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Mary Phelps

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http://www.joycetice.com/cemb/turnpike.htm Turnpike Cemetery Heartman Coonrod Mar 16, 1828 87yrs Diton Phelps says it is a matter of history that he was a "Red Coat"who was captured by the Americans at Trenton and came here to live. His dau Almira married Sloan Kingsley after the death Mary Phelps, first oneburied in Congressional Cemetery http://www.joycetice.com/booksb/smithist.htm BRADFORD REPORTER, Towanda, PA June 5, 1884 EARLY HISTORY From 1809 to 1811, Major Jared Phelps, Sloan Kingsley, Isaac Ames, John Phelps, David Titus, Abner W. Ormsby, Deacon Zephaniah Ames, and Isaiah Kingsley from Becket, Massachusetts, came in and settled in the same neighborhood, from which fall that neighborhood was called Becket. Titus settled on the farm now owned by Israel Phillips, about three miles west of the Centre. Ormsby settled on the farm now owned by his son Levi, about two and one-half miles southwest of the Centre, and died in 1842. Deacon Ames settled on the farm now owned by William Waldron, and left the township in 1818. Isaiah Kingsley settled about four miles southwest of the Centre, on the farm now occupied by Merritt Wood. Major Phelps' farm includes the present village of East Smithfield. He served through the Revolutionary War, and held the position of fife-major from which he acquired his title. His daughter Polly died the same year of his settlement. The neighbors cleared off a little spot in the dense woods where they prepared her grave, which became afterwards a portion of the cemetery, near the Congregational Church in Smithfield, she being the first burial therein. Mr. Phelps was an energetic and substantial citizen, and left a large and respectable family. The grounds owned by the Congregational Church, at East Smithfield, were donated by him.

http://www.joycetice.com/cemb/turnpike.htm
Turnpike Cemetery
Heartman Coonrod Mar 16, 1828 87yrs Diton Phelps says it is a matter of history that he was a "Red Coat"who was captured by the Americans at Trenton and came here to live. His dau Almira married Sloan Kingsley after the death Mary Phelps, first oneburied in Congressional Cemetery
http://www.joycetice.com/booksb/smithist.htm
BRADFORD REPORTER, Towanda, PA June 5, 1884

EARLY HISTORY

From 1809 to 1811, Major Jared Phelps, Sloan Kingsley, Isaac Ames, John Phelps, David Titus, Abner W. Ormsby, Deacon Zephaniah Ames, and Isaiah Kingsley from Becket, Massachusetts, came in and settled in the same neighborhood, from which fall that neighborhood was called Becket. Titus settled on the farm now owned by Israel Phillips, about three miles west of the Centre. Ormsby settled on the farm now owned by his son Levi, about two and one-half miles southwest of the Centre, and died in 1842. Deacon Ames settled on the farm now owned by William Waldron, and left the township in 1818. Isaiah Kingsley settled about four miles southwest of the Centre, on the farm now occupied by Merritt Wood. Major Phelps' farm includes the present village of East Smithfield. He served through the Revolutionary War, and held the position of fife-major from which he acquired his title. His daughter Polly died the same year of his settlement. The neighbors cleared off a little spot in the dense woods where they prepared her grave, which became afterwards a portion of the cemetery, near the Congregational Church in Smithfield, she being the first burial therein. Mr. Phelps was an energetic and substantial citizen, and left a large and respectable family. The grounds owned by the Congregational Church, at East Smithfield, were donated by him.

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