"1. 2. 4. 1. Ruth (Huntington) Wheelock, born in Norwich, November 28, 1682; where she married. January 8, 1707-8, Ralph Wheelock, of Windham, Conn., a son of Capt. Eleazer Wheelock, of Mendon, Mass, who born in 1683. She deserves especial notice in this memoir, both for her own great personal worth, and for the excellence and eminence of her descendants. Every tradition respecting her makes her a woman of unusual intelligence, and of rare piety. Her home, the main theater of her life, was blessed equally by her timely instructions, her holy example, and the administration of a gentle yet firm discipline. She died in Windham, September 1, 1725. Her husband married for his second wife Mercy Standish, by whom he had but one child Mary, born November 28, 1728. Ralph Wheelock, the husband of Ruth, was chosen deacon of Windham church in 1729. He died in Windham, October 15, 1748."
