Brick wall: Married names of William Jenks's (1735 -1815) daughters? (Berkshire Co, MA & Columbia Co, NY)

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I'm at a loss where to look next.  William Jenks names three daughters in his will but doesn't mention their married names. He references his deceased daughter Elizabeth's children, so its definitely a case of simply omitting the names (and not a sign that they were unmarried).  William is originally from Rhode Island, and moved to Connecticut, but spent the last couple of decades in Tyringham, Berkshire, MA & Chatham, Columbia Co, NY.

There was info on Meribah in a book, but Waitstill's and Elizabeth's married names/husbands are unknown.

I suspect that Waitstill is the wife of Levi Wheelock.  Levi sold land cheaply to William Jenks (either father or brother in Berkshire Co, MA.  And also relocated to Columbia Co, NY around the same time as William Jenks.

Any additional clues, or thoughts of where to look would be greatly appreciated.
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in Genealogy Help by M Cole G2G6 Mach 9 (91.6k points)
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Its been years, I see Meribah has been sorted out.  I have acces to the book "Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America, Compiled by William B. Browne, under the terms of the will of Harlan W. Jenks, deceased. Printed by Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1952." if that would be helpful for anyone.  

I am slowly adding the Jenks family from that book, and would be willing to look anyone up if needed
by Suzane Oliver G2G2 (2.4k points)
Thanks Suzanne: Meribah”s Marriage has always been known. Unfortunately Elizabeth and Waitstill are still mysteries. I still suspect that Waitstill married Levi Wheelock but that’s just a guess.

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