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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