The Simeon Wheelock House is owned by the Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDAR.
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Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDARUXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Our chapter is actively involved with the preservation of historic Uxbridge records, and volunteering for veterans' service. The Deborah Wheelock Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), meets monthly on Wednesday evenings.
We welcome new members! Contact our chapter regent or our chapter registrar to learn more about our chapter and how to become a member. Questions about the chapter's site? Email the webmaster. |
Our Members
Fireplace in the Simeon Wheelock House
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The Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on February 14, 1899, and was incorporated in January 1911. Charter members were Katherine Mary Capron, L. Jennie Dudley, Beatrice Putnman, Mary B. Hayward, Emogene Cone Sayles, Alice Huntley Capron, Anna Lonas Capron, Marica Peck Griswold, Helen Wheelock Taft, Jane Frances Wheelock, Sylvia Luarana Capron, and Catherine A. C. Johnson.
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History of the Simon Wheelock House
The Simeon Wheelock house.
Ye D.A.R. Tea House signs.
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On North Main Street, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, set slightly back from the street under sheltering elms, as if retreating from modern traffic, there stands a typical New England country home. This modest, low-roofed, red house is owned by Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDAR. It was a gift to the chapter in 1910 from Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hayward.
In renovating the house, the chapter kept its lines unchanged, replacing timbers only where necessary because of decay. The broad gables, massive central chimney, original narrow windows set with small panes of wavy hand-blown glass, and simple but beautiful doorway are all as they were, built in 1768 by Simeon and Deborah (Thayer) Wheelock. The interior is preserved as nearly as possible to the original, except in the arrangement of the floor plan and the addition of modern heat and light. The assembly room’s low ceiling is supported by the original, hand-hewn, oak beams. The removal of a fireboard disclosed the large brick fireplace, with pot hooks and a crane, was flanked by a brick warming oven. Simeon and Deborah Wheelock Simeon Wheelock, who built the original house in 1768, was a farmer, and a blacksmith. At 22 years of age he married Deborah Thayer and they had eight children. Simeon’s Smithy stood just across the street. In April 1775, he answered the call for the Minutemen at Lexington and Concord as first lieutenant of the Uxbridge Company. In 1786, Simeon and his son Royal answered the call to arms in Shay’s Rebellion. Simeon never returned. His son Royal came back to his mother with his father's gun and knapsack. This left Deborah to provide for the family, the youngest was just two years old. Deborah Wheelock was buried in the old part of Prospect Hill Cemetery. Her grave was marked by DAR. The Tea Room In the early years of ownership of this historic homestead, funding restoration and maintenance was critical. One fascinating way to raise funds was the Wheelock House Tea Room. Open during the summer months, it attracted interest far and wide as patrons appeared from surrounding towns, and even out of state. A remarkable lady supplied signs which she posted when the tea room was open and removed when closed. Two of those signs, now over 100 years old, proclaimed the delights of the tea room “only 1 mile to go” and the other “only ½ a mile to go." Tea-time at Wheelock House! |
Our Patriots and their Spouses
Each member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution traces lineal descent from a Patriot who served the American Revolutionary War. These Patriots may have served as soldiers or may have rendered civil or patriotic service to the cause of American independence.
Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDAR, members are descended from the following Patriots:
Silas Wheelock – Massachusetts, Hannah Albee
Noah White – Massachusetts, Rebecca Trask
Ichabod Thayer, Jr. – Massachusetts, Mary Marsh
Elias Thayer – Massachusetts, Hanna Ellis
Amos Palmer – Rhode Island, Mary York
Simeon Wheelock – Massachusetts, Deborah Thayer
Ebenezer Taft – Massachusetts, Molly Hayward
Matthew Lackey – Massachusetts, Dorcas Woodbury
Willoughby Nason – Massachusetts, Mary Barden
John Jacobs – Connecticut, Sarah Plank
Adam Wideman – South Carolina, Millie Harris
George Macomber – Massachusetts, Susannah Paul
Job Benson – New York, Mary Richardson
Zachariah Sheldon – Massachusetts, Polly Mary Jones
David Board – New Jersey, Mary Ford
James Humphrey – Massachusetts, Deborah Tirrell
Joseph Watkins – Maryland, Ann Brown
Peleg Luther – Rhode Island, Mary Nichols
Jacob Shepard – Massachusetts, Bathsheba Puffer
Joseph Cady – Connecticut, Lucy Leavens
Heinrich Bartholomew – Pennsylvania, Hannah Zimmerman
Japheth Corttis – Connecticut, Mary Upham
Solomon Wood - Massachusetts, Hannah Fish
Ezra Beaman – Massachusetts, Persis Keyes
Joseph Daby, Sr. – Massachusetts, Elizabeth Nourse
John Aycock – North Carolina, Mary Brewer
Stephen Goldthwaite – Massachusetts, Chloe Aldrich
Davis Lillibridge – Rhode Island, Marion Moore
Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDAR, members are descended from the following Patriots:
Silas Wheelock – Massachusetts, Hannah Albee
Noah White – Massachusetts, Rebecca Trask
Ichabod Thayer, Jr. – Massachusetts, Mary Marsh
Elias Thayer – Massachusetts, Hanna Ellis
Amos Palmer – Rhode Island, Mary York
Simeon Wheelock – Massachusetts, Deborah Thayer
Ebenezer Taft – Massachusetts, Molly Hayward
Matthew Lackey – Massachusetts, Dorcas Woodbury
Willoughby Nason – Massachusetts, Mary Barden
John Jacobs – Connecticut, Sarah Plank
Adam Wideman – South Carolina, Millie Harris
George Macomber – Massachusetts, Susannah Paul
Job Benson – New York, Mary Richardson
Zachariah Sheldon – Massachusetts, Polly Mary Jones
David Board – New Jersey, Mary Ford
James Humphrey – Massachusetts, Deborah Tirrell
Joseph Watkins – Maryland, Ann Brown
Peleg Luther – Rhode Island, Mary Nichols
Jacob Shepard – Massachusetts, Bathsheba Puffer
Joseph Cady – Connecticut, Lucy Leavens
Heinrich Bartholomew – Pennsylvania, Hannah Zimmerman
Japheth Corttis – Connecticut, Mary Upham
Solomon Wood - Massachusetts, Hannah Fish
Ezra Beaman – Massachusetts, Persis Keyes
Joseph Daby, Sr. – Massachusetts, Elizabeth Nourse
John Aycock – North Carolina, Mary Brewer
Stephen Goldthwaite – Massachusetts, Chloe Aldrich
Davis Lillibridge – Rhode Island, Marion Moore
Our Activities
The Simeon Wheelock house.
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Deborah Wheelock Chapter, NSDAR, meets monthly on Wednesday evening. Our chapter is actively involved with the preservation of historic Uxbridge records, and volunteering for veterans' service.
About Uxbridge and Surrounding Towns - Things to See and Do Uxbridge is part of the Blackstone River Valley, stretching from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence Rhodes Island, running the 46-mile length of the Blackstone River; it is here that America’s Industrial Revolution began in 1790. American Antiquarian Society Worcester Historical Society Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Willard House & Clock Museum Vaillancourt Folk Art Slater Mill Historic Site Museum of Work & Culture The Blackstone Valley Explorer |
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Chapter site last updated October 26, 2024.
Questions about the chapter's site? Email the webmaster. |
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