Captain James Phelps, Sr.

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Capt James Phelps VVETERAN
BIRTH
27 May 1736
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
10 Mar 1831 (aged 94)
Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL
Southwick Cemetery
Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
PLOT
Stone gone.
MEMORIAL ID
140172818 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 1
Son of Noah Phelps and Anne Dyer.

Married Rebecca/Rebeckah Curtis.

1 known child Elisha, b. Kent, CT; 5 Mar 1763, and probably more.

Capt. Phelps resided for a while in Kent, Litchfield Co., CT. One of his children moved to Southwick, Hampden Co., MA. Capt. Phelps moved to be with them.

He served in the French War of 1755, commanding a company of 96 men. After the battle of Quebec, he was probably severely wounded. After the battle of only fourteen could be counted in his company.

He died in his 99th year.

Source: P&S, Vol 1, pgs. 137-38, 215. [2469]

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr16/rr16_292.html#P59964

35735. James Phelps. Born on 27 May 1732 in Middletown, CT.

From The Phelps Family of America:260

   (#469) Capt. James Phelps, b. Hebron, Ct., 1732, m. Rebecca Curtis, 21 Feb., 1760, in Kent, Ct., by Rev. Sylvanus Osborn. 

   Capt. Phelps resided for a time in Kent, Ct,, where one of his children was born, removing to Southwick, Mass., where he died 10 Mar., 1831, in his 99th year. Says a descendant of this family, “He served in the French war and also in the Revolutionary war. He was Capt. in the French war of 1755, commanding a company of 96 men, and in the battle of Quebec, I think, he was severely wounded. After the battle only fourteen could be counted in his company. There were a number of Phelps’s in his company.” Says another descendant of this family, Louis Phelps, “When I was a boy, I think in 1826, a brother of my grandfather paid my father a visit, a fine looking old gentleman, supposed to be nearly 100 years old. He had regained his second sight and could see to read the finest print, but could not hear a word. He attended church with us and remarked to my father, ‘That was an excellent sermon. I know it was good from the manners and gestures of the minister.’ He was a captain in the French war.”

   Child: 

   i. Elisha, b. Kent, Ct., 5 Mar., 1763.  Probably others. On 21 Feb 1760 when James was 27, he married Rebecca Curtis, daughter of Deodatus Curtis (5 Mar 1706-) & Elizabeth Selden (9 Feb 1712/3-), in Kent, CT. Born on 12 Jan 1739/40 in Kent, CT.

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: Source S266 : Call Number: R929.2 P54 v.1 : Title: The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors : Author: Phelps, Oliver Seymour & Andrew T. Servin: Publication: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass.: Eagle Publishing Co., 1899: Abbreviation: The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors : Note: NS355433 :: :: Source Media Type: Book : Master Listing Source: Y

: Source S363 : Title: World Family Tree : Abbreviation: World Family Tree : Note: Source Media Type: Manuscript : Master Listing Source: Y