Joseph Wheelock (1729 - abt. 1776)

Born 14 Feb 1729 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Page) Willis — married 4 Nov 1751 in Leominster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 16 Mar 1776 at about age 47 in Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph was born to Joseph and Abigail Wheelock in Lancaster on February 14, 1729-30^[1][2] He was christened in Lancaster on April 12, 1730.^[3]

Joseph married Alice Page Wills on 4 November 1751 in Leominster

Joseph and Alice had, in Lancaster:^[4]

• Martha, b. July 11, 1752, died young
• John, b. Sept. 22, 1754, died young
• John, b. Jan. 28, 1757
• Joseph, b. March 2, 1759
• Oliver b. May 6, 1761
• Martha, b. Sept. , 1763
• Archippus, b. Jan. 22, 1766
• Abel, b. April 14, 1768
• Alice b. May 1, 1770
• Elijah, b. April 13, 1773

Joseph died sometime before 20 January 1777, when his uncle John referred to Joseph as decease in his will. There are a couple of death dates that could refer to this Joseph, but most likely he died 16 March 1776.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Nourse, Henry S., The Birth, Marriage, and Death register, church records, and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850 (Lancaster, 1890), Book first, p. 49
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKB-1JF : 4 December 2014), Joseph Wheelock, 14 Feb 1729; citing LANCASTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKB-1JV : 4 December 2014), Joseph Wheelock, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
4. ↑ Nourse, Henry S., The Birth, Marriage, and Death register, church records, and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850 (Lancaster, 1890), Book first, p. 108
5. ↑ Nourse, Henry. The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850 (Lancaster, Mass., 1890) Page 326-7

See also

• Sullivan, Rick. "Joseph Wheelock'" on Wheelock Genealogy website.

• Cunningham, George A. A History of the Town of Lunenburg in Massachusetts: From the Original Grant, December 7th, 1719, to January 1st, 1866. Lunenburg: Cunningham History Committee, 1977. Vol 2, Page 796.
• Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1911) Page 146.