Silas Wheelock

1717 - 1793  (76 years)

• Name	Silas Wheelock
  Born	11 Mar 1717	Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Apr 1793	Bellingham, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	P44551997	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Wheelock, II,   b. 12 Dec 1678, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, American Colonies ,   d. 13 Sep 1746, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Huldah Thayer,   b. 11 Mar 1682, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies ,   d. 7 Jul 1739  (Age 57 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1700	Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Albee,   b. 11 Oct 1718, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies ,   d. 27 Dec 1803, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	20 May 1740	Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies
  Children	1. Simeon Wheelock,   d. 1 Sep 1786   2. Seth Wheelock,   b. 21 Mar 1743, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies ,   d. 28 Feb 1815, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies  (Age 71 years)   3. Caleb Wheelock,   b. 7 May 1745, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies   4. Ebenezer Wheelock,   b. 27 Jun 1747, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies   5. Eleazer Wheelock,   b. 27 Jun 1747, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies   6. Hannah Wheelock,   b. 28 Nov 1749, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies   7. Perle Wheelock,   b. 6 Aug 1752, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies ,   d. 19 Aug 1823  (Age 71 years)   8. Calvin Wheelock,   b. 5 May 1754, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies ,   d. 1807, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 52 years)   9. Luther Wheelock,   b. 9 Mar 1756, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies   10. Eunice Wheelock,   b. 8 May 1758, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies   11. Rhoda Wheelock,   b. 20 Apr 1761, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, American Colonies
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wheelock, Silas; Volume 16, page 1011 (of Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of The Revolutionary War) Colonel, 7th Worcester Co. regt.; service, 9 days; regiment marched to Cambridge and Roxbury on the alarm of April 19, 1775. Son of Benjamin Wheelock and Huldah Thayer. Silas, along with his second cousins Moses Wheelock, of Westborough, MA, and Ephraim Wheelock, of Medfield, MA were the highest ranking Wheelock officers in Massachusetts. Many of his children also served, including Simeon, Caleb, Calvin, and Luther. Numerous references to him can be found in the "Daughters of the American Revolution", including that of Mrs. Jessie Gordon Weston Roberts, VOl 164, Pg 303, DAR ID 163930. He descends from Rev. Ralph Wheelock as follows: Silas/Benjamin/Benjamin/Ralph.