JOHN WHITTLESEY, b. at Newington, Conn., Dec. 23, 1741; removed in 1761 with his father to New Preston, Conn. Mr. Whittlesey left a diary which was in existence in 1856; by its contents we know that he served as a servant to his father, Eliphalet, in the Colonial Wars. On the 9th of May, 1756, he assisted in forwarding stores from Connecticut to Greenbush, opposite Albany, N. Y. At Goshen he caught the measles while sleeping in a barn with other soldiers. His discharge shows that he served three years in his father's company. [Military Records of the Descendants of John Whittlesey and Ruth Dudley, by Col. Chas. Whittlesey.] On the 14th of November, 1765, Mr. Whittlesey m. Mary Beale, who was born at New Preston, Conn., Aug. 24, 1745. From the memoranda left by Mr. Whittlesey, we find that the "spirit of the times" and "safety of the people," predominated above all else in his mind, and after his placing his farm in such perfect working order, between 1760 and 1775 he gave almost his entire attention to protecting the people of his colony. In 1776 he was called out as private in Captain Tibbets' company; Aug. 18 to Sept. 14, 1776, at New York, in Capt. John Hinman's company; Oct. 28th he marched to Stamford, Conn. in Captain Moseley's company. Nov. 6th, found the regiment at Horse Neck; Nov. 12th, marched to Rye; Dec. 2d, was at Saw Pitts, under Gen. Wooster; March 21, 1777, was commissioned ensign by Jonathan Trumbull, when he served as such in the regiment of Lieut.-Col. N. Parsons. As one of the selectmen of New Preston he recruited the quota of men for that society, collected and forwarded supplies and ammunition. [Col. Rec. of Conn. Conn. Men in the Revolution.].
After the Revolution Mr. Whittlesey was a justice of the peace, and was re-elected to the Connecticut Legislature for seventeen consecutive sessions, and was also a member of the Committee of Safety. He was chosen deacon of the church in 1784, but declined to act; was chosen and made a member of the convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States, for which he gave his vote Jan. 3, 1788. Mr. and Mrs. Whittlesey removed to Salisbury, Conn., in 1792. Salisbury was then a new settlement. Mrs. Whittlesey died Sept. 30, 1802. Mr. Whittlesey d. March 22, 1812.

Mrs. Mary (Beale) Whittlesey was the daughter of Matthew Beale, b. April 13, 1719, who m. Hannah Cogswell. Hannah Cogswell, b. Ipswich, Mass., April 13, 1719, was the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Brown) Cogswell. She died of dumb ague in 1776. Matthew Beales m., 2d, Hannah Sweezey, Sept. 1, 1777, and moved with his family to Long Island. [Family records.].

~Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey family; Charles Barney Whittelsey; C. B. Whittelsey, 1898; pg. 71-73.

JOHN WHITTLESEY, b. at Newington, Conn., Dec. 23, 1741; removed in 1761 with his father to New Preston, Conn. Mr. Whittlesey left a diary which was in existence in 1856; by its contents we know that he served as a servant to his father, Eliphalet, in the Colonial Wars. On the 9th of May, 1756, he assisted in forwarding stores from Connecticut to Greenbush, opposite Albany, N. Y. At Goshen he caught the measles while sleeping in a barn with other soldiers. His discharge shows that he served three years in his father's company. [Military Records of the Descendants of John Whittlesey and Ruth Dudley, by Col. Chas. Whittlesey.] On the 14th of November, 1765, Mr. Whittlesey m. Mary Beale, who was born at New Preston, Conn., Aug. 24, 1745. From the memoranda left by Mr. Whittlesey, we find that the "spirit of the times" and "safety of the people," predominated above all else in his mind, and after his placing his farm in such perfect working order, between 1760 and 1775 he gave almost his entire attention to protecting the people of his colony. In 1776 he was called out as private in Captain Tibbets' company; Aug. 18 to Sept. 14, 1776, at New York, in Capt. John Hinman's company; Oct. 28th he marched to Stamford, Conn. in Captain Moseley's company. Nov. 6th, found the regiment at Horse Neck; Nov. 12th, marched to Rye; Dec. 2d, was at Saw Pitts, under Gen. Wooster; March 21, 1777, was commissioned ensign by Jonathan Trumbull, when he served as such in the regiment of Lieut.-Col. N. Parsons. As one of the selectmen of New Preston he recruited the quota of men for that society, collected and forwarded supplies and ammunition. [Col. Rec. of Conn. Conn. Men in the Revolution.].
After the Revolution Mr. Whittlesey was a justice of the peace, and was re-elected to the Connecticut Legislature for seventeen consecutive sessions, and was also a member of the Committee of Safety. He was chosen deacon of the church in 1784, but declined to act; was chosen and made a member of the convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States, for which he gave his vote Jan. 3, 1788. Mr. and Mrs. Whittlesey removed to Salisbury, Conn., in 1792. Salisbury was then a new settlement. Mrs. Whittlesey died Sept. 30, 1802. Mr. Whittlesey d. March 22, 1812.

Mrs. Mary (Beale) Whittlesey was the daughter of Matthew Beale, b. April 13, 1719, who m. Hannah Cogswell. Hannah Cogswell, b. Ipswich, Mass., April 13, 1719, was the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Brown) Cogswell. She died of dumb ague in 1776. Matthew Beales m., 2d, Hannah Sweezey, Sept. 1, 1777, and moved with his family to Long Island. [Family records.].

~Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey family; Charles Barney Whittelsey; C. B. Whittelsey, 1898; pg. 71-73.