Thankful (Ward) Phelps (1708 - bef. 1753)

Born 4 Apr 1708 in Marlborough, MIddlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Phelps — married 28 Oct 1742 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Died before 1753 before age 44 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Thankful was born on April 4, 1708.^[1] She is the daughter of Joseph Ward and Abiel or Abigail Wheelock.

Thankful married Ebenezer Phelps in Marlborough, Massachusetts on 28 October 1742.^[2]

According to The History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Thankful died before Ebenezer's marriage to Lucy Allen in 1753.^[3]

Research Notes

In Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass., 1607-1909 , Thankful Ward is listed as the mother of Ebenezer Phelps' daughter Anna.^[4] However, Ebenezer's second marriage to Lucy Allen [Allin] is recorded in the records of Marlborough.^[5] Without new documentation showing that Lucy Allen was married to a different Ebenezer Phelps, evidence points to Lucy Allen being the mother of Ebenezer's children.

Sources

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1. ↑ Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849 (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts 1908)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 189
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-7Q7 : 13 July 2016), Ebenezer Phelps and Thankfull Ward, ; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, by Hudson, Charles. Press of T.R.Marvin & Son, Boston. 1862. Page 428. View in Archive.org. [Ebenezer Phelps, m. Oct 28, 1742, Thankful Ward. She died and he married (2d) Lucy Allen [Allin] on March 29, 1753. His children were by his last wife.]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass., 1607-1909, page 110.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58M-JLZ : 9 February 2018), Ebenezer Phelps and Lucy Allin, 29 Mar 1753; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.