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Gershom Wheelock
1632 - 1684 (~ 52 years)-
Name Gershom Wheelock Christening 3 Jan 1632 Eccles, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Death 28 Nov 1684 Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Burial Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Notes - The baptism record for Gershom was found in the Register at the village of Eccles, near Banham, Norfolk, England. The record reads as follows: "Gersham Wheelocke filius Radolphi Wheelocke baptisatus fuit 3 die Jan:1632/33". (Source: "Mr. Wheelock's Cure", by Christopher Gleason Clark, published in the July 1998 issue of New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 152.) William S. Tilden, "History of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886", 1886, writes the following about Gershom: "Gershom was in the list for Mr. Wilson's rate in 1657 [1], and probably came of age about that time. He married Hannah Stodder, daughter of John of Hingham, in 1658. In 1663, he had liberty from the town to cut "200 sedar plank" in the common swamp. His house stood on the Harbor Island road, a short distance south-west of the present residence of Charles Hamant. He rung the bell and swept the meeting-house in 1674, for which the town paid him 2 pounds, 15 shillings. The next year, he assisted in thatching the meeting-house. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and it appears to have been rebuilt on the same spot [2]. He died in 1684, and in 1690 his heirs sold the homestead to Joseph Plimpton."
Note [1]: Mr Wilson was the first minister in Medfield.
Note [2]: King Philips War.
Person ID I14216 OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor Last Modified 13 Jun 2025
Father Reverand Ralph Wheelock, b. 14 May 1600, Dorrington, Shropshire, England d. 11 Jan 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 83 years) Mother Rebecca Clarke, b. 26 Aug 1610, Banham, Norfolk, England d. 1 Jan 1681, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 70 years) Marriage 17 May 1630 Wramplingham, Norfolk, England Family ID F4041 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Stodder, b. 1638 d. 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 46 years) Marriage 18 May 1658 Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Children 1. Hannah Wheelock, b. 25 Jun 1659, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts 2. Samuel Wheelock, b. 14 Jan 1661, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 22 Jan 1661, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)+ 3. Samuel Wheelock, b. 21 Jan 1665, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts 4. John Wheelock, b. 08 Dec 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts + 5. Joseph Wheelock, b. 1672, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 19 Jul 1752, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 80 years)6. Timothy Wheelock, b. 1673, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Family ID F4036 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The baptism record for Gershom was found in the Register at the village of Eccles, near Banham, Norfolk, England. The record reads as follows: "Gersham Wheelocke filius Radolphi Wheelocke baptisatus fuit 3 die Jan:1632/33". (Source: "Mr. Wheelock's Cure", by Christopher Gleason Clark, published in the July 1998 issue of New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 152.) William S. Tilden, "History of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886", 1886, writes the following about Gershom: "Gershom was in the list for Mr. Wilson's rate in 1657 [1], and probably came of age about that time. He married Hannah Stodder, daughter of John of Hingham, in 1658. In 1663, he had liberty from the town to cut "200 sedar plank" in the common swamp. His house stood on the Harbor Island road, a short distance south-west of the present residence of Charles Hamant. He rung the bell and swept the meeting-house in 1674, for which the town paid him 2 pounds, 15 shillings. The next year, he assisted in thatching the meeting-house. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and it appears to have been rebuilt on the same spot [2]. He died in 1684, and in 1690 his heirs sold the homestead to Joseph Plimpton."
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Christening - 3 Jan 1632 - Eccles, Norfolk, England 
Marriage - 18 May 1658 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Death - 28 Nov 1684 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts 
Burial - - Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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