Avington Felps (abt. 1710 - 1783)

Born about 1710 in Baltimore County, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Mackleroy) Felps — married 23 Apr 1730 in Baltimore, Maryland

Descendants

Died 1783 at about age 73 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Other Spellings of Name

Aventon, Avington, Abbington

Avington Felps was born 1710, in Baltimore County, Maryland to Thomas Felps and Rose Swift ^{[1] [2]}.

Marriage

Avington Felps married Rachel Mackelroy April 23, 1730

Marriage

St. George's Parish Register of Births, Marriages & Death Burials, 1681-1799

" Avinton Phelps married to Rachel Muckleduroy April 23d 1730." ^{[3] [4][5]}

Children

1. Thomas Abner Felps
2. David Felps
3. Aventon Felps
4. John Phelps
5. Aquilla Felps
6. Abigail Felps
7. Lucreasa Felps
8. William Felps^[6]

Sept. 5, 1732, John Mackelroy a planter sold "John's Beginning" in Baltimore County, Maryland to John Long of Cecil County, L50, 200 acres, John (x) Mackelroy. Wit: Signed Aventon Felps and Stephen Onions. One must assume now that the McElroy family, Aventon and Rachel Felps, had begun their Southwest movement along the trail of "The Great Wagon Road" also known as "The Carolina Road". It does appear that both families left Baltimore County Maryland during the later part of 1732. The family of John and Francis McElroy disappeared into the wilderness from the years of 1732 until 1742 before surfacing in the North Carolina frontiers, but it appears from a land deed that Aventon and Rachel Felps, temporarily located in Orange County Virginia ^[7].

Aug. 5, 1741 Land sale prior to taking their leave of Virginia: Aventon and Rachel Felps, Yeoman, of Orange County Virginia to Henry Thomas, planter, of Baltimore County Maryland, £10 paid by Isaac Webster, 50 acres...west side of Deer creek, known as "Rachel's Delight" Signed Aventon Felps. Wit: Isaac Webster and Richard Ruff.

In 1759 Aventon Felps was at Fort Dobbs North Carolina when there is "Indian Trouble" and was part of a group of settlers who defend the area against attack out of Fort Dobbs and in the surrounding counties. "What an array of captains and their companies out this year, 1759! Captains Kuykendall, Morgan Bryan, Jonathan Hunt, James McManus, Griffith Rutherford, John Kerr, Evan Ellis Elijah Teague, Aventon Phelps; Lieutenants Alex. Dobbin, Matthew Floyd, John Miller and John Thompson; Ensigns William Howard and Phil Howard. Not much wonder the Indians are held at bay, is it?^[8]

In 1761 the couple was living in North Carolina ^[9]

1768 another Census was taken in North Carolina and they remained with Avinton as head of family. ^[10]

Death

Aventon Phelps died in 1783, in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA:

According to the Copyrighted memorial on Find a Grave this is the

Burial: Felps Graveyard, Reedy Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina

Gravesite Details: Gravestone not found for my ancestor

Research Note

All material used on this page, including the Extracted Records for Thomas Felps, were used with the express permission of Ed Phelps: "THE BLUE SALTBOX" of Felps/Phelps Families

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #186566034
2. ↑ Primary Source Marriage Document: https://bit.ly/2Oppfc5 From Betty Stokes, Shared on Ancestry.com
3. ↑ St. George's Parish, Harford Co. Register image 1065 / page 251
4. ↑ Maryland, Marriages, 1634-1777 https://ancstry.me/2IXK65z, Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
5. ↑ Certification of Marriage, State of Maryland Archives, Harford County -- St. George's Parish (Register) 1681-1799, p. 86. [1] Shared by Betty Stokes
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 October 2018), memorial page for Aventon Felps (1710–1783), Find A Grave: Memorial #186566034, citing Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by The Blue Salt Box (contributor 48537896) . Includes research of family members
7. ↑ Felps in Anne Arundel https://bit.ly/2EtgiPk All of this information is From: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdannear/firstfam/felps.htm
8. ↑ 1759 Historical Sketch of Fort Dobbs, North Carolina https://ancstry.me/2Ef4CQh Original Source: Minnie Hampton Eliason. Fort Dobbs: Historical Sketch, North Carolina. National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina. Fort Dobbs Chapter, Statesville; Fort Dobbs Chapter, Daughters American Revolution, 1915. pg. 15
9. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 https://ancstry.me/2CetUvm Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
10. ↑ 1768 North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 https://ancstry.me/2ydH4Ww Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.