Hannah (Amidon) Wheelock (1717 - bef. 1806)

Born 2 Feb 1717 in Oxford, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Wheelock — married 16 Feb 1737 in Mendon, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 1806 before age 88 in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Hannah was born in 1717 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Phillip Ammidown and Ithamer Warfield.^[1]

In 1737, she married Samuel Wheelock at Mendon, Massachusetts.^[2]

Hannah and Samuel removed to Tyringham in Berkshire County. In 1774, Hannah was admitted as a member to the first Congregational Church of Tyringham.^[3]

Hannah and Samuel had the following children (all born in Mendon):

1. Mary
2. Samuel (died in infancy)
3. Samuel
4. Hannah
5. Elisabeth
6. Rachel
7. Ithamar
8. Levi
9. Esebel
10. Amariah
11. Obadiah

Hannah died sometime before 1806, when her heirs sold the land bequeathed to her when Samuel died in 1792.^[4]

Research notes

The birth records for the last two of Samuel Wheelock's children list "Mary" as the mother. The First Congregational Church of Tyringham specifically records "Hannah Amidown wife of Samuel Wheelock" in 1774 after their birth, as well as Samuel's estate names his widow as Hannah, it is assumed that Mary is either a mistake or an alternate name for Hannah.^[5] Death date that was previous in this profile for a widow Hanna Wheelock in Mendon in 1803^[6] is for Hannah (Albee) Wheelock, widow of Silas Wheelock. Her will in Worcester Count Probate Case 63694, names her son, Seth Wheelock, executor.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJN-54T : 13 July 2016), Hannah Amidown, 02 Feb 1717; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010. Hannah Amidown [Father's Name: Phillip Amidown Mother's name: Ithamer].
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-M288 : 13 July 2016), Samuel Wheelock and Hannah Ammidown, 16 Feb 1737; citing Marriage, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 855,377. ["Samuel Wheelock of Mendon and Hannah Ammidown of Mendon were married 16 February 1737."]
3. ↑ History of the First Congregational Society in Monterey, Mass: With Brief History of the Town and Account of the Anniversary Exercises October 10 and 11, 1900. Great Barrington, Mass: Courier Book and Job Press, 1900. Page 55.["Hannah Amedown, wife of Capt. Samuel Wheelock"]
4. ↑ View on Familysearch.org Berkshire County Deeds, Vol 46, page 175.
5. ↑ Warrant for Distribution of the Estate of Capt. Wheelock, April 2, 1793 in Probate Proceedings of Samuel Wheelock, Berkshire Co, MA, Probate # 1607. Online on Wheelock Genealogy website. ["When you have perfected you Inventory, you are to set off to Hannah Wheelock (the said Deceased’s Widow) one full Third Part of the said Estate"]
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). [Widow Hannah Wheelock died Dec 27 1803].