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Mary C. Phelps (Gibson)

Also Known As: "Mary C Gibson Philps", "Mary Catherine Gibson (DNA Verified)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hanover County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: circa January 01, 1763 (53-62)
Bedford County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Gibson and Frances Gibson
Wife of Col. John Il Phelps
Mother of Elizabeth "Betty" Pollard; Jane Williams; Judith Jenkins; Sarah Brooks Haynes; Lucy Ann Phelps and 13 others

Managed by: Jerry Yarbrough
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About Mary C. Phelps

Not the same as Mary Brooks who shows as her sister, and was named Mary Brook in her father’s will.

Biography

From Find A Grave Memorial# 94474950

Mary C. Gibson was born in 1705 at Hanover County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Thomas Gibson (1667-1734) and Mary Allen Gibson (1642-1734).

Mary married John Phelps (1705-1772) in 1721 in Virginia. Col. John Phelps was the son of John Phelps (1683-1747) and Martha Margaret Talbot Phelps (1684-1747).

Children:

  • 1. Sarah Phelps (m. John Haynes)
  • 2. Judith Phelps
  • 3. Jane Phelps
  • 4. Ann Phelps
  • 5. Mary Phelps
  • 6. Betty Phelps (m. Francis Pollard)
  • 7. Lt. John Phelps (m. Jemima Turner; Susanna Younger)
  • 8. Agnes Phelps (m. Nathan Turner)

Col. John Phelps occupation: Justice of the Peace, Justice of the County Court in Chancery, Representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Colonel in the Colonial Army.

Mary died in 1763 at Bedford City, Virginia, USA. She was 58 years old.

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Mary C. Phelps's Timeline

1705
1705
Hanover County, Virginia, Colonial America
1721
1721
Lunenberg, now Bedford County, Virginia, Colonial America
1730
1730
Rowan County, North Carolina, Colonial America
1732
1732
Goochland County, Virginia, Colonial America
1732
Virginia, Colonial America
1737
March 8, 1737
Albemarle County, Province of Virginia

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Martha Phelps
Spouse: Benjamin Bolling
Parents: Gibson
Birth Place: Albemarle Co, VA
Birth Date: 1737
Marriage Place: Albemarle Co, VA
Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1753
Death Place: Rowan Co, NC
Death Date: 8 Mar 1767
Source Citation: Birth year: 1737; Birth city: Albemarle Co; Birth state: VA.

1737
Goochland County, Virginia, United States
1738
April 16, 1738
Bedford County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1763
January 1, 1763
Age 58
Bedford County, Virginia, Colonial America