Background
Wheelock was born to Colonel Silas Wheelock and Hannah Albee of Mendon, Massachusetts, on March 29, 1741. His father was a colonel and a descendant of the Review Ralph Wheelock.
Wheelock was born to Colonel Silas Wheelock and Hannah Albee of Mendon, Massachusetts, on March 29, 1741. His father was a colonel and a descendant of the Review Ralph Wheelock.
After the war he was killed while on militia duty protecting the Springfield Armory during Shays" Rebellion. Many of Simeon"s brothers would also serve in the Revolutionary War. Review Ralph Wheelock, the original immigrant, and Simeon"s great grandfather, had founded public education in America at Dedham, Master of Arts in the 1640s Simeon Wheelock served in the French and Indian War in 1760.
They settled in Uxbridge that year, and would have eight children.
He worked as a blacksmith in a shop adjacent to his home, which still stands in Uxbridge. Wheelock served as Town Clerk of Uxbridge for five years.
As first lieutenant in Captain Joseph Chapin"s company of minutemen, he answered the alarm on April 19, 1775, and fought at the battles of Lexington and Concord.
His term of service at this time was for 15 days.
Later, he served as Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Read"s company, in a regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Tyler, from the alarm of December 8, 1776 to January 21, 1777, at Providence, Rhode Island.
Simeon died in September 1786 at the age of 45 when his horse slipped on the ice while engaged in the suppression of Shays" Rebellion in Springfield.
Shays" Rebellion had its opening salvos in Uxbridge, a year before. Shays" Rebellion was an uprising of farmers related to currency disarray after the Revolution.
The home that Simeon and Deborah Wheelock built is now part of Uxbridge"s many historic houses. lieutenant is located on North Main Street across from the Masonic Lodge building.
Today, it is the local home of the Daughters of the American Revolution and is named for Deborah Wheelock.
The building is well preserved as a museum. lieutenant was built in 1768 and is located at 33 North Main Street. There are a number of Revolutionary War soldiers and officers from this community.
To find more on other soldiers, see the article on Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
Foreign more on historical sites in this area see the List of Registered Historic Places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. This house is in the "Uxbridge Common Historic District" on Massachusetts Route 122 just north of Massachusetts Route 16.
With the approach of the American Revolution, Wheelock was a member of the committee of correspondence in Uxbridge in 1774.