Obadiah Wheelock III (7 July 1738 – Mendon, Massachusetts – 7 January 1807 Annapolis, Nova Scotia) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1774.[1]

Life

He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts and came to Annapolis, Nova Scotia in 1760.[2] He was unseated for non-attendance in 1774.

Family

Obadiah Wheelock III was a second cousin, once removed, of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. Put another way, his paternal great-great-grandparents, Ralph Wheelock (1600–1684) and Rebecca Clarke (1610–1680), were also the great-grandparents of Eleazar Wheelock. Obadiah's third cousin (Eleazar's son), John Wheelock, was Dartmouth's founding president.

References

  1. ↑ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory (PDF). Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia. p. 247&230. ISBN 0-88871-050-X.
  2. ↑ History of the County of Annapolis, Nova Scotia: Including Old Port Royal & Acadia, by William Arthur Calnek (1822–1892) & Alfred William Savary (1831–1920), Toronto: W. Briggs (1897; re-printed by Global Heritage Press, Milton, Ontario, Canada, 1999); OCLC 1017542315, 181343145


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