Ralph Wheelock

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Husband Ralph Wheelock ¹

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           Born: 1600 - Shropshire, England 1
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         Father: [Ancestor] Wheelock (      -      )
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1 F Rebecca Wheelock ¹

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2 M Gershome Wheelock ¹

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3 M Eleasor Wheelock ¹

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4 M Benjamin Wheelock ¹

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           Born: 1639-1640 - Dedham, Norfolk Co, MA 1
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5 M Samuel Wheelock ¹

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6 F Record Wheelock ¹

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7 F Experience Wheelock ¹

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8 F Mary Wheelock ¹

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9 F Peregrine Wheelock ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Ralph Wheelock

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He was born in Shropshire, England, in the town of parish of Wheelock. He was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, graduated in 1626, taking his master degree in 1631. He was a relative, perhaps a brother, of Abraham Wheelock, who was the professor of Arabic at Cambridge and later the librarian. He held title to the village of Wheelock, Cheshire county, England. He was ordained in the Church of England, but became a Puritan soon after leaving college and joined the ranks of the non-conformists. He doubtless suffered much in the persecutions of the Puritans. In 1637, accompanied by his wife and daughter Rebecca, he migrated to New England, residing first at Watertown, Massachusetts, and later removing to Dedham, Massachusetts, being one of the proprietors of Dedham in 1638-39. His house lot was the first one granted in the town, at the corner of Main and North streets, and contained twelve acres of land. He served as a selectman, 1651-55, for several years was deputy to general court, taught the first public school there, was appointed by the general court a commissioner to end small causes, the local magistrate, and was appointed to join persons in marriage. He was one of the founders of the church of Dedham, learned, devout, unselfish, and practical. He built a house in Dedham in 1652, on the north side of Main street, and became one of the founders of Medfield, an adjoining town, in 1649, and removed there a few years later, continuing his career of usefulness and prominence. He was one of the signers of the famous Dedham Covenant, July, 1637, his being the tenth name on the list of one hundred. This instrument was the constitution of that body of settlers, first colony laws; known as the Body of Liberties, 1641. He was also on the committee to collect funds for Harvard College.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 400.