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he records embraced in this history do not assume to be afull genealogy of the Wheatley family. They are, however, theresult of more than twenty years of diligent and perseveringefforts to make them correct and reliable. Where incomplete,the fault is largely due to neglect of members of the branchslighted, to answer repeated requests for sketches and records. The gathering of material has been a task requiring greatpatience and much labor, correspondence and arranging of factsbeing largely done after the hour most peop'e were abed, suchbeing the only leisure hours, of the busy years of a physician’slife. A few of the early records were collected by Luther Wheat-ley(b. 1783 d. 1859). These were added to by CharlotteWheatley Bowman (1824- 1882) and carried forward by EdithWheatley Wilcox (1849-1881) whom I assisted, and I havebrought forward her unfinished task. A large amount of history was gleaned with the aid of of-ficers of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society inBoston. The Genealogies published, of the Wingate, Rollins,Tenney, Perry and Loveland families have been searched fordata, some portions having been taken from them bodily. And I am under great obligations to Col. F. M. Kimball ofTopeka, Kan., Dr. John R. Ham of Dover, N. H., Flora Wheat-ley Foss of Hardwick, Vt., and Col. Ainsworth of the PensionBureau at Washington, D. C., while the labors of Josephine A.Peavey of Farmington, N. H., in gathering and preparing thematerial for the press, has made possible the publication, at thistime. The personal examination of church, town and probate re-cords of several states has secured the connecting links of thepresent generation with their ancestors in this and the o!dcountry.
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