Born in West Yorkshire, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Walter Phelps
— married
before 1680 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Walter Phelps Jr and John Phelps
Died
at about age 45
in Birdsville, Anne Arundel, Maryland
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Biography
Birth
Elizabeth Benson was born on 6 January 1660 in West Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of John Benson III (1635-1710) and Elizabeth Marsh Benson (1638-1669).
Marriage
Elizabeth married Walter Phelps (1635-1719)[1]who was the son of Walter Phelps (1614-1640) and Rebecca Phelps.
Immigration
Walter Phelps arrived in Maryland, USA in 1680. He was 45 years old at the time. Gust Skordas in his Early Settlers of Maryland recorded thirteen Phelps persons including a Walter Phelps, his wife, Elizabeth, his mother, Rebecca, and three others as emigrating from England to America settling in the area of "Providence" in 1680. Providence later became Anne Arundel County.
Children
Walter and Elizabeth had 8 known children: Walter Phelps (1680-1780), William Phelps (1682-1748), John Phelps (1684-1725), Elizabeth Phelps (1693-1703), George Phelps (1694-), Benjamin Phelps (1695-1698), Joseph Phelps (1698-1698)and Charles Phelps (1699-1772). In that same year, their fist child was born in 17 Jun 1680 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States.
Death
Elizabeth died in 1706 in Birdsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA. She was 46 years old.
Sources
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Elizabeth Phelps Name: Elizabeth Phelps Year: 1680 Place: Maryland Family Members: Wife Phelps, Elizabeth; Mother Phelps, Rebecca Source Publication Code: 2524.55 Primary Immigrant: Phelps, Walter Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Extracted from Maryland Land Office records of patents and warrants. Reference to original record or transcript and microfilm number are also provided. Other historical and genealogical information may also be provided. The first Source Bibliography: GIBB, CARSON. A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1997. 248p. Page: 172.
Acknowledgements
- Scott Lee adopted this profile 2 Feb 18 and 'cleaned the profile and added sources. Anyone is welcome to improve this profile.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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