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Willis Phelps

Willis Phelps

Male 1819 - Abt 1880  (60 years)

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  • Name Willis Phelps  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 1819  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Born 14 May 1819  Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • I believe Burton, New York in Phelps book was an error. Father lived in Brutus, Burton being 150 miles away does not make sense.
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1820  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Name W. H. Phelps  [10
    Name Willis F Phelps  [6
    Possessions 27 Nov 1843  Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Willis Phelps to Simeon Phelps 
    Phelps-simeon-willis mortgage 7 nov1843
    Phelps-simeon-willis mortgage 7 nov1843
    Mortgage Willis Phelps to Simeon Phelps 7 Nov 1843 town 3(Cato) lot 7 30 acres book 32 page 308 (image 552) Recorded 11/29/1843 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WK-XGYW?i=551&wc=M7CW-KTR%3A358133001%2C359580401&cc=2078654
    Possessions 1 Oct 1849  Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Willis & Sophronia Phelps to James Reed 
    phelps willis and sophronia feb 1849 mort
    phelps willis and sophronia feb 1849 mort
    Mortgage Willis & Sophronia Phelps to James Reed 1 Oct 1849 town 3 (Cato) lot 7 book 39 page 465 (image 282) Recorded 10/2/1849 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WK-ZP6Y?i=281&wc=M7CW-2NR%3A358133001%2C359622201&cc=2078654
    Residence 1850  Ira, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Possessions 6 Jul 1850  Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Willis Phelps to Charles Tucker & Hamilton Clough 
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p1
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p1
    Mortgage Willis Phelps to Charles Tucker and Hamilton Clough 6 Jul 1850 town 3 (Cato) lot 7 40 acres Book 40 page 505 (image728-729) Recorded 1 August 1850 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WK-Z5YZ?i=727&wc=M7CW-2NR%3A358133001%2C359622201&cc=2078654
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p2
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p2
    Mortgage Willis Phelps to Charles Tucker and Hamilton Clough 6 Jul 1850 town 3 (Cato) lot 7 40 acres Book 40 page 505 (image728-729) Recorded August 1, 1850 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WK-Z5YZ?i=727&wc=M7CW-2NR%3A358133001%2C359622201&cc=2078654
    Possessions 6 Feb 1851  Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sophia Phelps to Willis Phelps and others 
    phelps-sophia-willis-etal to john dearing mortgage 6 Feb 1851
    phelps-sophia-willis-etal to john dearing mortgage 6 Feb 1851
    Mortgage Sophia, Willis, Nelson, Sarah, Granger to John Dearing Town 3 (Cato) lot 6 50 acres book 41 page 265 (Image 185) Recorded March 28 1851 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W2-5QKD?i=184&wc=M7CW-2PJ%3A358133001%2C359634201&cc=2078654
    Reference Number 6611 
    Residence 1852  Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Age: 33 
    Residence 1871  Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 51; MaritalStatus: Widowed 
    Residence 1878  Lobo Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1880  Lobo Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1880  Lobo Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died Abt 1880  Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I6611  FelsingFam
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 

    Father Simeon Phelps, Jr,   b. 15 May 1781, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1849, Victory, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sophia Wetherby,   b. 20 Jan 1797, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1875  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 28 May 1812  Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • at house of John Wetherby, her father.
    Photos
    simeon phelps marriage 2
    simeon phelps marriage 2
    Date:1/23/2019 3:40:36 PM
    simeon phelps marriage
    simeon phelps marriage
    Date:1/23/2019 3:40:36 PM
    War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
    War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
    Family ID F1817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sophronia Bradley,   b. 1822, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1861  (Age < 38 years) 
    Married Bef 1848  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • based on children's birth
    Children 
     1. Infant Phelps,   b. 2 Dec 1848, Ira, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850, Ira, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 1 years)  [natural]
    +2. Levi Phelps,   b. 18 Feb 1850, Ira, Cayuga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1935, Fremont, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    +3. Lucinda Phelps,   b. 1859, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Catherine York,   b. 1820, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1884  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1875  North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Photos
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 17
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 May 1819 - Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - Willis Phelps to Simeon Phelps - 27 Nov 1843 - Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Bef 1848 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - Willis & Sophronia Phelps to James Reed - 1 Oct 1849 - Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Ira, Cayuga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - Willis Phelps to Charles Tucker & Hamilton Clough - 6 Jul 1850 - Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - Sophia Phelps to Willis Phelps and others - 6 Feb 1851 - Cato, Cayuga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 33 - 1852 - Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1878 - Lobo Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Lobo Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Lobo Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 1880 - Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    simeon phelps 1781
    simeon phelps 1781
    Date:12/29/2017 18:54:31
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 5
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
    Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 17
    1850 United States Federal Census
    1850 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1850; Census Place: Ira, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M432_481; Page: 52A; Image: 109
    phelps willis and sophronia feb 1849 mort
    phelps willis and sophronia feb 1849 mort
    Mortgage Willis & Sophronia Phelps to James Reed 1 Oct 1849 town 3 (Cato) lot 7 book 39 page 465 (image 282) Recorded 10/2/1849 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WK-ZP6Y?i=281&wc=M7CW-2NR%3A358133001%2C359622201&cc=2078654
    phelps levi marr
    phelps levi marr
    Date:6/14/2020 8:47:06 PM
    Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
    Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
    phelps-sophia-willis-etal to john dearing mortgage 6 Feb 1851
    phelps-sophia-willis-etal to john dearing mortgage 6 Feb 1851
    Mortgage Sophia, Willis, Nelson, Sarah, Granger to John Dearing Town 3 (Cato) lot 6 50 acres book 41 page 265 (Image 185) Recorded March 28 1851 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W2-5QKD?i=184&wc=M7CW-2PJ%3A358133001%2C359634201&cc=2078654
    Phelps-simeon-willis mortgage 7 nov1843
    Phelps-simeon-willis mortgage 7 nov1843
    Mortgage Willis Phelps to Simeon Phelps 7 Nov 1843 town 3(Cato) lot 7 30 acres book 32 page 308 (image 552) Recorded 11/29/1843 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WK-XGYW?i=551&wc=M7CW-KTR%3A358133001%2C359580401&cc=2078654
    1871 Census of Canada
    1871 Census of Canada
    Year: 1871; Census Place: Delaware, Middlesex West, Ontario; Roll: C-9902; Page: 22; Family No: 84
    Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900
    Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900
    Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900
    Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900
    1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
    1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
    Year: 1851; Census Place: Brighton, Northumberland County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11739; Page: 149; Line: 22
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p1
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p1
    Mortgage Willis Phelps to Charles Tucker and Hamilton Clough 6 Jul 1850 town 3 (Cato) lot 7 40 acres Book 40 page 505 (image728-729) Recorded 1 August 1850 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WK-Z5YZ?i=727&wc=M7CW-2NR%3A358133001%2C359622201&cc=2078654
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p2
    phelps willis mort jan 1850 p2
    Mortgage Willis Phelps to Charles Tucker and Hamilton Clough 6 Jul 1850 town 3 (Cato) lot 7 40 acres Book 40 page 505 (image728-729) Recorded August 1, 1850 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WK-Z5YZ?i=727&wc=M7CW-2NR%3A358133001%2C359622201&cc=2078654

  • Notes 
    • Lobo Twp is about 12 miles from Delaware, Ontario. On Lobo Twp voter list in 1878 and 1880. Not on census in 1881. His 2nd wife is on 1881 census as a widow.

      On the 1861 Canadian Census for Cramahe, Northumberland, Canada, his children Levi and Lucinda appeared in the household of Abert(age 54) & Abigail Porter(age 50). Also in the household children, Maurice Porter(age 25) and Porthena Porter(age 22). All were listed as born in the U.S. We have not found Willis in the 1861 census. Willis appears on the 1852 Census in Brighton, Northumberland County (without Sophronia or Levi). (Cramahe is about 11 miles from Brighton). We believe that his wife Sophronia died approximately 1861. This is probably indicative that she died prior to the 1861 census. We have not found Willis himself on the 1861 census.

      From family trees online it appears that Albert Borzer Porter was born 1805 in Hartford County, Connecticut. His wife is Abigail Pettet. I did not find any genealogical connection.

      On the 1850 census in Ira, Cayuga, New York Head of household is listed as William Phelps, wife is listed as Cephrona and Willis (must be Levi) is listed as 6 months old on 8/10/1850 (Levi's death cert shows born Feb 1850).

      There is an 1851 mortgage foreclosure sale on his real estate in Ira, found on genealogybank.com. The Cayuga Chief 11 Nov1851 P.3. Willis executed a mortgage 6 Jul 1850. The foreclosure sale is 27 Nov 1851.

      He appears on 1878 and 1880 Voter Lists in Lobo Township. But does not appear on the 1881 Census. We assume that he died prior to 1881.

      Inscription on 2nd wife's gravestone, says in 1884 "wife of late W.H. Phelps"

  • Sources 
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      1871 Census of Canada
      1871 Census of Canada
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      Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
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    3. [S183] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
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      phelps levi marr
      phelps levi marr
      Date:6/14/2020 8:47:06 PM
      Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
      Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952


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      Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900


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      Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900


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      simeon phelps 1781
      Date:12/29/2017 18:54:31


    10. [S263] findagrave.com, Inscription In Memory of Catherine daughter of Wm. & Elizabeth Yorke and wife of th late W.H. Phelps Died May 7, 1884 Aged 65 years, 2 months, 21 days.
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      1850 United States Federal Census
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      simeon phelps marriage 2
      simeon phelps marriage 2
      Date:1/23/2019 3:40:36 PM
      simeon phelps marriage
      simeon phelps marriage
      Date:1/23/2019 3:40:36 PM
      War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
      War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815