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Ephraim Wheaton, Rev.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1659 - 1734  (74 years)


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  • Name Ephraim Wheaton 
    Suffix Rev. 
    Birth 20 Oct 1659  Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 20 May 1729  Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 26 Apr 1734  Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Probate 10 May 1734  Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    _UID 4DD800D922054A279854C815C53AF69AEEFC 
    Person ID I2109  Larry and Jane's Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2005 

    Father Robert Wheaton,   b. 1605, , , Swansea, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1695, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Alice Bowen,   b. Unknown   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1636  Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Mason,   b. 7 Feb 1660, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1684  Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    • marriage sources from Rehoboth Roots; Updated: Mar 19, 2002. Contact: Jim Bullock Descendants of Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Mass.
    Children 
     1. James Wheaton,   b. 27 Oct 1685, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Abijah Wheaton,   b. 14 Mar 1687, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Robert Wheaton,   b. 14 Feb 1688, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ephraim Wheaton,   b. 10 Jan 1690, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary Wheaton,   b. 25 Feb 1693, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Hannah Wheaton,   b. 4 Mar 1695, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Daniel Wheaton,   b. 24 Aug 1698, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1762, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     8. Alice Wheaton,   b. 26 Nov 1700, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1766, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     9. Freelove Wheaton,   b. 1 Jun 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 26 Mar 1750 (Age 46 years)
    Family ID F358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Oct 1659 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jan 1684 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 20 May 1729 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Apr 1734 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 10 May 1734 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S489] Cliff Barney, Cliff Barney gedcom.

    2. [S699] Otis Olney Wright, compiler and editor, History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917, (Published by the Town, Dover Press, Fall River, Mass.; 1917), p. 104 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S696] John Langmaid, John Langmaid gedcom, (Updated: 3/17/2002 e-mail address: jlangmaid@rcn.com).

    4. [S700] New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.), vol. 18, p. 249, Jul 1864. (Reliability: 3).
      "Sampson Mason, the Baptist"

    5. [S50] Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, 1642-1896, (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I.; 1897).

    6. [S51] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, (Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge CO, 1998, Type II CD), p. 768, VR 1-15 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S701] H. L. Peter Rounds, C.G., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1687-1745, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 1988), p. 229 [8:104/5/6] (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S51] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, (Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge CO, 1998, Type II CD), p. 886, VR 2-243 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S51] Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, (Search & Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge CO, 1998, Type II CD), p. 384, VR 1-148 (Reliability: 3).


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