{"id":30677,"date":"2018-04-18T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=30677"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:56:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:56:19","slug":"jonathan-wheelock-revolutionary-war-drummer-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/jonathan-wheelock-revolutionary-war-drummer-boy.html","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Wheelock, Revolutionary War Drummer Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing my research into Revolutionary War veterans, I recently found the obituary of Jonathan Wheelock, a 16-year-old drummer boy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30681\" style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1586057223BC9916%40GB3NEWS-1650064AB8D748E8%402395192-164FF9B9C0AFC418%402-164FF9B9C0AFC418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/congregational-journal-newspaper-0917-1845-jonathan-wheelock-obituary.png\" alt=\"An obituary for Jonathan Wheelock, Congregational Journal newspaper article 17 September 1845\" width=\"713\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/congregational-journal-newspaper-0917-1845-jonathan-wheelock-obituary.png 713w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/congregational-journal-newspaper-0917-1845-jonathan-wheelock-obituary-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: GenealogyBank, Congregational Journal (Concord, New Hampshire), 17 September 1845, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to this obituary:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe was at the battle of Bunker Hill, at the capture of Burgoyne, and served through the whole of the revolutionary war, occupying the station of drum-major at its close.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When he died in 1845, he was \u201c85 years and 8 months\u201d old \u2013 so that means he was born about 5 January 1760.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article: \u201cHe was born at Lancaster or Lempster, Mass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, using the basic facts that I had about him, I looked in FamilySearch.org to see what more I could learn about this Revolutionary War soldier.<\/p>\n<p>I found a record that seems to be a match:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/tree\/person\/details\/LHVV-64G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/tree\/person\/details\/LHVV-64G<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30685\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-search.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-search.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of FamilySearch's search page showing a search for Jonathan Wheelock\" width=\"251\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-search.png 251w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-search-133x300.png 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: FamilySearch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s interesting \u2013 using FamilySearch\u2019s \u201cView My Relationship\u201d feature, it says that I am related to Jonathan Wheelock.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30689\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-relations.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-relations.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of FamilySearch's relations page showing connections to Jonathan Wheelock\" width=\"547\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-relations.png 547w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/photo-0418-2018-familysearch-jonathan-wheelock-relations-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: FamilySearch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Armed with his obituary and this record in FamilySearch, I can continue my research to determine the accurate dates, places and other details of Wheelock\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a minute and document all of our Revolutionary War kindred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/27-colonial-newspapers-to-trace-your-early-american-ancestry.html\">27 Colonial Newspapers to Trace Your Early American Ancestry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/tracing-your-colonial-revolutionary-ancestry-in-newspapers.html\">Tracing Your Colonial &amp; Revolutionary Ancestry in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/revolutionary-war-ancestors-life-stories-are-in-old-newspapers.html\">Revolutionary War Ancestors\u2019 Life Stories Are in Old Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the obituary of Jonathan Wheelock, a 16-year-old drummer boy in the American Revolutionary 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