Isaac Phelps (1722 - 1777)

Born 22 Jul 1722 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Mills) Phelps — married 5 Sep 1745 in Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

Isaac Phelps was born in 1722 (or 1724) in Windsor, Connecticut, probably to Cornelius Phelps and Sarah (Mansfield) Phelps.^[1],^[2],^[3] Please see the Research Notes section below for further explanation.

Marriage and Family

Isaac married Martha Mills in 1745.^[1] The couple had several children, but the who they were is subject to further study and resolution.

Issac resided in Hartford, Simsbury, and Poquonock, Connecticut.^[1] He died in 1777.^[1]

Research Notes

Parentage for Dr. Isaac Phelps

Phelps and Servin treat as fact that this Issac Phelps was the son of Cornelius Phelps. However, H.R. Stiles treats the relationship as probable but not certain. The reason for the ambiguity is that the Isaac Phelps who married Martha Mills was known as "Doct. Isaac Phelps," but also signed his name as "Isaac Phelps the second" and "Isaac Phelps, Jr." There is some confusion as between this Isaac Phelps and an Isaac Phelps from the line of George Phelps. Perhaps genetic evidence may one day provide further insight.

Which Issac Phelps as Son

A reference from the late 1800s attributes Isaac Phelps who married Jemima Holcomb, Anna Brown, and Joanna Hathaway as the son of Dr. Isaac Phelps and Martha Mills.^[3]. However, according to Phelps and Sevin, this Isaac Phelps' parents were Isaac Phelps (b. Westfield 26 Jan 1962) and Widow Sarah Palmer (dau. Timothy Palmer of Windsor).^[4]

A 2009 study from N.J. Pennington suggests that this Isaac Phelps is appropriately the son of Dr. Isaac Phelps and Martha Mills. For now, on this Phelps-1650 listed as the child for Phelps-1708. Please do not add/remove/change the sons Isaac before further discussion.

Other Children of Dr. Isaac Phelps

There appears to be no specific source that provides that Sarah (Phelps) Case is the daughter of this Issac Phelps, so she is removed as the daughter of this Isaac Phelps.

Neither Phelps & Sevrin (1899) or Stiles (1892) list Tryphenia (Phelps) Barber (m. Daniel Barber) as a daughter of this Isaac Phelps and Martha Mills, but in 2009 the New England Historical and Genealogical Register lists her as the daughter of this couple based on a reference to a Tryphenia Phelps as granddaughter of Peletiah Mills. This same NEHGR edition also makes the case that Clarry (or Clara) Phelps as listed by Phelps and Servin was the daughter of "Isaac Phelps of Turkey Hills" which is more clear.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew Tinkey Servin, The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors : With Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and Other Interesting Papers, Coats of Arms and Valuable Records, Volume I, pp. 109-110, 148-149 (Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield 1899). Copy available at https://archive.org/details/phelpsfamilyofam01phel.
2. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 - Windsor. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Henry R. Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut; Including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, and Ellington, 1635-1891, Vol. II Genealogies and Biographies, pp. 605-606 (Press of the Case, Lockwood & Bainard Co., Hartford 1892). Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogi02stil#page/594/mode/2up.
4. ↑ Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew Tinkey Servin, The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors : With Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and Other Interesting Papers, Coats of Arms and Valuable Records, Volume II, pp. 11296-1297 (Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield 1899). Copy available at https://archive.org/details/phelpsfamilyofam02phel/page/1296/mode/2up.

• Pennington, Nancy J., Three Men Named Isaac Phelps With Connections To Windsor, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 650.

• Page 130: Dr. Isaac4 Phelps, is the son of Cornelius3 (Timothy2, William1) and Sarah (Mansfield) Phelps.
• Page 117: "The Isaac Phelps treated as #57 in The Phelps Family of America, is actually a composite of three men."

• Anderson, Robert Charles, et al., The Ancestry of the Royally-Descended Mansfields of The Massachusetts Bay, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2001) Vol. 155, Page 35.