Son of David Whedon (aka Wheaton) and Zillah Shelley.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Edmund Wheadon
Name: Edmund Wheadon
Cemetery: Auburn
Location: Cayuga Co NY 41
Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.4, p. Serial: 10572; Volume: 12
Born Branford, Conn. Removed (1787) to Pawlet, Vermont; 1791, among first members of Baptist church organized at his house; erected some of first mills in West Pawlet; removed (1811; “some 26 years ago” in 1837 probate hearing) to Cayuga Co., N.Y. Until shortly before death, lived “about two and a half miles from Auburn” on farm “of about 150 acres…part in Aurelius and part in Auburn.” In Auburn, EW boarded at house on Academy Street. (Probate papers) Married (2nd) 1821, Dorcas (Brown) Bliss (d. 1865), widow of Zenas Bliss. Died of congestive heart failure with edema. EW’s will left most property to second wife and her son, igniting a legal challenge from children of first wife. Lydia Whedon Dixon (D2/3) and siblings charged that Dorcas Bliss Whedon had so “influenced”EW that he rewrote will to cut out his own children. While still alive, members of EW’s Baptist church in Auburn had tried to intervene on behalf of his childen. In response, EW had responded with angry public handbill declaring his right to arrange his own affairs. Probate file includes 58 pages of affidavits supporting one side or other. After two years of hearings, will eventually upheld in April 1838. (Probate papers) See Soldiers – Revolutionary War (Pawlet: One Hundred Years, Hollister, 1867)
Private, Alexander Webster's Regiment, Charlotte Co., N.Y. (Vermont), Militia. Enlisted (November 1778) while living at Hebron, N.Y. Served (1778-82) guarding frontier against incursions from British based at Fort Saint-Jean (“St. Johns”) on Richelieu River, south of Montreal. (EW: “the enemy at this time lay at St. Johns and were accustomed to come down the lake on board their shipping, at which times the country would be alarmed and the militia called out.”) EW’s regiment divided (April 1779) in thirds, with each serving a three-week rotation on guard duty at Skenesborough (now, Whitehall), N.Y., a point which a British invasion would have to pass. In most years, served four months per year, but “from the spring of 1781 until the fall of 1782…was almost constantly in service in cases of alarm, as a guard at Skenesborough and in scouting parties.” Marched twice to Lake George and was stationed for a month at Granville. Applied (September 1832) for pension, based on new (June 1832) pension act. Pension granted at $54.10 per year. (Pension file)
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Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Edmund Wheadon
Name: Edmund Wheadon
Cemetery: Auburn
Location: Cayuga Co NY 41
Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.4, p. Serial: 10572; Volume: 12
Born Branford, Conn. Removed (1787) to Pawlet, Vermont; 1791, among first members of Baptist church organized at his house; erected some of first mills in West Pawlet; removed (1811; “some 26 years ago” in 1837 probate hearing) to Cayuga Co., N.Y. Until shortly before death, lived “about two and a half miles from Auburn” on farm “of about 150 acres…part in Aurelius and part in Auburn.” In Auburn, EW boarded at house on Academy Street. (Probate papers) Married (2nd) 1821, Dorcas (Brown) Bliss (d. 1865), widow of Zenas Bliss. Died of congestive heart failure with edema. EW’s will left most property to second wife and her son, igniting a legal challenge from children of first wife. Lydia Whedon Dixon (D2/3) and siblings charged that Dorcas Bliss Whedon had so “influenced”EW that he rewrote will to cut out his own children. While still alive, members of EW’s Baptist church in Auburn had tried to intervene on behalf of his childen. In response, EW had responded with angry public handbill declaring his right to arrange his own affairs. Probate file includes 58 pages of affidavits supporting one side or other. After two years of hearings, will eventually upheld in April 1838. (Probate papers) See Soldiers – Revolutionary War (Pawlet: One Hundred Years, Hollister, 1867)
Private, Alexander Webster's Regiment, Charlotte Co., N.Y. (Vermont), Militia. Enlisted (November 1778) while living at Hebron, N.Y. Served (1778-82) guarding frontier against incursions from British based at Fort Saint-Jean (“St. Johns”) on Richelieu River, south of Montreal. (EW: “the enemy at this time lay at St. Johns and were accustomed to come down the lake on board their shipping, at which times the country would be alarmed and the militia called out.”) EW’s regiment divided (April 1779) in thirds, with each serving a three-week rotation on guard duty at Skenesborough (now, Whitehall), N.Y., a point which a British invasion would have to pass. In most years, served four months per year, but “from the spring of 1781 until the fall of 1782…was almost constantly in service in cases of alarm, as a guard at Skenesborough and in scouting parties.” Marched twice to Lake George and was stationed for a month at Granville. Applied (September 1832) for pension, based on new (June 1832) pension act. Pension granted at $54.10 per year. (Pension file)
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Son of David Whedon (aka Wheaton) and Zillah Shelley.
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Edmund Wheadon
Name: Edmund Wheadon
Cemetery: Auburn
Location: Cayuga Co NY 41
Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.4, p. Serial: 10572; Volume: 12
Born Branford, Conn. Removed (1787) to Pawlet, Vermont; 1791, among first members of Baptist church organized at his house; erected some of first mills in West Pawlet; removed (1811; “some 26 years ago” in 1837 probate hearing) to Cayuga Co., N.Y. Until shortly before death, lived “about two and a half miles from Auburn” on farm “of about 150 acres…part in Aurelius and part in Auburn.” In Auburn, EW boarded at house on Academy Street. (Probate papers) Married (2nd) 1821, Dorcas (Brown) Bliss (d. 1865), widow of Zenas Bliss. Died of congestive heart failure with edema. EW’s will left most property to second wife and her son, igniting a legal challenge from children of first wife. Lydia Whedon Dixon (D2/3) and siblings charged that Dorcas Bliss Whedon had so “influenced”EW that he rewrote will to cut out his own children. While still alive, members of EW’s Baptist church in Auburn had tried to intervene on behalf of his childen. In response, EW had responded with angry public handbill declaring his right to arrange his own affairs. Probate file includes 58 pages of affidavits supporting one side or other. After two years of hearings, will eventually upheld in April 1838. (Probate papers) See Soldiers – Revolutionary War (Pawlet: One Hundred Years, Hollister, 1867)
Private, Alexander Webster's Regiment, Charlotte Co., N.Y. (Vermont), Militia. Enlisted (November 1778) while living at Hebron, N.Y. Served (1778-82) guarding frontier against incursions from British based at Fort Saint-Jean (“St. Johns”) on Richelieu River, south of Montreal. (EW: “the enemy at this time lay at St. Johns and were accustomed to come down the lake on board their shipping, at which times the country would be alarmed and the militia called out.”) EW’s regiment divided (April 1779) in thirds, with each serving a three-week rotation on guard duty at Skenesborough (now, Whitehall), N.Y., a point which a British invasion would have to pass. In most years, served four months per year, but “from the spring of 1781 until the fall of 1782…was almost constantly in service in cases of alarm, as a guard at Skenesborough and in scouting parties.” Marched twice to Lake George and was stationed for a month at Granville. Applied (September 1832) for pension, based on new (June 1832) pension act. Pension granted at $54.10 per year. (Pension file)
Courtesy of contributor #48222303
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots about Edmund Wheadon
Name: Edmund Wheadon
Cemetery: Auburn
Location: Cayuga Co NY 41
Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.4, p. Serial: 10572; Volume: 12
Born Branford, Conn. Removed (1787) to Pawlet, Vermont; 1791, among first members of Baptist church organized at his house; erected some of first mills in West Pawlet; removed (1811; “some 26 years ago” in 1837 probate hearing) to Cayuga Co., N.Y. Until shortly before death, lived “about two and a half miles from Auburn” on farm “of about 150 acres…part in Aurelius and part in Auburn.” In Auburn, EW boarded at house on Academy Street. (Probate papers) Married (2nd) 1821, Dorcas (Brown) Bliss (d. 1865), widow of Zenas Bliss. Died of congestive heart failure with edema. EW’s will left most property to second wife and her son, igniting a legal challenge from children of first wife. Lydia Whedon Dixon (D2/3) and siblings charged that Dorcas Bliss Whedon had so “influenced”EW that he rewrote will to cut out his own children. While still alive, members of EW’s Baptist church in Auburn had tried to intervene on behalf of his childen. In response, EW had responded with angry public handbill declaring his right to arrange his own affairs. Probate file includes 58 pages of affidavits supporting one side or other. After two years of hearings, will eventually upheld in April 1838. (Probate papers) See Soldiers – Revolutionary War (Pawlet: One Hundred Years, Hollister, 1867)
Private, Alexander Webster's Regiment, Charlotte Co., N.Y. (Vermont), Militia. Enlisted (November 1778) while living at Hebron, N.Y. Served (1778-82) guarding frontier against incursions from British based at Fort Saint-Jean (“St. Johns”) on Richelieu River, south of Montreal. (EW: “the enemy at this time lay at St. Johns and were accustomed to come down the lake on board their shipping, at which times the country would be alarmed and the militia called out.”) EW’s regiment divided (April 1779) in thirds, with each serving a three-week rotation on guard duty at Skenesborough (now, Whitehall), N.Y., a point which a British invasion would have to pass. In most years, served four months per year, but “from the spring of 1781 until the fall of 1782…was almost constantly in service in cases of alarm, as a guard at Skenesborough and in scouting parties.” Marched twice to Lake George and was stationed for a month at Granville. Applied (September 1832) for pension, based on new (June 1832) pension act. Pension granted at $54.10 per year. (Pension file)
Courtesy of contributor #48222303
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