Rick Sullivan www.WheelockGenealogy.com Rev. Ralph Wheelock Rev. Ralph Wheelock And His And His Descendants Descendants (a short history) (a short history)
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Rick Sullivanwww.WheelockGenealogy.com
Rev. Ralph WheelockRev. Ralph WheelockAnd HisAnd His
DescendantsDescendants(a short history)(a short history)
Outline Of This Talk
● Brief Overview of Rev. Ralph Wheelock
● Wheelock Surname In America
● Early Patterns of Relocation
● Rev. Eleazar Wheelock
● Wheelocks in the Revolutionary War
● Wheelocks in the Civil War
● Wheelocks in the Industrial Revolution
● Some Famous Descendants of Rev. Ralph Wheelock
Rev. Ralph Wheelock
● 1600 – 1683/4
● Masters Degree from Clare Hall, Cambridge
● Ordained in England – 1630
● Married Rebecca Clarke (many of whose relatives also came to Dedham, Medfield)
● Signed Dedham Covenant in July 1637
● Removed to Medfield 1651
Rev. Ralph Wheelock
Wheelock Progenitors in America
● Ralph Wheelock (1600 – 1683/4), England America→● James Wheelock? of Virginia (1720 – 1797)
● Native Americans who adopted Wheelock surname
● Charles Wheelock (1789 - 1868), Ireland America→● Thomas Wheelock (1813 - 1894), England Peru→
Early Relocation Patterns
Burrillville, Glocester, Smithfield
Dedham
Medfield
Marlborough
Shrewsbury
Mendon
Lancaster
Grafton
Uxbridge
Charlton
Nova Scotia
New York
Vermont
Nova Scotia
Deportation of the
Acadians
Holland Land Purchase
Dr. Eleazar Wheelock and the Great Awakening
The Great Awakening(George Whitefield Preaching to the Crowds)
Samson Occam
Wheelock College
Walter Samuel
Stephen
Nahor
Samuel
Samuel
Gershom
Ralph
Edwin Wheelock
Laura
LauraPierce
Lucy Wheelock
Lucy Wheelock
Revolutionary War
● 63 distinct soldiers with Wheelock surname
● Highest ranking– Col Epraim Wheelock (Medfield), Commander of the 4th Suffolk County
Regiment
– Col Moses Wheelock (Westborough), Ephraim’s brother, 6th Worcester County Regiment
– Col Silas Wheelock (Mendon), Commander of the 7th Worcester County Regiment
– Lt. Col John Wheelock (son of Eleazar)
– Lt. Eleazar Wheelock (son of Eleazar)
Civil War
● About 215 distinct Wheelock soldiers
● Most fought for the Union
● Those who fought on the Confederate side are mostly descended from James Wheelock of Virginia
● But a few are descended from Ralph
● 5 fought in “Colored Regiments”
Brevet Brigadier Gen’l Charles Wheelock
97th NY Monument at Gettysburg
Carrie Sheads House at Gettysburg
Carrie Sheads House at Gettysburg
Julia Susan Wheelock
Stanley Woolen Mill(Jerry Wheelock)
Jerome Wheelock (Steam Engine Manufacturer)
Sign in Front of theWheelock Engine Company in Worcester
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
● Emily Dickinson (author)
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
● Emily Dickinson (author)
● John Hall Wheelock (poet)
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
● Emily Dickinson (author)
● John Hall Wheelock (poet)
● Baseball Players
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
● Emily Dickinson (author)
● John Hall Wheelock (poet)
● Baseball Players
● Entrepreneurs
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
● Emily Dickinson (author)
● John Hall Wheelock (poet)
● Baseball Players
● Entrepreneurs
● Architects
Some Famous Wheelock Descendants
● Col Douglas Wheelock (astronaut)
● Matt Damon (actor)
● Emily Dickinson (author)
● John Hall Wheelock (poet)
● Baseball Players
● Entrepreneurs
● Architects
● Outlaws
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