Lieut. Timothy Phelps, son of William (the settler,) and Mary Dover, was born at Windsor, Conn., Sept 1, 1639, and was married May 19, 1661, to Mary, daughter of Edward Griswold, who was born Oct. 5, 1644; he died in 1719. They had twelve children. The eldest, (1) Timothy, who married Martha Crowe, Nov. 4, 1686, removed to Hebron, Conn., about 1690, and erected a log house on the farm now occupied by Frederick P. Bissell, about one mile south of Hebron Green. William Shipman of Saybrook and he were the first two permanent settlers of Hebron, and he served as the first town clerk; he died Sept. 28, 1729. (2) Joseph is mentioned below. (3) William, born Feb. 4, 1668, at Windsor, married, first, Abigail Mudge, Dec. 7, 1699, who died April 24, 1705, and second Ruth Barber, April 18, 1706. (4) Cornelius, born April 26, 1671, married Sarah Mansfield, Nov. 2, 1704. (5) Mary, born Aug. 14, 1673, died March 23, 1690. (6) Samuel, born Jan. 29, 1675, married Abigail Eno, April 3, 1707. (7) Nathaniel, born Jan. 7, 1677, married Hannah Bissell, March 28, 1700, and located in Hebron, Conn. (8) Sarah was born Dec. 27, 1679. (9) Abigail, born June 5, 1682, married Samuel Marshall, July 12, 1706. (10) Hannah was born Aug. 4, 1684. (11) Ann,born Oct. 2, 1686, married David Porter, Jan. 13, 1707. (12) Martha, born Nov. 12, 1688, married Samuel Colcomb, Oct 13, 1709.

Joseph Phelps, of Windsor, next in line of descent, the second child of Lieut. Timothy, was born in Windsor, Sept. 27, 1666, resided in Windsor, Conn., and owned large tracts of land in Hebron. His death occurred in Windsor in 1716, and one deed describes him as Joseph Phelps "weaver." On Nov. 18, 1686, he married Sarah Hosford, and they had these children: Sarah, born Aug. 14, 1687; Mary, June 8, 1689; Joseph, March 16, 1692; Abigail, Oct. 15, 1693; Benoni, June 24, 1699; and John, Sept. 20, 1701.

John Phelps was born in Windsor, Conn., andcame to Hebron about 1719 or 1720, purchasing a home on Godfrey Hill... which was used until 1825. Mr. Phelps bought and sold considerable land and is mentioned as a squire on town records. His death occurred Feb. 10, 1769. On Feb. 12, 1724, he married his cousin, Anne Hosford, a daughter ofCapt. Obadiah Hosford, one of the first and largest landholders of Hebron. Their children were: Amos,born May 30, 1736, who married Amy Filer, and resided in Hebron; Esquire John, Sept. 7, 1731, who married Desire Dewey, of Lebanon, Jan. 16, 1765, and resided on his father's homestead, which was later occupied by his descendants; Aaron, born Oct. 14, 1733, who died April 7, 1743; Capt. Roger, born Dec. 24, 1738; Aaron (2), March 30, 1746, who married Abigail Barber, April 8, 1767, and resided inHebron on a farm he inherited from his father; Mindwell; and Sarah.

Capt. Roger Phelps, the great-grandfather of our subject... Charles L. Phelps born 1847.