Josias Phelps

Generation: 1

1.
Josias Phelps was born on 17 Feb 1679 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (son of John Phelps and Sara Buckland).
Other Events:
Reference Number: 539

Generation: 2

2.	John Phelps was born on 15 Feb 1651/52 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (son of George Phelps and Frances Unknown); died in 1742 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Other Events: Reference Number: 393 John married Sara Buckland. Sara was born about 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sara Buckland was born about 1652.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 535

Notes:

Birth:
based on spouse's birth date

Children:

Enoch Phelps was born on 21 Jan 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
John Phelps was born on 12 Apr 1678 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
1. Josias Phelps was born on 17 Feb 1679 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Thomas Phelps was born on 21 Aug 1687 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Jan 1750 in Poquonock, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Generation: 3

George Phelps was born about 1610 in England; died on 8 May 1687 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

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Reference Number: 3568

Notes:

A very authoritative treatment of george Phelps can be found in the "Puritan Great Migration Project" at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phelps-76

The birthplace in England of George Phelps is not known. It has been claimed that he arrived in 1630 on the "Mary and John", but as the first record of him in Dorchester was May 1635 it is more likely that he did not arrive on the "Mary and John". Possibly he is the passenger George P. who arrived on the "Recovery" in 1634.

He was with the group which moved to Windsor with Rev. John Warham.

He married first by 1638 to Philura Randall, the daughter of Phlip Randall, with whom he had 5 children. Philura died 29 Apr 1638 in Windsor.

On 2 Nov 1648 he married the widow of Thomas Dewey, Frances whose maiden name is unknown, with whom he had 3 additional children.

George Phelps died in Westfield 8 May 1687.

George Phelps appears in the "Great Migration Begins: Series" and all the above information is from that source.

The Phelps Family DNA site at http://www.phelpsdna.com/ has determined that Williams Phelps and George Phelps not only are not brothers as was previously assumed, but are not biologically related in genealogical time.

George married Frances Unknown on 2 Nov 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Frances was born between 1610 and 1615 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances Unknown was born between 1610 and 1615 in England.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 4306

Notes:

Many online genealogies show Frances Randall Clark as the daughter of Philip Randall. She allegedly married 1) Joseph Clark 2) Thomas Dewey and 3) George Phelps. We have been unable to confirm this through the Dewey Family History, as Thomas Dewey's wifes maiden name is not mentioned.

Philip Randall in his will mentions the children of his dau Phillury and George Phelps, but he does not mention the children of Frances and Thomas Dewey. That would imply that the Frances who married Thomas Dewey was not his daughter.

Also, Clarence Torrey in the NYGBR 59:214-215 shows that the wife of Joseph Clark died before he did. And that the widow Frances Clark who married Thomas Dewey was not previously married to Joseph Clark, her first husband being unknown. Her maiden name is unknown, I can find no valid citation for the use of Randall as a maiden name.

Children:

Jacob Phelps was born on 7 Feb 1649.
2. John Phelps was born on 15 Feb 1651/52 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1742 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Nathaniel Phelps was born on 7 Dec 1653 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.