The Hendee Family Tree
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| Title | The Will of Immigrant George Phelps of Westfield, Massachusetts |
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 George Phelps |
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| Transcribed by David Phelps George Phelps was long believed to be the sixth child of William of Tewkesbury, England, 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 been concluded 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 on the Mary and John. DNA research has shown that the two men are not related. No evidence yet exists to show 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. This is the will of immigrant George Phelps b. abt 1606 prb. Crewkerne, Somerset, England; m. Philura Randall b. England, d. 29 Apr 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; he d. 8 May 1687, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. For more information about the origins of George Phelps, see Researching George [Phelps?] of the Ship Recovery. 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. ,,,,, |