Descendants of Robert
Updated 5th May 2011
Generation No. 1
1.
Robert1 WHEATON1 was born Bet. 1605 - 1606 in
Notes
for Robert
PLEASE
SEE ALICE BOWEN NOTES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, no more room here!
The
following is information received from a variety of sources organised in some
sort of chronological order. Such an order has not always been possible, which
suggest more investigation is needed. [Sources in brackets]. Also endeavours to include information on
establishing of places, their naming, and the moving of the boundaries of
places connected to Robert and his family.
1605-1606 Robert was born in
In a Nathaniel WHEATON
(Robert's great-grandson) genealogy registered in
vital records of
from Robert WHEATON the
first of the Name of the WHEATONs that came over from
Elce BOWEN Daughter of
Richard BOWEN from thence Removed to Rehoboth AD
1645 and there Lived and
Died AD 1696 about 90 years of Age. Their Offspring
Joseph
Obadiah
[David J WHEATON 19
September 2004]
1636 Sailed to
1637 "The 16th of the 11th month
1636 (i.e.16 January on modern calendar) Robt
WHEATO(N) refused to be
an Inhabitant of Salem (i.e. rejected as an inhabitant); but
he settled there anyway as the following
indicates"
[Documents held by
Stephan PYENTA,
EBEISHEISER 30 September
2001; Richard THOMAS 10 August 2003; R A BONSALL
16 November 2003; David J
WHEATON 19 September 2004; Photo copy of a page
from William G HILL's
book "Family Records of Deacons James W CONVERSE and
Elisha S CONVERSE sent by
R A BONSALL from New England Historical Society
web site]
1638 "At a Town Meeting on the
26th of the 9th month the several proportions of Land laid
out at the
the modern calendar)
being formerly granted...to Robert WHEADEN granted 10 acres
of land"
[From Richard THOMAS 10
August 2003; David J WHEATON 19 September
2004; }
1640 "Married Alice (Alys, Elice
etc.) BOWEN Salem, Massachusetts daughter of Richard
BOWEN, who came to
[Vicki EBELSHEISER 30
September 2001; Jbbullock@earthlink.net; "
Families Genealogical and
Memorial: Third Series" Author: CUTTER, William Richard
Publication: 1913.
Reprint
1641
- 1644 Birth of Joseph, Samuel
Nathaniel WHEATON in his
Genealogy, states that Robert's first three sons, were
born in
must have been born
between 1641 and 1644.
However, I have been sent
earlier and later dates.
[Judy KNEE from Jarel
pcgallah@bellsouth.net;
norsk@novell.com: Vicki EBELSHEISER 30 September 2001]
1644 On the 1st April 1644 (modern
Calendar) Robert WHEADEN "desirteth some ground
at ye great lotts"
and was granted 20 acres of land "neere to the marsh at Mr
BISHOPP's farme to be
layde out by the towne conditionallie that if hee depte (depart)
from the towne before he
improve it, it returne to the towne. (This suggests his
departure from
[Documents held by
Stephan PYENTA,
19 September 2004]
Happenings
which have a bearing on what Robert did next.
Religious
Differences:
"Rev Samuel NEWMAN
came to
apparently, because of
continuing religious difference he decided to emigrate"
Planning
by the Rehoboth settlers:
1643 "The first meeting of original
planters of Rehoboth to be found on record is dated at
'Weimoth the 24th of the 8th month [October]
1643"
["History of
Rehoboth" by BLISS sent be Richard THOMAS 5 June 2003; The 1918
History of Rehoboth by Rev.
George H TILTON sent by R A BONSALL 16 Nov 2003]
Record is as follows: "At a
general meeting of the planters of Seekonok:
It is ordered that the
planting lots not exceed the number sixty and five.
It is agreed that the
ground that is most fit to be planted and hopefull for corn for the
present to be
planted and fenced by those who possess the land
It is agreed that if the
lots are not fenced by the 20th day of April next then the land will
be foreited
"The next meeting of
the proprietors was held at
month (December), when
regulations were made as to the planting of corn.
The teacher to have certain portion from each
settler.
Servants after
four years to be inhabitants and entitled to their privileges"
["History of
Rehoboth" by BLISS sent by Richard THOMAS 5 June 2003; The 1918
History of Rehoboth by Rev.
George H TILTON sent by R A BONNSALL 16 Nov 2003]
1643 "During the year 1643 and
probably before any other division of land had been made
other than for house lots,
the proprietors were required to turn in the value of their
estates, in order that
allotment of land might be made accordingly."
["History of
Rehoboth" by BLISS sent be Richard THOMAS 5 June 2003]
Founding
of Rehoboth:
The first area which came to be known
as Rehoboth was not purchased of Massasiot until
1641. It consisted of a tract ten miles
square, comprising the present towns of Rehoboth,
Seekonk, Pawtucket and East Providence,
Rhode Island. The first settler in the original town
was William BACKSTONE, in what is now
Cumberland, Rhode Island. He was a non-conformist
minister from England who fled from his
native land and sought an asylum in the wilds of
America. The next white settler was the famous Robert
WILLIAMS. He had been ejected from
Salem and later, even Rehoboth by the
Massachusetts Bay Company, before establishing
First Baptist Church of Rhode
Island." and becoming founder of Rhode Island.
[Richard THOMAS from "History of
Rehoboth" by Bliss 5 August 2003]
Now
back to Robert:
The
dates for these events cause problems.
However, perhaps Robert knew that he was going to have to leave
Salem. He therefore made sure that in
1643 he was involved with the group of people planning to leave Weymouth for
Seconnet or Seekonk as Rehoboth was then known.
At the same time he was making sure, that if he did not have to leave
Salem, there would be land for him there.
This would explain why, in 1644 he was granted land in Salem on a
provisional basis, and why he went to Weymouth after leaving Salem. Nathaniel WHEATON, his great grandson, says
he arrived in Rehoboth in 1645 which could also suggest that Robert had been
considering the move for some time.
1643/44/45? Robert was a very strong Baptist, and it was
because he would not or did not agree
with the Puritan way
that he was considered a rebel. He had landed in Salem,
where "his
independence of thought and speech made him enemies who finally
drove him from the town as a "pestilential
fellow."
It is said that from
Salem Robert made his way to Weymouth
and from there
perhaps even to Boston
where once again he was turned out of the settlement.
However, it is agreed
that "Soon afterwards he came, with Elder Samuel NEWMAN,
and his people from
Weymouth, to Seconnet or Seekonk" an area which had been
granted to the people
of HIGHAM. Some believe that Robert also met up with
Odadiah HOLMES with whom
Robert was in active sympathy, as he was with Roger
WILLIAMS. The real
founder of the original town of Rehoboth was the Rev. Samuel
NEWMAN, who settled
there in 1644. He renamed it Rehoboth, because, he said,
"the Lord hath made
room for us". Thomas COOPER and
Robert WHEATON were
the two deacons of Elder
NEWMAN's church in Newman's Colony.
"Robert and his
sons helped build the
first Baptist Church in Massachusetts, USA"
{Documents held by
Stephan PYENTA, Michigan, USA June 2001]
"Mr WHEATON came to
Rehoboth among the founders of the town.
He drew land
in various divisions of
the town. (The first land was purchased of Massasoit in
1641, the second
purchase in was called Wannomoiset, and the third purchase
(about 1668) was known as the "North
Purchase". Through time the land was split
up into different areas,
some staying in Massachusetts and some going to Rhode
Island. Robert WHEATON
held a great deal of land in all three purchases. One of
the areas split off from
Rehoboth was Swansea.")
"31st (?) day of
April 1644 Lots were drawn for a division of the woodland
between the plain and
the town. Shares were drawn to the
number of fifty-eight,
the same names as were
in the original proprietors list.
["History of
Rehoboth" by BLISS sent be Richard THOMAS 5 June 2003)
A list of the original
58 proprietors or early settlers of
Rehoboth in 1643 and
1644" included Robert
WHEATON. Ruth INGRAM headed the list, the Schoolmaster
was number 5, Mr Samuel
NEWMAN was no. 9, The Teacher No.21, at number 26
was Robert WHEATON, the pastor was no, 36, William
CARPENTER no. 47 and
Richard BOWEN no.
58.
[Quoted in the 1923
History of Weymouth by George Walter CHAMBERLAIN et al
citing BLISS 'History of
Rehoboth' sent by R A BONSALL 16 November 2003]
(Robert is also
mentioned in the division of the new meadow in 1646, and in the
Quit-Claim from King
Phillip (Indian Chief) in 1668, as are Robert's sons, Jeremiah
and Ephraim
WHEATON. On the 18th August 1683 Robert
WHEATON gave deed of
land in the North
Purchase now the town of Attleboro to his son Benjamin.
He was a quiet, useful
Citizen, apparently prospering as a planter. ")
[From "New England
Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series" Author:
CUTTER, William Richard
Publication: 1913. Reprint Baltimore Genealogical
publishing Co., Inc., 1996;
Richard THOMAS 1 August 2003; The 1918 History of
Rehoboth by Rev. George
H TILTON sent by R A BONSALL 16 November 2003;
1923 History of Weymouth
by George Walter CHAMBERLAIN et al sent by R A
BONSALL 16 November 2003;
"History of Rehoboth" by Bliss from Richard
THOMAS 6 August 2003]
1645 "Thee 58 men considered
themselves independent of any jurisdiction but their own,
though they were
afterwards claimed by both Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
Company. In 1645 these men submitted themselves to the
jurisdiction of the
Plymouth Court, or
rather were assigned to that by the Commissioners of the United
Colonies, and were
incorporated by the scripture name of Rehoboth.
["History of
Rehoboth" by BLISS sent be Richard THOMAS 5 June 2003]
1646 approximately - son Christopher
born Rehoboth, Massachusetts
[Various sources]
However, no Christopher
mentioned in Nathaniel's Genealogy, nor below:
"Children of
Robert WHEATON: Joseph, Samuel and Jeremiah born at Salem;
Odadiah, born at
Rehoboth, January 20 1647; John April 20 1650; Bethia May 20
1642; Hannah,
September 18 1654; Mary November 4 1656; Ephraim; Benjamin,
in the last of February
1661"
["New England
Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series" Author: CUTTER,
William Richard
Publication: 1913. Reprint Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Inc., 1996]
"The Will of
Robert WHEATON, dated Oct 2 1687 …mentions his wife, Alice
[BOWEN], his sons
Joseph, Samuel, Obadiah, John and Jeremiah, and his three
daughters Bethia, Hannah and Mary"
(also Ephraim and Benjamin)
['The New England
Historic Genealogical Register' from R A BONSALL 16 November
2003]
Note from JKW -
Christopher he died 20 March 1683/84 before his father. However,
bequests were made to
children of Samuel who had died previously, but not
Christopher's son,
Christopher who was still living when his grandfather died)
1646 "10th day of December 1646
at a meeting of town it was agreed to draw lots for
new meadow, and to be
divided according to person and estate.
Robert WHEATON
drew #24 and William
CARPENTER drew #42"
["History of
Rehoboth" by BLISS sent be Richard THOMAS 5 June 2003, 1 Aug 2003]
1647/48 "20 January - son Obadiah WHEATON
born Rehoboth, Massachusetts"
[Judy KNEE from Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001; Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-
1896 Jim McEWEN 14 December 2001; Documents held by
Stephan PYENTA,
Michigan, USA June 2001;
Jbbullock@earthlink.net; Nathaniel WHEATON's
Genealogy']
1650 "20 April 1650 - son John
born Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts"
[Judy KNEE from Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001; Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-
1896; Jim McEWEN 14 December 2001;
Jbbullock@earthlink.net; Nathaniel
WHEATON'S Genealogy]
1652 "20 May - daughter Bethia
WHEATON born Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts"
[Judy KNEE from Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001; Vital Record of Rehoboth 1642-
1896 Jim McEWEN 14
December 2001; Jbbullock@earthlink.net; Nathaniel
WHEATON's Genealogy]
1653 "Plymouth Colony deed show
that Robert WHEATON was one of the inhabitants of
Rehoboth who petitioned
Governor BRADFORD in 1653 for a settlement in a land
dispute with Captain
Miles STANDISH of Mayflower fame.
[David J WHEATON 20 September
2004)
1654 "18 September - daughter
Hannah/Ann WHEATON born Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts" [Judy
KNEE from Jarel WHEATON 14 March 2001; Vital Record of
Rehoboth, 1642-1896 from
Jim McEWEN 14 December 2001; Jbbullock@earthlink.net;
Nathaniel WHEATON's
Genealogy)
1656 "4 November - daughter Mary
WHEATON born Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts"
[Judy KNEE from Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001; Vital Record of Rehoboth,
1642-1896 Jim McEWEN 14
December 2001; Nathaniel WHEATON's Genealogy]
1657 "Robert WHEATON took the
"oath of fidelity" Plymouth
Colony Records. This is the
oath he would not take in
Salem) [Richard THOMAS from
"History of Rehoboth" by
Bliss 5 August 2003;
David J WHEATON 19 September 2004)
1657 Robert WHEATON and two other men
were fined five shillings each for cutting three
loads of grass contrary to an
order of the town. [David J WHEATON from Richard
LeBaron BOWEN "Early
Rehoboth" 19 September 2004]
1658 "The second land purchase
was a tract called by the English, Wannomoiset, forming
a part of Swansea and
Barrington"
[Richard THOMAS from
"History of Rehoboth" by Bliss 5 August 2003]
1658 "Robert WHEATON admitted a
freeman."
[Richard THOMAS from
"History of Rehoboth" by BLISS 5 August 2003]
1658 Robert WHEATON served on a
coroner's jury that invegtigated the cause of death of
Nathaniel West of Rhode
Island who fell through the ice and drowned.
[David J WHEATON 19
September 2004 from Plymouth Records)
1659 "20 October - son Ephraim
WHEATON born Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts" (Judy
KNEE from Jarel WHEATON 14/3/2001; Vital Record of
Rehoboth, 1642-1896 Jim
McEWEN 14 December 2001; Nathaniel WHEATON's
Genealogy]
1660 Robert's land is mentioned in a
1660 Deed between Walter PALMER, John ALLIN and
Jonah PALMER (David J WHEATON 19 September 2004]
1661/62 "28 February - son Benjamin
WHEATON born Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts" [Judy
KNEE from Jarel WHEATON 14 March 2001; Vital Record of
Rehoboth, 1642-1896 Jim
McEWEN 14 December 2001; Jbbullock@earthlink.net;
Nathaniel WHEATON's
Genealogy]
1662 Robert WHEATON served on a
coroner's jury that investing the cause of death of
Robert ALLIN, who was
found ded on his bed by his brother John ALLIN of Rehoboth.
The verdict: Hee came by
his death by laying violent hands upon himselfe.
(David J WHEATON 19
September 2004)
1663 Robert WHEATON was a member of the
grand jury, but he was listed as "absent"
(David J WHEATON
19September 2004)
BAPTIST
CHURCH IN MASSACHUSETTS
Details
are mainly from Richard THOMAS. He has
done much research concerning the Baptist Church in Massachusetts, visited
Rehoboth and has written to the pastor of Swansea Baptist Church, Dr HARTMAN
who sent much information. {Richard THOMAS May to August 2003]
"The Baptist church established
in Rehoboth was the church where Obadiah Holmes was the
pastor.
The WHEATONs were probably part of this congregation as they were fined
as part of
the congregation when Obadiah Holmes was
jailed and whipped for the practice of baptism
which the other churches were against.
Apparently the founding of the church
in Swansea came about because some of the folks in
Rehoboth were against the Baptist church
and their beliefs and members of the church were
fined and ordered to desist from holding their meetings which of course
they did not do. Later
on they were ordered to remove their
"meetings" to some other place where they might not
prejudice any other church. In 1667 the Plymouth court granted to these
people "a grant of a
town to be called Swansea, "That the
Baptist might have a resting place."
The name Swansea
was selected because that is where their
first Baptist minister John Myles migrated from,
Swansea, Wales in 1663" (For more
information see Ephraim)
1666 Robert WHEATON was a purchaser of
one share in the Rehoboth North Purchase (now
ATTLEBORO [David J WHEATON
19 September 2003]
1667 "The town of Rehoboth
retained its original area until 1667, when Swansea was
incorporated, including
besides Swansea, that of Somerset, Massachusetts,
Cumberland, Rhode Island,
and the greater part of Warren, Rhode Island.
In 1694
Rehoboth was decreased by
the incorporation of Attleborough and in 1812 Seekonok
was set off
[Richard THOMAS from
"History of Rehoboth" by BLISS 5 August 2003]
1668 "The third and last land
purchase was a tract embracing the present towns of
Attleborough,
Massachusetts and Cumberland, Rhode Island.
This was known as the
"North Purchase"
[Richard THOMAS from
"History of Rehoboth" by Bliss 5 August 2003]
1668 "A Quite-Claim Deed from King
Phillip (Indian Chief) on the 20th March 1668 King
Phillip, who had succeeded
his brother, Alexander as Sachem of the Wampanoages or
Pokanokets, as they are sometimes
called, confirmed to the town the purchase of the
"Ten Mile
Square" made of Massasoit or Ossamequin, his father in 1641, and
relinquished all claim
and title to the land by giving the town
Quit-Claim warrantee
deed. Among the names on the deed are Robert,
Jeremiah and Ephraim WHEATON"
(Richard THOMAS from
"History of Rehoboth" by Bliss)
1670/1 Robert appears on the Rehoboth Tax
List (David J WHEATON 19 September 2004]
1674 Robert appears on the Rehoboth Tax
List (David J WHEATON 19 September 2004]
1675 "King Phillip's War - the
first attack by the Indians was on Rehoboth. This attack was
on a Sunday. The Indians surrounded original 1667 Church
and six inside were
killed and church burned.
(Still feel I have the Rehoboth and Swansea churches
mixed up-JKW)
[ Massachesetts Archives,
N.Y, Public Library Vicki EBELSHEISER 1 October 2001)
"During King Philip's
war, he (Robert) and other settlers had to abandon their homes,
but he eventually returned
["New England
Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series" Author: CUTTER,
William Richard
Publication: 1913. Reprint Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Inc., 1996]
1676/7 Robert on list of Rehoboth men who
advanced money to the town to help defray the
cost of King Philip's
War. Robert advanced £2. 04s. 10d.
1679 The second Swansea church was
built near Tyler's Point. (The third church was built at
Tyler's Point and then
moved over the ice on the Palmer River to North Swansea in
1717 (the present site).
This building, the one Ephraim would have known, was torn
down in 1845 to build our
fourth 1848 building."
[Dr HARTMAN to Richard
THOMAS 15 April 2003]
1683 "18 August - Robert WHEATON
gave deed of land in North Purchase, now town
of Attleboro to his son
Benjamin" (Richard THOMAS from "History of Rehoboth" by Bliss)
1683 John Wheaton appointed
1687 2 Oct Robert made his Will - See
below
1688 After merger of Plymouth and
Massachusetts Bay colonies in 1688, the old
Plymouth Colony was
divided into three counties, with Rehoboth in new Bristol County
(David J WHEATON 19
September 2004]
1689 Appears on a list of land owners
1696 "Died Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, age 90 or Providence, Rhode Island
[Judy KNEE from Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001; Jbbullock@earthlink.net;
pcgallah@bellsouth.net)
Buried "ancient
burying ground near homestead farm near grave of son Ephraim"
[Documents held by Stephan
PYENTA, Michigan, USA June 2001)
1695/6 Probate granted 24 February.
"The document was signed by a mark suggesting that
Robert was not an educated
man. The estate was inventoried at a
modest
£75.10s.08d and considered
mostly of his house and lands (£51), household items
of furtniture, and
livestock. The inventory also included a
gun and sword.
(David J WHEATON 19
September 2004]
Homestead
was in south part of town, lived in by consecutive generations of WHEATON until
date of Commemorative Biographical Record (c1900?).
Divided
property before making Will
Will
of Robert WHEATON
Be it
known unto all men by these presents, that I, Robert WHEATON of the Town of
Rehoboth in ye county of Bristol, in his Majesties Territory and Dominion of
New England, being weak & aged, yet through the goodness of god of a good
competent memory and understanding, do this second day of October 1687, make
this my last will and testament hereby revoking and disannulling and making
void all former wills and testaments made by me.
I
give and bequeath unto my eldest son Joseph and to the heirs of his body,
Twenty acres of land that was laid out on the East side of Palmers River and a
parcel of Salt Marsh at the hundred acres above the Dirth, and Ten pounds
Estate of Commons in Rehoboth. And if it
so happen that Joseph die without issuance then all the said lands given to my
said son Joseph at his decease (allowing the thirds to his wife her lifetime,)
shall descend to my son Samuel's children.
I
give and bequeath to my son Jeremiah my lot last laid out in Wachamoket Neck,
and my Meadow at Busliy Meadow , and Ten Pounds Estate of Commons in Rehoboth
to him & his heirs and assign forever.
I
give and bequeath unto my son John and his heirs & assign forever Ten
Pounds Estate of Commons in the Town of Rehoboth.
I
give and bequeath unto my son Obadiah & his heirs assign forever all the
rest of my lands in the North Purchase the lands which I have not given
"to my sons Ephraim & Benjamin by Deed under my hand & seal.
I
give unto my son Ephraim Twenty acres of land at Palmers River & a piece of
meadow at Palmers River, being the upper piece joining to Rivo Leonards and a
third part of the undivided land on the North side and Ten Pounds of Commons in
Rehoboth all which is lands and meadow I have given his as appears by Deed and
Gift.
I give
unto my son Benjamin over half of my fifty acre lot on the North side and my
share of Meadow on the North side and one third part of my Undivided land in
the North Purchase all which I have formerly given a Deed and Gift.
I
give to my son Samuel's children Ten Pounds Estate of Commons in Rehoboth to
them their heirs & assigns forever.
I
give and bequeath unto my three Daughters, Berthia, Hannah & Mary Twelve
Pounds apiece.
I
give and bequeath to my beloved wife Alice my House & lands & Meadows
Divided and Undivided and all my house-hold Goods & Stock of cut wood of
all sorts which I have not before disposed of for her comfortable lively
hood. And that at her deceased she shall
leave Liberty & Authority to Dispose of it according to her disercression.
It is
my Will & I do hereby ordain & appoint my Beloved Wife Alice to be my
Sole Executor of this my last will.
It is
likewise my will that if it please god by his providence so to order that if my
beloved wife die before me that what housing lands or other Estate which I have
given my wife by this will or what remains of it at my death shall be equally
divided among my children both sons and daughters. And it is my will that my Son Joseph have my
house & home lot Upon and Indifferent appraisal made by indifferent men
paying the value so appraised to his brother & sisters. In witness hereof that this is my last Will
& Testament, I have hereunto sell my hand and seal the day & year first
written on this will.
Robert
Wheaton
Signed,
Sealed & Acknowledged in the presence of us.
John Peck
William Carpenter
John Butterworth
Proved, the 24th Feb. 1695(6)
Ent March 2, 1695(6)
John
Carey, Reg'.
(The
will is from "Robert Wheaton and some of his Descendants 1636-1888"
From: Genealogy of one line of the Converse, Wheaton, Edwards & Coolidge
Families Gc 929.2 C7696h 1887
Boston" sent by Judy KNEE.
Kneez@msn.com )
More
About Robert WHEATON:
Burial:
Unknown, "ancient burying ground near homestead farm near grave of son Ephraim"8
Emigration:
Abt. 1636, To America9,10
Occupation:
Tanner11
Probate:
24 February 1695/9612
Residences:
See Notes
Will:
2 October 1687, Alice/Alace WHEATON executrix of Will13
Notes
for Alice BOWEN:
Information
from David J WHEATON 19 September 2004
Elce
and Alce were variations of Alice
"(Richard
BOWEN (father of Alice) was another of the founders of Rehoboth and he acquired
large tracts of real estate along the river, "running under the bridge
called "BOWEN's bridge afterwards!.
Richard BOWEN was admitted a freeman, June 5 1651; held various town
offices. He married (first) Ann (???)
who came from England with seven children; he married (second) in 1648,
Elizabeth MARSH, widow of George MARSH)"
From "New England Families
Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series" Author:
CUTTER, William Richard Publication:
1913. Reprint Baltimore Genealogical
Publishing Co., Inc., 1996
Information
from David WHEATON 25/11/2004
There
is evidence that Richard, Alice's father, was born in Glamorganshire, Wales in
about 1594. The name of Richard's first
wife, whom he probably marrid in Wales and is the mother of all of Richard's
children is unknown. She is frequently
identified as Ann without documentation.
Richard's second wife was Elizabeth, widow of George MARSH of Weymouth,
Massachusetts. Richard BOWEN is believed
to have emigrated to America in 1640 and probably lived in Salem for a short
time before moving to Weymouth and then to Rehoboth in 1643
NOTES
FOR ROBERT WHEATON, included here as no more space available in Robert's Notes
Information
from David J WHEATON 21/9/2005
In
his article, "The Ancestry, Wives, and Children of Richard BOWEN of
Weymouth and Rehoboth, Massachusetts", Richard LeBaron BOWEN Jr. points
out that the will of Richard BOWEN identifies Richard's daughter Alice as the
wife of Robert WHEATON. BOWEN also mentions that Robert WHEATON is often said
to be from Wales based on the false assumption that he was a follower of Rev.
John MYLES of Swansea, Wales. MYLES established a Baptist chapel at Rehoboth in
1666 as is believed to have brought over some of his following from his native
Swansea. However, BOWEN produced several contemporary documents to show that Robert
WHEATON came to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636, thirty years prior to Rev.
MYLES' appearance in the New World. BOWEN also points to the 1775 declaration
of Nathaniel WHEATON in Providence, Rhode Island, town records.
In a
Nathaniel WHEATON (Robert's great-grandson) genealogy registered in the vital
records of Providence, Rhode Island, on 31 August 1775 is written: "A
Genealogy from Robert WHEATON the first of the Name of the WHEATONs that came
over from England to Salem in New England AD 1636 about 30 Years of Age and
there married Elce BOWEN Daughter of Richard BOWEN from thence Removed to
Rehoboth AD 1645 and there Lived and Died AD 1696 about 90 years of Age. Their
Offspring Joseph WHEATON, Samuel WHEATON & Jeremiah WHEATON Born at Salem,
Obadiah WHEATON, John WHEATON, Bethia WHEATON, Hannah WHEATON, Mary WHEATON,
Ephraim WHEATON & Benjamin WHEATON Born at Rehoboth..."
This
is obviously an important document for several reasons. Nathaniel WHEATON was
apparently quoting from a record of the family that existed in the year 1775,
139 years after the family arrived in New England. It proves that Robert
WHEATON was born about 1605/6 in England and not Wales, and that he was early
at Salem before settling in Rehoboth. It also confirms that he married "Elce"
BOWEN, daughter of Richard BOWEN. Elce and Alce were variations of Alice.
Richard
LeBaron BOWEN states that Robert WHEATON first appears in Salem town records in
1636/7, which is consistent with Nathaniel WHEATON's account of his
great-grandfather. The marriage to Alice BOWEN appears to have occurred well
before their migration to Rehoboth. This suggests that Richard BOWEN, Alice's
father, may have lived in the Massachusetts Bay prior to his settlement in
Rehoboth. Three references to Robert WHEATON are found in the records of Salem.
The original records are in old English script and difficult to read for the
untrained eye (copies in both the original text and a nineteenth century
transcript have been copied)
Children
of Robert WHEATON and Alice BOWEN are:
i. Joseph2
WHEATON14, b. Abt. 1641, Salem, Essex, Massachussets, USA15;
d. 15 September 1692, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA16.
Notes
for Joseph WHEATON:
All
information from Judy KNEE sent via Jarel WHEATON 14/3/2001
Addresses
1669 Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
1669 Drew lands in Swansea
1670 Gave Deeds of lands to Thomas WOOD
1676 Trooper under Captain HUTCHENSON in
King Philip's War
Member of Baptist Church,
Swansea
Information
on Circular chart sent by Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
Joseph
was unmarried
More
About Joseph WHEATON:
Residences:
See Notes
2. ii. Samuel
WHEATON, b. Abt. 1643, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; d. 2 February 1683/84,
Swansea, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA.
3. iii. Jeremiah
WHEATON, b. Abt. 1645, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; d. 13 September 1719,
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
4. iv. Christopher
WHEATON, b. Abt. 1646, Salem, Massachusetts, USA or Rehoboth, Massachusetts,
USA (See Notes); d. 20 March 1683/84, Hull, Massachusetts, USA Age 39.
5. v. Obadiah
WHEATON, b. 20 January 1647/48, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d.
Unknown.
6. vi. John WHEATON,
b. 20 April 1650, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 25 July 1737, Swansea,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Age 88.
7. vii. Bethia
WHEATON, b. 20 May 1652, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 16 April
1709, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
8. viii. Hannah/Anna
WHEATON, b. 18 September 1654, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 7
October 1724, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
9. ix. Mary WHEATON,
b. 4 November 1656, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Bet. 1746 - 1753.
10. x. Reverend,
Elder Ephraim WHEATON, b. 20 October 1659, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA; d. 25 April 1734, Age 75 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts,
USA or 22 November.
11. xi. Benjamin
WHEATON, b. 28 February 1661/62, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 12
August 1726, Mendon, Massachusetts, USA.
Generation No. 2
2.
Samuel2 WHEATON (Robert1)17
was born Abt. 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA18, and
died 2 February 1683/84 in Swansea, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA19,20,20,21. He married Elizabeth WOOD22
5 December 1678 in Swansea, Plymouth Colony, USA22,23. She was born 1658 in Rehoboth, Massachesetts,
USA24, and died 21 January 1727/28 in Bowentown, Cumberland
County, New Jersey, USA (now Cohansey, Salem Co.)24,25.
Notes
for Samuel WHEATON:
1670 Drew lands in Swansea
Trooper in Captain HUTCHENSON's
company
Member of Baptist Church
{Judy KNEE sent via Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001]
1683/4 Elizabeth WHEATON, widow, is appointed to
adminster the estate of Samuel WHEATON
[David J WHEATON 19 September 2004)
Information
from Jeanette DIEFENBAUGH 12/7/2005
How
did Samuel die?
This
was around the time that the Indian's burned half of the homes and barns in
Swansea and Rehoboth. During King
Phillip's War Samuel WHEATON served as a trooper under Captain HUTENSON's
Company...
See
Bliss "History of Rehoboth"...
Elizabeth
WOOD née WHEATON lost her husband Samuel WHEATON before her son Samuel was
born. She married Samuel BOWEN Snr.
Notes
for Elizabeth WOOD:
1683/4 Elizabeth WHEATON, widow, is appointed to
adminster the estate of Samuel WHEATON
[David J WHEATON 19 September
2004)
Information
from Jeanette DIEFENBAUGH 13/7/2005 and
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29.6.2006
The
New Jersey Genesis, April 1970 edition, located at the Cumberland County
Historical Society
"Sometime
between February 12, 1700/1701 and December 30, 1703,. very probably in 1702,
Samuel BOWEN, his wife, their children, and her sons, Jonathan and Noah
WHEATON, by her first husband, Samuel WHEATON, came from Rhode Island and
joined the Baptist Meeting of which Rev. Timothy BROOKS was pastor. . . . . .
"On
May 26, 1684, at Swansea, Massachusetts, Samuel BOWEN married Elizabeth
WHEATON, widow of Samuel WHEATON. As Elizabeth Wood, she married Samuel WHEATON
on December 5, 1678 at Swansea."
Elizabeth
Wood WHEATON remarried 26 May 1684 Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts
to Samuel BOWEN and had the following
children:
John Bowen b. May 17, 1685 in Swansea
Samuel Bowen b. Jan. 1, 1687/8 in Rehoboth
Daniel Bowen b. Aug. 1, 1690 in Rehoboth
Elijah Bowen b. Aug. 4, 1695 in Rehoboth
Joshua Bowen b. Dec. 1, 1696 in Rehoboth
Mary Bowen b. Feb. 9, 1698 in Bristol, now RI
Clifton Bowen b. Feb. 12, 1700/1 in Bristol, now RI
Children
of Samuel WHEATON and Elizabeth WOOD are:
12. i. Jonathan3
WHEATON, b. 3 March 1678/79, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 1713,
Salem County, New Jersey, USA.
13. ii. Noah
WHEATON, b. 2 July 1681, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 1716,
Cohansey, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA.
iii. James
WHEATON26, b. Abt. 168227; d. 6 September
168328.
14. iv. Samuel
WHEATON, b. 21 July 1683, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
3.
Jeremiah2 WHEATON (Robert1)29
was born Abt. 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA30,31,
and died 13 September 1719 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA32. He married Hannah or Joanna AMIDON or
AMMADOWNE33,34 September 1665 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA35,36,36. She was born 20 September 1652 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA37, and died 13 September 1719 in
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA38.
Notes
for Jeremiah WHEATON:
Addresses
1689 Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
[Judy KNEE sent via Jarel
WHEATON 14 March 2001
1673/4 Agreement of the heirs of Roger
ANNADOWNE shows that Roger's
daughter Hannah is the
wife of Jeremiah WHEATON
(David J WHEATON 19
September 2004 and Philip BEDIENT 29/6/2006))
More
About Jeremiah WHEATON:
Residences:
See Notes
Notes
for Hannah or Joanna AMIDON or AMMADOWNE:
1673/4 Agreement of the heirs of Roger
ANNADOWNE shows that Roger's
daughter Hannah is the
wife of Jeremiah WHEATON
(David J WHEATON 19
September 2004)
More
About Hannah or Joanna AMIDON or AMMADOWNE:
Burial:
Unknown, as Anna widow39
Children
of Jeremiah WHEATON and Hannah AMMADOWNE are:
15. i. Hannah3
WHEATON, b. 3 July 1666, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 3 June 1775,
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
ii. Jeremiah
WHEATON40, b. 8 March 1669/70, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA40,41; d. Unknown; m. Mary GILBERT42,
12 June 1723, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA42; b.
Abt. 167443; d. Unknown.
iii. John
WHEATON44, b. 2 September 1671, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA44,45; d. Unknown.
iv. Sarah
WHEATON46, b. 29 September 1673, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA46,47; d. Unknown.
v. Martha
WHEATON48, b. Abt. 1675, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA48;
d. Unknown.
vi. Ebenezer
WHEATON49, b. 7 March 1677/78, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA49,50; d. 18 March 1702/03, Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA50.
vii. Mary or
Mehitable or Mercy WHEATON51,52, b. 2 April 1681, Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA53,54; d. Bef. 171655;
m. Samuel FISKE56, 16 March 1702/03, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA56,57; b. 5 July 1680, Swansea, Bristol
Co., Massachusetts, USA57; d. Bef. 1763, Johnstown, Rhode
Island, USA57.
viii. Nathaniel
WHEATON58, b. 6 March 1682/83, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA58,59; d. 20 March 1702/03, Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA59.
16. ix. Tabitha
WHEATON, b. 1687, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; d. 1737, Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut, USA.
4.
Christopher2 WHEATON (Robert1)60,61
was born Abt. 1646 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA or Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
(See Notes)62, and died 20 March 1683/84 in Hull,
Massachusetts, USA Age 3963,64,65. He married Martha PRINCE66,67,68
1674 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA69. She was born 10 August 1645 in Hingham,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA70,71, and died Unknown.
Notes
for Christopher WHEATON:
All
information for Judy KNEE sent via Jarel WHEATON 14/3/2001
Various
messages between JKW and Richard THOMAS about the fact the Robert's son
Christopher was not mentioned in his Will, nor were any of his descendants
Latest
information received from David J WHEATON 19/9/2004
This
is based on details from Nathaniel WHEATON (Robert's
great-great-grandson). It does not
contain any information about there being a son Christopher. However, as I have descendants for him I have
left him as Robert's son. I should be
pleased to hear from anyone connected to this line so that we can clarify the
problem and so provide accurate information.
Addresses
1675 Hull, Massachusetts, USA
Soldier in Captain JOHNSON's
Company during the Indian War
Information
on Circular chart from Bonnie WHEATON
Christopher
does not appear
Nor
has he appeared in the information received from Philip BEDIENT, not is he in J
B BULLOCK's Rootsweb World Connect information. George W WHEATON does not have
him in this family either
More
About Christopher WHEATON:
Inventory:
£79. 7s. 6d72
Occupation:
Mariner, Fisherman73
Residences:
See Notes
Will:
6 May 1684, Boston74,75
Child
of Christopher WHEATON and Martha PRINCE is:
17. i. Christopher3
WHEATON, b. Abt. 1676, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; d. 8 June 1718,
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
5.
Obadiah2 WHEATON (Robert1)76,77
was born 20 January 1647/48 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA78,79,80,81,
and died Unknown. He married Sarah
UNKNOWN wife of Obadiah WHEATON82 Bef. 1684 in Scituate,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA82. She was born Abt. 166083,
and died Unknown.
Notes
for Obadiah WHEATON:
All
information for Judy KNEE sent via Jarel WHEATON 14/3/2001
Addresses
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
1675 Joined Captain JOHNSON's company in the
wa
From
David WHEATON 25/11/2004
3
June report: Obadiah was a soldier in King Philip's War of 1675-76. This was an extensive Indian conflict that
devastated nearly half the towns in New England. Mendon was one of the towns that suffered an
attack. Obadiah served in Capt. Isaac
JOHNSON's Company from the town of Milton.
Christopher WHEATON served in the same company from the town of
Hingham. Obadiah was apparently with
Captain JOHNSON when he was killed in December 1675 during the Narragansett
Campaign.
More
About Obadiah WHEATON:
Residences:
See Notes
Children
of Obadiah WHEATON and Sarah WHEATON are:
i. Alice3
WHEATON84, b. 4 March 1683/84, Scituate, Plymouth,
Massachusetts, USA84; d. Unknown.
ii. Obadiah
WHEATON85, b. 9 November 168585; d.
Unknown.
iii. Jerusha
WHEATON86, b. Abt. 169086; d. Bef. 172086;
m. Benjamin SILVESTER86, 16 November 1710, Scituate,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA86; b. 11 December 1680,
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA86; d. 14 March 1760,
Hanover, Massachusetts, USA86.
Notes
for Jerusha WHEATON:
Circular
Chart from Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
Jerusha
WHEATON was no included on this chart
iv. Ruth
WHEATON87, b. 13 November 169487; d.
Unknown.
v. Joseph
WHEATON87, b. 18 March 1696/9787; d.
Unknown.
vi. Deborah
WHEATON87, b. 24 February 1699/0087; d. Unknown.
vii. Samuel
WHEATON87, b. 22 January 1701/0287; d.
Unknown.
viii. Lydiah
WHEATON88, b. 22 December 1704, Scituate, Plymouth,
Massachusetts, USA88; d. Unknown.
6.
John2 WHEATON (Robert1)89,90
was born 20 April 1650 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA91,92,93,
and died 25 July 1737 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Age 8894,95. He married Elizabeth THURBER96
Abt. 167797. She was
born Abt. 1658 in England98,99, and died Aft. 1737.
Notes
for John WHEATON:
1683 John WHEATON was appointed surveyor of
highways for the town of Swanse
(David J WHEATON 19 September
2004)
Will
of John WHEATON (Jbbullock@earthlink.net)
Will
of John WHEATEN of Swan., Blacksmith, 'bring Grown into old age,' dtd. 25 May
1736, prob. 1 August 1737. Wife
Elezebeth, Sons: Joseph WHEATON of Reho., James WHEATEN (dcd), Samuel WHEATEN
(dcd), John WHEATEN )dcd) & Isaac WHEATEN. Daus: Mary INGRAHAM, Charity
BOURN, Pricilla HIX, Patiance HIX, Grson William Hix, Grdau Elezebeth CHACE dau
of my son John dcd. Friends Robert JOLES & Joseph MASON to be Execs Incl.
lands in Swan & Barr. Witns: John
THROOPE, Ebenezer LUTHER & John BUTTERWORTH
From
Austin W SPENCER to Jean SHERWOOD via Jarel WHEATON 8/1/2003
"An
estate division of 1 Aug 1752 names a son James04. (Rounds Bristol County
Probate Files, 1745-1762, 125) who is names as deceased in the order for
partition of his mother's estate 2 Dec 1760 (ibid 277-9)
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Bristol
Co. MA probate document dated 3 July 1706 -
"KNOW
All Men by these Presents, That We Priscilla THURBER widow & relict of John
THURBER, late of Swanzey deceased, and John THURBER son & John WHEATON son
in law all of Swanzey in the county of
Bristoll
- - -"
*
Note: "Mr John WHEATEN Departed this Lif July 25:1737 abought 5 a Clok
being in his Eighty Eight yers old".
[Swansea VR, 1992, p. 219.]
*
Probate: 1 SEP 1737 Swansea, Bristol, MA
*
Note: "Inv. of Est. of John WHEATEN of Swan., dtd. 1 Sept. 1737, pres. by
Robert JOLES & Joseph MASON Execs. Apprs: Barnard HALL, Ebenezer LUTHER
& John CHILD [8:531/30A][page numbering error]." [Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 264.]
*
Note: "Order to Robert JOLES of Brist., & Joseph MASON of Swan.,
Yeoman, Execs. of Est. of John WHEATEN of Swan., dtd. 1 Aug. 1737
[8:500]." [Bristol Abstracts -1,
p. 261.]
*
Note: "Will of John WHEATEN of Swan., Blacksmith, 'being Grown into old
age, ' dtd. 25 May 1736, prob. 1 Aug. 1737. Wife Elezebeth. Sons: Joseph
WHEATON of Reho., James WHEATEN (dcd.), Samuel WHEATEN (dcd.), John
WHEATEN(dcd.) & Isaac WHEATEN. Daus: Mary INGRAHAM, Charity BOURN, Pricilla
HIX & Patiance HIX. Grson. William HIX. Grdau. Elezebeth CHACE dau. of my
son John dcd. Friends Robert JOLES & Joseph MASON to be Execs. Incl. lands
in Swan & Barr. Witns: John THROOPE, Ebenezer LUTHER & John
BUTTERWORTH[8:500/1/2]."
More
About John WHEATON:
Inventory:
Pre. by Robert JOLES & Joseph MASON Execs.
Apprs. Barnard HALL, Ebenezer LUTHER & John CHILD (8:531/30A)(page
numbering error) (Bristol Abstracts-1 p 264)100
Occupation:
Blacksmith100
Probate:
1 September 1737, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA101
Will:
25 May 1736, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. See notes102,103
Notes
for Elizabeth THURBER:
florence@gargaro.com
wrote:
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You
give Elizabeth Carpenter as the wife of John Wheaton. I have Elizabeth Thurber
as his wife. Until recently, although I had multiple reliable sources for this,
I lacked a primary source. I now have one - a photocopy of the original Bristol
County MA 1706 probate record of the will of John Thurber. That record clearly
refers to "John Wheaton"
Children
of John WHEATON and Elizabeth THURBER are:
18. i. Charity3
WHEATON, b. Aft. 1677, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. cdunn3@ao.com gives about 1700; d. Unknown.
19. ii. John
WHEATON, b. 10 January 1678/79, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 20
February 1705/06, Swanzey, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Age 27.
20. iii. Samuel
WHEATON, b. 10 January 1678/79, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Bef. 1
June 1708, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachsets, USA.
iv. Nathaniel
WHEATON103, b. 25 July 1681, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts,
USA103; d. 20 November 1709, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachsets, USA104.
Notes
for Nathaniel WHEATON:
Not
mentioned in father's Will 1737
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 26/6/2006
Note:
"Inv. of Est. of Nathaniel Wheaton of Swan. who died 20 Nov. 1709, dtd. 22
[no month] 1709/10, pres. 5 Apr. 1710 by John Wheaton of Swan., his
father. Apprs: Joseph Mason & John Kenicut
2:284]." [Bristol Abstracts-1,
p. 47.]
More
About Nathaniel WHEATON:
Probate:
October 1709, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts. USA104
v. James
WHEATON105, b. 23 July 1683, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachsets, USA105,106; d. 6 September 1683, Swansea,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Age 6 weeks107,108.
vi. Mary
WHEATON109, b. 25 July 1685, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts,
USA110; d. Unknown; m. John INGRAHAM111,112,
9 October 1707, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA112;
b. 5 May 1676, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA112,113;
d. Unknown.
Notes
for Mary WHEATON:
Mary
INGRAHAM mentioned in father's Will 1737
21. vii. James
WHEATON, b. 16 November 1686, a twin - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
(See notes); d. 1731, See Notes.
22. viii. Captain
Joseph WHEATON, b. 16 November 1686, a twin - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts,
USA; d. Abt. May 1751, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA See Notes.
ix. Priscilla
WHEATON114, b. 9 June 1689, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts,
USA (or 1684 Jbbullock@earthlink.net)114,115; d. Aft. 1736;
m. John HIX or HICKS116,117, 16 September 1714, Swansea,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA117; b. 1689, Swansea,
Massachusetts, USA118; d. 10 November 1776, Swansea,
Massachusetts, USA118.
Notes
for Priscilla WHEATON:
Priscilla
HIX mentioned in father's Will 1737
x. Israel
WHEATON119, b. 23 August 1692, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA119; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Israel WHEATON:
Not
mentioned in father's Will 1737
23. xi. Isaac
WHEATON, b. 5 March 1694/95, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Aft.
1736.
24. xii. Patience
WHEATON, b. 6 October 1698, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
7.
Bethia2 WHEATON (Robert1)120,121
was born 20 May 1652 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA122,123,124,
and died 16 April 1709 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA124,125. She married William BLANDING126
4 September 1674 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA126,127. He was born Abt. 1647 in Upton,
Worcestershire128, and died Bef. 31 May 1699 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (see notes)128,129.
Notes
for William BLANDING:
Information
from Judy KNEE sent via Jarel WHEATON 14/3/2001
Addresses
1674 Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
Notes
for WILLIAM WillettBLANDING from Frank OSGOOD via Jarel WHEATON 24/12/2002
William
Blanding was the first of his name in Rehoboth (Fitts, James Hill, Lane
Genealogies Vol II, Exeter, NH.: The News-Letter Press. 1897)
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
William
BLANDING died before 31 May 1699
His
wife was called a widow in the division of her father's estate, 31 May 1699.
His surname was spelled "Plantin" in the probate record.
More
About William BLANDING:
Residences:
See Notes
Children
of Bethia WHEATON and William BLANDING are:
i. William3
BLANDING130, b. 2 May 1676, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA130; d. 25 November 1724, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA131; m. (1) Elizabeth PERRY131,
Aft. 16 October 1708, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA131;
b. 7 January 1686/87, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA131;
d. 26 January 1709/10, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA131;
m. (2) Mehetabel UNKNOWN wife of William BLANDING131, Abt.
1711131; b. Abt. 1681132; d. Unknown.
Notes
for William BLANDING:
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Note:
"Will of William BLANDING of Reho., Housewrite [sic], dtd. 23 Nov. 1724,
prob. 25 Jan. 1724/5. Wife
Mehetibel, To dau. 'Elezebeth the things
that were her own mothers.' Son
William. My daus. (Son William's sisters): Hester, Mehetibel, Bathia, Sybill &
Rachel. Witns: James REDAWAY, Mary
WILMARTH & David TURNER [5:28/30]."
[Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 115.]
ii. Samuel
BLANDING133, b. 11 April 1680, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA133; d. Unknown.
iii. Obadiah
BLANDING134, b. 14 April 1684, Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, USA134,135;
d. Unknown; m. Mary UNKNOWN wife of Obadiah BLANDING136; b.
Abt. 1689137; d. Bet. 1737 - 1757, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts,
USA138.
iv. Daniel
BLANDING139, b. 25 October 1685, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA139; d. Bef. 20 October 1721, Rehoboth,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA140; m. Mary KENDRICK140,
26 March 1713, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA140; b. 7
February 1682/83, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA140;
d. Unknown.
v. John
BLANDING141, b. 20 June 1687, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA141; d. 26 August 1705, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA142.
vi. Ephraim
BLANDING143, b. 20 October 1689, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA143; d. Bef. 15 August 1690, Rehoboth,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA144.
More
About Ephraim BLANDING:
Burial:
15 August 1690, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA144
vii. Noah
BLANDING145, b. 7 March 1689/90, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA145; d. Unknown; m. (1) Sarah PERRY146,
Aft. 28 March 1713, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA147;
b. 30 July 1693, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA148;
d. 14 September 1715, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA148;
m. (2) Rebecca UNKNOWN wife of Noah BLANDING148, Abt. 1720148;
b. Abt. 1694149; d. 13 October 1732, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA150; m. (3) Martha COOPER150,
4 January 1737/38, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA150;
b. 11 April 1709, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA150;
d. Bef. 11 November 1748, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA150.
8.
Hannah/Anna2 WHEATON (Robert1)151,152,153
was born 18 September 1654 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA154,155,156,
and died 7 October 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA157,158. She married Capt John (?) BUTTERWORTH159
4 September 1674 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, USA160. He was born 8 September 1651 in Rehoboth,
Plymouth Colony, USA161,162, and died 20 March 1730/31 in
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA162.
Notes
for Capt John (?) BUTTERWORTH:
Witness
to the last Will of Robert WHEATON
From
Richard THOMAS 2/12/2003
"The
men who helped establish the First Baptist church in Swansea along with John
MYLES were James BROWN, Nich TANNER, Joseph CARPENTER and John
BUTTERWORTH"
From
Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
*
Probate: 28 APR 1731 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
*
Note: "Inv. of Est. of Capt. John BUTTERWORTH of Reho., dtd. 28 Apr. 1731,
pres. by Noah BUTTERWORTH, his son & Exec. Apprs: Abiah CARPENTER, Benjamin
HUNT & Edward GLOVER[7:169]."
[Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 194.]
*
Will: 3 NOV 1724 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
*
Note: "Will of Capt. John BUTTERWORTH of Reho., Yeoman, dtd. 3 Nov. 1724,
prob. 20 Apr. 1731. No wife mentioned. Sons: John (eldest), Samuel & Noah
BUTTERWORTH. Daus: Sarah Read, Mary Jencks & Patience Perry. Grson. Seth
Titus (under 21). Niece Experiance Cook dau. of my brother Benjamin
Butterworth. Grdau. Patience Titus, Grdau. Bethia Lyon. Son Noah to be Exec.
Witns: John Greenwood, David Turner & Timothy Walker [7:147/8/9]."
[Bristol
Abstracts-1, p. 193.]
Children
of Hannah/Anna WHEATON and John BUTTERWORTH are:
i. Sarah3
BUTTERWORTH163, b. 14 September 1675, Rehoboth, Plymouth
Colony, USA163; d. Bef. 4 April 1749, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA164; m. Thomas READ165,
21 June 1699, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA166; b. 23
July 1672, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA167;
d. 3 May 1729, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA168.
Notes
for Sarah BUTTERWORTH:
Daughter
Sarah READ mentioned in father's Will 1731
ii. Mary
BUTTERWORTH169, b. 20 October 1677, Rehoboth, Plymouth
Colony, USA169; d. Aft. 1726170; m.
Ebenezer JENCKES171, 4 March 1695/96, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA172; b. Abt. 1669172; d.
17 October 1726, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA172.
Notes
for Mary BUTTERWORTH:
Daughter
Mary JENCKS mentioned in father's Will 1731
More
About Ebenezer JENCKES:
Occupation:
Pastor of First Baptist Church of Providence (RI Dictionary, Austin, p113)172
iii. John
BUTTERWORTH173, b. 7 May 1679, Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, USA173;
d. 11 December 1771, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA "in 93rd
year"174; m. Mary PECK174, 1 March
1710/11, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA174; b. 2 May 1689,
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA174; d. 7
February 1775, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA174.
Notes
for John BUTTERWORTH:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1731
iv. Hannah
BUTTERWORTH175, b. 14 February 1680/81, Rehoboth, Plymouth
Colony, USA175; d. 1 February 1708/09, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA176; m. John TITUS176,
Abt. 1700, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA176; b. 12
March 1678/79, Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, USA176; d. 15 April
1758, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA176.
Notes
for Hannah BUTTERWORTH:
Not
mentioned in father's Will 1731
v. Elizabeth
BUTTERWORTH177, b. 15 January 1682/83, Rehoboth, Plymouth
Colony, USA177; d. 13 June 1708, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA "in 26th year"178; m. Daniel
CARPENTER178, 30 March 1704, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA178;
b. 8 October 1669, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA178; d. 14
September 1721, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA178.
Notes
for Elizabeth BUTTERWORTH:
Not
mentioned in father's Will 1731
vi. Nathaniel
BUTTERWORTH179, b. 26 March 1685, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA179; d. 8 February 1709/10, Rehoboth,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA180.
Notes
for Nathaniel BUTTERWORTH:
Not
mentioned in father's Will 1731
vii. Samuel
BUTTERWORTH181, b. 31 March 1687, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA181; d. 28 March 1738, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA182; m. Patience PERRY182,
1 March 1714/15, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA182; b.
21 January 1695/96, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA182;
d. 2 November 1773, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA182.
Notes
for Samuel BUTTERWORTH:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1731
viii. Noah
BUTTERWORTH183, b. 31 December 1689, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA183; d. 27 April 1736, Rehoboth,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA184; m. (1) Judith BOSWORTH184,
10 June 1712, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA184; b. 12
February 1689/90, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA184;
d. 6 May 1733, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA184;
m. (2) Penelope BROWN185, Bet. 1733 - 1735185;
b. 17 May 1699, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA185; d. 10 July
1759, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA185.
Notes
for Noah BUTTERWORTH:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1731
25. ix. Patience
BUTTERWORTH, b. 8 July 1693, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
x. Ebenezer
BUTTERWORTH186, b. 6 May 1699, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA186; d. 11 February 1699/00, Rehoboth,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA187.
Notes
for Ebenezer BUTTERWORTH:
Not
mentioned in father's Will 1731
9.
Mary2 WHEATON (Robert1)188,189
was born 4 November 1656 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA190,191,192,
and died Bet. 1746 - 1753193.
She married (1) Thomas MANN194 3 July 1676 in
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA194. He was born 15 August 1650 in Scituate,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA194, and died 18 July 1694 in
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA194. She married (2) Ebenezer DARLING195
30 March 1695 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA195. He was born Abt. 1652196,
and died Unknown.
Notes
for Mary WHEATON:
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
*
Note: Mentioned in the division of her father's estate 31 May 1699 as
"Mary MAN widow."
m.
July 3, 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.
[Rehoboth VR to 1850, p. 238 & 364.]
*
Note: Plymouth Colony VR has marriage date "9th of Aprill 1678".
Notes
for Thomas MANN:
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
*
Note: A "third rank" Swansea Baptist. Was severely wounded in Capt.
Michael PIERCE's Fight in Rehoboth on 26 Mar 1676 and was one of only three
English survivors. [Rehoboth (Bowen),
vol. 3, p. 47.]
*
Note: His wife was referred to as a widow in the division of her father's
estate 31 May 1699.
*
Note: "MAN, Thomas, of Providence. Will dated 12 July 1694, he died 18
July 1694, proved 20 Nov 1694, pgs 256-259. Mentions: Wife Mary MAN. Sons
Thomas eldest under 21, Daniel under 21, & John under 21.. 5 Daughters all
under 18 & unmarried: Rachell, Mary, Bethia, Mehittabell, & Joanna. Wfe
to bring up my children. The meadow I had of my father BLISS -- presumably the
surname of the testator's wife's father[*]. Land, etc of: Isaac ALLINS, Samuel
SABIN, John SHAW, John ALLIN, SHUTTLEWORTH & HEUTON, Richard BOWEN the
Coopper, Ensigne READ, Goddman BROOKES, Samuel BARTLETT, & John REDWAY.
Witn: Thomas READ, Enoch HUNT, Samuel MILLERD, William CARPENTER." [RI Genealogical Register, vol. 12, p.
156.]
*
Note that BLISS was the surname of his first wife Rachel's father, Jonathan
BLISS.
Thomas
MANN was first married Oct. 28, 1674 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, to Rachel
BLISS, b. Dec. 1, 1651 in Rehoboth, daughter of Jonathan BLISS and Rachel
PUFFERwho d. June 24, 1675 in Swansea. She was killed by an Indian at the
outbreak of King Phillip's War. She was a sister Experience BLISS #969.
Children
of Mary WHEATON and Thomas MANN are:
i. Rachel3
MANN197, b. 15 April 1678, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA197; d. Unknown; m. Nehemiah SHELDON198;
b. 1672, Soouth Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA198;
d. Aft. 1754, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA198.
Notes
for Rachel MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
ii. Mary
MANN199, b. 11 January 1680/81, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA199; d. Unknown; m. Ebenezer DARLING200,
30 March 1698, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA200; b. 8
January 1679/80, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA200;
d. Unknown.
Notes
for Mary MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
iii. Bethiah
MANN201, b. 12 March 1682/83, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA201; d. 6 April 1712, Providence,
Providence County, Rhode Island, USA202; m. Jonathan SPRAGUE202,
28 November 1699, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA202;
b. Abt. 1677203; d. 22 April 1764, Smithfield, Providence
County, Rhode Island, USA204.
Notes
for Bethiah MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
iv. Thomas
MANN205, b. 24 January 1684/85, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA205; d. 24 October 1754, Smithfield,
Providence County, Rhode Island, USA206; m. Mary WHITING206;
b. 13 April 1694, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA206;
d. Unknown.
Notes
for Thomas MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
v. Mehetable
MANN207, b. 17 April 1687, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA207; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Mehetable MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
vi. Joanna
MANN207, b. 24 September 1689, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA207; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Joanna MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
vii. Daniel
MANN207, b. 16 February 1691/92, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA207; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Daniel MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
viii. John MANN207,
b. 1694, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA207; d.
17 December 1782, Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA208;
m. Abigail ARNOLD208, 29 June 1720208; b.
Abt. 1700209; d. Abt. 1775210.
Notes
for John MANN:
Mentioned
in father's Will 1694
10.
Reverend, Elder Ephraim2 WHEATON (Robert1)211,212
was born 20 October 1659 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA213,214,215,
and died 25 April 1734 in Age 75 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA or 22
November216,217. He
married (1) Mary MASON218 7 January 1683/84 in Rehoboth,
Plymouth Colony, USA219,220.
She was born 7 February 1659/60 in Sampson, USA or in Rehoboth, Plymouth
Colony, USA221,222, and died 16 November 1727 in Age 67
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Wife of Elder Ephraim WHEATON223,224,225,226. He married (2) Hannah UNKNOWN wife of Ephraim
WHEATON227 Aft. 1727.
She was born Abt. 1660228, and died Aft. 1734229.
Notes
for Reverend, Elder Ephraim WHEATON:
Information
from Commemorative Biographical Record from Charles WALTHER 27/12/2004
Ephraim
was a man who exerted a great and profound influence for good in the community,
and under his care the church was highly prospered, both spriritually and
temporally. According to records still
extant, within five years he baptized fifty into membership of the church. He died at the age of seventy-fice years, in
the fulness of honors and well-merited affection, and he left four sons and
five daughers, all born of his first marriage.
Information
from Warren WHEATON 4/11/2004
Burial
Place Hill, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
Here
lies Buryed ye Body of Mr Ephraim Wheaton, Elder of ye first Church in Swanzey,
who
having
faithfully served God & his Generation in ye Gospel for ye space of Thirty years, fell asleep in Jesus
with a sure & certain hope of a
Glorious Resurrection to Immortal life,
on April 25th 1734 in ye 75 th year of his age.
21
John 17 14 revel. 13
Information
from Richard THOMAS 1 August 2003
In
May of this year I found the address for the First Baptist Church of Swansea,
so I wrote them a letter asking if this was the same church that Rev Ephraim
WHEATON was the paster and did they have any info on the church.
On
May 15th I got a response from Dr HARTMAN now the pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Swansea, Mass. Web site FBCSwansea@aol.com His info: FBC of Swansea was founded in 1663
by John MYLES. Samuel LUTHER was the second pastor and Ephraim WHEATON was the
third. Samuel LUTHER died in 1716 and
Ephraim took over as pastor until his death in 1734.
BAPTIST
CHURCH IN MASSACHUSETTS
Details
are mainly from Richard THOMAS. He has
done much research concerning the Baptist Church in Massachusetts, visited
Rehoboth and has written to the pastor of Swansea Baptist Church, Dr HARTMAN
who sent much information. {Richard THOMAS May to August 2003]
"The Baptist church established
in Rehoboth was the church where Obadiah Holmes was the
pastor.
The WHEATONs were probably part of this congregation as they were fined
as part of
the congregation when Obadiah Holmes was
jailed and whipped for the practice of baptism
which the other churches were against.
Apparently the founding of the church
in Swansea came about because some of the folks in
Rehoboth were against the Baptist church
and their beliefs and the members of the church were
fined and ordered to desist from holding their meetings which of course
they did not do. Later
on they were ordered to remove their
"meetings" to some other place where they might not
prejudice any other church. In 1667 the Plymouth court granted to these
people "a grant of a
town to be called Swansea, "That the
Baptist might have a resting place."
The name Swansea
was selected because that is where their
first Baptist minister John Myles migrated from,
Swansea, Wales"
Pastor HARTMAN states that "Our
church records go back to 1649 when John MYLES founded
the first Baptist church in Wales, (Ilston, near Swansea). John MYLES migrated to the U.S. after
the restoration of the monarchy in England".
(Ilston is Llanilltud Gwyr in Welsh - with
a cirumflex accent over the W. It is a Village to the
south west of Swansea Airport, 6 miles/10
kms west of Swansea, Wales. According to
the
Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales Record
Office, John MYLES took the Register of Baptisms,
Marriages and Burials for the Ilston Baptist Church with him when he
emigrated to America.
The original is preserved in an Archive in
the USA, but a transcript was made which was
subsequently published. It contains no references to any
WHEATONs. The original book from
the Ilston church brought over by John
Myles is now at Brown University but is
not available to
view.
Robert Wheaton was not noted in the transcribed book, but there are a
host of Bowen's.
Richard Bowen came with money to the U S
and this may be one way that Robert was able to
assemble the amount of land that the acquired.)
"The Swansea church is the third
oldest surviving Baptist congregation in North America, the
grand parent institution for Brown
University and a congregation that
represents and inflow of
Baptist experience separate from the Roger
WILLAIMS and John CLARK traditions. The
First
Baptist Church in Swansea was founded in
1663 by John MYLES. Samuel LUTHER was the
second pastor and Ephraim WHEATON (son of
Robert WHEATON was the third. Samue
LUTHER died in 1716 and Ephraim took over
as pastor until his death in 1734.
Information
from Richard THOMAS 6/8/2003
Samuel
Luther was the second minister of The First Baptist Church of Swansea and
Ephraim Wheaton was the third minister.
The Rev. J.J. Thatcher, pastor in 1863. said, "Mr. Wheaton appears
to have been a man who exerted a great and good influence on the church, and on
others, also, and the church was highly prosperous. According to the records we have, in about
five years after becoming sole pastor, he baptized fifty into membership of the
church. Of this revival, Rev. Wheaton
gave an account in a letter to Mr. Thomas Hollis of London, an eminent Baptist
and the generous founder of the Hollis Professorship in Harvard University, at
Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Hollis responded
with a glowing letter to Rev. Wheaton from London on March 13, 1722 ( which is
to long to include here.)
Rev.
Wheaton ministered in Swansea but his place of residence was Rehoboth where he
died April 26, 1734 aged 75 years. He
lies buried near by a stone marking his grave.
The
descendants of Rev. Ephraim down through years have established the Wheaton
name for at least two cities, one in Illinois which you have on your web site,
and the other Wheaton, Maryland named after General Frank Wheaton. Two colleges have been named after
Wheaton's. Wheaton college in Wheaton,
Illinois was named for Warren and Jessie Wheaton. Wheaton college in Norton Massachusetts. is
named for the daughter of Hon. Laban Wheaton.
From
"History of Rehoboth" by BLISS sent by Richard THOMAS
The
church, which Rev. Ephraim WHEATON, his father Robert, his brothers, John,
Joseph and Samuel were instrumental in organizing was constituted at Rehoboth
in the year 1663. Mr Obadiah HOLMES,
previously of Salem, was their first minister.
Four petitions were soon lodged at court against the members of this
church, one from Rehoboth signed by
thirty-five persons; one signed by all the clergymen in the colony, only two
excepted; the third from Taunton, and the last from the government of
Massachusetts Bay Company.
The
Plymouth magistrated merely ordered them to desist from practices disagreeable
to their brethren. They, however, bound
their leader and minister, Mr HOLMES, in the sum of ten pounds for his
appearances in court. Mr HOLMES was
seized and confined to jail in Boston.
He was charged with the crimes of preaching the Gospel, administering
the sacraments, re-baptizinf persons who had previously been baptized, and
disclaiming against the sprinkling of infants which was proved, he was fined
thirty pounds or to be well whipped. He
was publicly whipped, receiving thirty lashes.
Each member of the church was fined five pounds and ordered by the
government to desist from their meetings.
Later on, they were odered to reove their "meeting" to some
other place, "where they might no prejudice any other church." Still later in 1667, the Plymouth court
granted to these people a "grant of a town to be called Swansea"
"That the Baptists might have a resting place".
The
first minister in the new town of Swansea was Elder John MYLES, who had been
minister over the Baptist church in Swansea, Wales from 1649 to 1662. After the death of Oliver CROMWELL, Charles
II came into power and the Act of Uniformity was passed in 1662, by which some
two thousand of the best ministers were ejected from their places, because they
refused to confirm to the Church of England.
Among these ministers was Elder John MYLES. In this state of affairs, Elder MYLES, and many
members of his Welsh church emigrated, somewhat hastily, to the Americas, and
fortunately for future historians and genealogists, brought over with them the
book of records of their ancient church in Wales. Elder MYLES was the pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Swansea when the King Philip War broke out in 1675. While this church, including the WHEATONs,
were engaged in publich worship, the Indians began to close in around them; and
while the people were wending their way to their homes, the Indians attacked,
killing some outright, and wounding many others, and succeeded in burning more
than half the town. The house of Elder
MYLES was made into a garrison and survived the attack. The King Phillip was lasted two years and
ended with the death of King Phillip.
During the war Joseph WHEATON was a trooper under Captain HUTCHENSON,
Samuel was a trooper under Captin HUTCHENSON, Christopher was a soldier in
Captain JOHNSON's company and Obadiah was a soldier in Captain JOHNSON's
company.
Samuel
LUTHER was the second minister of The First Church of Swansea and Ephraim
WHEATON was the third minister. The Rev.
J J THATCHER, pastor in 1863 said, "Mr WHEATON appears to have been a man
who exerted a great and good influence on the church, and on others, also and
the church was highly prosperous.
According to the records we have, in about five years after becoming
sole pastor, he baptised fifty into membership of the church. Of this revival, Rev. WHEATON gave an account
in a letter to Mr Thomas HOLLIS of London, an eminent Baptist and the generous
founder of the Hollis Professorship in Harvard University, at Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Mr. HOLLIS responded with
a glowing letter to Rev WHEATON from London on March 13 1722.
Rev
WHEATON ministered in Swansea but his place of residence was Rehoboth where he
died April 26, 1734 aged 75 years. He
lies buried near a stone marking his grave.
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
*
Probate: 10 MAY 1734 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
*
Note: "Order to Robart WHEETEN & Daniel WHEETEN, Execs. of Est. of
their father Ephraim WHETEEN of Reho., dtd. 10 May 1734 [8:104]." [Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 229.]
*
Probate: 24 MAY 1734 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
*
Note: "Inv. of Est. of Elder Ephraim WHETON of Reho., dtd. 24 May 1734,
pres. by Robert & Daniel WHEATON, sons & Execs. Mentions real est.
given to Ephraim WHEATEN & to Daniel WHEATEN. Apprs. not listed
[8:127/8]." Apprs: Jonathan
KINGSLEY, Samuel BULLOCK & Jabiz BOSWORTH [8:161]."
[Bristol
Abstracts-1, p. 231 & 233.]
*
Note: "Appt. of Robert WHEETEN & Daniel WHEETEN Yeomen of Reho., to be
Adms. of Est. of their father Ephraim WHEETEN of Reho. dcd. intest., dtd. 19
Nov. 1734 [8:161]."
*
Will: 20 MAY 1729 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
*
Note: "Will of Ephraim WHETEEN of Reho., Yeoman, dtd. 20 May 1729, prob.
10 May 1734. Wife Hannah. Sons: James, Ephraim, Robart & Daniel WHETEEN.
Daus: Abigail (to have a room in the house), Mary wife of Richard BULLOCK, Hannah
wife of Isaac BOWEN, Alce wife of Daniel BARNEY & Freelove wife of Josiah
BARNEY. Sons Robart & Daniel to be Execs. Witns: James BOWEN, William WEST
& Obediah BOWEN [8:104/5/6]."
[Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 229.]
"In
1704, Mr. Ephraim WHEATON became associate with Elder LUTHER, and at his death
[1716] sole pastor. [The first Baptist Church in Swansea] In 1718 the church
records seem to begin. Mr. WHEATON appears to have been a man who exerted a
great and good influence on the church, and on others also. His ministry was
eminently successful, and the church was highly prosperous. According to the
records we have, about one hundred were added to the church. He died April 26,
in the seventy-fifth year of his age, and was buried in Rehoboth."
[History of Swansea, 1917, p. 104.]
Information
from Kelly WHEATON 16/5/2009
About
a week ago my husband and I had occasion to visit Rehoboth, MA for the day and
took photos of as many graves and sites as we could. Also took copies of some
of the early deeds. (Unfortuntely we didn't get to the Probate Office which was
in a different town than the Deeds which were in Taunton). I haven't seen any
photos on your website and don't know if you can accommodate these (sending
small copies here). Anyway I'm slowly digesting what we got and will try to put
in a semblance of order. We, by pure luck, happened upon Robert Wheaton's son,
Ephraim's, farm/land in Rehoboth/Seekonk. The farm is split in half by the
towns of Rehoboth and Seekonk which originally were together under the name
Rehoboth. But just to confuse things Rehoboth was called by the native Indians
Secuncke/ Seekonk and later named Rehoboth by pastor Newman. (Seekonk comes
from the Indian name for dark or black swan)
I stopped on Wheaton Ave to take a photo of a pastoral farm and the
neighbor across the way whose husband grew up on the farm told us (and we later
confirmed) that this was Wheaton's (and quite possibly one of Robert's land
holdings). Also located the original Rehoboth settlement which is not in
Rehoboth, MA at all! It is called the "Ring of Green" and is actually
at the location of the Newman Cemetery in Rumford (part of East Providence, RI)
some five miles from the current Town of Rehoboth. So any Wheaton ancestor's
visiting Rehoboth proper are in the wrong place!
More
About Reverend, Elder Ephraim WHEATON:
Burial:
April 1734, Burial Place Hill, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (photo
available)230,231
Medical
Information: It is handed down in the family that Ephraim was kicked in the
abdomen by his coltish horse. On
returning home he said he would never leave his house again "and so it was
proved"232
Occupation:
Baptist Minister233
Probate:
10 May 1734, £1,251. 12s. 7d233
Will:
20 May 1729233
Notes
for Mary MASON:
From
Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Bristol
County, Mass. Wills. Vol. 3, p. 205, Will of Mary Butterworth MASON
Dated
28 Jan 1712/3, probated Dec. 6, 1714.
(In part.)
Imp's. I give & bequeath to my beloved son in
Law Ephraim WHEATON and my Daughter Mary WHEATON his wife All my goods &
cattle which are at his or their house where I now Dwell, Together with all my
Rents & Dues: Due to me from my sone Pelatia MASON; to them the said
Ephraim & Mary WHEATON, their heirs and assigns forever.
And I
ordain Constitute & make my Beloved son in Law Ephraim WHEATON my Executor
of this my Last will and Testament
More
About Mary MASON:
Burial:
November 1727, Burial Place Hill, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA234,235
Children
of Ephraim WHEATON and Mary MASON are:
26. i. James3
WHEATON, b. 27 October 1685, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 28
October 1742, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA.
ii. Abijah
WHEATON236,237, b. 14 March 1686/87, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA238,239,240; d. Unknown; m. Unknown BULLARD,
1737241; b. Abt. 1691242; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Abijah WHEATON:
Daughter
Abigail WHEATON mentioned in father's Will 1734 to have a room in the
house. Was this Abijah?
27. iii. Deacon
Robert WHEATON, b. 14 February 1688/89, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA;
d. 22 November 1780, Age 92 "son of Eld. Ephraim WHEATON".
28. iv. Ephraim
WHEATON, b. 10 January 1690/91, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 1768.
29. v. Mary
WHEATON, b. 25 February 1693/94, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
vi. Hannah
WHEATON243,244, b. 1 March 1695/96, Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA244,245; d. Unknown; m. Isaac BOWEN245,
7 March 1721/22, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA246; b.
Bet. 3 November 1695 - 1696, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA247;
d. Unknown.
Notes
for Hannah WHEATON:
Daughter
Hannah BOWEN mentioned in father's Will 1734
30. vii. Elder
Daniel WHEATON, b. 24 August 1698, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 9
December 1760, age 63 (or 29th December from Charles WALTHER).
31. viii. Alice
or Eless WHEATON, b. 26 November 1700, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA;
d. 3 July 1766, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
32. ix. Freelove
WHEATON, b. 1 June 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
11.
Benjamin2 WHEATON (Robert1)248,249
was born 28 February 1661/62 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA250,251,252,
and died 12 August 1726 in Mendon, Massachusetts, USA253,254. He married Margaret UNKNOWN wife of Benjamin
WHEATON255. She was
born Abt. 1666256, and died Unknown.
Notes
for Benjamin WHEATON:
All
information for Judy KNEE sent via Jarel WHEATON 14/3/2001
1683 Received gift of lands in Attleboro
from his father Robert
Information
from Richard THOMAS 5/8/2003
18
August 1683 Robert WHEATON gave deed of land in the North Purchase now the town
of Attleboro to his son Benjamin.
Information
from David J WHEATON 12/9/2004
"It
is indicated that he was from Mendon, Massachusetts and his occupation was as a
Cooper"
Information
from David WHEATON 25/11/2004
3
June 2004 Report: Suffolk County probate
records reveal that Benjamin died intestate on 12 August 1726. Benjamin's son Benjamin was appointed to
administed the estate on 17 November 1726.
The estate was inventoried at 150 pounds 9 shillings and 6 pence. This document also shows that Benjamin
WHEATON Sr. was a Cooper. The following
April 28th, the court determined that the farm could not be divided between the
heirs without "great prejudice to or spoiling of the whole". The matter was settled by allowing Benjamin,
the second son of Benjamin WHEATON, deceased, to receive title to the farm
provided that he pay his siblings for their share. The widow, Margaret WHEATON, was allowed her
right of dower (one third of the estate) for life. Her share would be divided among the children
after her death. The children and heirs
of Benjamin WHEATON Sr. were identified as Daniel Jeremiah, David and
Benjamin. The eldest son, Samuel, was
excluded from the settlement because he already received his full share during
the life of his father.
A
deed found in Bristol County records shows that on 20 March 1684/5,
"Benjamin WHEATON of ye Towne of Mendon in Ye Collony of ye Massachusetts
in N England Late of Rehoboth in ye Collony of New Plym Cooper" sold for
the sum of 3 pounds 10 shillings to Jonathan FILLER of Rehoboth "my whole
share of Meadow & Swampe in ye Lands called ye North purchased Lands in
Rehobo(th) Which share was given to me by my Father Robert WHEATON". There can be no doubt that Benjamin WHEATON
of Mendon is the son of Robert WHEATON of Rehoboth. Benjamin proved this link with his own pen.
More
About Benjamin WHEATON:
Occupation:
Cooper257
Residences:
See Notes
Children
of Benjamin WHEATON and Margaret WHEATON are:
33. i. Samuel3
WHEATON, b. 20 August 1693, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
ii. Benjamin
WHEATON257, b. 9 March 1696/97257; d.
Unknown; m. Abigail GREEN257, 14 April 1719, Mendon,
Massachusetts, USA257; b. Abt. 1699258; d.
Unknown.
iii. Daniel
WHEATON259, b. 17 March 1698/99259; d.
Unknown.
iv. Jemimah
WHEATON259,260, b. 11 May 1704261; d.
Unknown.
34. v. David
WHEATON, Snr, b. 22 July 1706, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; d.
3 February 1793.
Generation No. 3
12.
Jonathan3 WHEATON (Samuel2, Robert1)262
was born 3 March 1678/79 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA262,
and died 1713 in Salem County, New Jersey, USA263.
Notes
for Jonathan WHEATON:
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29.6.2006
"Samuel
WHEATON died before his father and his children are mentioned in their
grandfather's will. The widow Elizabeth (WOOD) WHEATON married Samuel BOWEN of
Swansea and they with some of their their WHEATON children moved to Cohansey,
NJ with the Baptist colony and they had several BOWEN children. The WHEATON
brothers, Jonathan and Noah, each lived and died in Cohansey and their wills
both refer to their inheritance in land in New England. It would appear that
Samuel WHEATON, Jr. stayed in Swansea to claim his father's estate there."
"Estate
of Jonathan WHEATON of Cohansie, Salem County, Filed October 23.1713. Inventory £63. 13s. 4d., inclugins books,
14s. 5d., made by Noah WHEATON and Samuel HOLMES
Child
of Jonathan WHEATON is:
35. i. Reuben4
WHEATON, b. Abt. 1705, New Jersey, USA Probably son - connections only
circumstantial; d. Unknown.
13.
Noah3 WHEATON (Samuel2, Robert1)264
was born 2 July 1681 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA264,
and died 1716 in Cohansey, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA265. He married Sarah BOWEN266,267
1704268. She was born
Abt. 1684269, and died Unknown.
Notes
for Noah WHEATON:
Information
from Kelly WHEATON 25/11/2004
She
believes Noah had a sons Isaac and John, and that Isaac himself had a son,
another Isaac. The address for all was:
1793 Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29.6.2006
"Samuel
WHEATON died before his father and his children are mentioned in their
grandfather's will. The widow Elizabeth (WOOD) WHEATON married Samuel BOWEN of
Swansea and they with some of their their WHEATON children moved to Cohansey,
NJ with the Baptist colony and they had several BOWEN children. The WHEATON
brothers, Jonathan and Noah, each lived and died in Cohansey and their wills
both refer to their inheritance in land in New England. It would appear that
Samuel WHEATON, Jr. stayed in Swansea to claim his father's estate there."
New
Jersey Archives. First Series, Vol XXIII. Abstracts of Wills, 1670-1730.
p.
501. Will of Noah WHEATON of Cohansie, Salem Co., blacksmith. Wife Sarah.
Children: Isac, Noah, Sarah. Farm at Pen's Neck, home farm land in New England.
Personal estate. Execs: wife, brother Samuel BOWEN, and Nicholas JONSON.
Witnesses: Dan BOWEN, Edward BANBORIE, Ann FITCHRANDOLPH. Signed Dec. 20, 1715.
Proved May 5, 1716.
April
14, 1716 Inventory: 200 acres in Pen's Neck and the land in New England £160,
personal £236._.1, including one "negar" and book debts £32.16.6;
made by Job SHEPHERD and Dan BOWEN."
Information
received previous to that sent by Philip BEDIENT gave two sons, Isaac and
Jonathan. Jonathan was not included in
the family sent by Philip.
More
About Noah WHEATON:
Will:
20 December 1715270
Will
proved: 5 May 1716270
Children
of Noah WHEATON and Sarah BOWEN are:
36. i. Isaac4
WHEATON, b. Abt. 1702; d. 16 February 1762, Hopewell, Cumberland County, New
Jersey, USA.
37. ii. Noah
Jr WHEATON, b. Abt. 1704; d. Unknown.
iii. William
WHEATON270, b. Abt. 1708271; d. Unknown.
38. iv. Jonathan
WHEATON, b. 1710; d. Unknown.
v. Elizabeth
WHEATON272, b. Abt. 1712272; d. Unknown.
vi. James F
WHEATON272, b. Abt. 1714272; d. Unknown.
vii. Sarah
WHEATON272, b. 31 May 1716272; d. Unknown.
14.
Samuel3 WHEATON (Samuel2, Robert1)273
was born 21 July 1683 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA273,274,275,
and died Unknown. He married Experience
PEIRCE or PIERCE276 24 October 1709 in Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA276,277,278. She was born 1687 in Swansea, Massachusetts,
USA or 1682 Warwick, Rhode Island, USA279,280, and died
Unknown.
Notes
for Samuel WHEATON:
Notes
for Experience PEIRCE or PIERCE:
Information
from Jeanette DIENFENBAUGH 12/7/2005
Jeanette
believes that Experience married Samuel born 10 January 1678/79 son of John,
and not this Samuel born 21 July 1683 son of Samuel. The original information showing it the other
way round came from Vikki EBELSHEISER and the conflicting information needed to
be sorted out. I have since been sent two lots of information showing that this
Samuel born 1683 to Samuel and Elizabeth WOOD married Experience PIERCE.
Information
from Circular Chart from Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
The
chart shows Samuel, the son of John
marrying Experience PIERCE, with one son, Levi.
He is already included in the family of the Samuel mentioned above, son
of Samuel.
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29.6.2006
"Samuel
WHEATON died before his father and his children are mentioned in their
grandfather's will. The widow Elizabeth (WOOD) WHEATON married Samuel BOWEN of
Swansea and they with some of their their WHEATON children moved to Cohansey,
NJ with the Baptist colony and they had several BOWEN children. The WHEATON
brothers, Jonathan and Noah, each lived and died in Cohansey and their wills
both refer to their inheritance in land in New England. It would appear that
Samuel WHEATON, Jr. stayed in Swansea to claim his father's estate there."
Children
of Samuel WHEATON and Experience PIERCE are:
i. Elizabeth4
WHEATON281, b. 30 October 1710, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA281; d. Unknown; m. John BOSWORTH281,
3 January 1731/32, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA281;
b. 9 September 1711, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA281;
d. Bef. June 1745281.
Marriage
Notes for Elizabeth WHEATON and John BOSWORTH:
Married
by Mr Ephraim WHEATON Minister
39. ii. Hannah
WHEATON, b. 9 September 1712, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 2 June
1761.
40. iii. Susanna
WHEATON, b. 8 November 1714, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
41. iv. Sarah
WHEATON, b. 19 August 1716, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
42. v. Samuel
WHEATON, b. 31 December 1718, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
43. vi. Captain
Levi WHEATON, b. 25 June 1722, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA; d. 26 June 1810,
Thompson, Connecticut, USA Age 88 yr 1day.
15.
Hannah3 WHEATON (Jeremiah2, Robert1)282
was born 3 July 1666 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA282,283,
and died 3 June 1775 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. She married John ROBINSON284
Abt. 1690284. He was
born Abt. 1661 in of Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA285,
and died Unknown.
Children
of Hannah WHEATON and John ROBINSON are:
i. Jeremiah4
ROBINSON286, b. 20 August 1692286; d.
Unknown.
ii. Peter
ROBINSON286, b. 18 January 1696/97286; d.
Unknown.
iii. John
ROBINSON286, b. 30 May 1699286; d. Unknown.
iv. Ebenezer ROBINSON286,
b. 5 March 1700/01286; d. Unknown.
v. Nathaniel
ROBINSON286, b. 10 June 1703286; d.
Unknown.
vi. Hannah
ROBINSON286, b. 25 September 1705286; d.
Unknown.
vii. Deliverance
ROBINSON286, b. 18 April 1708286; d.
Unknown.
16.
Tabitha3 WHEATON (Jeremiah2, Robert1)287
was born 1687 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA287,288, and
died 1737 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA289. She married Benjamin FULLER289
14 May 1709 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA289. He was born 25 February 1686/87 in Salem,
Essex, Massachusetts, USA289, and died January 1751/52 in
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA289.
Notes
for Tabitha WHEATON:
Information
from Circular Chart sent by Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
Tabitha
does not appear on this chart.
Children
of Tabitha WHEATON and Benjamin FULLER are:
i. Nathaniel4
FULLER290, b. 18 November 1710, Salem, Massachusetts, USA290;
d. 12 July 1780, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA290.
44. ii. Noah
FULLER, b. 18 October 1712, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; d. 1760.
iii. Benjamin
FULLER290, b. 14 March 1713/14, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA290;
d. 8 September 1790, Lebanon, Columbia, New York, USA290.
iv. Jeremiah
FULLER290, b. 25 April 1717, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA290;
d. 1785, Massachusetts, USA290.
v. Amos
FULLER290, b. 3 April 1721, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut,
USA290; d. Unknown.
vi. Rev. John
FULLER290, b. 26 February 1722/23, Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut, USA290; d. 3 October 1777290.
vii. Hannah
FULLER290, b. 9 February 1724/25, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut,
USA290; d. Unknown.
viii. Timothy
FULLER290, b. 5 July 1727, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut,
USA290; d. Bef. 1774290.
ix. Mary N
FULLER290, b. 1729, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA290;
d. Unknown.
x. John
FULLER290, b. 26 February 1732/33, Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut, USA (See Notes)290; d. Unknown.
Notes
for John FULLER:
The
information about this family was received from John HAMER. He shows two Johns, the first being a Rev.
with a death after the birth of this John.
Clarification has been sought!
17.
Christopher3 WHEATON (Christopher2,
Robert1)291 was born Abt. 1676 in Hingham,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA292, and died 8 June 1718 in
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA293,294. He married Sarah BEAL295 3
February 1707/08 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA296. She was born 2 March 1679/80 in Hingham,
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA296, and died Unknown.
More
About Christopher WHEATON:
Inventory:
£292. 3s. 0d297
Probate:
28 October 1719297
Residences:
Of Hingham297
Children
of Christopher WHEATON and Sarah BEAL are:
45. i. Benjamin4
WHEATON, b. 22 August 1709, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
ii. Christopher
WHEATON297, b. 25 June 1712, Hingham, Plymouth,
Massachusetts, USA298; d. Unknown.
iii. Isaiah
WHEATON299, b. 5 October 1714, Hingham, Plymouth,
Massachusetts, USA300; d. 20 June 1738300.
iv. Sarah
WHEATON300, b. 17 May 1718, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
USA300; d. 24 September 1771, Leicester, Worcester,
Massachusetts, USA300; m. Ebenezer KENT300,
17 July 1739, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA300; b. 18
April 1717, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA300; d. 3
February 1786, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA300.
18.
Charity3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)301
was born Aft. 1677 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. cdunn3@ao.com gives about 1700301,
and died Unknown302.
She married Francis BOURNE303 23 February 1715/16 in
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA304. He was born Abt. 1672305,
and died Bef. 11 October 1760 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA306.
Notes
for Charity WHEATON:
Circular
Chart from Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
Charity
WHEATON does not appear on this chart
Charity
BOURN mentioned in father's Will 1737
Notes
for Francis BOURNE:
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Probate:
13 AUG 1762 Swansea, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Ord. for & div. of est. of Francis BOURN of Swan. btwn. his widow
Charity BOURN & his chldn: Jared
BOURN (eldest son), Francis BOURN (son), Sarah BOURN (eldest dau.), Stephen
BOURN (son, dcd.), Nathaniel BOURN (son), Content BOURN (dau.) & Rachel
BOURN (dau.). Grson Stephen BOURN son of
dcd. son Stephen. Ord. 3 Aug. 1762, div.
dtd. 13 Aug. 1762. Comm: Aaron KINGSLEY, Capt. Thomas PECK & James
BROWN [18:471/2/3/4/5]."
[Mayflower
Descendant, vol. 46, p. 171.]
More
About Francis BOURNE:
Probate:
4 November 1760, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA306
Will:
administrator - Charity COON widow306
Children
of Charity WHEATON and Francis BOURNE are:
i. Jared4
BOURNE307,308, b. 3 April 1718, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA308; d. Unknown; m. (1) Sarah PIERCE309,
3 May 1744, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA309;
b. 23 September 1720, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA309;
d. Bef. 22 August 1748309; m. (2) Elizabeth WHEATON310,
15 July 1753, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA311,312;
b. 10 August 1728, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA313;
d. Bef. 28 March 1761314.
ii. Sarah
BOURNE315, b. 26 June 1721, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachsetts, USA315; d. Unknown.
iii. Stephen
BOURNE315, b. 25 October 1724, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachsetts, USA315; d. Bef. 3 August 1762316.
iv. Rachel
BOURNE317, b. 20 November 1725, Swansea, Masachusetts, USA317;
d. Unknown.
v. Francis
BOURNE317, b. Abt. 1727318; d. Unknown.
vi. Nathaniel
BOURNE319, b. Abt. 1729320; d. Unknown; m.
Freelove HAILE321, 2 March 1748/49, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA321; b. 11 February 1728/29, Swansea,
Bristol County, Massachsets, USA321; d. Unknown.
vii. Content
BOURNE321, b. Abt. 1731322; d. Unknown.
19.
John3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)323
was born 10 January 1678/79 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA323,
and died 20 February 1705/06 in Swanzey, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Age 27323,324. He married Sarah SOULE325. She was born Abt. 1683326,
and died Unknown.
Notes
for John WHEATON:
John
(deceased) mentioned in father's Will 1737
Child
of John WHEATON and Sarah SOULE is:
i. Elizabeth4
WHEATON327, b. Abt. 1703328; d. Unknown; m.
Unknown CHACE329; b. Abt. 1700330; d.
Unknown.
Notes
for Elizabeth WHEATON:
Mentioned
in grandfather's Will 1737
20.
Samuel3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)331
was born 10 January 1678/79 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA331,
and died Bef. 1 June 1708 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachsets, USA332. He married Hannah UNKNOWN wife of Samuel
WHEATON333. She was
born Abt. 1683334, and died Unknown.
Notes
for Samuel WHEATON:
Samuel
(deceased) mentioned in father's Will 1737
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 26/6/2006
Note:
Wife's name from probate records. It's
not certain that Samuel, son of John & Elizabeth, is the Samuel who married
Hannah.
Probate:
1 JUN 1708 Swansea, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Inv. of Est. of Samuel WHEATON of Swan., dtd. 1 June 1708, pres. By
Hannah WHEATON, his widow. Apprs: John ALLEN of Brist. & Edward LUTHER of
Swan. On 4 May 1701[sic] an addition of
3 items was made to the Inv. [2:209]." [Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 41.]
Probate:
3 MAY 1709 Swansea, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Acct. of Hannah WHEATON, Adm. Of Est. of her husb. SAMUELWheatton, dtd. 3
May 1709. Mentions 'her brother
Nathaniel WHEATTON' [brother-in-law].
Also mentions her only child Samuel WHEATON, who was abt. 2 mo. Old when
his father died. Hannah was appt. guard.
of son Samuel [2:240/1]."
[Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 43.]
Probate:
22 MAY 1724 Swansea, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Samuel
WHEATEN, son of Samuel WHEATEN of Swan., dcd. intest., chose Mr. Isack WHEATEN
of Swan. as his guard., dtd. 22 May 1724 [4:278]."
"Appt.
of Isack WHEATEN of Swan., Yeoman, as guard. of Samuel WHEATEN, minor son of
Samuel WHEATEN of Swan., dtd. 22 May 1724 [4:278/9]." [Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 100.]
Probate:
20 MAR 1729/30 Swansea, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Rcpt. by Samuel WHETON of Newport, Cooper, for legacy from Est. of Samuel
WHETEEN of Swan., Cordwinder, paid by his uncle & guard. Isaac WHETEEN of
Swan., Husbandman, dtd. 20 March 1729/30 [7:103]." [Bristol Abstracts-1,
p.191.]
More
About Samuel WHEATON:
Occupation:
Cordwinder
Probate:
1 June 1708335
Notes
for Hannah UNKNOWN wife of Samuel WHEATON:
I
have been sent information this Samuel born married Experience PIERCE. However, further information would suggest that
this Samuel married Hannah.
Information
from Circular Chart from Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
The
chart shows this Samuel marrying Experience PIERCE, with one son, Levi. He is already included in the family of the
Samuel mentioned above.
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29 June 2006 (with additional comment in brackets)
"There
is a problem in this generation of the WHEATON family that I believe I have
resolved correctly. Samuel and John WHEATON, sons of Robert, each had a son
Samuel with John's son Samuel being four years older (born 1678) than Samuel's
son Samuel (born 1683).
I
have chosen Samuel (son of Samuel born 1683) to be the most likely ancestor (of
mine) for a number of reasons, but the most telling is an entry in the records
of the town of Swansea that indicates that Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth
Wheaton, was born July 21, 1683 and married Oct. 24, 1709 Experience Pierce.
The recording of the birth in 1683 and the recording of the marriage in 1709
may have been done at the same time in 1709, but whoever wrote the record
apparently believed that the information was correct. Let us hope that the
keeper of the town records knew the correct relationship."
From
the information above it would seem that this Samuel did not marry Experience
PIERCE, and did not have a son Levi.
However, these notes are being left on file in case queries arise in the
future.
Child
of Samuel WHEATON and Hannah WHEATON is:
i. Samuel4
WHEATON335, b. Abt. 1708, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA335;
d. Unknown.
21.
James3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)336,337
was born 16 November 1686 in a twin - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (See
notes)338,339, and died 1731 in See Notes340. He married Hannah SLEADE or SLADE340,341
15 March 1715/16 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA341,342,343. She was born 15 July 1697 in Swansea, Bristol
Co., Massachusetts, USA (See Notes)344, and died 28 March
1760 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachursetts345.
Notes
for James WHEATON:
Death
date
Information
from Jbbullock@earthlink.net shows James as dcd at the time of his father's
death in 1737
Information
from the Circular Chart sent by Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004 shows:
James
born 23 July 1683, died 6 September 1683
Information
from Jean DIEFENBAUGH 11/7/2005
Birth
date for James 18 November 1686. She
writes that an earlier James died, and that this James and Joseph were twins.
Death
date 28 December 1742
Information
from Phillip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Includes
extract from Will of father dated 1737 which shows James as deceased.
Notes
for Hannah SLEADE or SLADE:
SLADE
from cdunn3@ao.com and sanford hunt sbh3@prodigy.net
SLEAD
from Austin W SPENCER
Information
from Jean DIEFENBAUGH
Hannah
was born 5th, not 15th July 1697
The
date of the 15th is what is at the Family History Center but the vital records
of Swansea, Massachsetts show the 5th according to my 3rd cousin James
WHEATON. Perhaps the 15th is the
christening date? The 5th is what is in
the letter that Arthur Clarence WHEATON write years ago.
Hannah
SLADE is the great granddaughter of the Reverend Obadiah HOLMES
Children
of James WHEATON and Hannah SLADE are:
46. i. John4
WHEATON, b. 13 August 1717, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 7 April
1746, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
47. ii. Mary
WHEATON, b. 8 July 1718, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (sister born
month later); d. 26 January 1778, Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA.
iii. Sarah
WHEATON346, b. 17 August 1718, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA (sister born month earlier)347; d.
Unknown; m. Joshua HATHAWAY347, 25 March 1736, Swansea,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA347,348; b. 28 February
1711/12, Dighton, Massachusetts, USA349; d. Unknown.
iv. James
WHEATON350, b. 7 December 1719, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA351; d. Unknown.
48. v. Hannah
WHEATON, b. 30 June 1721, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 1772,
Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
49. vi. Jonathan
WHEATON, b. 7 April 1723, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (See notes); d.
25 December 1811, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Date needs
clarification).
50. vii. Nathaniel
WHEATON, b. 9 February 1724/25, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA; d.
Unknown.
viii. Joseph
WHEATON352, b. 27 October 1726, Swansea, Bristol Co.,
Massachusetts, USA353; d. Bef. 28 March 1761354;
m. Tabitha HUNT355, 15 March 1750/51, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA355; b. Abt. 1728355; d.
Unknown.
ix. Elizabeth
WHEATON356, b. 10 August 1728, Swansea, Bristol Co.,
Massachusetts, USA357; d. Bef. 28 March 1761358;
m. Jared BOURNE359,360, 15 July 1753, Swansea, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA361,362; b. 3 April 1718, Swansea,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA363; d. Unknown.
22.
Captain Joseph3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)364
was born 16 November 1686 in a twin - Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA364,
and died Abt. May 1751 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA See Notes365. He married Tabitha HUNT366,367
11 January 1710/11 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA368. She was born 17 November 1691 in Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, USA369,370, and died 1780371.
Notes
for Captain Joseph WHEATON:
From
The Diary of Ellen Birdseye WHEATON by E D B WHEATON with notes by Donald
GORDON, privately printed Boston 1923 p418-420
15
February 1752 John THURBER et al., both of Rehoboth, released to Daniel HUNT of
Rehoboth (husband of Capt Joseph WHEATON's sister Mary) Joseph WHEATON of
Milford Conn., et all all claims in the land of Capt Joseph WHEATON".
Joseph
of Rehoboth mentioned in father's Will 1737
Information
from Philip BEDIENT
Will:
12 APR 1751 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Will of Joseph Wheaton of Reho., dtd. 12 Apr. 1751, prob. 27 May
1751. Wife not named. Chldn:
Joseph Wheeton, Mary Hunt, Amie Allen & Elizabeth MackGill. Grson. Nathaniel Wheaton. Wife, son & son-in-law Daniel Hunt to be
Execs. Witns: Thomas Bowen, Jr., Lydia Hunt & Ezekiel
Read [12:555]." [Bristol Abstracts-2, p. 181.]
Information
from Sepp BERGSCHNEIDER 16/6/2010
Shows
Joseph's death date as 11 April 1751
More
About Captain Joseph WHEATON:
Probate:
27 May 1751372
Will:
12 April 1751, Executors Joseph WHEETON and Daniel HUNT See Notes372
Children
of Joseph WHEATON and Tabitha HUNT are:
i. Nathaniel4
WHEATON373, b. 29 December 1712, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA373;
d. 23 January 1731/32, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA (14 April 1734 Circular
Chart)373.
51. ii. Mary
WHEATON, b. 14 September 1714, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 10 July 1756,
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
52. iii. Joseph
WHEATON, b. 4 September 1717, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 6 March 1789, New
Milford, Connecticut, USA Age 72.
iv. Bridgett
WHEATON373, b. 13 September 1719, Rehoboth, Massachusetts,
USA373; d. 15 April 1720, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA373.
v. Elizabeth
WHEATON373, b. 12 August 1720, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA373;
d. 9 November 1720, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA373.
vi. Elizabeth
WHEATON373, b. 22 December 1721, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA373;
d. Unknown; m. Robert MAGILL373, 30 June 1749, Providence,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA373; b. Abt. 1716374;
d. Unknown.
vii. Benjamin
WHEATON375, b. 28 March 1724, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA375;
d. 25 July 1725, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA375.
viii. Benjamin
WHEATON375, b. 12 March 1725/26, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA375;
d. 8 July 1726, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA375.
53. ix. Amy
WHEATON, b. 6 January 1727/28, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d.
Unknown.
23.
Isaac3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)376
was born 5 March 1694/95 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA376,
and died Aft. 1736. He married (1)
Deborah HILLARD377 29 January 1718/19378. She was born Abt. 1699379,
and died 6 April 1777 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA age
77380. He married (2)
Elizabeth UNKNOWN wife of Isaac WHEATON381 Aft. 1721382. She was born Abt. 1700382,
and died Unknown.
Notes
for Isaac WHEATON:
Isaac
mentioned in father's Will 1737
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 26/6/2006
Appointed
guardian to brother Samuel's son Samuel on 22 May 1724. Samuel the father died about 1708 when Samuel
the son was aboout 2 months old. His
mother had been appointed guardian in 1709
Some
confusion here which needs sorting.
Philip
BEDIENT sends the information that Isaac married Elizabeth about 1720 and they
had Mary in 1721. He then married
Deborah and had the other children
I
have a date 1718/19 for the marriage of Isaac and Deborah HILLARD which would
suggest that Mary was hers, and the other children Elizabeth.
Until
this has been clarified I have entered Mary as the daughter of Deborah,
Elizabeth as the second wife, and the other children as belonging to her.
More
About Isaac WHEATON:
Occupation:
Yeoman, Husbandman383
Notes
for Deborah HILLARD:
Some
confusion here which needs sorting.
Philip
BEDIENT sends the information that Isaac married Elizabeth about 1720 and they
had Mary in 1721. He then married
Deborah and had the other children
I
have a date 1718/19 for the marriage of Isaac and Deborah HILLARD which would
suggest that Mary was hers, and the other children Elizabeth.
Until
this has been clarified I have entered Mary as the daughter of Deborah,
Elizabeth as the second wife, and the other children as belonging to her.
Notes
for Elizabeth UNKNOWN wife of Isaac WHEATON:
Some
confusion here which needs sorting.
Philip
BEDIENT sends the information that Isaac married Elizabeth about 1720 and they
had Mary in 1721. He then married
Deborah and had the other children
I
have a date 1718/19 for the marriage of Isaac and Deborah HILLARD which would
suggest that Mary was hers, and the other children Elizabeth.
Until
this has been clarified I have entered Mary as the daughter of Deborah,
Elizabeth as the second wife, and the other children as belonging to her.
Child
of Isaac WHEATON and Deborah HILLARD is:
i. Mary4
WHEATON383, b. 18 November 1721, Swansea, Massachsets, USA383;
d. Unknown.
Children
of Isaac WHEATON and Elizabeth WHEATON are:
ii. John4
WHEATON383, b. 19 February 1723/24, Swansea, Massachsets, USA383;
d. Unknown; m. Hannah CARR384, 21 February 1744/45, Swansea,
Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA384; b. 18 September 1717,
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA384; d. Unknown.
iii. Wiliam
WHEATON385, b. 22 December 1730, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA385;
d. Unknown.
Notes
for Wiliam WHEATON:
Addresses
1790 Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island,
USA
iv. Tabitha
WHEATON385, b. 21 February 1731/32, Swansea, Massachsets, USA385;
d. Unknown.
v. Anne
WHEATON385, b. 21 April 1734, Swansea, Massachsets, USA385;
d. Unknown.
24.
Patience3 WHEATON (John2, Robert1)386
was born 6 October 1698 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA386,
and died Unknown. She married Joseph
HICKS387 5 April 1721 in Swansea, Massachusetts, USA387. He was born 8 October 1702 in Swansea,
Massachusetts, USA387, and died Unknown.
Notes
for Patience WHEATON:
Patience
HIX mentioned in father's Will 1737
Children
of Patience WHEATON and Joseph HICKS are:
i. Elizabeth4
HICKS388, b. 15 January 1721/22, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA388;
d. Unknown; m. Barnard MILLARD, 16 March 1746/47, Swansea, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA389; b. 18 April 1720, Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, USA389; d. Unknown.
ii. Patience
HICKS390, b. 21 January 1723/24, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA390;
d. Unknown; m. Hezekiah MILLARD391, Aft. 26 December 1741391;
b. 30 September 1721, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA391;
d. Unknown.
25.
Patience3 BUTTERWORTH (Hannah/Anna2
WHEATON, Robert1)392,393 was born 8 July 1693
in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA394,395, and died
Unknown. She married Nathaniel PERRY396
Abt. 1714397. He was
born 2 April 1691 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA397,
and died Unknown.
Notes
for Patience BUTTERWORTH:
Daughter
Patience PERRY mentioned in father's Will 1731
Child
of Patience BUTTERWORTH and Nathaniel PERRY is:
54. i. Amey4
PERRY, b. 1720, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
26.
James3 WHEATON (Ephraim2, Robert1)398,399,399
was born 27 October 1685 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA400,401,401,402,
and died 28 October 1742 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA403,404,405. He married Mary SHAW406,407
15 May 1712 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA408,409,410. She was born Abt. 1690411,
and died Aft. 1742412.
Notes
for James WHEATON:
Notes
from Jim McEWEN
Int
Date 3 Feb 1711-2
From
Austin W SPENCER to Jean SHERWOOD via Jarel WHEATON 8/1/2003
James,
the son of James was executor of his father's estate in 1742 (H L Peter Rounds,
Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Files 1687-1745 [Baltimore,
1988], 324-5)
Mentioned
in his father's Will 1734
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Will:
4 SEP 1740 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Will of James WHEATON of Reho., Housewright, 'Being in a good measure of
health,' dtd. 4 Sept. 1740, prob. 18 Jan. 1742.
Wife Mary. Sons: Caleb (eldest),
James, Comfort, Constant & Mason WHEATON (some under 21). 3 daus:
Christian WHEATON alias WOOD, Mary Wheaton (unmar.) & Hannah
WHEATON. Wife to be 'Guardian to my
Childreen under age.' My 3
brothers: Robert, Ephraim & Daniel
WHEATON. Son James to be Exec.
Witns: Seth BULLOCK, Hezekiah BULLOCK
& Samuel BULLOCK [10:242/3/4]."
[Bristol Abstracts-1, p. 324.]
More
About James WHEATON:
Probate:
22 January 1742/43413
Children
of James WHEATON and Mary SHAW are:
55. i. Captain
Caleb4 WHEATON, b. 1 October 1713, Bay Colony, Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, USA; d. 1788, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada2.
56. ii. William
WHEATON, b. 18 October 1715, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (SEE
NOTES); d. Unknown.
iii. Christian/Christinna
WHEATON414,415, b. 1716416,417; d. 1743417;
m. Ichobod WOOD417, 13 June 1737417; b.
Abt. 1711418; d. Unknown.
57. iv. James
WHEATON, b. 11 December 1717, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; d. 7 July
1778.
v. Mary
WHEATON419,420, b. 14 October 1720, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA421,422,423; d. Unknown.
58. vi. Hannah
WHEATON, b. 8 August 1726, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; d.
Unknown.
59. vii. Comfort
WHEATON, b. 4 December 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; d.
Unknown.
60. viii. Constantine
WHEATON, b. 28 January 1730/31, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA;
d. Unknown.
ix. Mason
WHEATON424,425, b. 30 September 1733, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA426,427,428; d. 1812, Thomaston,
Maine, USA429; m. Levina DEXTER430, 1 April
1761430; b. Abt. 1735431; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Mason WHEATON:
Information
from Kelly WHEATON 25/11/2004
1790 Lincoln County, Maine, USA
More
About Mason WHEATON:
Residence:
See Notes
27.
Deacon Robert3 WHEATON (Ephraim2, Robert1)432,433,434
was born 14 February 1688/89 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA435,436,437,
and died 22 November 1780 in Age 92 "son of Eld. Ephraim WHEATON"438,439,440,441. He married Susanna SALISBURY442
11 October 1712 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA443,444,445. She was born 29 March 1692 in Swansea,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA446,447, and died 17 March 1777 in
Age 85 "also Susannah, his wife"448,449,450,451.
Notes
for Deacon Robert WHEATON:
Information
from Warren WHEATON 4/11/2004
From
Burial Place Hill, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
In
memory of Dea. Robert , son of Eld.Ephraim Wheaton.
died
Nov 22,1780 in his 92 year.
also
Susannah,
his wife. died Mar 17,1777 in her 85 year.
Mentioned
in his father's Will 1734
More
About Deacon Robert WHEATON:
Burial:
November 1780, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA452,453
More
About Susanna SALISBURY:
Burial:
March 1777, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA454,455
Children
of Robert WHEATON and Susanna SALISBURY are:
i. Anna4
WHEATON456,457, b. 9 October 1713, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA457,458,459; d. Unknown; m. Ephraim MARTN460,
22 June 1749460; b. Abt. 1708461; d.
Unknown.
61. ii. Patience
WHEATON, b. 15 May 1717, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; d. 4
November 1782, Age 64 See Notes.
62. iii. Andrew
WHEATON, b. 15 August 1721, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; d. 10
April 1796, Age 75.
iv. Robert
WHEATON462,463, b. 22 June 1728, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA463,464,465; d. 1793, age 66466,467.
More
About Robert WHEATON:
Burial:
1793, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA468,469
28.
Ephraim3 WHEATON (Ephraim2, Robert1)470,471
was born 10 January 1690/91 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA471,472,
and died 1768473. He
married Abigail BURR or MOREY474,475 13 November 1718 in
Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA476. She was born 27 February 1701/02 in Bristol,
Bristol County, Massachusetts (Now Rhode Island) USA476, and
died 12 October 1762 in Bristol, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Now Rhode
Island) USA.
Notes
for Ephraim WHEATON:
Information
from Kelly WHEATON 25/11/2004
1790 Providence, Providence County, Rhode
Island, USA
Information
from Kelly WHEATON 26/11/2004
She
suggests there is another child, William
1790 Edenton, Perquimas County, North
Carolina, USA
Mentioned
in his father's Will 1734
More
About Ephraim WHEATON:
Residences:
See Notes
Children
of Ephraim WHEATON and Abigail MOREY are:
63. i. Ephraim4
WHEATON, b. 21 September 1724, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; d. 3 November
1802, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
64. ii. Dr.
George WHEATON, b. 18 August 1728; d. 4 June 1803, Norton, Massachusetts, USA.
iii. Amos
WHEATON477, b. 28 April 1732477; d.
Unknown; m. Hannah BARNBY478, 22 March 1755478;
b. Abt. 1735479; d. Unknown.
Notes
for Amos WHEATON:
Information
from Kelly WHEATON 25/11/2004
1790 Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
USA
More
About Amos WHEATON:
Residences:
See Notes
29.
Mary3 WHEATON (Ephraim2, Robert1)480,481
was born 25 February 1693/94 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA481,482,
and died Unknown. She married Richard
BULLOCK482 4 November 1718 in Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA (See notes)482. He was born 1 July 1692 in Rehoboth, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA, and died 1780 in Nine Partners, Duchess County, New York,
USA482,483.
Notes
for Mary WHEATON:
Daughter
Mary BULLOCK mentioned in father's Will 1734
Marriage
Notes for Mary WHEATON and Richard BULLOCK:
Circular
Chart from Bonnie WHEATON
This
shows 29 December 1737 as the date of Mary's marriage
Children
of Mary WHEATON and Richard BULLOCK are:
i. Ephraim4
BULLOCK483, b. 10 August 1719, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA483; d. 18 February 1807, Saratoga,
Wyoming, New York, USA484; m. Mary DAKINS484;
b. 11 April 1723, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA484;
d. 21 February 1817, Saratoga, Wyoming, New York, USA484.
ii. Joseph
BULLOCK485, b. 7 December 1720, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA485; d. Unknown; m. (1) Jerusha SAWYER486,
17 April 1744, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA486; b.
22 May 1721, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA486; d.
Bef. 1766486; m. (2) Mercy BULLOCK486, 26
June 1766, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA486; b. 4
June 1733, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA486; d. 1795486.
iii. Huldah
BULLOCK487, b. 31 March 1722, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA487; d. Unknown; m. Simeon LUTHER488,
7 March 1738/39, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA488; b.
9 May 1717, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA488; d. 23 July
1758, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA488.
iv. Elizabeth
BULLOCK489, b. 8 February 1723/24, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA489; d. Unknown.
v. Richard
BULLOCK489, b. 17 September 1725, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA489; d. 18 July 1808, Chatham, Columbia,
New York, USA490; m. Keziah HORTON490, 12
February 1748/49, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA490;
b. 17 September 1725, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA490;
d. 1795490.
vi. Mary
BULLOCK491, b. 17 September 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA491; d. Unknown; m. William WHEELER492,
30 August 1753, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA492; b.
Abt. 1722493; d. 20 December 1772, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA494.
vii. Ellis
BULLOCK495, b. 3 May 1732, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA495; d. Unknown; m. Deliverance UNKNOWN
wife of Ellis BULLOCK496; b. Abt. 1737497;
d. Unknown.
viii. Robert
BULLOCK498, b. 5 September 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA498; d. Unknown.
30.
Elder Daniel3 WHEATON (Ephraim2, Robert1)499,500
was born 24 August 1698 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA501,502,503,
and died 9 December 1760 in age 63 (or 29th December from Charles WALTHER)504. He married Tabitha BOWEN505
3 February 1732/33 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA505,506,507. She was born 17 February 1710/11 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA508, and died 20 March 1787 in
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Age 76 "widow of Elder Daniel
WHEATON"509,510.
Notes
for Elder Daniel WHEATON:
Mentioned
in his father's Will 1734
Information
from Philip BEDIENT 29/6/2006
Will:
4 DEC 1760 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Note:
"Will of DANIEL WHEETEN of Reho., yeoman, dtd. 4 Dec. 1760, prob. 16 Feb.
1761. Wife Tabitha. Sons: Nathaniel ("now Liveing at providence")
& Daniel (under 21) WHEETEN. Daus: Molly WHEETEN, Ruth WHEETEN & Huldah
WHEETEN (all unmar.). Son Nathaniel to be exec. Witns: Robert WHEETEN, Benjamin
MARTIN & Silvanus MARTIN [I7:198/9/200/1]."
More
About Elder Daniel WHEATON:
Burial:
December 1760, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA511
Occupation:
Elder of Baptist Church in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA511
Will:
4 December 1760512
More
About Tabitha BOWEN:
Burial:
March 1787, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA513
Children
of Daniel WHEATON and Tabitha BOWEN are:
65. i. Nathaniel4
WHEATON, b. 30 December 1732, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; d.
16 October 1795, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
ii. Charles
WHEATON514, b. 15 April 1735, Providence, Providence, Rhode
Island, or Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA515; d. 4 November
1780, "Son of Daniel WHEATON"(no age given)516; m.
Anna BURNEY517, 3 April 1756517; b. Abt.
1736518; d. Unknown.
More
About Charles WHEATON:
Burial:
November 1780, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA519
iii. Betsey
or Betty WHEATON520,521, b. 15 August 1737, Providence,
Providence, Rhode Island, or Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA522;
d. 16 January 1737/38, Providence, Rhode Island, USA523,524.
66. iv. Molly
WHEATON, b. 10 November 1738, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, or
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; d. Unknown.
v. Shubael
WHEATON525, b. 17 July 1741, Providence, Providence, Rhode
Island, or Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA526; d. 8 August 1751,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Age 11 "son of Daniel and Martha" - should
this be Tabitha?527,528.
More
About Shubael WHEATON:
Burial:
August 1751, Burial Hill Place, Peckham Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA529
67. vi. Ruth
WHEATON, b. 5 February 1743/44, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, or
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA; d. Bef. 4 August 1777, Barrington, Bristol,
Massachusetts, (now Rhode Island), USA.
68. vii. Huldah
WHEATON, b. 22 July 1746, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, or Rehoboth,
Massachusetts, USA; d. 29 September 1779, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts,
USA.
viii. Daniel
WHEATON530, b. 9 June 1750, Providence, Providence, Rhode
Island, or Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA531; d. 22 October
1780532; m. Mary SMITH533, 29 December
1770, Rehoboth, Bristol County, USA533,534; b. Abt. 1750535;
d. Unknown.
More
About Daniel WHEATON:
Burial:
October 1780, Burial Hill Place Cemetery, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA536
31.
Alice or Eless3 WHEATON (Ephraim2,
Robert1)537,538 was born 26 November 1700 in
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA538,539, and died 3 July
1766 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA540. She married Daniel BARNEY541
24 February 1725/26 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA541. He was born 20 November 1697 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA542, and died 2 February 1784 in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA542.
Notes
for Alice or Eless WHEATON:
Daughter
Alice BARNEY mentioned in father's Will 1734
More
About Alice or Eless WHEATON:
Burial:
July 1766, Bullock's Hill Cemeter, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA542
More
About Daniel BARNEY:
Burial:
February 1784, Bullock's Hill Cemeter, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA542
Children
of Alice WHEATON and Daniel BARNEY are:
i. Mary4
BARNEY543, b. 13 December 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA543; d. Unknown.
ii. Constant
BARNEY543, b. 23 April 1731, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA543; d. Unknown; m. Hannah CARPENTER544,
20 November 1753, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA544;
b. 14 October 1732, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA544; d.
Unknown.
iii. Betty
BARNEY545, b. 14 April 1733, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA545; d. Unknown; m. Joshua READ546,
18 November 1753, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA546; b. 21 July 1728, Rehoboth,
Bristol, Massachusetts, USA546; d. Unknown.
iv. Anne
BARNEY547, b. 29 November 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA547; d. Unknown; m. Joseph SANDERS548,
30 March 1760, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA548; b.
Abt. 1729549; d. Unknown.
v. Daniel
BARNEY550, b. 14 September 1736, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA550; d. Unknown; m. Rachel BOWEN551,
18 November 1757, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA551; b.
29 November 1738, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA551; d.
Unknown.
vi. Sarah
BARNEY552, b. 2 March 1737/38, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA552; d. Unknown; m. Lemuel FRANKLIN553,
18 October 1757, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA553; b.
29 August 1732, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA553; d.
Unknown.
vii. David
BARNEY554, b. 24 January 1739/40, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA554; d. Unknown; m. Elizabeth GARNSEY555,
27 November 1759, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA555; b.
23 March 1745/46, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA555; d.
Unknown.
viii. Jonathan
BARNEY556, b. 24 January 1739/40, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA556; d. 25 April 1740, Rehoboth, Bristol
County, Massachusetts, USA557.
ix. Benajah
BARNEY558, b. 31 January 1741/42, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA558; d. Unknown; m. Anne GOFF559,
2 June 1763, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA559; b.
Abt. 1743560; d. Unknown.
32.
Freelove3 WHEATON (Ephraim2, Robert1)561,562
was born 1 June 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA563,564,565,
and died Unknown. She married Josiah
BARNEY566 Abt. 31 July 1724 in Little Compton, Rhode Island,
USA567. He was born 7
December 1699 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA568,569,
and died Unknown.
Notes
for Freelove WHEATON:
Circular
Chart from Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
Freelove
WHEATON does not appear on this chart
Daughter
Freelove BARNEY mentioned in father's Will 1734
Children
of Freelove WHEATON and Josiah BARNEY are:
i. Jabez4
BARNEY569, b. 17 January 1725/26, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA569; d. Unknown.
ii. Elizabeth
BARNEY569, b. 22 July 1729, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA569; d. Unknown; m. Isaiah STREETER570,
Aft. 20 July 1746570; b. 27 July 1724, Attleboro, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA570; d. Unknown.
iii. Israel
BARNEY571, b. 16 February 1731/32, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA571; d. Unknown; m. Bethiah GOFF572,
12 October 1752, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA572; b.
31 January 1729/30, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA572;
d. Unknown.
iv. Joseph
BARNEY573, b. 19 March 1732/33, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA573; d. Unknown, Taunton, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA574.
v. Benjamin
BARNEY575, b. 19 March 1732/33, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA575; d. Unknown.
vi. Hannah
BARNEY575, b. 22 April 1735, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA575; d. Unknown.
vii. Josiah
BARNEY575, b. 10 August 1736, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA575; d. 14 February 1819, Swansea, Bristol,
Massachusetts, USA576; m. Mehetabel MILLARD576,
4 September 1757, Swansea, Bristol,, Massachusetts, USA576;
b. 26 May 1739, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA576; d.
21 February 1812, Swansea, Bristol, Massachsets, USA576.
viii. Christopher
BARNEY577, b. 28 June 1739, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA577; d. Unknown.
ix. Freelove
BARNEY577, b. 27 November 1743, Rehoboth, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, USA577; d. Unknown; m. Benjamin MASON578,
3 October 1779, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA578;
b. 4 September 1739, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA578;
d. Unknown.
33.
Samuel3 WHEATON (Benjamin2, Robert1)579
was born 20 August 1693 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA579,
and died Unknown. He married (1) Mary
ROCKWOOD579 24 February 1716/17580. She was born Abt. 1695581,
and died Unknown. He married (2)
Millisom SPRAGUE 23 January 1735/36 in Possible marriage only- See notes. She died Unknown.
Notes
for Samuel WHEATON:
Information
from David WHEATON 25/11/2004
3
June 2004 Report: On 31 January 1727, Mary WHEATON, Samuel's wife, petitioned
the court that she might be appointed the guardian of the inheritance belonging
to her daughter, Mary. Mary declared
that Samuel abandoned his family when her daughter was two years old and had been
gone for seven years. During this time,
her father-in-law, Benjamin WHEATON, died.
Daniel WHEATON, Samuel's brother, claimed to have power of attorney from
Samuel. Mary believed that Daniel was
attempting to lay claim to the inheritance of her husband, which rightfully
belonged to her daughter as the only living heir. Daniel and Benjamin WHEATON responded by
claiming that Mary was attempting to defraud their brother. They asked the court to delay judgement while
they procured evidence that Samuel was yet living. It was probably after this that it was
decided that Samuel had already received his full share. It is doubtful that his daughter Mary
received anything. But sometimes great
things come out of adversity. An
ancestry table for President William Howard TAFT published by the American
Genealogist shows that he is the great-great-grandson of Mary WHEATON, the
abandoned daughter of Samuel WHEATON and Mary ROCKWOOD.
Circular
Chart from Bonnie WHEATON 12/2004
The
information on this chart shows that Samuel married Millisom SPRAGUE 23 January
1736 and they had 3 children, Samuel born 11 September 1737, Millicent born 25
August 1739 and Esther born 6 September 1743.
Son Samuel married Sarah SKILLION 18 December 1763 and they had John
born 7 October 1766 and Charles born 5 August 1769
More
research to be carried out.
Notes
for Mary ROCKWOOD:
Information
from David J WHEATON 25 November 2004
It is
indicated that Mary WHEATON is the Great-Great Grandmother of President William
Howard TAFT.
Child
of Samuel WHEATON and Mary ROCKWOOD is:
69. i. Mary4
WHEATON, b. 23 October 1718; d. Unknown.
Children
of Samuel WHEATON and Millisom SPRAGUE are:
70. ii. Samuel4
WHEATON, b. 11 September 1737; d. Unknown.
iii. Millicent
WHEATON582, b. 25 August 1739582; d.
Unknown.
iv. Esther
WHEATON582, b. 6 September 1743582; d.
Unknown.
34.
David3 WHEATON, Snr (Benjamin2, Robert1)583,584
was born 22 July 1706 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA585,
and died 3 February 1793585.
He married Susannah FISHER585 30 March 1730 in Medway,
Massachusetts, USA585.
She was born Abt. 1710586, and died Unknown.
Notes
for David WHEATON, Snr:
Information
from David J WHEATON 25/11/2004
3
June 2004 Report: Two deeds recorded in
Suffolk County make a strong case for the identificaton of David as the son of
Benjamin and Margaret WHEATON. Mendon
was part of Suffolk County until the creation of Worcester County in 1731. On 22 September 1727, David WHEATON of
Mendon, husbandman, purchased 26 acres of land at Magamisco Hill in Mendon from
his brother Benjamin WHEATON, also of Mendon, Cooper. The deed was not recorded until 14 February
1744. On the same day that David
presented this deed for recording in Boston, he presented another deed dated 27
October 1741. That deed shows that David
WHEATON was now living in Holliston, but he was purchasing land in Medway from
Benjamin JONES. This property consisted
of 25 acres for a purchase price of 137 pounds and 10 shillings. The fact that both deeds were recorded on the
same day and were recorded consecutively in the Suffolk County register
virtually confirms that the two David WHEATON grantees are identical. The first deed was made between Benjamin
WHEATON and David WHEATON, clearly the sons of Benjamin WHEATON of Mendon. The second deed links David to Medway. It is concluded, therefore, that David
WHEATON of Medway is identical to David WHEATON of Mendon. Benjamin and Margaret WHEATON constitute the
next generation of the pedigree.
More
About David WHEATON, Snr:
Burial:
February 1793, West Medway Cemetery, Massachusetts, USA587
Children
of David WHEATON and Susannah FISHER are:
i. David4
WHEATON587, b. 1 December 1731587; d.
Unknown.
More
About David WHEATON:
Baptism:
3 July 1743, Holliston, Massachusetts, USA587
71. ii. Daniel
WHEATON, b. 24 September 1732; d. Unknown.
iii. Hannah
WHEATON587, b. 21 March 1734/35587; d.
Unknown.
More
About Hannah WHEATON:
Baptism:
3 July 1743, Holliston, Massachusetts, USA587
iv. Susannah
WHEATON587, b. 7 March 1735/36587; d.
Unknown.
v. Mary
WHEATON587, b. 14 November 1741587; d.
Unknown.