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Joseph Phelps

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Windsor, (Present Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Death: March 1695 (47)
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of George Phelps and Phillury Phelps
Husband of Mary Phelps and Ester Phelps
Father of Capt. Joseph Phelps; Mindwell Hosford; Mary Phelps; Esther Or Hester Hosford Phelps; Abigail Phelps and 2 others
Brother of unknown Phelps; Capt. Abraham Phelps; unknown Phelps; Abigail Phelps; George Phelps, II and 1 other
Half brother of Jacob Phelps; Sergeant John Phelps and Deacon Nathaniel Phelps, Sr

Occupation: Captain
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About Joseph Phelps

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Capt. Joseph Phelps1

  • b. 24 June 1647, d. 1695
  • Capt. Joseph Phelps was born on 24 June 1647 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
  • He was the son of George Phelps and Phillury Randall.
  • Capt. Joseph Phelps married Mary Porter, daughter of John Porter II and Mary Stanley, on 26 June 1673.
  • Capt. Joseph Phelps married Hester Hosford circa 1688.
  • Capt. Joseph Phelps died in 1695.
  • Moved with his father to Westfield, Mass., and after the birth of his first child, or about 1676, he, with his father-in-law, John Porter, Jr., Samuel Grant, Samuel Rockwell, and Thomas Bissell, removed to the East side of the Great River and were the first settlers of East Windsor, or what is now south Windsor.
  • Married second Esther Hosford after the death of Mary Porter in 1682. All but his last child (Hester) were from his first wife.

Children of Joseph Phelps and Mary Porter

  1. Hannah Phelps was born 02 Feb 1669 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, died 27 Nov 1732 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.
  2. Mary Phelps was born 13 Jan 1674 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, died 03 Jan 1751 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. i# Sarah Phelps was born 04 Apr 1677 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, died 24 Nov 1712.
  3. Joseph Phelps was born either 13 Dec or 30 Dec 1678 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, died 03 Sep 1751 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
  4. Mindwell Phelps was born 1682 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, died 03 Oct 1771 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, married Obadiah Hosford 04 May 1705 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

Child of Joseph Phelps and Esther Hosford is:

  1. Hester Phelps born 16 Feb 1692 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

Citations

  1. [S52] Henry R. Stiles History of Ancient Windsor II, Vol. II:Pgs. 593-4.
  2. [S135] Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps Phelps Family, page 1271.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131316775/joseph-phelps

Joseph Phelps BIRTH 24 Jun 1647 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 1695 (aged 47–48) East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 131316775 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 3 Joseph Phelps was born in Windsor, Connecticut on June 24, 1647, the son of George Phelps and Phillury Randall. He was baptised on July 11. His mother died when he was only one, and his father, as was the custom in those days, remarried within a year. When Joseph was a lad of about 13, he moved with his family to Westfield, Massachusetts. He married in Westfield, on June 26, 1673, Mary Porter. Joseph and Mary had five children. By 1680, after the Indian troubles, his family, along with his father-in-law John Porter and others, had returned and settled on the east side of the Great River across from Windsor. Mary died at East Windsor on January 10, 1682.

Joseph then married Hester Hosford, daughter of John Hosford and Phillury Thrall, who was born in Windsor in 1664. With his second wife he had four children, including Abigail. Joseph died intestate in 1695, probably in the late summer, as Hester was appionted administratrix on September 2, 1695. His estate was worth, at the time, almost 500 pounds. The record of his estate contains a list of his children, and their ages.

Family Members Parents George Phelps 1613–1687

Philura Randall Phelps 1618–1648

Spouses Mary Porter Phelps 1653–1682 (m. 1673)

Hester Hosford Kent 1664–1760

Siblings Photo Isaac Phelps 1638–1725

Photo Abraham Phelps 1645–1728

Half Siblings Jacob Phelps 1650–1689

Children Mindwell Phelps Horsford 1682 – unknown

Abigail Phelps Marshall 1693–1774


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131316775/joseph-phelps

Joseph Phelps BIRTH 24 Jun 1647 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 1695 (aged 47–48) East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 131316775 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 4 Joseph Phelps was born in Windsor, Connecticut on June 24, 1647, the son of George Phelps and Phillury Randall. He was baptised on July 11. His mother died when he was only one, and his father, as was the custom in those days, remarried within a year. When Joseph was a lad of about 13, he moved with his family to Westfield, Massachusetts. He married in Westfield, on June 26, 1673, Mary Porter. Joseph and Mary had five children. By 1680, after the Indian troubles, his family, along with his father-in-law John Porter and others, had returned and settled on the east side of the Great River across from Windsor. Mary died at East Windsor on January 10, 1682.

Joseph then married Hester Hosford, daughter of John Hosford and Phillury Thrall, who was born in Windsor in 1664. With his second wife he had four children, including Abigail. Joseph died intestate in 1695, probably in the late summer, as Hester was appionted administratrix on September 2, 1695. His estate was worth, at the time, almost 500 pounds. The record of his estate contains a list of his children, and their ages.

Family Members Parents George Phelps 1613–1687

Philura Randall Phelps 1618–1648

Spouses Mary Porter Phelps 1653–1682 (m. 1673)

Hester Hosford Kent 1664–1760

Siblings Photo Isaac Phelps 1638–1725

Photo Abraham Phelps 1645–1728

Half Siblings Jacob Phelps 1650–1689

Children Mindwell Phelps Horsford 1682 – unknown

Abigail Phelps Marshall 1693–1774

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Joseph Phelps's Timeline

1647
June 24, 1647
Windsor, (Present Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
July 11, 1647
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
July 11, 1647
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1667
August 27, 1667
Age 20
1678
December 30, 1678
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1682
January 1682
East Windsor, Hartford County, CT, United States
1690
1690
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1691
February 16, 1691
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States