Elijah Phelps Genealogy

Record modified: 2015-09-04
This is my ancestor 8 generations back.

 / Timothy Phelps
 / Noah Phelps|
|  \ Martha Crow
Elijah Phelps |
|  / Henry Dyer
 \ Marie Dyer |
 \ Mary Royce

Born: 1724-07-31 Hebron, Hartford Co, Connecticut USA
Died: (unknown) Amenia, Dutchess Co, New York USA
Marriages:
1. 1748-08-01 Jemima Wilson
Children of Elijah Phelps and Jemima Wilson:
*Ichabod Phelps b. about 1749-00-00
Elijah Phelps b. 1750-00-00
Othniel Phelps b. 1752-00-00
Joel Phelps b. 1753-00-00
Noah Phelps b. 1754-08-01 d. 1795-06-10
Enos Phelps b. 1766-11-18 d. 1855-02-07
Jemima Phelps b. about 1768-00-00
Mehitable Phelps b. 1773-06-02 d. 1854-04-00

Notes:

married in Hebron, Windham Co CT
[note Windham Co formed 1726, Tolland Co formed 1785]

Did he have a daughter Ann who married 1785 Ezra Thayer?

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Occupation: farmer.

Elijah first settled in Hebron where he lived a short time, from there to Nine Partners, NY, and thence to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. After the war he returned to New York State, residing in Dover and Amenia, NY, where he died. His first wife was a Ms Millard, his second a Ms Jennings, and he married 1 Aug 1748 Jemima Wilcox as his third wife. He served in the Revolutionary Army, and was a great sufferer in the Wyoming Valley Massacre. At one time he had four sons in the service.

reference: Henry R. Styles, The history of ancient Windsor, 1891. and Oliver S. Phelps & Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family of America, two volumes, 1899.

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In the DAR database he is number A090061.

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I'm fairly sure this is him:
1790 census Litchfield Co CT, Litchfield p63
Elijah Phelps 4 M 16+, 1 M 0-15, 4 F
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 1169
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