Desire Dewey

1734 - 1827  (93 years)

• Name	Desire Dewey  [1, 2]
  Birth	13 Feb 1733/34	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  	Vol 1 P60
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	31 Mar 1734	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Death	9 Oct 1827	Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  + 1. Samuel Dewey,   b. 20 Oct 1732, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 7 Mar 1801, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 68 years) ▻ Mindwell Post,  m. 1 Dec 1756 + 2. Desire Dewey,   b. 13 Feb 1733/34, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 9 Oct 1827, Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 93 years) ▻ John Phelps, Jr,  m. 16 Jan 1755   3. Elijah Dewey,   b. 20 Jan 1735/36, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1831  (Age 94 years)   4. Jeremiah Dewey,   b. 20 Jan 1737/38, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1833  (Age 94 years)   5. Elizabeth Dewey,   b. 7 Jan 1739/40, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Oct 1812, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years) + 6. Nathan Dewey,   b. 7 May 1742, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Feb 1779, Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 36 years) ▻ Mindwell Horsford,  m. 3 Dec 1766
  Person ID	I5536	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Dewey,   b. 5 Jul 1704, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1742, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age > 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Allen,   b. 4 Sep 1713, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Mar 1732/33	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA   [5]
  Photos		ruiter
  Family ID	F1415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Phelps, Jr,   b. 7 Sep 1731, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. 5 Apr 1814, Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1755	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA   [6]
  	New Haven Second Church
  Married	16 Jan 1755	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Anne Phelps,   b. 12 Nov 1755, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Phelps,   b. 19 Oct 1757, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Obadiah Phelps,   b. 21 Jan 1759, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. 10 Jun 1799, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Jared Phelps,   b. 3 Oct 1760, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Aug 1827, East Smithfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Norman Phelps,   b. 8 Nov 1763, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. 18 Sep 1840, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Nathan Phelps,   b. 31 Dec 1765, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. 5 Nov 1841, Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Benjamin Phelps,   b. 3 Feb 1768, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Dudley Phelps,   b. 8 Mar 1771, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA d. 1820, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Desire Phelps,   b. 10 Jun 1773, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Sarah Phelps,   b. 30 Jun 1778, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Feb 1733/34 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Baptism - 31 Mar 1734 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 16 Jan 1755 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Married - 16 Jan 1755 - Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Death - 9 Oct 1827 - Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		1850 United States Federal Census
  		dewey phelps marriage

  
  

• Notes

  Much of the information on John Phelps Jr comes from the Phelps Family History book (published 1899) and the Dewey Family History book (published 1898). Since their publication new information has emerged, in particular the Barbour Collection of Early Connecticut birth, marriage and death records (origjnal records on file at the Connecticut Public Library, with various indexes available on-line). Unfortunately, this older information permeates the online family trees causing much confusion and contradiction. We also know he married Desire Dewey and had children with her. We cannot be certain if Deborah Dewey (who is listed in the Phelps book as his spouse) is a different woman from Desire, or was from an earlier marriage (Deborah is listed in the Dewey book as different from Desire, with a different birth date and different parents). But we now know that according to Connecticut Vital Records that he married Desire Dewey on 16 Jan 1755 and that 10 children were born in Hebron, Ct with John and Desire Phelps listed as the parents on each birth record.

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Barbour Collection, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Vital Records. [S328] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for Desire Dewey http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3032&h=538231&indiv=try Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [S19] Barbour Collection, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Vital Records. [S328] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, (Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Marlborough Congregational Church. John, Esq d, April 5 1814, AE 82, his wid. d. Oct 9, 1827 AE 89 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ConnecticutChurchRecordAbstracts&h=116670&indiv=try Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [S306] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Elizabeth Allen Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [S696] Early connecticut Marriages, Second Book: Lebanon Page 45. Early Connecticut Marriages Early Connecticut Marriages: Second Book Lebanon New Haven Second Church page 45 John Phelps & Desire Dewey, Jan. 16, 1755 dewey phelps marriage