Oliver Whelpley

1756 - —

• Name	Oliver Whelpley
  	to Canada — Loyalist
  Birth	7 Jan 1756	Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  History	4 Jul 1776 (20 years)	United States become Independent
  Military	1777 (20 years)  [2, 3]
  In 1777, he deserted from the American Army.
  Moved To	1783 (26 years)	Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America   [4]
  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.
  Petition	say 1800 (43 years)  [3]
  He later made a claim for his home and land confiscated when he escaped to New Brunswick.
  	Localist Claim of Oliver Whelpley
  Death	—	Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America   [5]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Oliver Whelpley,   b. 7 Jan 1756, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. —, Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America   2. Jonathan Whelpley,   b. Abt 1758, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 1809, at sea off Indonesia  (Age 51 years)   3. Martha Whelpley,   b. 1763, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony   4. Abigail Whelpley,   b. 1766, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 1766, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 0 years)   5. Elizabeth Whelpley,   b. 1767, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 13 Jun 1786, New Brunswick, British North America  (Age 19 years)   6. Jeremiah Whelpley,   b. Abt 1772, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 22 Sep 1836, Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, British North America  (Age 64 years) > 7. Joseph Whelpley,   b. 13 Sep 1780, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1844, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. U.S.A.  (Age 64 years) ▻ Charlotte Davidson,  m. 30 Jun 1804 > 8. Richard Whelpley,   b. 6 Sep 1776, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 23 Oct 1857, Long Reach, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 81 years) ▻ Charlotte Whitney Gorham,  m. 13 Feb 1806 + 9. William Whelpley,   b. Abt 1781, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. May 1830, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America  (Age 49 years) ▻ Mabel Thomas,  m. 3 Dec 1804
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Wakeley,   b. 1510, Lenham, Kent, England d. —, Lenham, Kent, England   (6 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Clough  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I13652
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Death: His death is listed as 1767 in Kingston, New Brunswick in Geneanet and Ancestry Family Trees. This would have placed his death before the Revolutionary War, clearly an error.

  
  

Father	Darling Whelpley,   b. 1738, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony d. 21 Apr 1813, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America (Age 75 years)
Mother	Abigail Peck,   b. 1738, Connecticut Colony d. 24 Apr 1813, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 75 years)
Family ID	F718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Oliver Whelpley(1756 – —) 2Darling Whelpley(1738 – 1813) 4Jonathan Whelpley(1698 – 1772) 8Jonathan Whelpley(Abt 1650 – 1713) 16Henry Whelpley(1620 – 1662) 17Sarah Howes(1617 – Abt 1684) 9Sarah ______(1670 – 1704) 18 19 5Martha Pennoyer(1706 – 1739) 10Thomas Pennoyer(1658 – 1723) 20Robert Pennoyer(Abt 1614 – 1680) 21 11Linda Knapp(1668 – 1710) 22Moses Isreal Knapp(1645 – Abt 1726) 23Abigail Hannah Westcott(1647 – 1713) 3Abigail Peck(1738 – 1813) 6Jeremiah Peck(1690 – 1765) 12Captain Samuel Peck(1659 – 1746) 24Rev. Jeremiah Peck(1623 – 1699) 25Johannah Kitchell( – 1711) 13Ruth Ferris(1659 – 1745) 26Peter Ferris(Abt 1636 – ) 27 7Mary Johnson(1699 – 31 Aug1779) 14Deacon Samuel Johnson(1670 – 1727) 28William Johnson(1630 – 1702) 29Elizabeth Bushnell(1634 – 1672) 15Mary Sage(1672 – 1726) 30David Sage(Abt 1639 – 1703) 31Mary Wiley

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Jan 1756 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony Moved To - 1783 - Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America Death - — - Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S764] Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut From the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, volume I, (New York: by the author, 1889). [S2350] Wilson, Peter American Migrations 1765-1799: The lives, times, and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown before, during and after the Revolutionary War, as related in their own words and through their correspondence, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000), Connecticut - p 33. [S2351] UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013). [S754] Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005). [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).