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• History of the Phelps Surname
  • Spelling and Origin of the Name
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    • Henry Phelps of the Ship Hercules
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    • Deacon Nathaniel Phelps of Dorchester, Connecticut
    • Family of William Phelps of Northampton, Mass
    • Nathaniel Phelps b. abt 1627
    • William Phelps b. 1657
    • Elnathian Phelps b. abt 1734
  • Phelps of Simsbury and Windsor, Connecticut
    • William Phelps and the First Local Government
    • Founders of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut
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    • Organization of the Church in Windsor
    • First Generation in Simsbury
    • Second Generation in Simsbury
    • Third Generation in Simsbury
    • The Phelps Homestead in Simsbury
  • Emigration from New York to the Illinois Frontier
    • Nehemiah West Leads the Settlers West
    • Hoosiers vs. Yankees: A Slave State or Not?
    • The (Ill-fated) Boat Party
    • Pioneer Architecture: From Log Cabins to Homes
    • Galesburg Grows Amidst the Jackson Panic
    • Founding of the Knox Manual Labor College
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    • Commerce is Established With Colton's Store
    • Food and Clothing in Early Galesburg
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  • Religious Pioneer Ronald Aaron Noble Phelps
  • The Second Great Awakening Sends Noble Phelps West to Illinois
  • George Avery, Inventor of the Corn Planter, and Seraphina Princess Phelps
  • Bart Phelps in 1924 Alaska
    • Radio Station Operations in Kodiak Part B
    • Radio Station Operations in Kodiak Part C
  • Premium for Best Farm of Knox Township, Illinois
  • Family Letters
    • Isaac Ensign and Cornelia Phelps
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    • Correspondance of Oliver Roswell Phelps and Georgia Phelps
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• Bartle Family
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  • The Mysterious Daily Journal
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• Beasley Family
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  • Annabeth Beasley Phelps, Mother and Provider
  • Jane Beasley, in Her Own Words
  • My Aunt the Doper: "Gliding Gladys" in the War Factory
  • T/5 Myron K. Ricketts, WWII Veteran
  • A Hero in Our Midst—Mac Butler's "Battlin' Blue Bastards"
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• Bremser Family
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  • Finding Heinrich Gottlieb Bremser
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  • A Tower Without a Bell
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  • A History of Bremsers in Germany
  • Rüdesheim and Brömserburg Castles on the Rhine
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• Christy Family
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  • Blacksmith Guy Christy and the Nickle-plated Horseshoes
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  • The Mystery of Harry Haskell
    • The Civil War Medal
    • A Short Biography
    • Harry's Gettysburg Report
    • 125th New York Volunteers Regimental History
    • Harry's Enlistment Record
    • Harry Haskell Obituaries
    • Mystery Revealed
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• Claggett Family
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  • Introduction
  • Claggett Family of England and America
  • English Origins of the Claggetts
  • The Emigration to America
  • Samuel Claggett, Revolutionary War Surgeon
  • Rev. Thomas John Claggett, First Episcopal Bishop Consecrated in America
  • The Migration to Illinois from Virginia
  • Brice Clagett and the Clagett Family Genealogy
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• Diuguid Family
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  • The Diuguids of Scotland and Virginia
  • George Christian Diuguid of Kentucky
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• Notable Family Members
  • 1600-1699
    • John Phelps, Court Clerk at the Trial of King Charles I
    • Anson Green Phelps, Merchant and Philanthropist
  • 1700-1799
    • Richard Phelps, Bell-founder for English Churches
    • Dr. Francis Phelps, Representative and Senator
    • Judge John Phelps, Publisher, Judge, Merchant, and Entrepreneur
    • Noah Phelps, A Spy at Ticonderoga, A Patriot of 1776
    • Oliver Phelps, Land Speculator, Judge, Congressman
    • William Wines Phelps, Judge, Mormon Publisher and Writer
    • Samuel Shethar Phelps, Jurist, Congressman, and Senator
  • 1800-1849 A-M
    • Alfred Aaron Phelps, Wild West Show Rider
    • Austin Phelps, Congregational Minister, Educator
    • Charles Edward Phelps, Congressman, Judge, Author
    • Delos Porter Phelps, Lawyer, U.S. Assistant Treasurer
    • Edward John Phelps, American Lawyer, Diplomat
    • George M. Phelps, Master Telegraph Instrument Maker, Inventor
    • Dr. Guy Rowland Phelps, Founder, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
    • Judge James Phelps, Judge, Congressman
    • Judge John Jay Phelps, Publisher, Judge, Merchant, Entrepreneur
    • John Smith Phelps, Lawyer, Legislator
    • John Wolcott Phelps, Brigadier General, United States Volunteers
    • Mary Phelps Rich
  • 1800-1849 N-Z
    • Mary Anne Phelps Rich, Mormon Pioneer
    • Rev. Philip Phelps, Founder, First President, Western Theological Seminary
    • Stephen Sumner Phelps, Illinois Pioneer
    • Thomas Stowell Phelps, Civil War Naval Officer
    • William Walter Phelps, Congressman, Ambassador, Judge
  • 1850-1899
    • Mary Phelps Jacob, Inventor, Publisher
    • William Lyon Phelps, Educator, Literary Critic, Author
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  • Will of George Phelps of Dorchester, Massachusetts
  • Will of Anthony Phillipps of Nether Teane, England
  • Will of Francis Phillipp of Nether Teyne, England
  • Will of Thomas Phylypp, 1556, of Over Teyne, England
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    • Introduction to the American Genealogy
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    • Organization of the Church in Windsor
    • About Early Massacoh (later Simsbury), Connecticut
    • About Early Dorchester (later Windsor), Connecticut
    • Oliver Seymour Phelps, Genealogist and Author
    • Noah Phelps, Spy at Ticonderoga, A Patriot of 1776
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The most common surnames in this database are, in order:

• 1449 Phelps
• 540 [unknown]
• 524 Bremser
• 241 Claggett
• 225 Root
• 196 Loveland
• 138 Diuguid
• 137 Clagett
• 129 Sanford
• 111 Backhaus
• 109 Tolman
• 103 Plantagenet
• 89 Chew
• 88 Stewart
• 87 Griswold
• 85 Call
• 82 King
• 81 Smith
• 74 Holbrook
• 73 Clopton
• 69 Adams
• 66 Spencer
• 60 Thompson
• 59 Magruder
• 59 Pearce