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Frances Unknown

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  1. 1.  Frances UnknownFrances Unknown was born between 1610 and 1615 in England.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 4306

    Notes:

    Many online genealogies show Frances Randall Clark as the daughter of Philip Randall. She allegedly married 1) Joseph Clark 2) Thomas Dewey and 3) George Phelps. We have been unable to confirm this through the Dewey Family History, as Thomas Dewey's wifes maiden name is not mentioned.

    Philip Randall in his will mentions the children of his dau Phillury and George Phelps, but he does not mention the children of Frances and Thomas Dewey. That would imply that the Frances who married Thomas Dewey was not his daughter.

    Also, Clarence Torrey in the NYGBR 59:214-215 shows that the wife of Joseph Clark died before he did. And that the widow Frances Clark who married Thomas Dewey was not previously married to Joseph Clark, her first husband being unknown. Her maiden name is unknown, I can find no valid citation for the use of Randall as a maiden name.

    Frances married Thomas Dewey on 22 Mar 1638/39 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Thomas (son of Thomas Dewey and Mary Moore) was born on 20 Dec 1606 in Hinton Martell, Dorset, England; died on 27 Apr 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Feb 1639/40 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 3. Josiah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 Sep 1732 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 4. Anna Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Oct 1643.
    4. 5. Israel Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jun 1645.
    5. 6. Jedediah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Dec 1647 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown Clark. Unknown was born between 1610 and 1615. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Clark  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1636; died in 1663.

    Frances married George Phelps on 2 Nov 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. George was born about 1610 in England; died on 8 May 1687 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Jacob Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1649.
    2. 9. John Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1651/52 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1742 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 10. Nathaniel Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Dec 1653 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas DeweyThomas Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 16 Feb 1639/40 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5727

    Thomas married Constant Hawes on 1 Jun 1663 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Constant was born in 1642. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Josiah DeweyJosiah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 10 Oct 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 Sep 1732 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 4357

    Notes:

    Here lies the body of Dn Josiah Dewey. He was born in Windsor 1640.........Slept in Jesus Sept7, 1732 In ye 92 year of his Age. Connecticut cemetery inscription. NEHGS 1920 Vol74 P57

    transcriptions of Westfield Vital Records show wife of this Josiah as Experience Dewey--but that appears to be a mistake, as children born later are listed to Hepzibah. Also, Ebenezer listed as son of Josiah and Experience in Westfield Vital Records shows as son of Josiah and Hepzibah on his gravestone. Also Hepzibahs gravestone in Lebanon's Old Cemtery is inscribed as husband of Josiah.

    6 Jun 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 26. It is Agreed and Concluded betwixt this Courte in the behalfe of the Children of Thomas Dewey and Geo: Phelps of Wyndsor that the whole of the land both meadow and vpland mentioned in the said Deweys Invento: amounting to the Sum of 75£ Shall bee sequestred for the Childre[ns] seuerall porcons so farr as it goes, and the remainder be[ing] 52£, he Ingages himselfe to gi7e int to the Courte sufficie[nt] security for the payment thereof according to the will of the Courte. The howse and peece of land belonging to it valued at 40£, the said Phelps Accepts vppon his wiues parte of the Estate.

    Josiah married Hepzibah Lyman on 6 Nov 1662 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA. Hepzibah (daughter of Richard Lyman and Hepzibah Ford) was born in 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Jun 1732 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Hepzibah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1663 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1750 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 12. Mary Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1665 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Jan 1666/67 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. 13. Josiah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1750 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 14. John Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1718 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 15. Ebenezer Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Feb 1672/73 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Dec 1711 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    6. 16. Nathaniel Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Feb 1672/73 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died in in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 17. Elizabeth Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jul 1677 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Oct 1757 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. 18. Experience Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1682 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1755 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    9. 19. Joseph Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1682 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Jul 1682 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
    10. 20. Benjamin Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jul 1685 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Jul 1685 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
    11. 21. Mindwell Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1686 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 4.  Anna DeweyAnna Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 15 Oct 1643.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2407

    Notes:

    Birth:
    baptism date

    Anna married John Woodward on 18 May 1671 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA. John was born about 1643. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Israel DeweyIsrael Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 25 Jun 1645.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2410

    Notes:

    Birth:
    baptism date

    Israel married Abigail Drake on 20 Aug 1668 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Job Drake and Mary Wolcott) was born in 1648; died in 1696. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Jedediah DeweyJedediah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 15 Dec 1647 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 624

    Notes:

    Birth:
    baptism date

    Jedediah married Sarah Orton before 1672. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Orton) was born in 1652; died in 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Mary ClarkMary Clark Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born in 1636; died in 1663.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1564

    Family/Spouse: John Strong. John (son of John Strong and Abigail Ford) was born in 1639; died in 1726. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Jacob PhelpsJacob Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 7 Feb 1649.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 282


  8. 9.  John PhelpsJohn Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 15 Feb 1651/52 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1742 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 393

    Family/Spouse: Sara Buckland. Sara was born about 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Enoch Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 23. John Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Apr 1678 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 24. Josias Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Feb 1679 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 25. Thomas Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1687 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Jan 1750 in Poquonock, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

  9. 10.  Nathaniel PhelpsNathaniel Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (1.Frances1) was born on 7 Dec 1653 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 283



Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Hepzibah DeweyHepzibah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 9 Oct 1663 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1750 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2429


  2. 12.  Mary DeweyMary Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 16 Oct 1665 in Northampton, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Jan 1666/67 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2427


  3. 13.  Josiah DeweyJosiah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 24 Dec 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1750 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2311

    Josiah married Mehitable Miller in 1691. Mehitable was born on 10 Jul 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1729 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. John Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Dec 1700 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Sep 1773 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

  4. 14.  John DeweyJohn Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 9 Feb 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1718 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2314


  5. 15.  Ebenezer DeweyEbenezer Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 20 Feb 1672/73 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Dec 1711 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2322

    Notes:

    From transcription of stones in Lebanon's Old Cemetery:

    "Here Lies the Body of Ebenezer Dewey ye son of Dn Josiah and Mrs Hepzibah Dewey who Devoted his Life to God and Having Lived A Short Life in Love & Charity Towards men Died in faith glorifying God Dec 3rd AD 1711 in Ye 38th year of His Age."


  6. 16.  Nathaniel DeweyNathaniel Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 20 Feb 1672/73 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died in in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5836
    • Birth: 1672, Massachusetts, USA

    Nathaniel married Margaret Burroughs on 24 Jan 1699/00 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Burrows and Hannah Culver) was born on 5 Oct 1677 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1717 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Nathaniel Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1700 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in in Connecticut, USA.
    2. 28. Margaret Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1702 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1730 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 29. Samuel Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jul 1704 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died after 1742 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 30. Noah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 May 1706 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 31. Sarah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1709 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    6. 32. Thomas Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1713 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 33. Hepzibah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Dec 1715 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Mar 1792 in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA.
    8. 34. Tamor Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1717 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

  7. 17.  Elizabeth DeweyElizabeth Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 10 Jul 1677 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Oct 1757 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2316

    Elizabeth married on 3 Jan 1699/00 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 18.  Experience DeweyExperience Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 9 Apr 1682 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1755 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2319

    Notes:

    according to oneworld tree experience dewey is 6xgg of Mamie Eisenhower

    Experience married John Gillett on 3 Jan 1699/00 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. John was born on 10 Jun 1671 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Ebenezer Gillett  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1705; died in 1776.

  9. 19.  Joseph DeweyJoseph Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 9 Apr 1682 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Jul 1682 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2332


  10. 20.  Benjamin DeweyBenjamin Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 8 Jul 1685 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Jul 1685 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2335


  11. 21.  Mindwell DeweyMindwell Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 19 Oct 1686 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1777

    Notes:

    From "the baptisimal records of the Westfield Church of Christ from 1679 to 1836" page 8, "year 1686, 10 mo, 19 d. Mindewell daughter Josiah & Hephzibal Dewey"

    Birth:
    baptism date


  12. 22.  Enoch PhelpsEnoch Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.Frances1) was born on 21 Jan 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Enock Phelps
    • Reference Number: 501

    Family/Spouse: Mary Owen. Mary (daughter of Josiah Owen and Mary Osborn) was born on 15 Feb 1679/80 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  13. 23.  John PhelpsJohn Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.Frances1) was born on 12 Apr 1678 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 536


  14. 24.  Josias PhelpsJosias Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.Frances1) was born on 17 Feb 1679 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 539


  15. 25.  Thomas PhelpsThomas Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (9.John2, 1.Frances1) was born on 21 Aug 1687 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Jan 1750 in Poquonock, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 445

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Oliver Phelps  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1749 in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 21 Feb 1809 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 26.  John DeweyJohn Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (13.Josiah3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 4 Dec 1700 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 Sep 1773 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 293

    Family/Spouse: Experience Woodward. Experience was born on 10 Aug 1704 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1801 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. John Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1735 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Jun 1830 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

  2. 27.  Nathaniel DeweyNathaniel Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 12 Dec 1700 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in in Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3564


  3. 28.  Margaret DeweyMargaret Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 5 May 1702 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1730 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 4566

    Margaret married Cornelius Phelps on 18 Jan 1721/22 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. Cornelius (son of Timothy Phelps and Martha Crow) was born on 5 Mar 1698 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Aug 1760 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 29.  Samuel DeweySamuel Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 5 Jul 1704 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died after 1742 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 5660

    Samuel married Elizabeth Allen on 6 Mar 1732/33 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Allen and Catherine Morehouse) was born on 4 Sep 1713 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Samuel Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1732 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 Mar 1801 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. 39. Desire Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Feb 1733/34 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Oct 1827 in Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    3. 40. Elijah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1735/36 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1831.
    4. 41. Jeremiah Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1737/38 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1833.
    5. 42. Elizabeth Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jan 1739/40 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Oct 1812 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. 43. Nathan Dewey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1742 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Feb 1779 in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA.

  5. 30.  Noah DeweyNoah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 13 May 1706 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 899


  6. 31.  Sarah DeweySarah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 2 Aug 1709 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 809


  7. 32.  Thomas DeweyThomas Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 20 Jan 1713 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 893


  8. 33.  Hepzibah DeweyHepzibah Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 28 Dec 1715 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Mar 1792 in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 196


  9. 34.  Tamor DeweyTamor Dewey Descendancy chart to this point (16.Nathaniel3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born on 20 Oct 1717 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 813


  10. 35.  Ebenezer GillettEbenezer Gillett Descendancy chart to this point (18.Experience3, 3.Josiah2, 1.Frances1) was born in 1705; died in 1776.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 2885
    • Birth: 6 Jun 1705, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
    • Death: 19 Oct 1776

    Ebenezer married Mary Ordway on 23 Sep 1730 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born in 1712; died in 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 44. Rhoda Gillett  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Sep 1735 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Aug 1820 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.

  11. 36.  Oliver PhelpsOliver Phelps Descendancy chart to this point (25.Thomas3, 9.John2, 1.Frances1) was born in Oct 1749 in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 21 Feb 1809 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 340

    Notes:

    Phelps Family History in America and Kindred Family Histories
    Oliver Phelps, Land speculator, Judge, and Congressman
    Oliver Phelps (1749-1809) was a great land speculator(1) . A native of Windsor, young Phelps came to Suffield, Connecticut, apprenticed to a local merchant and later became a tavern keeper in Granville, Mass. As Deputy Commissary of the Colonial army during the Revolution, he supplied troops and was commended by General Washington. The connections he thus established aided his efforts in forming a syndicate with Nathanial Gorham for the purpose of buying large tracts of land on speculation.
    Phelps and Gorham contracted to buy 6,144,000 acres in what is now eastern New York State, but what was then Massachusetts. The purchase price was $1 million. Phelps journeyed west to supervise land surveys and to arrange acceptable terms with the Senecas for the purchase of the eastern half of their lands.
    "A first attempt to convene a council at Geneva failed, and Phelps paid a visit to Indian Allan on the Genesee before proceeding to Buffalo Creek where a large council was convened on July 4th. A goodly number of chiefs gathered there to hear Phelps explain the nature of his claim to their lands. It was not at all clear just what he had bought from Massachusetts since the Indians considered themselves to be the rightful owners of that land. But it was somehow made evident to the chieftains that, since they had been the allies of the defeated British, and since their lands had been surrendered in the peace treaty of 1783, the tribes could only expect to retain their lands on the sufferance of the United States."
    "For nearly 2,600,000 acres of rich land lying between Lake Seneca and the Genesee River, Oliver Phelps offered the niggardly sum of £2,lOO in New York currency! The price paid to the Indians for Manhattan
    Island was extravagant compared to this!"
    "Before he returned to New England that fall, Oliver Phelps engaged a group of surveyors to lay out townships on a rectangular pattern over all the broad estate. A site at the outlet of Canandaigua Lake was chosen for the land office and the chief town, and an order was given for the erection there of a log-house
    during the winter."(2)
    After meeting the Senecas on July 4-8, 1788, at Buffalo Creek, Phelps and Gorham ended up with 4,940,000 acres of the tract. This land ownership briefly made Oliver one of the largest land owners in the United States. Gorham and Phelps could not make regular payments. Land sales did not keep pace with payments due Massachusetts for the pre-emption rights. In 1790, about two-thirds of the land reverted to the Commonwealth.
    By 1789 he had returned to Suffield, bought the Hatheway House where he opened one of the first land offices in America (and another in Canandaigua, N.Y.).
    Phelps retained extensive holdings in the infant Ontario County. He maintained an interest in its affairs - and in further land speculations. He was elected First Judge of Ontario county (1789-1793). After additional entanglements in western real estate ventures which resulted in "personal embarrassment" and, for a time, the prospect of debtor's prison, Phelps settled down to permanent residence in Canandaigua in 1802. A popular figure in the country he had opened for settlement, he was honored as a Democrat (i.e., Jeffersonian Republican) with his single term in congress, and returned to Canandaigua afterwards to live out his years.
    At the time of the Western Reserve purchase (some 3,300,000 acres), Phelps was also negotiating for land in Georgia, West Virginia and Maine, and considered to be the largest land holder in the country.
    Although he was a founder and large stock holder in the Hartford National Bank and Trust Co., about 1800 his financial troubles became acute because of the effect of changing money values on mortgages held on the tracts of land sold and a depressed land market. Forced to sell his Suffield home, Phelps moved to Canandaigua, N.Y., where he built a grist mill and endowed an academy. He was appointed the first judge of Ontario County and between 1803 and 1805 he served in Congress. Although a man of great ability and broad vision, Oliver Phelps was ahead of his time. He tried to help settlers who could not fulfill their contracts, but he was doomed to poverty and died in 1809 in debtor’s prison.
    His memory is honored in Canandaigua, where the inscription on his tombstone reads: “Enterprise, Industry, and Temperance cannot always ensure success but the first of these will be felt by Society.”
    From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
    Phelps, Oliver, a Representative from New York; born in Poquonock, Hartford County, Conn., October 21, 1749; completed preparatory studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Granville, Mass., in 1770; during the Revolution was deputy commissary in the Continental Army and served until the end of the war; settled in Suffield, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives 1778-1780; member of the constitutional convention in 1779 and 1780; served in the State senate in 1785; member of the Governor’s council in 1786; assisted in the organization of the Phelps & Gorham syndicate in 1788 and acted as the representative of that company in the exploration of the Genesee country in western New York; first judge of Ontario County, N.Y., 1789-1793; moved to Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1802; elected as a Republican to the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); died in Canandaigua, N.Y., February 21, 1809; interment in West Avenue Cemetery.

    (1) From Suffield Library <http://www.suffield-library.org/localhistory/phelps.htm>, June 2003
    (2) Rochester History Edited by Dexter PErkins, City Historian, and Blake McKelvey, Assistant City Historian. Vol. 1, No. 1. January 1939



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