Gershom Wheelock
- Born: 1632-1633, Eccles, Norfolk, England 356
- Baptized: 3 Jan 1633, Eccles, Norfolk, England 356
- Marriage: Hannah Stodder on 18 May 1658 in Medfield, Massachusetts 356,1140
- Died: 28 Nov 1684, Medfield, Massachusetts at age 51 356
 General Notes:
Mr. Wheelock's Cure, Christopher Gleason Clark, published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, July 1998.
Medfield Vital Records
Information about this person:
• Background Information. 356
The baptism record for Gershom was found in the Register at the village of Eccles, near Banham, Norfolk, England. The record reads as follows: "Gersham Wheelocke filius Radolphi Wheelocke baptisatus fuit 3 die Jan:1632/33". (Source: "Mr. Wheelock's Cure", by Christopher Gleason Clark, published in the July 1998 issue of New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 152.)
William S. Tilden, History of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886, 1886, writes the following about Gershom: "Gershom was in the list for Mr. Wilson's rate in 1657, and probably came of age about that time. He married Hannah Stodder, daughter of John of Hingham, in 1658. In 1663, he had liberty from the town to cut "200 sedar plank" in the common swamp. His house stood on the Harbor Island road, a short distance south-west of the present residence of Charles Hamant. He rung the bell and swept the meeting-house in 1674, for which the town paid him 2 pounds, 15 shillings. The next year, he assisted in thatching the meeting-house. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676, and it appears to have been rebuilt on the same spot. He died in 1684, and in 1690 his heirs sold the homestead to Joseph Plimpton."
• Background Information. 1042
Gershom, son of Rev. Ralph Wheelock, was born in 1636, and died in 1684. He must have been of age in 1657, when his name appeared in the minister's rate. He settled in Medfield and married Hannah Stoddard, daughter of John Stoddard of Hingham, in 1658. In 1663, he was granted "liberty to dut two hundred cedar blank in the common swamp." In 1674, he was paid for ringing the meeting house bell and caring for the building, £2 15s., and the records show that the next year he assisted in thatching the meeting house. He dwelling was burned by the Indians in 1676, during King Philiip's war. He built another house on the same site. In 1690, his heirs sold the house to Joseph Plympton.
~ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. III, p. 1276
Gershom married Hannah Stodder, daughter of John Stodder and Hannah, on 18 May 1658 in Medfield, Massachusetts 356.,1140 (Hannah Stodder was born about 1638 in England.)
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