Abraham Wheelock (abt. 1593 - 1653)

Born about 1593 in Loppington, Shropshire, England

Died 25 Sep 1653 at about age 60 in London, England

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Biography

Research notes

From the Cambridge database - married Clemence Godd in 1632. Perhaps brother of Ralph WHEELOCK (1623) probably father of Abraham WHILLOCK (1650), Gregory WHEELOCK (1649) and Ralph WHEELOCK (1645) Abraham's will only mentions son Abraham, Grandson Christopher Goad, and 4 daughters.

• Attended Sir John Talbot Grammar School in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Sources

• "Abraham Wheelocke" on Wikipedia.
• Wheelock, Abraham (WHLK611A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
• Murphy, Michael, and Edward Barrett. “Abraham Wheelock, Arabist and Saxonist.” Biography, vol. 8, no. 2, 1985, pp. 163–185. JSTOR, . [p 168: "It [1632] was an eventful year for Wheelock, not least because in the spring he married Clemence Goad, the widow of a late university proctor, and a woman with at least one child, a course of action that was against Adam's advice which Wheelock had, foolishly, asked for."] [p. 182: "Alumni Cantagrigienses suggests that Wheelock had sons (a) Abraham, who matriculated at King's in 1650 (b) Gregory, who graduated from Clare in 1653-4 and died in 1709 (c) Ralph, who matriculated at King's in 1645. But Wheelock's will mentions only a son, Abraham, and four daughters and a grandson whose name was Christopher Goad and who would appear, then, to have been a step-grandson. Alumni Cantabrigienses is almost certainly wrong in suggesting that Ralph was our subject's son, since Wheelock was married in 1632 and a child of that marriage could hardly have matriculated in 1645. It is just possible that both Gregory and Ralph were the sons of Ralph Wheelock who settled in America in 1637..., and who were left behind in their kinsman's care to get the kind of education which would have been impossible in America."]

• Letter from Whitchurch Area Archeological Group to H. Wheelock, 17 Feb 1983, Wheelock One Name Study website.

• Musgrave, William. Obituary prior to 1800 : (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland). 1899 V 5 Page 249