Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton

Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton (August 20, 1792 – March 18, 1862) was an American priest.

He was born in Washington, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1814. He pursued a course of theological study in Maryland, where he resided four years, and was ordained by Bishop Clagett, deacon and priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1818 he was chosen rector of Christ Church, Hartford, Connecticut, and for over twelve years he discharged with marked efficiency the duties of that post. He resigned the rectorship in 1831 to become the second President of Trinity College, then called Washington College, succeeding Bishop Thomas Church Brownell. For this office he was highly qualified by his ability and learning. He had been one of the most efficient of the founders of the Institution, and while he was President he raised forty thousand dollars for its maintenance.

In 1837 he resigned the Presidency to accept the Rectorship of Christ Church, New Orleans, where he labored with fidelity seven years. on his return, he published a volume entitled Journal of a Residence in London, and of Tours in England, Scotland and France, (Hartford, 12mo. 1830.) He also published an expository volume, and occasional discourses. In 1844 he went abroad again. A discourse on St. Paul's epistle to Philemon; exhibiting the duty of citizens of the northern states in regard to the institution of slavery; delivered in Christ church, Hartford; Dec. 22, 1850