Sylvia Phelps b. 18 May 1793 Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA d. 24 May 1869 Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA

1793 - 1869 (76 years)

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Name Sylvia Phelps [1, 2]

Born 18 May 1793 Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA [2, 3]

Gender Female

Race White [2]

Name Sylvia Phelps [2]

Name Sylvia Wells [3]

Reference Number 6520

Residence 1850 Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA [2]

57 Age: 57

Died 24 May 1869 Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA [3, 4]

Buried Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA [3]

Siblings 6 Siblings

+	1. Simeon Phelps, Jr, b. 15 May 1781, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA , d. 27 Jan 1849, Victory, Cayuga, New York, USA (Age 67 years) ▻ Sophia Wetherby, m. 28 May 1812
+	2. Bethel Phelps, b. 10 May 1784, d. Bef 1850 (Age < 65 years) ▻ Catherine Burkhart
	3. Levi Phelps, b. 1786, d. 1820 (Age 34 years)
	4. Betsy Phelps, b. 18 Feb 1787, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA , d. 9 Mar 1787, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 0 years)
	5. Cynthia Phelps, b. 1791 ▻ Joel Cole
+	6. Sylvia Phelps, b. 18 May 1793, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA , d. 24 May 1869, Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years) ▻ Jonathon Wells
	7. Lucy Phelps, b. 1798 ▻ Abel Skillenger

Person ID I6520 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	Simeon Phelps, Sr, b. Abt 1754, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. Between 1820 and 1830, Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA (Age ~ 66 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jonathon Wells, b. 7 May 1791, d. 5 Jul 1866 (Age 75 years)

Married Y [1]

Children

+	1. John MIlton Wells, b. 1820, New York, USA [natural]
	2. Sylvia Wells, b. 18 Nov 1822, d. 13 Sep 1846, Cass County, Michigan, USA (Age 23 years) [natural]
	3. Jonathan Wells, b. 1825, New York, USA [natural]
+	4. Jackson D. Wells, b. 10 Apr 1831, Conquest, Cayuga County, New York, USA , d. 26 Dec 1923, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA (Age 92 years) [natural]
+	5. Charles Phelps Wells, b. 1834, New York, USA , d. 10 Oct 1884 (Age 50 years) [natural]

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Family ID F1830 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 18 May 1793 - Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
	Died - 24 May 1869 - Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA
	Buried - - Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA

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		phelps sylvia stone https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59244421 BURIAL Silverbrook Cemetery Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA PLOT Old-8,158,2
		1850 United States Federal Census - Jonathon Wells The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Howard, Cass, Michigan; Roll: 349; Page: 335b

Notes

Sylva Wells
abt. 1793-May 24, 1869

Niles Democrat, Saturday, May 29, 1869, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DIED

In this city at the residence of her son, J.M. Wells, on Monday, May 24th, Mrs. SYLVA WELLS, aged 76 years.

The deceased was a resident of this vicinity for thirty three years, having moved here in 1836, and has been an eye witness to the conversion of this country from a howling wilderness to its present state of cultivation and improvement.

Sources

[S556] The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors, with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records, Oliver Seymour Phelps, (Name: Eagle Pub Co; Location: Pittsfield, Mass; Date: 1899;).

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[S699] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Howard, Cass, Michigan; Roll: 349; Page: 335b.
Record for Jonathan Wells
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=2998837&indiv=try

1850 United States Federal Census - Jonathon Wells
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Howard, Cass, Michigan; Roll: 349; Page: 335b

[S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Sylvia Wells
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=13418945&indiv=try
[S240] Michigan GENDIS.

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