Desire (Dewey) Phelps (1734 - 1827)

Born 13 Feb 1734 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Phelps Jr — married 16 Jan 1755 in Lebanon, New London CO. CT.

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1827 at age 93 in Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Birth

Desire Dewey was born 13 Feb 1733/34 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut to Samuel Dewey & Elizabeth Allen.^[1]

Marriage & Children

Desire Dewey Married John Phelps 16 Jan 1755in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.^[2]

1. Anne (1755-) m. Amos Filer
2. John (1757-) m. Bersheba Huxford
3. Obadiah (1759-1799) m. Aminda Unknown
4. Jared (1760-1827) m. Rowena Fuller
5. Norman (1763-1840) m. Sarah Cole
6. Nathan (1765-1841) m, Abigail Fuller
7. Benjamin (1768-)
8. Dudley (1771-1820) m. Cynthia Unknown
9. Desire (1773-)
10. Sarah (1778-)

Death

She died 9 Oct 1827 in Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut.^[3]

Comments

Much of the information on John Phelps Jr comes from the Phelps Family History book (published 1899) and the Dewey Family History book (published 1898). Since their publication new information has emerged, in particular the Barbour Collection of Early Connecticut birth, marriage and death records (origjnal records on file at the Connecticut Public Library, with various indexes available on-line). Unfortunately, this older information permeates the online family trees causing much confusion and contradiction.

We also know he married Desire Dewey and had children with her. We cannot be certain if Deborah Dewey (who is listed in the Phelps book as his spouse) is a different woman from Desire, or was from an earlier marriage (Deborah is listed in the Dewey book as different from Desire, with a different birth date and different parents). But we now know that according to Connecticut Vital Records that he married Desire Dewey on 16 Jan 1755 and that 10 children were born in Hebron, Ct with John and Desire Phelps listed as the parents on each birth record.

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Vital Records.
2. ↑ Early connecticut Marriages, Second Book: Lebanon Page 45. Early Connecticut Marriages Early Connecticut Marriages: Second Book Lebanon New Haven Second Church page 45 John Phelps & Desire Dewey, Jan. 16, 1755.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 (Provo, UT, USA, , 2013), Ancestry.com, Marlborough Congregational Church. John, Esq d, April 5 1814, AE 82, his wid. d. Oct 9, 1827 AE 89

• Hosford, Henry Hallock. Ye Horseforde Booke, Horsford-Hosford Families in the United States of America (Tower Press, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, 1936) Page 33.