Rebecca (Clarke) Wheelock (bef. 1610 - 1681)

Born before 26 Aug 1610 in Banham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Ralph Wheelock — married 17 May 1630 in Wramplingham, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1681 after age 70 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Rebecca Clarke, the daugther of Thomas Clarke and Mary Canne, was born in England before her baptism in Banham, Norfolk August 26, 1610.^[1][2][3]

Rebecca married Ralph Wheelock 17 May 1630 at Wramplingham, Norfolk, England.^[4]

She arrived in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1637 with her husband^[5] and her three children born in England, Mary, Gershom and Rebecca. According to family tradition, her fourth child Perigrina was born on the journey to New England.^[6] Her siblings Rowland, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth, as well as her widowed mother Mary, also came to New England around the same time.

Rebecca and Ralph resettled in Dedham by 1638, where four more children were born: Benjamin, Samuel, Rebecca and Experience. By 1650, they became one of the original families of Medfield, where their last child, Eleazer was born.

Rebecca died on January 1, 1680/1 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[7] She is presumed to be buried in the Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield.^[3]

Children

Rebecca and Ralph had nine known children:

Born in England:^[1]

• Mary Wheelock, baptised in Banham, County of Norfolk, 2 Sep 1631,
• Gershom Wheelock, baptised in Eccles, County of Norfolk, 3 Jan 1632/33,
• Rebecca Wheelock, baptised in Eccles, County of Norfolk, 24 Aug 1634,

Born, possibly on shipboard while immigrating to New England:

• Peregrina Wheelock, b ??

Born in Dedham:^[8]

• Benjamin Wheelock, b. 8 Dec. 1639
• Samuel Wheelock b. 22 Sept. 1642
• Record Wheelock b. 15 Dec. 1643
• Experience Wheelock b. 1648

Born in Medfield:^[9]

• Eleazar Wheelock, b. May 3, 1654

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Clark, Christopher Gleason,"The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts", in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", Vol 152, January 1998. Copyright permission not available for on-line version, but current NEHGS members may request PDF by email.
2. ↑ Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers beginning 1535. Image 12 by subscription at: [1].

   Baptism Entry at Banham, Norfolk:

   Name: Rebecca Clarke

   Gender: Female

   Event Type: Baptism

   Baptism Date: 26 August 1612

   Baptism Place: Banham, England

   Father: Thomas Clarke

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave Memorial# 11927179
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2PP-NPR : 10 December 2014), Ralph Whelock and Rebecca Clarke, 1630; citing Wramplingham,Norfolk,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 887,920.
5. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, "The Great Migration Directory", Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 2015, page 368. "Wheelock, Ralph: Eccles, Norfolk; 1637; Dedham, Medfield;..."
6. ↑ Stiles, Ezra, and Franklin B. Dexter. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles. New York: C. Scribner, 1901. Page 535. View in Archive.org.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDX-887 : 13 July 2016), Rebecca Wheelock, 01 Jan 1680; citing Death, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
8. ↑ Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 2 vols. (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), Vol 1, pages 1,2,3, & 4
9. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850. (Boston, 1903, New England Historic Genealogical Society), p. 102.

See also:

• "Rebecca": Munsell, American Ancestry, vol. 6, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968, p. 134
• "Rebecca": Munsell, American Ancestry, vol. 11, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968, p. 56
• "Rebecca": letter of J.G. Wheelock ( a copy is possessed by Edwin K. Wheelock).
• "Rebecca": Mackenzie, George Norbury, LL.B., Colonial Families of the United States of America", vol. 2, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co.,1966, p. 747
• "Rebecca Clark": Mormon Archives, Some Descendants, p. 562
• "Rebecca": Tilden, William S., The History of Medfield,
• BIRTH "circa 1600/10, prob. Norfolk or Suffolk, England": Mormon Archives "circa 1610, Shropshire, England": Mormon Archive, submitted by Ernest P. Allen "circa 1610": Richardson, Ruth Ellsworth, Samuel Richardson (1602-1658) and Josiah Ellsworth (1629-1689) Some Descendants, p."Abt. 1601 in probably Norfolk, England":
• "Ralph Wilkinson": Richardson, Ruth Ellsworth, Samuel Richardson (1602-1658) and Josiah Ellsworth (1629-1689) Some Descendants, p. 562
• MARRIED- "England": Mackenzie, George Norbury, LL.B., Colonial Families of the United States of America", vol. 2, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966, p. 747 "June 6, 1636": Richardson,Ruth Ellsworth, Samuel Richardson (1602-1658) and Josiah Ellsworth (1629-1689)
• DEATH- "circa 1680": Munsell, American Ancestry, vol. 6, Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968, p. 134
• "January 1,1680, Medfield, Worcester Co., MA", Mormon Archives "circa 1654, Medfield, MA": Mackenzie, George Norbury, LL.B., Colonial Families of the United States of America", vol. 2, Baltimore, MD,Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966, p. 747 "circa 1650": Richardson, Ruth Ellsworth, Samuel Richardson (1602-1658) and Josiah Ellsworth (1629-1689) Some Descendants, p. 562 "January 1, 1680/81": Mormon Archive, submitted by Ernest P. Allen "circa 1680": Tilden, William S., The History of Medfield