684.
17. JOSEPH ; settled in Lancaster.
IS. TIMOTHY, 1673-1761; seems to have been incapable of taking care of himself. In 1699, a special town meeting was called to see about Timothy Wheelock. Voted "to pay out of the town treasury to John Arnold, prison- keeper, to take the best and most prudent care of Wheelock." In 1749, Joseph Wheelock of Lancaster deeds lands to Ephraim Wheelock of Medfield "for taking care of my brother, Timothy Wheelock." He died in Medway.
4.
BENJAMIN 2 (Ralph 1) married in 1668 Elizabeth Bullen (4), and is mentioned as having a house in the same year. It stood near where that of heirs of Mr. Sewall now stands. Perhaps the foun- dations of a chimney that were unearthed there a few years ago belonged to Benjamin Wheelock's house. In 1669, he received a small grant of land " between his house and the brook, taking in
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some part of the brook." He left Medfield, and settled in Men- don about 1685. Children : -
19. ELIZABETH, 1671.
20. MARY, 1674.
21. ABIEL, 1676.
22. BENJAMIN, 1678.
23. OBADIAHI, 1685.
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SAMUEL 2 (Ralph ') married at Rehoboth in 1678 Sarah Ken- rick. He inherited the original Wheelock estate on the corner of North Street. He died in 1698, and his widow married in 1703 Josiah Rockwood (4). The place passed into the possession of his brother Eleazar. Children : -
24. SARAH, 1679-1716; m. in 1700 Henry Guernsey.
25. SAMUEL, 1680-1698.
26. REBECCA, 1681-1682.
27. DRODAT, 1684-1684.
28. MERCY, 1685 ; died young.
29. MEHITABLE, 1689; m. in 1709 Benoni Partridge (58).
30. THOMAS, 1691-1691.
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ELEAZAR 2 (Ralph ') married in 1678 Elizabeth Fuller of Re- hoboth. She died in 1689; and he married, second, Mary Chenery (4), who died in 1732. The first notice of him in the town records is in 1676, when he killed four wolves. He removed to Mendon soon after his marriage. He was a surveyor of land there in 1681. He distinguished himself as a hunter of wild beasts while living in Mendon. Afterward, returning to Medfield about 1701, he purchased of Grindal Rawson the Wilson home- stead, where the town hall now stands. He also became owner of the original Wheelock estate on the west corner of North Street. Captain Wheelock was selectman in 1720, and was a prominent man in town affairs. He died in 1731. Children : -
31. ELIZABETH, 1678.
32. RALPH; settled in Windham, Conn .; was the father of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College.
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