George Phelps - George Phelps

Christopher Phelps

3/14/2022 at 2:42 AM

I've seen the claim on the internet that George Phelps was born about 1613 in Porlock, Somerset, England. However, I have not seen any documentation of this claim. Most other sources seem to indicate that prior to arrival in Massachusetts his origins are hazy. Does anyone know where to find the Porlock claim from a credible source?

Christopher Phelps

3/14/2022 at 2:55 AM

Pardon me, that should read the claim on Geni.com - it's the top page of this entry that contains the Porlock claim, but I don't know a citation of any archival foundation for this claim.

Erica Howton C

3/14/2022 at 5:45 PM

Christopher Phelps

Agreed and updated profile. Thank you for calling attention.

Christopher Phelps

3/14/2022 at 5:46 PM

Cheers for that.

Christopher Phelps

3/14/2022 at 6:18 PM

In the biography, it still states, "George Phelps was born circa 1605 possibly in Porlock, England." The consensus seems to be he was born circa 1913, though, with no evidence of Porlock.

Erica Howton C

3/14/2022 at 11:01 PM

Christopher Phelps - so the way I usually deal with conflicting information quoted from sources is to annotate it. Otherwise, it comes back and there’s a new argument - and the research begins all over again. I’ll do that in this case, but in general, for geni, feel free to edit the “about.”

Christopher Phelps

3/15/2022 at 1:26 AM

I'm new to Geni and don't really know how to edit it. On the point at hand, I don't see this birthplace and birthdate issue as contested by serious sources. I think someone has made an error, perhaps by confusing some other George Phelps, and introduced confusion.

Erica Howton C

3/15/2022 at 4:47 AM

Actually that’s not it; it’s not mixing up another George Phelps. It’s the older George Phelps genealogy. You’re quite right that the 1603 / Porlock is unsourced. It was just some work to organize the “about” so it read a little better, and I’m still not happy with it, so I was whining.

Christopher Phelps

3/16/2022 at 1:26 AM

So it was the Phelps and Servin version mistakenly pursued? That makes sense. Thanks for your work. I've been doing lots of work on this on Ancestry and other sites and was genuinely curious but this now brings Geni into line with them. As you may guess I'm a direct descendant. Would love to know the English origins but I think they are lost to the mist of time.

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