Chauncey Whittelsey (270)

Election date: 1768

Elected to the revived American Philosophical Society.


Blank portrait of a man in mid/late 18th century attire

Chauncey Whittelsey (28 October 1717–24 July 1787) was a minister and educator, and a member of the American Philosophical Society via his 1768 election. After taking his A.B. at Yale in 1738, he remained as a tutor from 1739 to 1745: during that era he educated a number of would-be leading figures, including APS Members John Morin Scott, William Livingston, Jared Ingersoll, and Ezra Stiles, among others. When George Whitefield set New England ablaze with his evangelical preaching in 1740–41, Whittelsey took the traditionalist, Old Light position. He resigned from Yale in 1745 to focus on business, and only preached occasionally thereafter, until elected to aid the aged pastor of First Church in New Haven in 1758, whom he superseded from 1761 until his own death in 1787. Respected for his learnedness and gentility, many mourned him. (PI)



270.001
Member: Chauncey Whittelsey
☞ A brief discourse deliver'd at North-Haven, May 15th, at the funeral of the Reverend Mr. Isaac Stiles, late Pastor of the Church of Christ there : who departed this life May 14, 1760 : in the sixty-second year of his age.
Creator(s): Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787 (Author)
Publication: New-Haven[, CT]: Printed by Parker, and Company, at the post-office, [1760]


270.002
Member: Chauncey Whittelsey
☞ A discourse, occasioned by the death, and delivered at the funeral, of Mrs. Mary Clap, relict of the late Rev. President Clap : who departed this life September 23d, 1769, in the LXVIth year of her age.
Creator(s): Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787 (Author)
Publication: New-Haven[, CT]: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1769]


270.003
Member: Chauncey Whittelsey
☞ The importance of religion in the civil ruler, considered : a sermon, preached before the General Assembly of the state of Connecticut, at Hartford, on the day of the anniversary election, May 14th, 1778.
Creator(s): Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787 (Author)
Publication: New-Haven[, CT]: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1778
Subjects:Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800. | Religion and state -- Early works to 1800.


270.004
Member: Chauncey Whittelsey
☞ A sermon preach'd at New-Haven on the Sabbath preceeding the publick commencement, Sept. 9th, anno Dom, 1744 : wherein is considered the true notion of a faithful improvement of our talents, and the wisdom of being early & in earnest therein.
Creator(s): Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787 (Author)
Publication: N. London [i.e., New London, CT]: Printed and sold by T. Green, 1744
Subjects:Baccalaureate addresses -- Yale College (1718-1887)


270.005
Member: Chauncey Whittelsey
☞ A sermon, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Abigail Noyes, relict of the late Rev. Joseph Noyes, Pastor of the First Church in New-Haven : she departed this life October 10, 1768 : in the 73d year of her age : delivered the Lord's-Day after her decease.
Creator(s): Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787 (Author)
Publication: New-Haven[, CT]: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1768]


270.006
Member: Chauncey Whittelsey
☞ A sermon, preach'd June 22d, 1769 : at the ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Hubbard to the pastoral care of the Church of Christ in Meriden : by Chauncey Whittelsey, A.M.to which are annexed, the charge, and right hand of fellowship.
Creator(s): Whittelsey, Chauncey, 1717-1787 (Author)
Publication: New-Haven[, CT]: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1769]