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- Surnames Index
- Persons Index
- Four Generations Tree
History of the Phelps Surname
- Spelling and Origin of the Name
- Possible Origins of the Family in Germany and Italy
  - Welf and Guelph, Possible Ancestors to the Phelps
  - House of Welf vs. the House of Hohenstaufen
Origins of William and George Phelps
- The Origins of William Phelps
  - Identity and Family of William Phelps of Crewkerne
  - Identity and Family of William Phelps of Tewkesbury, England
- The Origins of George Phelps
History of the American Phelps
- Phelps Origins in Europe
- Phelps Arrival in America
- Phelps of Simsbury and Windsor, Connecticut
- Emigration from New York to the Illinois Frontier
Phelps Family History
- Phelps Family Geneaology
- Persons Index
- 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
- Phelps Email List
- Related Web Sites
- Contributors
Bartle Family
- Bartle Family Genealogy
- Bartle Family of Illinois and Pennsylvania
- The Mysterious Daily Journal
- Bartle Email List
- Contributors
Beasley Family
- Beasley Family Genealogy
- Beasley Family of Virgnia and Illinois
- 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"
- Will of William Beazley
- Deeds and Records of Ephraim Beazley
- Brandy Station in the Civil War
- Related Web Sites
- Beasley Email List
- Contributors
Bremser Family
- Bremser Family Genealogy
- Bremser Family of Ohio and Germany
- Finding Heinrich Gottlieb Bremser
- Coming to America
- A Carol for Henry Bremser
- A Tower Without a Bell
- Obituary for Henry Bremser
- Geographical Origins of the Bremsers
- A History of Bremsers in Germany
- Rüdesheim and Brömserburg Castles on the Rhine
- Bremser Email List
- Contributors
Christy Family
- Christy Family Genealogy
- Christy Family of Illinois
- Blacksmith Guy Christy and the Nickle-plated Horseshoes
- 27th Illinois Infantry Regimental History
- Christy Email List
- Contributors
- The Mystery of Harry Haskell
Claggett Family
- Claggett Family Genealogy
- 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
- Marriage Contract for Samuel Claggett and Julia F. Sanford
- Will for Thomas J. Claggett
- Claggett Coat of Arms
- Source Information
- Claggett Rootsweb Mailing List
- Contributors
Diuguid Family
- Diuguid Family Genealogy
- The Diuguids of Scotland and Virginia
- George Christian Diuguid of Kentucky
- The English Royal Connection
- Harriet Diuguid's Letter About Her Ancestry
- Diuguid Origins in America
- Origin of the Diuguid Name
- Diuguid Email List
- Contributors
Klein Family
- Klein Family Genealogy
- Klein Family of Germany and Ohio
- Klein Origins in Germany
- Klein Visit to 1922 Germany
- Klein Email List
- Contributors
Morgan Family
- Morgan Family Genealogy
- Utah Pioneer John Morgan
- Morgan Email List
Geographical Origins
- Simsbury, Connecticut
- Windsor, Connecticut
- Tewkesbury, England
- Crewkerne, England
- Checkley, England
Notable Family Members
- 1600-1699
  - John Phelps, Court Clerk at the Trial of King Charles I
  - Anson Green Phelps, Merchant and Philanthropist
- 1700-1799
- 1800-1849 A-M
- 1800-1849 N-Z
- 1850-1899
  - Mary Phelps Jacob, Inventor, Publisher
  - William Lyon Phelps, Educator, Literary Critic, Author
Phelps Family Arms, Crest, and Shield
- About Coats of Arms
- Arms of the Tewkesbury Phelps
- Arms of Henry Phelps of London
- Arms of the American Phelps
- Arms of the Irish Phelps
- Heraldic Glossary
Phelps Wills of Interest
- Will of Timothy Phelps of Dorchester, Massachusetts
- 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
- The Will of Immigrant George Phelps of Westfield, Massachusetts
- Last Will and Testament of Timothy Phelps of Windsor, Connecticut
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Phelps & Servin Phelps Family in America reprints now available

Save $201. Reprints of the 1899 Phelps Family in America family history are now available.

The Family Arms

About Coats of Arms Heraldic Glossary The Crest of the Tewkesbury Phelps The Crest of Henry Phelps of London The Crest of the Irish Phelps American Coat of Arms

About Arms Arms Mottos Arms Glossary Prior William Phelps 1878 letter to Andrew T. Servin

American Heraldry: The Crest of the Phelps Family of Tewkesbury

TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR

Per pall or and or seme of cross crosslets, fitchy GU a wolf salient, oz. crest, a wolf's head, oz. languid and erased, GU gorged with a collar or there on a martlet sable.

From The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, (Save $201 by ordering through us.) Two volumes. By Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew T. Servin. (Eagle Publishing Company of Pittsfield, Mass., 1899)