Lois (Cadwell) Phelps (1745 - 1835)

Born 14 Jul 1745 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Phelps II Jr — married 22 Mar 1764 in Suffield, Hartford, Conn.

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1835 at age 89 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Cadwell Name Study.

Lois was born in 1745. She passed away in 1835. Some trees have her LNAB as Caldwell, but it was clearly Cadwell.

Some trees have her as the daughter of Moses Cadwell and Penelope Goodwin. Moses and Penelope had another daughter named Lois, born in 1731 who died in childhood. Some sources have Moses and Penelope having a second daughter Lois in 1745, after the first daughter died in 1734.

I have her parents listed as uncertain. but I have many DNA cousins that link to Mose's parents, and Lois did name a son Moses.

Sources

• Geni. Caldwell, daughter of Mattew Cadwell and Elizabeth. Wife of Elijah Phelps.

• Ancestry-Murray. Daughter of Matthew.

• FamilySearch Tree. Lois Caldwell. FamilySearch Tree. Lois Cadwell. No parents listed.

• Findagrave. Lois Cadwell Phelps.

• CT Church Abstracts. Lois Cadwell, daughter of Thomas, baptised Nov 29 1741. Vol 1, page 40. Residence: West Hartford CT on 8Nov1761. This is possibly our Lois.

• US Army Transport Passengers. Notify Lousminha Phelps, Wife, RFD 2 Box 5 Blanche NC.

• Newspaper extracts. Lois Phelps, born 1744, died c1835. Husband: Elijah Phelps. The Hartford Tmes, 10jan1835.

• Hale Cemetery Inscriptions. Lois Phelps, widow of Elijah.

Research

• There are many Ancestry trees for Lois Caldwll, born 29Nov1741 in CT, wife of Asahbel Humphery, married in 1761, died in 1771. Other trees for apparently the same person have her parents as Thomas Caldwell and Hannah Francis.
• 4 Ancestry trees have a Lois Caldwell, born May1740 in Hartford CT, died in 1794.
• Ancestrt-McEwen. 4 soures. Lois Cadwell, daughter of Moses Cadwell and Penelope Goodwin. These are the wrong parents, based on the following source. However, Moses is credited with a daughter Lois, 1730-1734, and another Lois, 1745-1835. This second Lois was born with Moses' wife Penelope was 42.
• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts. Lois Caldwelll, baptised 11Jan1730 in West Hartford. Father: Moses Caldwell.This Lois was born too early to be the mother of these 11 children.