Rev Chauncey Whittelsey (1717-1787) - Find a Grave Memorial

Rev Chauncey Whittelsey

Birth

8 Oct 1717

Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Death

24 Jul 1787 (aged 69)

New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Burial

Center Church on the Green Churchyard

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Plot

Center Church Crypt

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Inscription

Plaque near crypt reads:
A graduate of and instructor in Yale College, a member of the Colonial Assembly and in other Public Trusts from 1738 to 1758. Fifth Pastor of this Church from 1758 to 1787.

His Piety and Eloquence made him dear to his people, and with his Firmness and Decision enabled him to discharge the duties of the pastoral office with fideltiy and dignity during the struggle of the Revolution.

He died July 24th, 1787, in the 70th year of his age and the 30th of his ministry.
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The stone marker near his crypt reads:
To the Memory of the reverend CHAUNCEY WHITTELSEY, A.M. fifth pastor of the first church in this city. With eminent natural talents and human acquirements, he united a firm attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty. He inculcated the doctrines of grace as motives to holiness, constantly taught and in various relations exemplified «i»the more excellent way «/i» and, having discharged with fideltiy and dignity the duties of the pastoral office, closed this useful life with a full hope of immortality. July 24, 1787 in the 70th Year of his age, and 30th of his ministry.

DAN'l XIIth 3rd
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightest of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the flame for ever and ever.