Ephraim Wheaton

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• Will: 20 May 1729, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• Probate: 10 May 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

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GBFA p.25: The Reverend Ephraim Wheaton was the 9th son of a clergyman, and is believed to be a descendant of Robert Wheaton who immigrated to Massachusetts in 1636. Ephraim Wheaton lived in Southern massachusetts all his life. One of his descendants is Judge Laban Wheaton who founded the Wheaton Seminary College at Norton, Mass. Among the children of the Rev. Ephraim and Mary (Mason) Wheaton are:

a. Alice (or "Else") Wheaton, b. Nov. 26, 1700; md. #39 Daniel Barney.
b. Freelove Wheaton, b. June 1, 1703; md. #46 Josiah Barney.

"Reed Family History," by Mrs. Nellie Reed Sutherland: "Ephraim Wheaton was the son of Robert Wheaton, an early settler in Rehoboth, owning land there in 1658. In the double Volume 1 and 2 of Arnold's "Vital Records," on page 20, he says Robert Wheaton and Elce Bowen were married about 1636 at Salem, Mass. Elce Bowen was the daughter of Richard Bowen who was one of the early Pilgrims. Robert Wheaton followed Roger Williams from Salem south toward Providence in 1638 or about that date. The Wheaton family has produced many famous ministers and judges. Two of the latter endowed the Wheaton Female Seminary (now College) at Norton, Mass., 80 miles from Taunton and near Rehoboth. My daughter, Jean Sutherland, graduated from this college in 1913. It is about 80 years old now."

Notes from Rehoboth Roots; Updated: Mar 19, 2002. Contact: Jim Bullock Descendants of Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Mass.: "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] Residence was in a contiguous part of Rehoboth. [NEHGR]
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]
Residence was in a contiguous part of Rehoboth. [NEHGR]

Ephraim married Mary Mason on 7 Jan 1684 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Sampson Mason and Mary Butterworth) was born on 7 Feb 1660 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Nov 1727 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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dates: WFT #12:4189 says she was b. Feb. 7, 1659/60 in Rehoboth; that she & Rev. Wheaton were md. Aug. 1, 1676 in Swansea; and that she d. Aug. 29, 1714.

parents: WFT #12:4189 says she is the dau of Sampson and Mary (Butterworth) Mason.

"Reed Family History," by Mrs. Nellie Reed Sutherland: "Mary Mason, wife of Ephraim Wheaton, was the daughter of Sampson and Mary Mason. Sampson Mason was killed in "Captain Pierces Fight" with the Indians in 1676 and was buried in Rehoboth. His widow lived until Aug. 20, 1714. The acount of her burial is in the fragments of a partially burned Colonial Record published at the very end of the Vital Records of Rehoboth."

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Married:
marriage sources from Rehoboth Roots; Updated: Mar 19, 2002. Contact: Jim Bullock Descendants of Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Mass.

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• Emigration: 1630, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

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at Rehoboth, 1643

Robert married Alice Bowen about 1636 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Alice (daughter of Richard Bowen and Anne Bourn) was born in Unknown; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Was in Oliver Cromwell's army.
First record in America is in 25 Jul 1649 will of Edward Bullock of Dorchester in which a debt is acknowledged "due to Sampson Mason for wife's shoes."
1651, bought house & land in Dorchester from William Betts.
9 Dec 1657 Records of Rehoboth "voted that Sampson Mason should have free liberty to sojurn amonst us".
1667, one of the founders of Swansea.
One of the proprietors of the "North Purchase". One of the larger contributors to King Philip's War.

Sampson married Mary Butterworth about 1650. Mary (daughter of Butterworth) was born about 1628; died on 20 Aug 1714 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Will of MARY MASON of Reho., widow, 'being aged,' dtd. 28 Jan. 1712/3, prob. 6 Dec. 1714. Sons: Pellatia, Benjamin, Noah dcd., samuel, Joseph & Sampson Mason. Daus: Mary wife of Ephraim Wheaton, Sarah (no surname), Bethiah Wood dcd. & Thankful Bowen. Daus. of my dau. Bethiah dcd. Witns: Samuel Whitaker, John Wheaton & Samuel Bullock [3:205/6]."

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Richard's ancestry is uncertain. There is some evidence that he was the son of Sir James Bowen of Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, Wales, who in turn could claim decent from the Vaughan, Dalton, Strandling and Gamage families and King Edward III. This claim rests on the family tradition that the Bowen arms were carved in Richard's gravestone which is now lost. Richard's great grandson, Dr. Jabez Bowen, had the Bowen arms carved in his wife's gravestone in 1754 when she was buried in the same cemetery as Richard. Dr. Jabez Bowen's father, Dr. Richard Bowen, was 26 years old when the immigrant, Richard Bowen died and was in a position to know of the family's history in Wales. The immigrant, Richard, was literate. (Plymouth Colony Genealogical Helper, Issue No. 3 (1975)).
The estimated birthdates of Richard's children are based upon the average ages in New England for first marriages.
1638 Immigrated to New England.
1640 Approximate date came to Rehoboth. He was one of the original proprietors under the leadership of Rev. Samuel Newman.
1642 Land record of a purchase in Weymouth. He also lived in Seekonk.
1643 List as a proprietor in Rehoboth.
9 Dec 1644 Chosen as a member of Rehoboth's first board of selectmen.
4 Jun 1645 Listed as a freeman of Rehoboth.
Nov 1648 Marries his second wife, Elizabeth Rey in Hingham, MA.
1651 Deputy to Plymouth Colony.
13 May 1653 Chosen as an "overseers of the wayes".
1654-58 Town clerk of Rehoboth.
4 Jun 1675 Will proven. Estate valued at 175£, 15s, 8d.
Elizabeth came to America in the ship "Blessing" in 1635.
At death, Richard was reported to be 80 years old.

Richard married Anne Bourn about 1615 in , , , Wales. Anne was born about 1600 in , , Swansea, Wales; died in 1654 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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