Lieutenant Colonel John Wheelock

1754 - 1817  (63 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	John Wheelock
  Title	Lieutenant Colonel
  Born	28 Jan 1754	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Continental Army, American Revolution
  	He served in Colonel Bedel's Regiment.
  Occupation	He was one of four in the first graduating class of Dartmouth Collage. Upon his fathers death he succeeded him and became the second president of that institution.
  		John Wheelock Letter. Dartmouth College, Dec. 7, 1801. It reads in part: "...I should be happy to do any thing, that might be consistent, in relation to an object, to which you refer as highly promotive of the morality & social happiness of mankind." "When I can comprehend matters clearly in an interview, or by writing, and can then be of any little service to our race...I will be truly happy to do every thing in my power to subserve so disinterested & virtuous an end." Signed, very Affectionately John Wheelock
  		Rollins Chapel Window John Wheelock. The Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth college was completed in 1885. It's stained glass windows were dedicated to presidents of the college. The records concerning the window dedicated to John have been lost but, it is assumed that the window depicts Saint Peter.
  Died	4 Apr 1817	Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
  		Lieutenant Colonel John Wheelock Obituary Vermont Intelligencer (Bellows Falls, Vermont), 21 Apr 1817, Monday, Page 3
  Buried	Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Mary Wheelock,   b. 28 Aug 1748, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 26 Mar 1807, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire
  2. Abigail Wheelock,   b. 21 Dec 1751, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 9 Apr 1818, Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine
  3. Eleazar Wheelock,   b. 17 Aug 1756, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 7 Dec 1811, Clermont County, Ohio
  4. James Wheelock,   b. 6 May 1759, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ,   d. 14 Jan 1835, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont
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  Person ID	I8962	Nagel
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Reverend Eleazar Wheelock,   b. 22 Apr 1711, Windham, Windham, Connecticut ,   d. 24 Apr 1779, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Brinsmead,   b. 26 Jul 1714,   d. 24 Feb 1783, Hanover County, Connecticut  (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	24 Nov 1747	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F2942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Suhm,   b. 20 Jan 1758,   d. 16 Feb 1824, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 66 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1786
  Children	1. Maria Malleville Wheelock,   b. 3 Feb 1788,   d. Abt Jun 1828, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine  (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F3666	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Jan 1754 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Died - 4 Apr 1817 - Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire Buried - - Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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