Barnabas Phelps, Sr.

Barnabus and Eunice were married at the Second Congregational Church of Colchester, Connecticut. This church was organized in the village of Westchester in 1729. (Westchester is west and south of Colchester and was in the Hartford County until 1783 when the town of Colchester was taken from Hartford and placed in New London County. Westchester is presently a very small town. North Westchester less than three miles north and considerably larger.)3

Eunice and Barnabus moved to Lempster, Gorham County, New Hampshire. On May 21, 1789,Barnabus purchased 20 acres of land and a whitefaced cow for $63.104. While living in Lempster; Barnabus signed a petition November 21, 1791 opposing that a part of the town of Lempster be set off to form the town of Goshen (known as the"North East Corner") . In the petition signed by Barnabus, Barnabus Jr, and Benjamin to the Legislature in 1790, it called for a new town to be formed to include the "Old Dunstable Grant of 1734", which was owned by Massachusetts until 1741. It appears that an extra tax be levied to support Rev. Elias Fisher was the main reason for the opposition. However, Benjamin and Barnabus Phelps Jr. signed the petition making the Goshen a town December 27, 1791.5

Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-83

PHELPS, BARNABAS

	Rank - Induction: 	CORPL

	Roll Box: 	27

	Roll Description: 	CT from Virginia

      1758, enlisted during French & Indian War, 29 May 1758, in Major Joseph  Spencer's  3rd Co., 2nd Conn. Regt; discharged 18 Nov. 1758 (Spencer from East Haddam)

      (1766-1787 some children born in Connecticut & some New  Hampshire)

      1789 Barnabas Phelps buys 50 acres being the west half of lot #34 in 2nd  Division  Cheshire Co., NH for 40 pounds from John Way, 21 May 1789

      1790 Barnabas on census, Lempster, Cheshire Co., NH with 2 males over 16, 4  males under 16 and 4 females( First Census of the U.S., 1790 - New Hampshire, Chesire County, Page 19--genealogy.com)

      1791 Barnabas buys 20 acres NE corner of lot #35 in 2nd Div. containing  house & barn

      1792 Barnabas in Lempster, NH census 2 males over 16, 4 males under 16 and 4  females.

      1793 Barnabas resident of Goshen, NH, tax list 26 May 1793

      1794 Barnabas resident of Goshen, NH on tax list

      1794 Barnabas Phelps died. Lt of Admin given to Allen Willey to administer estate on 20 Sept. 1794 (probate records)

      1794 15 Dec. inventory taken on Barnabas's estate shows 50 acres of land; 60  pounds money; animals, grain, tools and firniture totaling 116 pounds, 19 shillings  and 5 pence (probate rec.)

      1795 4 Feb. 1795, Admin sells west half of lot #34, 2nd Div., Lempster, NH & lot  #35, 2nd Div. except for what assigned to widow (2/3 of house & barn & privilege to  live there) to Nathan Willey of Goshen for $106.50 (probate rec.)

      1803 9 May 1803 final settlement on Barnabas Phelps' estate (probate rec.) 1790 census Lempster, Cheshire Co. NH 2 males 16 and over 4 males under 16 4 free white females

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Virginia Phelps July 28 at 4:01pm yDNA has produced a breakthrough in the “Related” Phelps line of Lyme, CT! Yesterday the results were returned for a yDNA test taken by a descendant of Samuel Phelps (b: 1735 in Lyme, CT; m: Sarah Tiffany) through his son Jonathan (b: 1760 in Lyme; m: Charity Beckwith). These results are a match to the four already-yDNA-tested branches of the “Related” line of Phelps, viz. Barnabas, John, Silas, and William. Samuel Phelps is one of the few people from the mid 1700s who has a paper trail linking him as a son of Charles Phelps, Sr. who d: 1745 in Lyme and m: Margaret ___ . This yDNA match also confirms a previous posting which showed proof that Bernard Phelps, son of Charles Phelps Sr and his wife Margaret, was the same man as Barnabas Phelps who m: Eunice Isham and settled in Goshen, NH in 1766. My previous posting showed that muster rolls from the French & Indian War interchanged the names Bernard and Barnabas. While the muster rolls aren't the same as vital records or wills, the addition of a yDNA match to another documented descendant of Charles Phelps Sr solidifies the assertion that Bernard and Barnabas were the same man, the youngest son of Charles Phelps, Sr. Further yDNA testing is underway to strengthen the genetic profile shared by the descendants of the “Related” line with paper-confirmed descendants of Charles Phelps Sr of Lyme. This new yDNA match confirms that Phelps/Servin wrongly connected Charles Phelps Sr. who d. in 1745 in Lyme CT with another Charles Phelps who was b. 13 Oct. 1708, the son of William Phelps and Hannah Hayden. A few years ago a descendant of William and Hannah's son, John Phelps (b. 1703), was yDNA tested. The results matched the William of Crewkerne line. The yDNA between descendants of John Phelps (b.1703) [Wm of Crewkerne] and descendants of Charles Phelps Sr d. 1745 [Related line] does not match. We have considered the possibility of adoption but it seems very unlikely that a non-biological son of William and Hannah Phelps would have been registered in the Windsor Town Vital Records as their own. A non-paternity event is also unlikely since there is a strong probability that Charles Phelps Sr is the brother of Rebecca Phelps who m: John Mott on Block Island, RI in 1719-20, and to John Phelps who m: Dorothy Rathbone in 1737 in Lyme CT and named their first son Charles. Many of the early families in Lyme came from Block Island. It is much more likely that the Phelps family in Lyme, CT was a separate immigrant family. Much research remains.