Darling Whelpley

1738 - 1813  (75 years)

• Name	Darling Whelpley
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1738	Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Military	1759 (Age 21)  [3, 4]
  He was a corporal in the Connecticut Third Regiment, Captain and Colonel David Wooster, 4th Company, Captain Thomas Hobby.
  Military	1776 (Age 38)  [4, 5]
  He was a sergeant in Mead's Regiment of the Connecticut Militia.
  History	1779  [4, 6]
  	Darling fought on the British side of the Revolutionary War. He fought at Lloyd?s Neck on Long Island, NY and was defeated by the American Revolutionaries. Darling and the other British soldiers made a raid on Greenwich where he burnt buildings including the church, likely the same church where the family?s records were held. After losing the war, he was sentenced to death by the victorious revolutionaries . Before he could be executed, however, it was decided that he would be exchanged for an American prisoner . The family did, however, lose all their land and property, which was given over to the American side. How would have been for his wife, Abigail Peck and their ten children..... the horror and anxiety of having your husband and father sentenced to death, and then the relief of having him returned, but losing all your property and land and being forced to leave to a new country. The following entry the minute book kept by Peter Mead, "1779 - October Session of the General Assembly. Darling Whelpley, Solomon Perris, William Peck, and David Washburn under sentience of death for the crime of high treason, sentence was suspended until the first Wednesday of March 1780. They were finally exchanged." After he was exchanged, his estate was forfeited and confiscated.
  Moved To	1783 (Age 45)	New Brunswick, Canada   [7]
  Darling Whelpley left the United States and sailed for New Brunswick on board the ship called "Hope" in 1783, along with his wife and nine of their children, according to the passenger lists. They settled in Upper Saint John and Kingston area with many other British loyalists. Another son, Jonathan, probably came later. They came to Canada on the ship"Hope." After surviving the war, losing all their property and most of their possessions, forsaking a land they had worked hard to build, and narrowly escaping execution, they came to Canada, their new promised land.
  Death	21 Apr 1813	Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2]
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  1. Jonathan Whelpley,   b. 1727, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 17 Dec 1784, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut  (Age 57 years)   2. Mercy Mary Whelpley,   b. 1728, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 20 Apr 1820, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut  (Age 92 years)   3. David Whelpley,   b. Abt 1729, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Before 23 Mar 1785, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut  (Age 56 years)   4. Samuel Whelpley,   b. 1730, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut   5. Martha Whelpley,   b. 1733, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 20 Apr 1820, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut  (Age 87 years) ▻ Stephen Clason,  m. 9 Dec 1762   6. Darling Whelpley,   b. 1738, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 21 Apr 1813, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years) ▻ Abigail Peck,  m. Abt 1758
  Person ID	I13637	| Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Whelpley,   b. 6 Aug 1698, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 12 Nov 1772, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Martha Pennoyer,   b. 1706, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 1739, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1727
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 28 years and 4 months - She : ~ 21 years.
  Family ID	F784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Peck,   b. 1738, Connecticut d. 24 Apr 1813, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1758	Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 20 years - She : ~ 20 years.
  Children	1. Oliver Whelpley,   b. 7 Jan 1756, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 1767, Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 10 years)   2. Jonathan Whelpley,   b. Abt 1758, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Indonesia   3. Martha Whelpley,   b. 1763, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   4. Abigail Whelpley,   b. 1766, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 1766, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age 0 years)   5. Elizabeth Whelpley,   b. 1767, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 13 Jun 1786, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 19 years)   6. Jeremiah Whelpley   7. Joseph Whelpley,   b. 13 Sep 1780, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 22 Sep 1844, Eastport, Washington County, Maine (Age 64 years)   8. Richard Whelpley,   b. 6 Sep 1776, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 23 Oct 1857, Long Reach, Kings County, New Brunswick (Age 81 years)   9. Jonathan Whelpley   10. William Whelpley,   b. Abt 1781, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. May 1830, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1738 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Oliver Whelpley - 7 Jan 1756 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Marriage - Abt 1758 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Jonathan Whelpley - Abt 1758 - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Martha Whelpley - 1763 - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Abigail Whelpley - 1766 - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Elizabeth Whelpley - 1767 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Richard Whelpley - 6 Sep 1776 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - Joseph Whelpley - 13 Sep 1780 - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Child - William Whelpley - Abt 1781 - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Moved To - 1783 - New Brunswick, Canada Death - 21 Apr 1813 - Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] Ancestry Family Trees, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Use with Caution. [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com). Memorial ID 60470524 [S757] Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000). [S758] Mead, Spencer P. Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911). [S753] U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007). [S759] Love, Darlene. Darling Whelpley, (Ancestry.com). [S754] Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).