Record Wheelock

1644 - 1726  (81 years)

• Name	Record Wheelock
  Birth	15 Dec 1644	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Christening	22 Dec 1644	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Married	3 Oct 1672 (27 years)	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Increase Ward, the son of Deacon William and Elizabeth Ward. He was born on 22 January 1644/45 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He lived at Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1661 with his parents. [This marriage] On 6 April 1686 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Increase Ward was mentioned in the will of Deacon William Ward, his father. He served in 1689 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as Town Clerk. He died 25 August 1690 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Massachusetts. His gravestone is the oldest Ward stone in the cemetery. Issue: 1. Increase Ward (1673-____) 2. Tabitha Ward (1675-____) 3. Record Ward (1677-1746) 4. Rebecca Ward (1678-1698) 5. Eleazer Ward (1680-1708) 6. Thomas Ward (1684-1747) 7. Oliver Ward (1686-____)
  Residence	1673 (28 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  They lived in that part of Marlborough, which in 1717, became Westborough and later Northborough. There Increase ran a sawmill.
  Death	26 Jul 1726	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 5, 7, 8]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Mary Wheelock   2. Benjamin Wheelock,   b. 8 Nov 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 3. Samuel Wheelock,   b. 22 Sep 1642, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1698, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 55 years) ▻ Sarah Kendrick,  m. 3 Apr 1678   4. Peregrina Wheelock   d. 1671, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   5. Rebecca Wheelock   6. Record Wheelock,   b. 15 Dec 1644, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Jul 1726, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years)   7. Experience Wheelock,   b. 3 Sep 1648, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   8. Captain Eleazer Wheelock,   b. 3 May 1654, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Mar 1731, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)   9. Gershom Wheelock,   b. 3 May 1654, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 29 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Rev. Ralph Wheelock,   b. 1600, Shropshire, England d. 1683, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years)  (Father)  Rebecca Wilkerson   d. 1680, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I21036
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Her birth date was recorded as 15 (10) 1644. Marriage: According to the marriage intentions filed, Increase Ward was living in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts at the time of his wedding to Record.

  
  

Father	Rev. Ralph Wheelock,   b. 1600, Shropshire, England d. 1683, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 83 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Rebecca Wilkerson   d. 1680, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Record Wheelock(1644 – 1726) 2Rev. Ralph Wheelock(1600 – 1683) 3Rebecca Wilkerson( – 1680)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Dec 1644 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Christening - 22 Dec 1644 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 3 Oct 1672 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Residence - 1673 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 26 Jul 1726 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of Increase Ward His gravestone is the oldest Ward stone in the cemetery.

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S960] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 1: Births and Baptisms, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S451] Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925, (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925). [S1179] Trask, William B. "Early Records of Boston", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854). [S1003] Bullard, Edgar J. Bullard and Allied Families: The American Ancestors of George Newton Bullard and Mary Elizabeth Bullard, (Detroit, Michigan: Edgar J. Bullard, 1930). [S955] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847). [S952] Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862). [S457] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S981] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVII, 1863). [S1051] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin. P. Rice, 1908).