Henry
Wheldon
aka Whelden
Born before in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Gabriel Whelden
and Jane (Unknown) Whelden
Brother of
Thomas Wheldon, Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins, Martha Wheldon, Mary (Wheldon) Taylor, Ruth (Whelden) Taylor and John (Whelden) Wheldon
Husband of
Edith (UNKNOWN) Wheldon
— married
25 Jan 1648 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Wheldon and John (Whelden) Whilden Sr.
Died
after age 75
in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Biography
Henry Wheldon immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Henry Whelden[1] was baptized 21 February 1619 in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, son of Gabriel (and probably wife Jane) Whelden.[2]
He emigrated with his parents and siblings about 1638.[2]
August, 1643: Henry Whelden is mentioned as one of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Yarmouth.
August 23, 1645: he was one of five men who went from Yarmouth against the Narragansets and their confederates.
Jan. 25, 1647-8: he was married at Yarmouth, the name of his wife being effaced.
June 21, 1650: Sarah Whelden, who may have been his daughter, was born.
June 30, 1667: he signed a letter to the court in support of the Rev. Thomas Thornton.
He died Oct. 28, 1694.
Sources
- ↑ Unless otherwise cited, information on this profile is drawn from James Hewes, "Early Wheldens of Yarmouth," in Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy. C. W. Swift, Yarmouthport, MA 1914; p. 732-733 (citing?) Page: #43
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Porter, Jan & Stramara, F., The Origin of Gabriel1 Whelden of Yarmouth and Malden, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 652, Page 260.
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Jillaine Smith
Jillaine Smith
NEHGR 168 (July 2014), p 189, suggests that they may have had a son John Whelden, who went first to Falmouth, Maine, then to Salem, Massachusetts, then finally -- as part of a 52-person group-- in 1695 to (what was then) Berkeley Co., South Carolina
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