Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
Look at the raw image on page 768: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-TDVY : 29 November 2018), Ephraim Wheaton, 20 Oct 1659; citing Birth, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm . Whoever wrote Abigail on the raw document was in error as Robert's wife was Alice Bowen.
The following record says that Benjamin Wheaton is the father of David Wheaton: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-K7XH : 13 December 2015), Robert Wheaton, ; Burial, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America, Burial Place Hill; citing record ID 44174366, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9MS8-4SX : accessed 7 December 2018), entry for Robert Wheaton; file (2:2:2:MM9R-4X5), submitted 17 June 1999 by mpierce2706249 [identity withheld for privacy].
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