Lydia (Rowley) Phelps (1718 - 1757)

Born 17 Sep 1718 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Phelps III — married about 21 Jan 1741 in Hebron, Conn.

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1757 at age 39 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

Lydia Rowley was born 17 Sep 1718 , Colchester, New London, CT (not in East Haddam). The Barbour Town Records Collections show both East Haddam, Middlesex, CT and Colchester, New London, CT.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Moses Rowley and Martha Porter She was christened. She married Joseph Phelps Lt., Jr. (1716- Jan 1741)^[3] She died 29 Dec 1757, Hebron, Tolland, CT^[4] She was buried at Hebron, Connecticut 29 Dec 1757^[5]

• Notes about Moses Rowley III (1679-1749)

This information comes from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 37.

Lydia [Rowley], b. Sept. 17, 1718; m. Jan. 21, 1741, Lieut. Joseph Phelps, Jr., of Hebron, Conn., b. May 21, 1716, at Hebron. She [Lydia] was his [Joseph’s] second wife, and d. at Hebron, Dec. 29, 1757.

Children [of Lydia Rowley and Joseph Phelps Jr.]:

1. Joseph [Phelps III], b. March 29, 1743; m. Jemima Post.
2. Martin [Phelps], b. Aug. 5, 1744; m. Abigail Post.
3. Lydia [Phelps], b. July 21, 1746; m.--------Pepoon.
4. Reuben [Phelps], b. Sept. 15, 1748; m. Mary Hosford.
5. Dan [Phelps], b. March 4, 1755; d. at New York in Revolutionary prison ship; served in the navy.
6. Lavinia [Phelps], b. July 7, 1757; m. Dec. 28, 1780, at Hebron, Daniel Pepoon, of Hebron and Stockbridge, Mass. She d. Nov. 1, 1785. Children [of Lavinia Rowley and Daniel Pepoon], born in Stockbridge: Lavinia [Pepoon] m. William Janes.
7. Joseph [Phelps], who d. unm.
8. Hannah [Phelps], b. Aug. 9, 1783; m. David Campbell.

Sources

1. ↑ M136. Spencer, Ernst, and Rowley, Tedd, compilers, The Spencer 1000, version 1997, (database). "The Spencer 1000," 1997; saved Gedcom file on diskette 1998 Feb; and published online at http://www.rowleyresearch.org.
2. ↑ A101. Patterson, Dr. William. East Haddam Genealogies (CT). Middlesex County, CT, self-published, 1888. microfilm of handwritten manuscript kept at LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT; transcription available online by Rowley Research Organization at http://www.rowleyresearch.org/EastHaddam/EHGenealogies.htm.
3. ↑ M136. Spencer, Ernst, and Rowley, Tedd, compilers. "The Spencer 1000," version 1997, (database); saved Gedcom file on diskette 1998 Feb; and published online at http://www.rowleyresearch.org.
4. ↑ M136. Spencer, Ernst, and Rowley, Tedd, compilers. "The Spencer 1000," version 1997, (database); saved Gedcom file on diskette 1998 Feb; and published online at http://www.rowleyresearch.org.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7553172/lydia-phelps

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowley-788
• International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Spencer, Ernst. Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, collected by Ernst Spencer, compiled by Tedd Rowley and Judith Bramlage; original records under Bramlage Rowley Papers at New England Historical Genealogical Society Archives, Boston, Mass.
• Dwight, Rev. Melatiah Everett, editor, Dr. Henry R. Stiles, Tobias A. Wright, H. Calkins Jr., and Josiah C. Pumpelly, Publication Committee. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. : Devoted to the interests of American Genealogy and Biography (226 West 58th Street, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1906), 37:59, 61-63, 65-66.
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV7M-9BQ : accessed 1 January 2022), entry for Lydia Rowley, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 4) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006)

Acknowledgements

Profile Rowley-788 was entered by Dorothy Phelps, Monday, January 27, 2014.