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Joseph Phelps

Joseph Phelps

Male 1666 - 1716  (49 years)

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  • Name Joseph Phelps  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Born 27 Sep 1666  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 5919 
    Will 23 Aug 1716  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 30 Aug 1716  Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Siblings 11 Siblings 
    Person ID I5919  FelsingFam
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 

    Father Timothy Phelps,   b. 1 Sep 1639, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1719, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Griswold,   b. 5 Oct 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1715, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 19 Mar 1661/62  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F1690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Gillett,   b. 3 Jan 1673/74, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 22 Feb 1709/10  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
     1. Jonathon Phelps,   b. 1710, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Abigail Phelps,   b. Dec 1714, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Hosford,   b. 27 Sep 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1710, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 43 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1686  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Children 
     1. Sarah Phelps,   b. 14 Aug 1687, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Mary Phelps,   b. 8 Jun 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +3. Joseph Phelps,   b. 16 Mar 1692, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1761, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     4. Abigail Phelps,   b. 15 Oct 1693, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +5. Edward Phelps,   b. 1697, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1790, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)  [natural]
     6. Benoni Phelps,   b. 24 Jun 1699, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1716  (Age < 16 years)  [natural]
    +7. John Phelps, Sr,   b. 1701,   d. 10 Feb 1769, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     8. Abel Phelps,   b. 19 Feb 1705, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. Daniel Phelps,   b. 28 Mar 1707, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1780  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     10. Ichabod Phelps,   b. 3 Apr 1708, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1794, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
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    Family ID F1602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Sep 1666 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Nov 1686 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Feb 1709/10 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 23 Aug 1716 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Aug 1716 - Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The following was copied from werelate.org:

      Joseph was a large land owner in Hebron and gave a farm to each of his three sons who settled there. Ten children were named in his will.

      Yes, husband and wife were born on the same day

      One of the largest real estate owners in Hebron, CT

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      References
      1. Hosford, Henry Hallock. Ye Horseforde Booke: Horsford-Hosford families in the United States of America. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cleveland, Ohio: Tower Press, 1936).
      2. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Record of Marriages & Births Copied from the 1st Book of Records.

      Joseph, b. 27 Sep 1666, m. Sarah HOSFORD, 18 Nov 1686, d. 1716;

      3. A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS. 1715 to 1723.

      Page 99 Name: Joseph Phelps Location: Windsor

      Invt. â341-16-11. Taken 26 September, 1716, by James Enno, Timothy Loomisand John Palmer. Will dated 23 August, 1716.

      I, Joseph Phelps, Sen., do make this my last will and testament: After myjust debts be paid, I give unto my wife Sarah the use and improvement of1-3 part of my estate, both personal and real, during her natural life;also, I give to my wife a new Bible. It is my will that my estate shallbe divided equally amongst my ten children: Joseph, Daniel, Edward, John,Abell, Ichabod, Jonathan, Mary, Sarah and Abigail. I appoint my sonDaniel and my wife Sarah to be executors.
      Witness: Jonathan Brown, William Phelps.
      The following was copied from werelate.org:

      Joseph Phelps, ls.

      Court Record, Page 23--2 October, 1716: Edward Phelps, 18 years of age,John 16, Mary 13, children of Joseph Phelps, chose Samuel Phelps to be their guardian. This Court appoint William Phelps to be guardian toAbell, age 11 years, Ichabod, 9 years. Will exhibited by Sarah and DanielPhelps.

      Page 25--1st April, 1716-17: Sarah Phelps, widow, accepts the trust ofexecutrix.

      Page 60--1st April, 1718: The executors exhibit an account. Accepted.Order to dist. the remaining part of the estate to Sarah Phelps, widow,to Joseph, Daniel, Edward, John, Abell, Ichabod, Jonathan, Mary andAbigail Phelps. And appoint Thomas Moore, James Enno and John Bissell,distributors.

      See File: Dist. of the estate, 1st April, 1718: To the widow, to Joseph,to Daniel, to Edward, to John, to Abell, to Ichabod, to Jonathan, toMatthew Griswold in right of his wife Mary Phelps, and to Sarah andAbigail Phelps. By Thomas Moore and John Bissell.

      Page 69 (Vol. X) 2 February, 1724-5: Report of the distributors.

      Page 220--3 June, 1729: This Court appoint Cornelius Phelps of Windsor tobe guardian to Jonathan Phelps, a minor, age 17 years. Recog., 50.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online.
      Record for Joseph Phelps

    2. [S77] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;).
      Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.

    3. [S45] Phelps Family of America, Phelps, Joseph Sr P108-109 Pers#47.
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    4. [S24] Published Genealogies, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York, Vol 1,2 &3.

    5. [S24] Published Genealogies, Search for Passengers of the Mary and John 1630.

    6. [S15] Barbour Collection, Windsor, Hartford Connecticut Vital Records.

    7. [S3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online.
      Record for Timothy Phelps

    8. [S13] Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Robert Charles Anderson, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Date: 1995;), Phelps, William biography.

    9. [S48] The American Genealogist, Vol 37 (1961) p26-27.
      Joseph remarried second to Sarah Gillett, dau of Cornelius Gillett & Priscilla Kelsey on 22 Feb 1709/1710. This woman was the widow of Joseph when he died. She was born 3 Jan 1673/74