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Source: The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors : with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records by Phelps, Oliver Seymour

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Title	The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors : with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records by Phelps, Oliver Seymour

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Nathaniel Phelps Sr
George Phelps

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William and George Phelps from Crewkerne, not Tewkesbury; not brothers. Researchers have long recognized a number of distinctive Phelps lines in the American Colonies, and connecting them to a common ancestor in England has long proven difficult. Two lines that has been definitely identified are those of William and George Phelps. As a result of the publication in 1995 of Volume III of the book The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 by Robert Charles Anderson, it has been accepted by a consensus of recognized genealogical scholars that William Phelps found in Massachusetts and Connecticut records is NOT the same William Phelps found in Tewkesbury records, but very likely from Crewkene. This book provides ample detail as to the Phelps found in early Connecticut and Massachusetts. Furthermore, DNA testing of descendants of William and George Phelps has shown that the two men are not related. Two Phelps were among the first to settle in Windsor. William Phelps, whose family records have been found in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, came aboard the Mary & John in 1630, with his second wife, Ann, and the children from their and his previous marriage. George Phelps, from the Dorset area, probably came aboard the Recovery which arrived in the Spring of 1633. He was single and later married in Windsor Page 1259 states, "28 Oct. 1634, George Phelps chosen one of ten men "to order the affairs of the Colony, for one year." 6 May, 1635, George Phelps chosen a Freeman." "In the Fall of 1635 he removed to the founding of Windsor, Ct., with the Rev. Mr. Warham's church..."

William and George Phelps from Crewkerne, not Tewkesbury; not brothers.

Researchers have long recognized a number of distinctive Phelps lines in the American Colonies, and connecting them to a common ancestor in England has long proven difficult. Two lines that has been definitely identified are those of William and George Phelps.

As a result of the publication in 1995 of Volume III of the book The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 by Robert Charles Anderson, it has been accepted by a consensus of recognized genealogical scholars that William Phelps found in Massachusetts and Connecticut records is NOT the same William Phelps found in Tewkesbury records, but very likely from Crewkene.

This book provides ample detail as to the Phelps found in early Connecticut and Massachusetts. Furthermore, DNA testing of descendants of William and George Phelps has shown that the two men are not related.

Two Phelps were among the first to settle in Windsor.

William Phelps, whose family records have been found in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, came aboard the Mary & John in 1630, with his second wife, Ann, and the children from their and his previous marriage.

George Phelps, from the Dorset area, probably came aboard the Recovery which arrived in the Spring of 1633. He was single and later married in Windsor Page 1259 states, "28 Oct. 1634, George Phelps chosen one of ten men "to order the affairs of the Colony, for one year." 6 May, 1635, George Phelps chosen a Freeman." "In the Fall of 1635 he removed to the founding of Windsor, Ct., with the Rev. Mr. Warham's church..."

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