Ruth Huntington, eldest dau. of Dea. Christopher Huntington, Jr. & his 1st wife Sarah Adgate, b. Nov. 28, 1682 at Norwich, Conn. She d. at Windham, Conn. Aug. 31, 1725, Æ 43. Although not a direct ancestor, Ruth shares descent with the memorialist from three different sets of New England immigrants. Her husband, Dea. Ralph Wheelock, shares with the memorialist descent from a separate set of immigrant ancestors.
On Jan. 8, 1707/8, prob. at Norwich but recorded at Windham, Conn., Ruth m. Ralph Wheelock, s. of Capt. Eleazer Wheelock & Elizabeth Fuller, b. at Mendon, Mass. Feb. 12, 1682/3. They had the following six children of record at Windham:
• i. Elizabeth Wheelock, b. July 18, 1709, d. at Windham June 4, 1750, Æ 41; m. on Dec. 4, 1728 at Windham, Joshua Hendee, s. of Ens. Richard Hendee & Elizabeth Conant (gr.dau of Roger Conant of Salem, Mass.), b. Apr. 25, 1707 at Windham.
• ii. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, b. Apr. 22, 1711, d. Apr. 24, 1799 at Hanover, NH, Æ 89; m. 1) on Apr. 29, 1735, Sarah Davenport, dau. of Rev. John Davenport & Martha Sellock, b. at Stamford, Conn. July 17, 1703. She d. at Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 13, 1746, Æ 44. Eleazer m. 2) on Nov. 24, 1747, Mary Brimsmade {q.v.}, dau. of John Brimsmade & Abigail Wheeler, who d. at Hanover, NH in 1783. Eleazer was the longtime pastor of the Lebanon Cong. Chh., founder of the Indian School at Lebanon as well as the founder and 1st Pres. of Dartmouth College at Hanover, NH.
• iii. Ruth Wheelock, b. May 25, 1713, d. at Windham Apr. 6, 1757, Æ 44; m. on Nov. 6, 1730 as his 1st wife, Robert Hibbard, Jr. {q.v., Hebard}, s. of Robert Hibbard & Mary Read, b. at Windham Apr. 5, 1706.
• iv. Abigail Wheelock, b. Mar. 3, 1716/7; m. on Oct. 3, 1734, Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy, D.D., s. of Joseph, b. Nov. 19, 1704 at Suffield, Conn. He d. Dec. 21, 1784 at Hebron, Conn., Æ 68. For 50 years Benjamin was pastor of the Hebron Cong. Chh. & was a contemporary of his brother-in-law, Rev. Eleazer Wheelock.
• v. John Wheelock, b. Jan. 20, 1719/20, d. nine days later Jan. 29, 1719/20.
• vi. Sarah Wheelock, b. July 7, 1725; m. on Dec. 21, 1742 at Windham, Joseph Bingham, Jr., s. of Joseph Bingham & his 1st wife Abigail Scott, b. at Windham Aug. 10, 1721 where he d. Jan. 15, 1792, Æ 71.
The descendants of Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock are impressive. In addition to her immediate children and sons-in-law, they include Col. John Wheelock, LL.D., of Hanover, NH, a distinguished officer in the war of the revolution, and second president of Dartmouth college; Ruth Wheelock, wife of the Rev. William Patton, of Hartford; and Maria Malleville Wheelock, wife of Rev. William Allen, D.D., of Northampton, Mass., Pres. of Bowdoin College and author-editor of Allen's "American Biographical Dictionary" published in the early-1800s.
On Jan. 8, 1707/8, prob. at Norwich but recorded at Windham, Conn., Ruth m. Ralph Wheelock, s. of Capt. Eleazer Wheelock & Elizabeth Fuller, b. at Mendon, Mass. Feb. 12, 1682/3. They had the following six children of record at Windham:
• i. Elizabeth Wheelock, b. July 18, 1709, d. at Windham June 4, 1750, Æ 41; m. on Dec. 4, 1728 at Windham, Joshua Hendee, s. of Ens. Richard Hendee & Elizabeth Conant (gr.dau of Roger Conant of Salem, Mass.), b. Apr. 25, 1707 at Windham.
• ii. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, b. Apr. 22, 1711, d. Apr. 24, 1799 at Hanover, NH, Æ 89; m. 1) on Apr. 29, 1735, Sarah Davenport, dau. of Rev. John Davenport & Martha Sellock, b. at Stamford, Conn. July 17, 1703. She d. at Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 13, 1746, Æ 44. Eleazer m. 2) on Nov. 24, 1747, Mary Brimsmade {q.v.}, dau. of John Brimsmade & Abigail Wheeler, who d. at Hanover, NH in 1783. Eleazer was the longtime pastor of the Lebanon Cong. Chh., founder of the Indian School at Lebanon as well as the founder and 1st Pres. of Dartmouth College at Hanover, NH.
• iii. Ruth Wheelock, b. May 25, 1713, d. at Windham Apr. 6, 1757, Æ 44; m. on Nov. 6, 1730 as his 1st wife, Robert Hibbard, Jr. {q.v., Hebard}, s. of Robert Hibbard & Mary Read, b. at Windham Apr. 5, 1706.
• iv. Abigail Wheelock, b. Mar. 3, 1716/7; m. on Oct. 3, 1734, Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy, D.D., s. of Joseph, b. Nov. 19, 1704 at Suffield, Conn. He d. Dec. 21, 1784 at Hebron, Conn., Æ 68. For 50 years Benjamin was pastor of the Hebron Cong. Chh. & was a contemporary of his brother-in-law, Rev. Eleazer Wheelock.
• v. John Wheelock, b. Jan. 20, 1719/20, d. nine days later Jan. 29, 1719/20.
• vi. Sarah Wheelock, b. July 7, 1725; m. on Dec. 21, 1742 at Windham, Joseph Bingham, Jr., s. of Joseph Bingham & his 1st wife Abigail Scott, b. at Windham Aug. 10, 1721 where he d. Jan. 15, 1792, Æ 71.
The descendants of Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock are impressive. In addition to her immediate children and sons-in-law, they include Col. John Wheelock, LL.D., of Hanover, NH, a distinguished officer in the war of the revolution, and second president of Dartmouth college; Ruth Wheelock, wife of the Rev. William Patton, of Hartford; and Maria Malleville Wheelock, wife of Rev. William Allen, D.D., of Northampton, Mass., Pres. of Bowdoin College and author-editor of Allen's "American Biographical Dictionary" published in the early-1800s.
Ruth Huntington, eldest dau. of Dea. Christopher Huntington, Jr. & his 1st wife Sarah Adgate, b. Nov. 28, 1682 at Norwich, Conn. She d. at Windham, Conn. Aug. 31, 1725, Æ 43. Although not a direct ancestor, Ruth shares descent with the memorialist from three different sets of New England immigrants. Her husband, Dea. Ralph Wheelock, shares with the memorialist descent from a separate set of immigrant ancestors.
On Jan. 8, 1707/8, prob. at Norwich but recorded at Windham, Conn., Ruth m. Ralph Wheelock, s. of Capt. Eleazer Wheelock & Elizabeth Fuller, b. at Mendon, Mass. Feb. 12, 1682/3. They had the following six children of record at Windham:
• i. Elizabeth Wheelock, b. July 18, 1709, d. at Windham June 4, 1750, Æ 41; m. on Dec. 4, 1728 at Windham, Joshua Hendee, s. of Ens. Richard Hendee & Elizabeth Conant (gr.dau of Roger Conant of Salem, Mass.), b. Apr. 25, 1707 at Windham.
• ii. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, b. Apr. 22, 1711, d. Apr. 24, 1799 at Hanover, NH, Æ 89; m. 1) on Apr. 29, 1735, Sarah Davenport, dau. of Rev. John Davenport & Martha Sellock, b. at Stamford, Conn. July 17, 1703. She d. at Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 13, 1746, Æ 44. Eleazer m. 2) on Nov. 24, 1747, Mary Brimsmade {q.v.}, dau. of John Brimsmade & Abigail Wheeler, who d. at Hanover, NH in 1783. Eleazer was the longtime pastor of the Lebanon Cong. Chh., founder of the Indian School at Lebanon as well as the founder and 1st Pres. of Dartmouth College at Hanover, NH.
• iii. Ruth Wheelock, b. May 25, 1713, d. at Windham Apr. 6, 1757, Æ 44; m. on Nov. 6, 1730 as his 1st wife, Robert Hibbard, Jr. {q.v., Hebard}, s. of Robert Hibbard & Mary Read, b. at Windham Apr. 5, 1706.
• iv. Abigail Wheelock, b. Mar. 3, 1716/7; m. on Oct. 3, 1734, Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy, D.D., s. of Joseph, b. Nov. 19, 1704 at Suffield, Conn. He d. Dec. 21, 1784 at Hebron, Conn., Æ 68. For 50 years Benjamin was pastor of the Hebron Cong. Chh. & was a contemporary of his brother-in-law, Rev. Eleazer Wheelock.
• v. John Wheelock, b. Jan. 20, 1719/20, d. nine days later Jan. 29, 1719/20.
• vi. Sarah Wheelock, b. July 7, 1725; m. on Dec. 21, 1742 at Windham, Joseph Bingham, Jr., s. of Joseph Bingham & his 1st wife Abigail Scott, b. at Windham Aug. 10, 1721 where he d. Jan. 15, 1792, Æ 71.
The descendants of Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock are impressive. In addition to her immediate children and sons-in-law, they include Col. John Wheelock, LL.D., of Hanover, NH, a distinguished officer in the war of the revolution, and second president of Dartmouth college; Ruth Wheelock, wife of the Rev. William Patton, of Hartford; and Maria Malleville Wheelock, wife of Rev. William Allen, D.D., of Northampton, Mass., Pres. of Bowdoin College and author-editor of Allen's "American Biographical Dictionary" published in the early-1800s.
On Jan. 8, 1707/8, prob. at Norwich but recorded at Windham, Conn., Ruth m. Ralph Wheelock, s. of Capt. Eleazer Wheelock & Elizabeth Fuller, b. at Mendon, Mass. Feb. 12, 1682/3. They had the following six children of record at Windham:
• i. Elizabeth Wheelock, b. July 18, 1709, d. at Windham June 4, 1750, Æ 41; m. on Dec. 4, 1728 at Windham, Joshua Hendee, s. of Ens. Richard Hendee & Elizabeth Conant (gr.dau of Roger Conant of Salem, Mass.), b. Apr. 25, 1707 at Windham.
• ii. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, b. Apr. 22, 1711, d. Apr. 24, 1799 at Hanover, NH, Æ 89; m. 1) on Apr. 29, 1735, Sarah Davenport, dau. of Rev. John Davenport & Martha Sellock, b. at Stamford, Conn. July 17, 1703. She d. at Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 13, 1746, Æ 44. Eleazer m. 2) on Nov. 24, 1747, Mary Brimsmade {q.v.}, dau. of John Brimsmade & Abigail Wheeler, who d. at Hanover, NH in 1783. Eleazer was the longtime pastor of the Lebanon Cong. Chh., founder of the Indian School at Lebanon as well as the founder and 1st Pres. of Dartmouth College at Hanover, NH.
• iii. Ruth Wheelock, b. May 25, 1713, d. at Windham Apr. 6, 1757, Æ 44; m. on Nov. 6, 1730 as his 1st wife, Robert Hibbard, Jr. {q.v., Hebard}, s. of Robert Hibbard & Mary Read, b. at Windham Apr. 5, 1706.
• iv. Abigail Wheelock, b. Mar. 3, 1716/7; m. on Oct. 3, 1734, Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy, D.D., s. of Joseph, b. Nov. 19, 1704 at Suffield, Conn. He d. Dec. 21, 1784 at Hebron, Conn., Æ 68. For 50 years Benjamin was pastor of the Hebron Cong. Chh. & was a contemporary of his brother-in-law, Rev. Eleazer Wheelock.
• v. John Wheelock, b. Jan. 20, 1719/20, d. nine days later Jan. 29, 1719/20.
• vi. Sarah Wheelock, b. July 7, 1725; m. on Dec. 21, 1742 at Windham, Joseph Bingham, Jr., s. of Joseph Bingham & his 1st wife Abigail Scott, b. at Windham Aug. 10, 1721 where he d. Jan. 15, 1792, Æ 71.
The descendants of Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock are impressive. In addition to her immediate children and sons-in-law, they include Col. John Wheelock, LL.D., of Hanover, NH, a distinguished officer in the war of the revolution, and second president of Dartmouth college; Ruth Wheelock, wife of the Rev. William Patton, of Hartford; and Maria Malleville Wheelock, wife of Rev. William Allen, D.D., of Northampton, Mass., Pres. of Bowdoin College and author-editor of Allen's "American Biographical Dictionary" published in the early-1800s.
Inscription
According to NEHGR 71 (July 1917), as inventoried by Joel N. Eno, A.M. prior to 1917, Ruth's gravestone says:
• Mrs. Ruth, late wife of Mr. Ralph Wheelock, who died August ye 31st 1725 & in ye 43 year of her age.
On the day that Ruth died she was 42 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 43.
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