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WHEATON AND WHEELOCK.
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, OBADIAH3 (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; m. 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. 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.,8 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph 1), b. Ang. 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 bus. and fr. d. May 6, 1801. His wid. d. Jan. 30, 1807.
WHEELOCK, JOSIAH + (Obadiah, sen.,8 Benjamin,2 Rev. Ralph1), 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. ELIAZEB, 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,,? 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.,8 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.
WATTER & (twins), b. Oct. 21, 1798.
I think this family must have emigrated to some other locality.
WHEELOCK, LUTHER 4 (son prob. of Silas,8 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,8 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.
WHEELOCK, CALVIN WHITE 6 (Dea. Adam,5 Calvin,4 Silas,8 Benjamin, 2 Rev.
Ralph 1), b. in Mendon, Dec. 1, 1812; mr.'s maiden name Eliza Robbins;
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merchant; m. Mary A. Leland, dr. of Lemuel and Clarissa (Perry) Leland, b. in Holl., Oct. 29, 1813; cer. in Holl., July 4, 1833, by Rev. Mr. Damon. Their chn. : -
THEODORE BAINBRIDGE, b. Feb. 11, 1835; m. Eva T. Jennings, Fredonia, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1857.
CLARISSA JANE, b. March 14, 1838; m. Charles C. P. Hastings, Nov. 23, 1863. CHARLES HENRY, b. July 14, 1840; killed, battle Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. MARY LOUISA, b. May 29, 1843; m. George Marsh of Mendon, June 23, 1862. EMMA JOSEPHINE, b. April 26, 1851; d. April 26, 1870.
LEMUEL LELAND, b. Dec. 19, 1853.
The hus. and fr. d. in Mendon, Aug. 14, 1856. Mrs. Mary, his wid., has res. several yrs. in Mil. Centre, making a pleasant home for her unm. son Lem- uel L., who is a very skilful, executive, reliable, and successful mason. I have heard only good of this family from first to last.
WHEELOCK, EDWIN MORTON 7 (Francis E.,6 Nathan,5 Calvin,4 Silas,8 Benja- min,2 Rev. Ralph1), b. Mendon, Dec. 2, 1839; mr.'s maiden name Sarah Howe; m. Madora A. Wales, dr. of Thomas J. and Lucy M. (Fairbanks) Wales, b. Mil., June 5, 1844; cer. June 24, 1868, by Rev. George S. Ball. No chn. An intelligent, worthy, and reputable pair. They have res. mostly, if not wholly, in Mil. since mge. ; as Mrs. Madora always has. Mr. Wheelock is an executive and trustworthy clerk and salesman. He has been in the employ, as such, of H. L. Patrick at Hopedale for several recent yrs., and the family res. is now here.
I omit further research in gathering the data which relate to the Wheelocks who have transiently dwelt among us, deeming it excusable to leave some interesting facts concerning them untold.
WHIPPLE. A few transient sojourners of this name have dwelt among us at different periods, mostly in the remote past. These I will not attempt to call up for notice. But in recent times several families have had their homes in and near Hopedale. These are all descendants of Samuel Whipple and wf. Mary, whose home was Providence, R.I., in the days of Roger Williams. Sam- uel Whipple, jun., emigrated, about the yr. 1705, to Poquetannock, Ct., after- wards Groton, where he purchased 1,000 acs. of land, and set. his family. He then had a wf. Elizabeth, and chn., Daniel, Samuel, Zechariah, Zephaniah, Nathan, and Hope Alice. That Samuel is said to have heen a very enterprising man, establishing iron-works and other mills on Poquetannock River, clearing up farms, and making homes for his posterity. The numerous Whipples in Groton, Ledyard, and the general vicinity of New London, descended from his loins. Our Hopedale Whipples all came from Groton and Ledyard, Ct., and sprang from this stock.
WHIPPLE, JONATHAN, Jun.7 (Jonathan,6 Noah,5 Samuel,4 Zechariah,8 Sam- uel,2 Samuel1), b. Ledyard, Ct., April 3, 1821, and wf. Lucy, b. Ledyard, Ct., Nov. 24, 1820, a twin child of Noah and Content Whipple, came to Hopedale Jan. 23, 1854, and were admitted members of our Community in 1855. They had with them here 3 chn., all b. in Ledyard; viz., Content, b. June 27, 1844; Zerah Colburn, Sept. 1, 1849; Laura Bridgman, April 9, 1852. The fr. was a machinist, the mr. a worthy woman, and the chn. all intelligently good. They left Hopedale Nov. 10, 1856. Content and Zerah
lived to marry, but have since died. The parents now res. in Mystic, Ct. WHIPPLE, JOHN, and
WHIPPLE, JEDUTHAN, bros., machinists, formerly res. a few yrs. at Hopedale.
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Their pedigree runs thus, they being of gen. 6: Samuel,5 Noah,4 Zecha- riah,8 Samuel,2 Samuel.1 John was twice m., after he left Hopedale, with- out issue. He d. in Providence, R.I., 2 or 3 yrs. since. Of Jeduthan I have no present knowledge.
WHIPPLE, HEPSIE 7 (Noah,6 Samuel," Noah,4 Zechariah,& Samuel,2 Samuel1), m. Nathan Chapman. They res. several yrs. at Hopedale, but now res. in Nantucket. See Chapman.
WHIPPLE, HANNAH7 (Jabez, 6 Samuel,5 Noah, 4 Zechariah,& Samuel,2 Samuel 1), m. Dudley B. Chapman. They res. in Hopedale, and she d. here. See Chapman.
WHIPPLE, MARY, sister of Hannah, same lineage, m. Ichabod Davis, dwelt many yrs. in Hopedale, and d. here. See Davis.
WHIPPLE, NANCY, sister of Hannah and Mary, m. William R. Lewers, lived in Hopedale several yrs., and now res. here in invalid widowhood. See Lewers.
WHIPPLE, AMOS 7 (Noah,6 Samnel,5 Noah,4 Zechariah,8 Samuel,2 Samuel1), b. Aug. 12, 1819; m. Sally Whipple, dr. of his uncle Jabez and wf. Sarah, birth-date and that of mge. not given. Their chn .:-
SARAH JANE, b. Ledyard, Ct., May 30, 1842; m. A. J. Spofford. See Spofford. PAMELIA MARIA, b. Mystic, Ct., 1846; m. Eben Norton Moody, March 19, 1870; res. Dedham.
The parents have res. in Hopedale many yrs. The hus.'s infirmities have devolved family cares and responsibilities largely on Mrs. Sally. She is a woman of remarkable moral excellence, economical judgment, and executive ability. She managed the Hopedale boarding-house for quite a long period with good success, and only retired from her arduons duties when at length compelled by broken-down health. She has been a head-centre of dependence and beneficent usefulness to her immediate family, to numerous relatives, and to many needy strangers.
WHIPPLE, CYRUS FIELD 7 (Noah,6 Samuel,5 Noah,4 Zechariah,8 Samuel,2 Samuel 1), b. March 5, 1825; m., 1st, Delight Whipple, his cousin, a dr. of Samuel and Harriet (Cushman) Whipple, b. Ledyard, Ct., April 29, 1824; cer. Ledyard, Ct., April 5, 1846, by Rev. Zephaniah Watrous. Issue :- CYRUS EVIN, b. Oct. 14, 1847; m. Susan Sheldon, June 17, 1870.
DELIGHT MALVINA, b. Sept. 21, 1850; name changed to Estelle Heywood; d. Oct. 15, 1871.
HEPSIE, b. Oct. 14, 1852; name changed to ADA CHAPMAN; m. Augustus S. Trowbridge, Sept. 11, 1873.
WYLIE ALLISON, b. Feb. 18, 1855.
NETTIE, b. Feb. 3, 1859.
Mrs. Delight having d., the hus., after some yrs., m., 2d, Louisa Harriet Rich, dr. of Joseph O. and Harriet (Clark) Rich of Haddam, Ct .; cer. in Led- yard, Ct., Feb. 23, 1871, by Rev. Charles Cutting. Issue :-
STELLA LOUISE, b. Feb. 20, 1874.
JENNIE MAY, b. Aug., 1875.
Mr. Whipple is an ingenious stone-cutter, and an executive jobber in various kinds of labor. He has res. much in Hopedale and vicinity, but has recently removed, I think, to some part of Ct., where more promising opportunities for business have attracted him.
All these Whipples belong to a branch of the general family, long asso- ciated with a peculiar religious people called "Rogerene Quakers." This people
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inhabited a neighborhood mostly included in Groton and Ledyard, Ct. They maintained a strong protest against many popular customs in ch. and state, and, for a considerable period in their early history, were subjected to bitter persecution. They were especially scrupulous against chattel slavery, war, the use of intoxicating beverages, etc. They strictly educated their children accord- ingly; and, though now their descendants are scattered abroad, most of them adhere devotedly to the principles of their ancestors on these points.
WHITE, THOMAS,1 was a distinguished citizen of Weymouth, as long ago as 1637. He was an original immigrant from Eng.
WHITE, Capt. JOSEPH,2 son of the preceding, was among the colonists that set. Quinshipaug Plantation, Mendon.
WHITE, THOMAS,8 son of Capt. Joseph, was a man of official distinction, and a large landholder in Mendon. His lands extended over Neck Hill to Mill River, and still farther into our territory. He built a corn-mill, at an early period (1718), a short distance above now Spindleville. He m., 1st, Mehet- abel -; and their chn., as recorded in Mendon, were, -
MEHETABEL, b. Jan. 22, 1689; m. Benjamin Darling, June 11, 1708.
THOMAS, b. April 15, 1691; m. Margaret -.
THANKFUL, b. Aug. 3, 1693; untraced.
JOSEPH, b. Aug. 28, 1695; m. Abigail Skinner, Oxford, April 15, 1718.
JOHN, b. March 12, 1698; m. Sarah Cheney, April 28, 1720.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 21, 1700; untraced.
EBENEZER, b. Feb. 4, 1704; owned land on our territory, but sold it.
Mrs. Mehetabel d. Dec. 24, 1704; and the bus. m., 2d, Mary -- , whose chn. were, -
DANIEL, b. June 18, 1708; untraced, but prob. lived here once.
MARY, b. Nov. 29, 1711; untraced.
The death-date of Thomas 3 would seem to be indicated by the probate of his will, which took place in 1744.
WHITE, THOMAS4 (Thomas,8 Joseph,2 Thomas 1), b. April 15, 1691; m. Mar- garet -; nothing more ascertained as to her pedigree, birth-date, or the mge. cer. Issue :-
DINAH, b. Dec. 19, 1713; m. Samuel Leland, Holl., Dec. 30, 1736.
MEHETABEL, b. Dec. 16, 1716; d. young.
MEHETABEL, b. Nov. 20, 1718; untraced.
THOMAS, b. April 6, 1721; m. Priscilla Bishop, July 27, 1748.
ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 14, 1723; m. Salmon Wheat, N. Y. State, Jan. 13, 1757. MARGARET, b. April 18, 1726; untraced.
JOSEPH, b. June 2, 1729; m. Anna Coleson, Medway, Sept. 26, 1751. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 19, 1732; untraced.
The death-date of these parents not ascertained. If I correctly understand recorded data, Thomas 4 inherited his fr.'s corn-mill on Mill River, and consid- erable land adjacent thereto; and I think he must have dwelt on the abandoned home-site called the "White place," and perhaps his son Thomas 6 after himn.
WHITE, EBENEZER,4 son of Thomas,8 was endowed by his fr. with a hand- some farm on both sides of Mill River, but mostly east of it. This farm he sold to the first John Chapin, in 1736, - known afterwards as Dea. John. I suppose thiis Ebenezer to have then just commenced married life; but who his wf. was, or whether they had any chn., I have not ascertained. I think, after selling out to Chapin, he must have emigrated to some other locality.
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WHITE, JOHN,4 son of Thomas,& inherited land in our Centre, which he sold to John Binney, in 1730. It was estimated at 52 acres. He m. Sarah Cheney, and dwelt for some time within our limits. Who this Sarah Cheney was, or whether they had any chn., or what became of the family, I have not learned.
WHITE, THOMAS5 (Thomas,4 Thomas,& Joseph,2 Thomas1), b. April 6, 1721; un. Priscilla Bishop ; cer. July 27, 1748, by Rev. A. Frost. They had 4 chn. bap. in our Precinct by Rev. Mr. Frost; viz., -
JONATHAN, June 4, 1749.
TIMOTHY, April 21, 1751.
MEHETABEL, April 8, 1753.
MARY, April 20, 1755.
The family no further traced. They prob. emigrated.
WHITE, PHILIP, and wf. Rachel, pedigrees untraced, had 2 chn. bap. here by Mr. Frost; viz., -
JOHN GREEN, April 22, 1753.
ANNA, April 20, 1755.
WHITE, DANIEL, was a citizen here down to 1795; but I cannot give his ped- igree or family record,
WHITE, JOHN GREEN, above mentioned, son of Philip and Rachel, wf. Jeru- sha, with 6 chn., came from Mendon, and took up their residence, as tenants of Adams Chapin, April 15, 1792. The names of their chn., without birth- dates, were, GARDNER, ARTEMAS, SALLY, THAYER, WAITEE, and JOHN. They were warned out of town, but remained long enough to have 3 more chn. b .; viz., PHILIP, March 9, 1793; HENRY, Jan. 18, 1795; d. July 16, 1819; and LYDIA, April 2, 1798. Family no further traced.
WHITE, SMITH, and wf. Prudence ( Taft), pedigrees untraced, were m. Jan. 17, 1778, and set. in town, on the Eld. John Chapin place, later known as the Ezekiel White place, on now Greene St., in 1804. They are said to have come from Mendon. The deed from Eld. Chapin to White is dated Feb. 6, 1804. It conveyed to White the homestead, 128 acres, 7 acres wood- land on North Hill, and half a meeting-house pew, all for $2,800. This is the same estate, with some enlargements, that was conveyed by Ebenezer White to Dea. John Chapin, Eld. John's fr., Jan. 24, 1736. Mendon records credit Smith and Prudence (Taft) White witli the following-named chn. :- PETER, b. March 26, 1782; m. Sally Stoddard, Jan., 1806.
CHLOE, b. Oct. 4, 1784; untraced.
HOPEY, b. April 9, 1787; untraced.
SYLVIA, b. Nov. 24, 1789; m. Ariel Thayer, Mendon, 1808.
PRUDENCE, b. April 30, 1792; m. Nathaniel Bennett, Aug. 6, 1820.
LEONARD, b. March 1, 1794; m., 1st, Diana -; 2d, Maria Darling.
EZEKIEL, b. Dec. 1, 1796; m. Sarah Johnson, Feb. 9, 1831; no. chn .; he d. Sept. 6, 1836.
I am somewhat mystified about the marriages of Smith White; as I find that he had two, if not three, wives in succession. I took for granted, from Mendon records, that his Ist wf., Prudence (Taft), was the mother of all his chn. But it is possible that Eunice (Albee), his 2d wf., may have been the mother of one or more of them. I have not found the death-date of Mrs. Pru- dence (Taft) White and so cannot determine this matter of motherhood. Mrs. Eunice d. July 10, 1813. I see that the hus. was published Nov. 1, 1813, to a Mrs. Mary Cleaveland of Mendon; but have not ascertained whether or not the
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intended mge. was consummated. Mr. W. deeded his homestead to his youngest son, Ezekiel, March 16, 1821; and he d. April 18, 1823.
I knew Peter White, the eldest son, and some of his family. His son in Upton encouraged me to hope that he would call, and post me up on his father's family record, but, for some reason, did not. His father lived more or less of his days in Mil., and perhaps d. here. Leonard White, another son, lived and d. either within or near our borders in Bell. I knew him, but not enough of his family to make definite statements. His 2 wives, several chn., and himself, have passed away. I think he left one or two sons who still survive. Ezekiel left no chn. Having had neither the requisite assistance from family relatives, nor convenient opportunity for research, I cannot be more minute.
The Whites are quite ubiquitous ; and many have dwelt and are dwelling in town, who, if they had sent me in their family records, would have received respectful notice on these pages. One only has done so, and with him I close : -
WHITE, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, son of William Augustus and Emeline F. (Field) White, b. Foxboro', Oct. 2, 1844; expressman; m. Elizabeth Nelson, dr. of Otis T. and Hannah H. (Taft) Nelson, b. Mil., Feb, 11, 1849; cer. Hopedale, Oct. 2, 1871, by the writer. Issue :-
LILLIAN NELSON, b. Mil., July 21, 1872.
HENRY OTIS, b. Aug. 11, 1875.
A worthy and promising young family.
Whites in directories omitted for want of time and space.
WHITNEY. The Whitneys, though not among our very oldest inhabitants, came in early from Holl., and set. on our eastern, or rather north-eastern, border. With the aid of Savage, Bond, Barry, and Morse, in addition to origi- nal documents and records, I have traced the lineage of our Whitneys to the original immigrants, and can give a tolerably accurate statement of their de- scent. In doing so I have been obliged to clear up some obscurities, and correct certain errors which had got into print. The original immigrants were English, and comprised a family of seven. These were John Whitney, his wife Elinor, and their sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan. The fr. was 35 yrs. of age, the mr. 30, John 11, Richard 9, Nathaniel 8, Thomas 6, and Jona. 1. They sailed from London in April, 1635, landed in Boston, and set. at Watertown. There another son, Benjamin, was born. The fr. was made a freeman, and soon became a prominent citizen, honored with various official trusts. From this family all, or nearly all, the Whitneys of this country have descended. They are very numerous and wide-spread.
Jonathan, the fifth son of Jolin and Elinor, m. at Wat., Oct. 30, 1656, Lydia, only dr. of Lewis Jones. Their chn. were Lydia, Jonathan, Anna, John, Josiah, Elinor, James, Isaac, Joseph, Abigail, and Benjamin. Jonathan, jun., b. Oct. 20, 1659, is said to have m. Sarah, dr. of Shadrach Hapgood. But none of the genealogists give the date of this marriage, and there is some con- fusion in respect to the names and births of his chn. He is said to have had seven in Wat., and one in Sherborn, near Chestnut Brook, now Holl., but to have d. in Concord, - his will being proved in 1735. I at first took for granted that this Jonathan, who was of Sherborn but d. in Coucord, must be in the direct line of our Mil. Whitneys. But I at length became convinced that this could not be, for the conclusive reason, that his son Jonathan was not old enough by some 20 yrs. to be the father of the chn. known to be those of Jonathan and Su- sanna Whitney. All the probabilities are, that the Jonathan of Holliston, hus-
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