Background

Wheelock, Eleazar was born on April 22, 1711 in Windham, Connecticut, United States. Son of Ralph and Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock.

Education

Graduated from Yale, 1733. Doctor of Divinity, University Edinburgh (Scotland), 1767.

Career

11 children Including John (eldest son). Licensed to preach, Congregational Church, 1734. Pastor 2d (or North) Society, Lebanon, Connecticut, 1735.

Envisaged plan to educate and convert Indians after having privately educated Samson Occoman (a Mohegan Indian), 1743.

Conducted Moor’s Charity School, 1754-1768 which had 127 Indians by 1765, school closed as result of governmental disapproval and poor results among graduates. Obtained charter for Dartmouth College from Governor John Wentworth of New Hampshire (U.S.), 1769, started school with funds raised in England, served as president Dartmouth College and Moor’s Charity School, Hanover, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1770-1779.

Published several sermons and “Narrative of the Indian School at Lebanon,” 1762-1775.

Achievements

• Eleazar Wheelock has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, college president by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A Plain and Faithful Narrative of the Original Design, Rise, Progress and Present State of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, in Connecticut (Classic Reprint)

Connections

Married Mistress;; married second, Mary Brinsmead, November 21, 1747.

Father:

Ralph Wheelock

Mother:

Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock

Spouse:

Mistress

Spouse:

Mary Brinsmead

References

• Eleazar Wheelock, 1711-1779, Daniel Webster, 1782-1852, and their pioneer Dartmouth College (Newcomen address)
• Memoirs of the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D.: Founder and President of Dartmouth College and Moor's Charity School - Scholar's Choice Edition
• Memoirs of the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D.: Founder and President of Dartmouth College and Moor's Charity School
• Eleazar Wheelock: Founder of Dartmouth College (Manuscript series)