Desire Dewey b. 13 Feb 1733/34 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 9 Oct 1827 Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1734 - 1827 (93 years)

Name Desire Dewey [1, 2]

Born 13 Feb 1733/34 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA [3]

Gender Female

Baptism 31 Mar 1734 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA [2]

Reference Number 5813

Died 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 I5813 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 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
Married	6 Mar 1732/33	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA [5]
Photos		Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Database online.
Family ID	F1502	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)

Married 16 Jan 1755 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA [6]

Married 16 Jan 1755 Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [1]

Children

	1. Anne Phelps, b. 12 Nov 1755, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [natural]
	2. John Phelps, b. 19 Oct 1757, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [natural]
+	3. Obadiah Phelps, b. 21 Jan 1759, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA , d. 10 Jun 1799, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA (Age 40 years) [natural]
+	4. Jared Phelps, b. 3 Oct 1760, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA , d. 13 Aug 1827, East Smithfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years) [natural]
+	5. Norman Phelps, b. 8 Nov 1763, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA , d. 18 Sep 1840, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years) [natural]
+	6. Nathan Phelps, b. 31 Dec 1765, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA , d. 5 Nov 1841, Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years) [natural]
	7. Benjamin Phelps, b. 3 Feb 1768, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA , d. Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [natural]
	8. Dudley Phelps, b. 8 Mar 1771, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA , d. 1820, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 48 years) [natural]
	9. Desire Phelps, b. 10 Jun 1773, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [natural]
	10. Sarah Phelps, b. 30 Jun 1778, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [natural]

Photos

dewey phelps marriage
Date:9/26/2017 21:08:07

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Family ID F1578 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 13 Feb 1733/34 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
	Baptism - 31 Mar 1734 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
	Married - 16 Jan 1755 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
	Married - 16 Jan 1755 - Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
	Died - 9 Oct 1827 - Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Photos » Slide Show		Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
		Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Marlborough Congregational Church
		dewey phelps marriage Date:9/26/2017 21:08:07

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.

[S15] Barbour Collection, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut Vital Records.
[S127] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com, (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
[S15] Barbour Collection, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Vital Records.
[S127] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com, (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
Marlborough Congregational Church
[S241] Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com, (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)
Database online.
[S496] 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
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