Born in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ralph Wheelock
and Experience (Dennison) Wheelock
Sister of
Dennison Wheelock, Rebecca Wheelock, Ralph Wheelock, Experience Wheelock, Priscilla Wheelock, Eleazer Wheelock [half], Ephraim Wheelock [half], Ephraim Wheelock [half], James Wheelock [half], Priscilla Wheelock [half], Moses Wheelock [half], Calvin Wheelock [half], Esther Wheelock [half] and Luther Wheelock [half]
Wife of
Joseph Dresser
— married
19 Nov 1773 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Orenda Dresser, Sarah Dresser, James Dresser, Elijah Dresser, Rebecca Dresser, Artemas Dresser, Harvey Dresser, Joseph Dresser and Miriam (Dresser) Fitts
Died after
after age 46
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Dec 2018
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Biography
Meriam (Wheelock) Dresser was born on 21 Oct 1751 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, daughter of Ralph Wheelock (1726 - 1822) and Experience (Dennison) Wheelock (1732 - 1765).[1]
Meriam married Joseph Dresser (1750 - 1794) on 19 Nov 1773 in Sturbridge.[2] Their children were:
- Orenda Dresser (1774 - )
- Sarah Dresser (1775 - )
- James Dresser (1779 - 1815)
- Elijah Dresser (1781 - )
- Rebecca Dresser (1783 - )
- Artemas Dresser (1785 - 1857)
- Harvey Dresser (1787 - 1855)
- Joseph Dresser (1789 - )
- Miriam (Dresser) Fitts (1793 - ).
She was still living 7 February 1798 when her husband's estate was settled.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDH-SP8 : 10 February 2018), Meriam Whelock, 21 Oct 1751; citing STURBRIDGE, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 1496523 IT 7.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH81-997 : 3 November 2017), Joseph Dresser and Miriam Wheelock, 19 Nov 1773; citing Marriage, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 863,529.
- ↑ Berkshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1761-1917.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2725/i/48370/1683-co17/68536689
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M Cole
Wheelock-2086 and Wheelock-1780 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, married name
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