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Obadiah Wheelock
Canadian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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