Reverend Eleazar Wheelock & Mary Brinsmead

Husband: Reverend Eleazar Wheelock

Born: 22 Apr 1711 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Died: 24 Apr 1779 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
Father: Ralph Wheelock
Mother: Ruth Huntington
Spouses: Sarah Davenport

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Wife: Mary Brinsmead

Born: 1714
Died: 1783
Father: John Brinsmead
Mother: Abigail Wheeler
Spouses:

Children

01 (F): Mary Wheelock
Born: 28 Aug 1748 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Died: 26 Mar 1807 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
Spouses: Bezaleel Woodward

02 (F): Abigail Wheelock
Born: 21 Dec 1751 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Died: 09 Apr 1818 in Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine
Spouses: Sylvanus Ripley

03 (M): Lieutenant Colonel John Wheelock
Born: 28 Jan 1754 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Died: 04 Apr 1817 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
Spouses: Maria Suhm

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04 (M): Colonel Eleazar Wheelock
Born: 17 Aug 1756 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Died: 07 Dec 1811 in Boat Run, Clermont, Ohio
Spouses: Tryphena Young; Thankful Pennock

05 (M): James Wheelock
Born: 06 May 1759 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Died: 14 Jan 1835 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont
Spouses:

Additional Information

Reverend Eleazar Wheelock:

Buried: Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire

Notes:

As Justice of the Peace of Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire Eleazar conveyed information about the enemy to General George Washington. Founder and first President of Dartmouth College, NH.

The town of Wheelock is named in his honor. It is located in Caledonia County, Vermont.

During World War II a Liberty ship was named for Rev. Wheelock. This was a C-2 cargo ship outfitted to carry 550 troops. It participated in the Normandy Invasion where it was shell damaged. it was Scrapped in 1964 at Philadelphia.

Mary Brinsmead:

Buried: Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire

Marriage Notes

Married: 24 Nov 1747, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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