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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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LIEUT. THOMAS WHEATLEY.

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Phillis Wheatley·1753–1784
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homas Wheatley was evidently a brother of John Wheat-leigh, whose genealogy we have traced down to Capt. JohnWheatley, the father of our branch of the family in America. Ido not give wills, ete., in this line that Mr. Stevens furnished,but will preserve the line of descent, hoping it may be of someservice to other branches of the family. In Burke’s visitations of 1690 is traced the Wheatley pedi-gree for five generations. In 1547 Thomas Wheatley ownedBalwoodston, Wells, Somersetshire. This estate evidently‘passed into the possession of John about 1572, and Thomasmoved to Sonning in Berkshire. He was father of nine chil-dren.
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