"Chauncey Whittelsey, the youngest child of Chauncey Whittelsey (Yale 1764), of Middletown, Connecticut, was born in Middletown on January 18, 1783. He remained in New Haven as a Berkeley Scholar after graduation, at the same time reading law with the Hon. Charles Chauncey.
On his admission to the bar in November, 1804, he began practice in Middletown, where he had a successful career until 1819. In the meantime he was prominent in the War of 1812, and attained the rank of Brigadier-General in the militia. He represented Middletown in the State Legislature in October, 1816.
In 1819, he removed to Louisville, Kentucky, and after about four years spent there in the practice of his profession, went to New Orleans, where he formed a partnership with Alfred Hennen (Yale 1806).
In 1827, his health having become seriously impaired, he returned to Middletown, and lived in retirement. He became much worse in the fall of 1829, and for the rest of his life was an almost helpless invalid.
He died in Middletown on December 24, 1834, aged nearly 52 years.
He married, on April 14, 1818, Sarah Lathrop, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer and Maria (Ward) Tracy, of Middletown, who died on September 1, 1891, aged 99 years.
They had four sons and two daughters. The eldest son was graduated here in 1838, and the third son at Wesleyan University in 1843. The youngest daughter married Lyman D. Norris (Yale 1845)."
