• Family Home
  • Surname Index
    • (--?--) — to — Franks
    • Franz — to — Neave
    • Neff — to — Willard
    • Willcockson — to — Zuern
  • Persons Index
    • (--?--)—to—William Delray Alley
    • James Allinder—to—James Beall
    • James Beall—to—Claudia June Bremser
    • Clive John Bremser—to—Daniel Bushnell
    • Ebenezer Bushnell—to—Baby Claggett
    • Benjamin Franklin Claggett—to—James K Crofut
    • Asa Cromeans—to—Levi Jerome Dustin
    • Lydia Althea (Althia) Dustin—to—Bildad Fowler
    • Catherine Fowler—to—Frederick Eugene Gross I
    • Frederick Eugene Gross II—to—Nathan Alexander Hoover
    • Philip Richard Hoover—to—Thomas Kilbourne
    • Dora Kilby—to—Anson Cassim Loveland
    • Asa Loveland—to—Edward Christian McNett
    • Edward Clinton McNett—to—Shawn Newland
    • Judy Carol Newsom—to—(--?--) Phelps
    • (--?--) Phelps—to—John Phelps
    • John Phelps—to—Timothy Phelps
    • Timothy Phelps—to—(Widow) Ridgley
    • Johann Jakob Rieger—to—Betha of Savoy
    • Thomas I Count Savoy—to—Alice Spencer
    • Ann Spencer—to—John Thompson
    • John Thompson—to—Anne Webster
    • Annis Webster—to—Johann Jakob Zuern
  • Four Generations Tree
• History of the Phelps Surname
  • Possible Origins of the Family in Germany and Italy
  • Spelling and Origin of the Name
  • Welf and Guelph, Possible Ancestors to the Phelps
  • House of Welf vs. the House of Hohenstaufen
  • Origins in Wales
• William Phelps 1630 Origins
  • William Phelps First Generations
  • William Phelps of Crewkerne, England
  • William Phelps of Tewkesbury, England
  • William Phelps of Dorchester, Colony of Massachusetts
  • William Phelps 1672 Will
• George Phelps 1634 Origins
  • George Phelps First Generations
  • The Identity of George Parkhurst
  • George Phelps in New England 1634
  • George Phelps 1687 Will
• Richard Phelps 1633 Origins
• James Phelps 1786 Origins
• Phelps Origins in Europe
  • Phelps Origins in Nether Tyne, Checkley, England
  • Decendants of James Phelps of Nether Tyne, England
  • Decendants of James Phelps of Tewkesbury, England
• Phelps Towns & Villages
  • Tewkesbury, England
  • Crewkerne, England
  • Checkley, England
  • Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Windsor, Connecticut
  • Phelps Tavern of Litchfield, Connecticut
• Colonial Voyages to Connecticut
  • Researching the Mary and John
  • Warrent and Order Detaining Phelps' Ships
  • About the Ship Mary and John
  • Voyage of the Mary and John 1630
  • Voyage of the Mary and John in 1633/34
  • Voyage of the Hercules in 1633/34
  • Voyage of the Recovery in 1633/34
• Phelps Arrival in America
  • Nathaniel Phelps of Dorchester, Connecticut
  • William Phelps of Northampton, Massachusetts
  • Elnathian Phelps b. c1734
  • First Phelps Family Ancestors
  • The Great Migration to the Colonies
    • King Charles Persecutes Puritans
    • John Phelps Regicide to Charles I
    • Phelps Entries in the Great Migration Begins
• Phelps of Simsbury and Windsor
  • William Phelps and the First Local Government
  • Founders of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut
  • Estimated Population of American Colonies 1620 to 1780
  • Crime and Punishment in Simsbury
  • Organization of the Church in Windsor
  • The Phelps Homestead in Simsbury
• Phelps Family Letters
  • Isaac Ensign and Cornelia Phelps
  • Ensign Letters from Simsbury to Forsyth
  • Correspondance of Oliver Roswell Phelps and Georgia Phelps
  • Ensign Family Letters
• Phelps from New York to Illinois
  • 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
  • Household Skills in Pioneer Galesberg
  • Commerce is Established With Colton's Store
  • Food and Clothing in Early Galesburg
• Family Origins in Illinois
  • Noble Phelps Moves West to Illinois
  • Knox County Pioneer Noble Phelps
  • Noble Phelps' Prize Farm
  • Premium for Phelps Best Farm
  • Seraphina Princess Phelps and George Avery
  • Ronald Aaron Noble Phelps 1881 Bio
  • Avery Company History
• Phelps Family in California
  • Bart Phelps, Navy Telegrapher Radioman
  • Bart Phelps, Yerba Buena 1916 Radio Operations
  • Bart Phelps, Wailupe 1921 Radio Operations
  • Bart Phelps, Alaska 1924 Radio Operations
  • Annabeth Beasley Phelps
  • Harold Bartle "Bud" Phelps III
  • A Generation Passes
• Bartle Family
  • Bartle Family Genealogy
  • The Daily Journal of Births and Deaths
  • Bartle First American Ancestors
  • Henry Hart Bartle Obituary
  • Henry Hart Bartle 1858-1929 Biograpahy
  • Nathanial Sanburn 1723, Kingston New Hampshire
  • Francis G. Sanburn 1899, of Knoxville, Illinois
  • William Toy Bartle Ministry
  • Nathanial Sanborn, 1814, of Canandaigua, New York
• Beasley Family
  • Beasley Family Genealogy
  • First Known American Ancestors
  • The Price of Slaves 1850
  • Luther S. Beasley 1925 Obituary
  • John T. Beasley 1883-1950
  • John Beasley and Lizzie Bremser Marriage
  • John T. Beasley 1950 Obituary
  • Jane Beasley Raph Professional Life
  • Jane Beasley Raph 2001 Obituary
  • Annabeth Beasley Phelps, Mother and Provider
  • Annabeth Beasley Phelps 2001 Obituary
  • Brandy Station in the Civil War
  • T/5 Myron K. Ricketts, WWII Veteran
  • A Hero in Our Midst—Mac Butler's "Battlin' Blue Bastards"
  • Ephraim Beazley 1797 Deeds and Records
  • William Beazley 1824 Court Records and Will
• Bremser Family
  • Bremser Family Genealogy
  • Finding Heinrich Gottlieb Bremser
  • The Family History
  • Coming to America
  • The Search for Henry Bremser
  • Henry Bremser 1864-1848 Bio
  • Henry Bremser 1864-1948 Obituary
  • Elizabeth Bremser 1888-1952 Biograhy
  • Elizabeth Bremser Marriage Letter Home
  • Bremsers Origins in Germany
  • Bremser-Familiengeschichte (Deutch)
• Christy Family
  • Guy Christy Horseshoes Collection
  • Christy Family First American Ancestors
  • Guy H Christy, Kentucky to California
  • 27th Illinois Infantry Regimental History
  • 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
• Claggett Family
  • Claggett Family Genealogy
  • Claggett First Ancestors in America
  • Robert Clagget 1490 in England
  • Edward Clagett 1670 Emigration to America
  • Thomas Claggett 1703 of London and Maryland
  • Thomas Clagett 1732 Will
  • Samuel Claggett 1821, Revolutionary War Surgeon
  • Samuel Claggett 1846 of Virginia
  • Samuel Claggett and Julia F. Sanford Marriage Contract
  • Bernard Johnson Claggett 1919 Bio
  • The Price of Slaves 1850
  • Julia {Sanford} Claggett 1876 Civil War Claims
    • Deposition of Columbia Claggett
    • Commision Standard Interrogitories
    • Deposition of Sgt. Ereastus Weaver
    • Deposition of Lt.Frank Foot
    • Deposition of Julia Claggett
    • Deposition of Thomas Claggett
    • Testimony of Craven King
    • Testimony of William Francis
    • Testimony of Erastus Weaver
    • Map of Clagget Farm
    • Claim Exhibits
    • Battle of Bull Run
    • Battle of Brandy Station
    • 121st NY Volunteers
    • Complete Commission Transcript
  • Claggett Family Move to Illinois from Virginia
  • Sanford Ramey Claggett 1895 Obituary
  • Ann Claggett Beasley 1898 Obituary
  • Rev. Thomas John Claggett 1816, First American Episcopal Bishop
  • Thomas J. Claggett 1901 Obituary
  • Columbia Claggett 1904 Obituary
  • Brice Clagett, Family Genealogist
  • Claggett Coat of Arms
• Diuguid Family
  • Diuguid Family Genealogy
  • 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
• Klein Family
  • Klein Family Genealogy
  • Klein Origins in Germany
  • Klein Visit to 1922 Germany
• 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
    • William Wines Phelps Letters to Wife
    • William Wines Phelps Revelation Given
    • William Wines Phelps in Church History
    • William Wines Phelps Letter from Liberty Jail 1834
    • Samuel Shethar Phelps, Jurist, Congressman, and Senator
    • Nathanial Sanborn, Pioneer Settler of Canandaigua, New York
  • 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, Pioneer Saint in Tazewell County, Illinois
    • Francis G. Sanburn, Pioneer Resident of Knoxville, Illinois
  • 1800-1849 N-Z
    • Mary Anne Phelps Rich, Mormon Pioneer
    • Rev. Philip Phelps, Founder, First President, Western Theological Seminary
    • John Wesley Phelps, Deputy Sheriff of Hartford County, Connecticut
    • 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
  • 1900-2020
    • Chance Russel Phelps, Private, USMC
• Phelps Family Arms & Crest
  • 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
• Selected Family Wills
  • Thomas and Katherine Phylypp Wills 1556, Over Teyne, Checkeley, England
  • William Phelps 1672 Will, Windsor, Connecticut
  • Anthony Phillipps 1648 Will, Nether Teane, England
  • Francis Phylyppe 1648 Will, Checkley, England
  • Thomas Phylypp 1556 Will, Over Teyne, England
  • George Phelps 1687 Will, Westfield, Massachusetts
  • Timothy Phelps 1639 Will, Windsor, Connecticut
  • Natnaniel Phelps 1702 Will, Northampton, Massachusetts
  • Thomas Clagett 1708 Will, Calvert, Maryland
  • Thomas Clagett 1732 Will, Prince Georges, Maryland
  • Julia F Sanford 1727 Marriage Indenture
  • Ephraim Beazley 1797 Wills & Deeds, Spotsylvania, Virginia
  • Ephraim Beasley 1797 Deed Spotsylvania, Virginia
  • Ephraim Beasley 1798 to Elizabeth Beazley
  • Ephraim Beasley 1798 Will, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  • Henry Beazley 1804 Indenture, Spotsylvania, Virginia
  • William Beazley 1828 Will, Culpeper, Virginia
  • William Beazley 1824 Court Records and Will
  • William Beazley 1852 Will, Culpeper, Virginia
  • Cornelius Beazley 1834 Will
  • Ephraim Beazley 1833 Mortgage
  • John Loveland 1649 Will
  • Ephraim Beazley 1798 Henry Beazley 1815 Indenture
  • James Phelps of North Caroline 1786 Estate
  • Robert Valentine Phelps 1905 Australia
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  • What's New in 2021
  • Contact Us
  • Why This Site
  • Kissing Cousins and Other Inbreeding
  • Major Contributors
  • Most Common Surnames
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  • Updated Index to "Phelps Family in America" Book
  • Excerpts from the Book—European History
    • Spelling and Origin of the Phelps Name
    • James Phelps of Nether Tyne
    • Descendants of Francis Phylyppe
    • Reverend Elnathan Phelps and Eleanor Bridgman
    • John Phelps, Court Clerk at the Trial of King Charles I
  • Excerpts from the Book—American History
    • Introduction to the American Genealogy
    • William Phelps, First Local Government in America
    • Willaim Phelps, Magistrate in Simsbury
    • Organization of the Church in Windsor
    • Early Massacoh (later Simsbury), Connecticut
    • Early Dorchester (later Windsor), Connecticut
    • Oliver Seymour Phelps, Genealogist and Author
    • Noah Phelps, Spy at Ticonderoga, A Patriot of 1776
    • Maps of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut
  • Excerpts from the Book—American Family Histories
    • Introduction to the American Genealogy
    • William Phelps First Generations in New England
    • Descendants of George Phelps and Phillury Randall
    • Deacon Nathaniel Phelps
    • Will or Settlement Deed of William Phelps
    • Last Will and Testament of Timothy Phelps of Windsor, Connecticut
    • The Will of Immigrant George Phelps of Westfield, Massachusetts

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