William Whelpley

1805 - 1873  (67 years)

• Name	William Whelpley
  	Farmer
  Birth	Oct 1805	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America   [1]
  Census	1851 (45 years)	Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America   [2]
  In the 1851 Canadian Census, he was recorded, age 44, living in Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick. He was a farmer.
  Age: 44
  History	1 Jul 1867 (61 years)	Dominion of Canada established
  Death	16 Apr 1873	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 3]
  Burial	Aft 16 Apr 1873	Church of England Cemetery, Saint-John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Church of England Cemetery,  Saint-John, New Brunswick   [3]
  Census	1881 (75 years)	Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [4]
  In the 1881 Canadian Census, he was recorded, age 76, living in Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick. He was a widower and an auctioneer.
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. William Whelpley,   b. Oct 1805, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 16 Apr 1873, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 67 years) ▻ Hannah Malone > 2. Thomas Whelpley,   b. Abt 1807, Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America d. 16 Apr 1873, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 66 years) ▻ Mary Thomas,  m. Abt 1840 > 3. David Whelpley,   b. 1811, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Jul 1897, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 86 years) ▻ Jane Thomas,  m. 1850   4. Mary Ann Whelpley,   b. Abt 1811, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 8 Dec1886, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 75 years) > 5. George W. Whelpley,   b. Abt 1814, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada ▻ Rebecca McKee > 6. Hannah Whelpley,   b. 26 Sep 1817, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 31 Mar 1888, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years) ▻ Joseph Ball,  m. 16 May 1840 > 7. Jane Waterbury Whelpley,   b. Abt 1817, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 7 Mar 1891, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 74 years) ▻ Captain Willaim Vaughn,  m. 28 May 1838 > 8. Henry Gilbert Whelpley,   b. 4 Aug 1819, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. May 1902, Grand Manan, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 82 years) ▻ Margaret Scriber;   Sarah Elizabeth Small > 9. Edward Whelpley,   b. Abt 1820, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 1 Aug 1903, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 83 years) ▻ Margaret Wallace > 10. Eliza Isabel Whelpley,   b. 1825, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 21 Dec 1907, Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years) ▻ Jacob Hughes
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Wakeley,   b. 1510, Lenham, Kent, England d. —, Lenham, Kent, England   (7 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Blakeslee,   b. 1750, Connecticut Colony d. 2 Feb 1823, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 73 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I10183	Whelpley Line
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Mabel Thomas,   b. Abt 1781, Saint John, Queens County, Colony of Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), British North America d. 5 May 1866, Mispec, Saint John, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F7656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Hannah Malone,   b. Abt 1816
  Children	7 sons and 3 daughters
  +   1. Captain David C. Whelpley,   b. 26 Dec 1833, Portland Parish, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 26 Mar 1883, at sea (Age 49 years) ▻ Harriet Jane Pangbourne  m. 28 Jun 1851 >   2. George Whelpley,   b. Abt 1835 ▻ Maria Williams  m. 1859     3. William Whelpley,   b. Abt 1838     4. Oliver Whelpley,   b. Abt 1840     5. Mary Ann Whelpley,   b. 1842     6. Henry Whelpley,   b. Abt 1842 >   7. Elizabeth Whelpley,   b. 12 May 1846, Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America d. 1909, Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 62 years) ▻ Henry Marvin Bowser  m. say 1883 >   8. John Whelpley,   b. Abt 1846 ▻ Nancy Gray     9. Susan Whelpley,   b. 1848, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America   10. Isaac Whelpley,   b. Abt 1850, New Brunswick, British North America
  Family ID	F1428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William Whelpley(1805 – 1873) 2William Whelpley(Abt 1781 – 1830) 4Darling Whelpley(1738 – 1813) 8Jonathan Whelpley(1698 – 1772) 16Jonathan Whelpley(Abt 1650 – 1713) 17Sarah ______(1670 – 1704) 9Martha Pennoyer(1706 – 1739) 18Thomas Pennoyer(1658 – 1723) 19Linda Knapp(1668 – 1710) 5Abigail Peck(1738 – 1813) 10Jeremiah Peck(1690 – 1765) 20Captain Samuel Peck(1659 – 1746) 21Ruth Ferris(1659 – 1745) 11Mary Johnson(1699 – 31 Aug1779) 22Deacon Samuel Johnson(1670 – 1727) 23Mary Sage(1672 – 1726) 3Mabel Thomas(Abt 1781 – 1866) 6Thomas Cope Thomas(1747 – 1831) 12Charles Thomas(1722 – 1773) 24Daniel Thomas(1676 – 1760) 25Eunice Brown(1681 – 1738) 13Lydia Augur(1726 – 1803) 26John Augur(1686 – 1726) 27Elizabeth Bradley(1686 – 1780) 7Mary Blakeslee(1750 – 1823) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Oct 1805 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, British North America Census - 1851 - Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick, British North America Death - 16 Apr 1873 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - Aft 16 Apr 1873 - Church of England Cemetery, Saint-John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Census - 1881 - Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada  = 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

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S147] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Year: 1851; Census Place: Sussex, Kings County, New Brunswick; Schedule: I; Roll: C_995; Page: 65; Line: 45. [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 174807804 William Whelpley. [S126] Library and Archives Canada, 1881 Census of Canada, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Year: 1881; Census Place: Queen Ward, Saint John City, New Brunswick; Roll: C_13178; Page: 42; Family No: 216.