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Title	George Phelps-info from brizendine.org -Discusses Frances Randall Clark & William Phelps, Colonist.

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Excerpts from this article explain that we do not know the origins of George Phelps: Arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1634/1635 aboard the Recovery. George Phelps, also likely from Crewkerne, probably came aboard the Recovery in 1634. He was single and later married in Windsor per http://www.phelpsfamilyhistory.com/history/index.asp. One of the settlers of Windsor, CT Per submission of Hallowich on 29 Sep 2007 at ancestry.com By John Plummer George Phelps was long believed to be the sixth child of William of Tewkesbury, Eng., b. about 1606; immigrated to New England on the Mary and John, in 1630, with his elder brother William and his younger brother Richard. It has since beenconcluded that the William Phelps of Massachusetts and Connecticut originated in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England and that he is not the William Phelps of Tewkesbury records. George Phelps is omitted as an immigrant of the Mary and John. although it is conceded that there may have been a relationship between William Phelps and George Phelps, but that it remains unestablished. No evidence exists that Richard Phelps is related to either William or George, although he is present in the earliest records of Dorchester, Massachusetts. George Phelps is believed to be the George P__?__ aboard the Recovery of London with Gabriel Cornish as its master, sailing from Weymouth in Dorsetshire to New England March 31, 1634. The ship sailed into Massachusetts Bay in late June of July 1634; and it was very likely one of the fourteen said to have arrived that June. Immigration -- 1634, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England to Massachusetts Bay Colony The following is a Copy of Mr. Phelps's Will The last Wil and Testament of George Phelps of Westfield, in Hampshire deceased &c prsented to the judge of the Perogative Corte, for Hampshire, in his Ma ties Territory of New England, June 6, 1687. April ye 24th : 1683 : The last Wil & Testamt of George Phelps of Westfield, in the County of Hampshire, in the Colony of the Massachusetts Company,... Considerable effort has gone into attempting to identify the true origins of George Phelps. Two articles of interest are cited here, one by John Plummer who wrote the article "Researching George P-?- of the Ship Recovery" from National Genealogical Society Quarterly, quoted below. The second was written by Margaret Swanson for the Phelps Connections newsletter, who reviews Myrtle Steven Hyde's article in The American Genealogist, Vol. 58 (Oct. 1982)... In The American Genealogist, Vol. 58 (Oct. 1982), Myrtle Steven Hyde questions the Phelps genealogy authors' claim that the emigrants William and George Phelps, came from Tewkesbury.... Of special note is the omission of George Phelps as an immigrant on the Mary and John.... Anderson also mentions that there may have been a relationship between William Phelps and George Phelps, but that it remains unestablished. Per Savage (iii, 405): "GEORGE, Dorchester, freem. 6 MAY 1635, rem. with WARHAM to Windsor, by first w. said to be nam. Philbury, d. of Philip RANDALL, wh. d. 29 APR 1648, had Isaac, b. 20 AUG 1638; Abraham, 22 JAN 1643; and Joseph, 24 JUN 1647, wh. d. soon, as did Abraham in the same yr. He m. 2, or as ano. acco. is, 30 NOV 1648, Frances, wh. had been wid. CLARK, and then was wid. of Thomas DEWEY, and had Jacob, 7 FEB 1650; John, 15 FEB 1652; and Nathaniel, 7 DEC 1653; rem. to Westfield [Hampden Co, MA], there had more ch. and d. 8 MAY 1687, but Stiles in Hist. 743, says 9 JUL 1678. Six s. were then liv. no d. is nam. His wid. d. 27 SEP 1690." --Savage, James; A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-62) His removal from Windsor to Westfield was probably about 1670. The origin of George Phelps is unknown. Though many claim that he is the brother of William Phelps, there is no documentation to support this so we must consider this conjecture. It is likely that the English origin of George might be found in either Porlock or Crewkerne. In some manner as yet undetermined, George Phelps was an uncle of Elisha Hart, son of Edmund Hart. Possibly the George P[ __ ] on the "Recovery" which sailed from Weymouth and arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June/July 1634, our first record of George Phelps is when he was chosen as one of ten men "to order the affairs of the Colony for one year." He was made a Freeman on 6 May 1635 and was probably among the first of those who made the trek to the Connecticut River and settled Windsor in 1635. ...Phillury died in April of 1648 leaving George with three young sons. The following November George married Frances who would give George Phelps three more sons. Frances was the widow of Thomas Dewey and the widow of an unknown Clark. Earlier assertions that Frances was first married to Joseph Clark of Windsor appear unfounded so there is little known of her origins. In Dorchester Massachusetts in 1640 there were three brothers William, Thomas and George Clark. These brothers "died soon after, and nearly at the same time." It could be possible that Frances was of this family.

Excerpts from this article explain that we do not know the origins of George Phelps:

Arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1634/1635 aboard the Recovery.
George Phelps, also likely from Crewkerne, probably came aboard the Recovery in 1634. He was single and later married in Windsor per http://www.phelpsfamilyhistory.com/history/index.asp.
One of the settlers of Windsor, CT
Per submission of Hallowich on 29 Sep 2007 at ancestry.com
By John Plummer George Phelps was long believed to be the sixth child of William of Tewkesbury, Eng., b. about 1606; immigrated to New England on the Mary and John, in 1630, with his elder brother William and his younger brother Richard. It has since beenconcluded that the William Phelps of Massachusetts and Connecticut originated in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England and that he is not the William Phelps of Tewkesbury records.

George Phelps is omitted as an immigrant of the Mary and John. although it is conceded that there may have been a relationship between William Phelps and George Phelps, but that it remains unestablished. No evidence exists that Richard Phelps is related to either William or George, although he is present in the earliest records of Dorchester, Massachusetts. George Phelps is believed to be the George P__?__ aboard the Recovery of London with Gabriel Cornish as its master, sailing from Weymouth in Dorsetshire to New England March 31, 1634. The ship sailed into Massachusetts Bay in late June of July 1634; and it was very likely one of the fourteen said to have arrived that June. Immigration -- 1634, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England to Massachusetts Bay Colony The following is a Copy of Mr. Phelps's Will The last Wil and Testament of George Phelps of Westfield, in Hampshire deceased &c prsented to the judge of the Perogative Corte, for Hampshire, in his Ma ties Territory of New England, June 6, 1687. April ye 24th : 1683 : The last Wil & Testamt of George Phelps of Westfield, in the County of Hampshire, in the Colony of the Massachusetts Company,...

Considerable effort has gone into attempting to identify the true origins of George Phelps.

Two articles of interest are cited here, one by John Plummer who wrote the article "Researching George P-?- of the Ship Recovery" from National Genealogical Society Quarterly, quoted below. The second was written by Margaret
Swanson for the Phelps Connections newsletter, who reviews Myrtle Steven Hyde's article in The American Genealogist, Vol. 58 (Oct. 1982)...
In The American Genealogist, Vol. 58 (Oct. 1982), Myrtle Steven Hyde questions the Phelps genealogy authors' claim that the emigrants William and George Phelps, came from Tewkesbury.... Of special note is the omission of George Phelps as an immigrant on the Mary and John.... Anderson also mentions that there may have been a relationship between William Phelps and George Phelps, but that it remains unestablished.
Per Savage (iii, 405): "GEORGE, Dorchester, freem. 6 MAY 1635, rem. with WARHAM to Windsor, by first w. said
to be nam. Philbury, d. of Philip RANDALL, wh. d. 29 APR 1648, had Isaac, b. 20 AUG 1638; Abraham, 22 JAN 1643; and Joseph, 24 JUN 1647, wh. d. soon, as did Abraham in the same yr. He m. 2, or as ano. acco. is, 30 NOV 1648, Frances, wh. had been wid. CLARK, and then was wid. of Thomas DEWEY, and had Jacob, 7 FEB 1650; John, 15 FEB 1652; and Nathaniel, 7 DEC 1653; rem. to Westfield [Hampden Co, MA], there had more ch. and d. 8 MAY 1687, but Stiles in Hist. 743, says 9 JUL 1678. Six s. were then liv. no d. is nam. His wid. d. 27 SEP 1690."
--Savage, James; A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-62)

His removal from Windsor to Westfield was probably about 1670.

The origin of George Phelps is unknown. Though many claim that he is the brother of William Phelps, there is no documentation to support this so we must consider this conjecture. It is likely that the English origin of George might be found in either Porlock or Crewkerne. In some manner as yet undetermined, George Phelps was an uncle of Elisha Hart, son of Edmund Hart.
Possibly the George P[ __ ] on the "Recovery" which sailed from Weymouth and arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June/July 1634, our first record of George Phelps is when he was chosen as one of ten men "to order the affairs of the Colony for one year." He was made a Freeman on 6 May 1635 and was probably among the first of those who made the trek to the Connecticut River and settled Windsor in 1635.

...Phillury died in April of 1648 leaving George with three young sons. The following November George married Frances who would give George Phelps three more sons. Frances was the widow of Thomas Dewey and the widow of an unknown Clark.
Earlier assertions that Frances was first married to Joseph Clark of Windsor appear unfounded so there is little known of her origins. In Dorchester Massachusetts in 1640 there were three brothers William, Thomas and George Clark. These brothers "died soon after, and nearly at the same time." It could be possible that Frances was of this family.

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