Gershom Wheelock
1632 - 1684 (~ 52 years)-
Name Gershom Wheelock Christening 03 Jan 1632 Eccles, Norfolk Co., England 
Gender Male Death 28 Nov 1684 Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 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 29 Aug 2011
Father Reverand Ralph Wheelock, b. 14 May 1600, Dorrington, Shropshire, England d. 11 Jan 1684, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years) Mother Rebecca Clarke, b. 26 Aug 1610, Banham, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England d. 1 Jan 1681, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years) Marriage 17 May 1630 Wramplingham, Norfolk Co., England Family ID F4041 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Stodder Marriage 18 May 1658 Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Hannah Wheelock, b. 25 Jun 1659, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 2. Samuel Wheelock, b. 14 Jan 1661, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Jan 1661, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)+ 3. Samuel Wheelock, b. 21 Jan 1665, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 4. John Wheelock, b. 08 Dec 1670, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA + 5. Joseph Wheelock, b. 1672, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Jul 1752, Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)6. Timothy Wheelock, b. 1673, Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 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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Event Map 
Christening - 03 Jan 1632 - Eccles, Norfolk Co., England 
Marriage - 18 May 1658 - Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Death - 28 Nov 1684 - Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth