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     Sarah Bull was born on 5 January 1720/21 at Farmington, Hartford Co., CT.² She was the daughter of David Bull and Sarah Ashley.² Sarah Bull married Joel Holcombe, son of Ensign Joshua Holcombe and Mary Hoskins, on 20 November 1745 at Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT.² Sarah Bull died on 18 February 1783 at age 62.²

     Joel Holcombe Jr. was born on 19 August 1749 at probably Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Joel Holcombe and Sarah Bull.¹ Joel Holcombe Jr. married Sarah Whitney on 4 March 1773 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.¹ Joel Holcombe Jr. died in 1839 at Angelica, Allegany Co., NY.¹ He was buried at Abbott Cemetery, Angelica, Allegany Co., NY.¹

     Sarah Whitney was born on 30 April 1748 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.¹ She married Joel Holcombe Jr., son of Joel Holcombe and Sarah Bull, on 4 March 1773 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.¹

     Second Joab of same parents. Joab Holcombe was born circa 1724. He was the son of Ensign Joshua Holcombe and Mary Hoskins.¹ Joab Holcombe died on 9 February 1725/26 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.²

     Joshua Holcombe was born in 1746 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Joshua Holcombe died in 1781.

     Samuel Holcombe was born in 1748 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Samuel Holcombe died in 1781.

     Sarah Holcombe was born in 1751 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Sarah Holcombe died in 1825 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.
History of Addison County, Vermont page 584
"Phineas Spalding, jr., born in 1749, married for his second wife Sarah, daughter of Phineas Holcomb. He was driven from his farm and went to Rutland, where he enlisted for six months. In the spring of 1779 he went to Canaan, returning late in 1785; was taken prisoner, as before stated and died in Panton in 1825, at the age of seventy-six. His children by a thrid wife, Isaac and John, also lived in the town. Philip and George were capted on their father's farm on the 5th of November, 1778, and carried to Canada with other prisoner. They effected their escape, and Philip, with some others, wandered in the woods twenty-one days, when they reached the Connecticut River. Philip enlisted after his return and served through the war; then married and moved on the farm where his son Hiram afterward lived. George was retaken and put in irons; afterward offered his liberty if he would first go one trip in a vessel to great Britain. Stopping at a port in Ireland, he went ashore and was taken by a press-gang. Nothing further is known of him. Timothy Spalding lived on the place now occupied by Burton Kent, in the west part of the town on the lake road. His son Henry also occupied that place and kept a public house."

     Darius Holcombe was born in 1754 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT. He was the son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Darius Holcombe married Mehitable Holcombe, daughter of Lt. Benjamin Holcombe and Mary Kendall, at OH. Darius Holcombe married (?) Forbes.²

Darius moved to Ohio where he married Mehitable, later moved to Fulton Co., IL.

Additional information on the descendants of Darius, especially his daughter Sarah who married James Popenoe, is from Oliver Popenoe, 808 Sleepy Hollow Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510-2518, 914-762-9573, oliver@popenoe.com

Additional information on the descendants of Darius' son Benjamin is from Marilyn Joan LaPlante, PhD., 26458 C. R. 653, Gobles, MI 49055.

     Mehitable Holcombe was the daughter of Lt. Benjamin Holcombe and Mary Kendall. Mehitable Holcombe married Darius Holcombe, son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller, at OH. Mehitable Holcombe died say 1797.

     Ruth Holcombe was born in 1757 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.² She was the daughter of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Ruth Holcombe married Seth Newell. Ruth Holcombe died on 18 November 1858 at Crown Point, Essex, NY.

     Seth served as a private in the New York militia. Seth Newell was born in 1757. He married Ruth Holcombe, daughter of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Seth Newell died in 1842 at Crown Point, NY.

     Elisha Holcombe was born in 1760 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Elisha Holcombe married Orra Judd, daughter of Thomas Judd and Mary Alvord, on 4 January 1790 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.¹

The 1790 VT census lists an Elisha with 1 free white male over 16 and 2 free white females.

     Orra Judd was born circa 1772 at Harwinton, Litchfield Co., CT.^1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Judd and Mary Alvord.³ Orra Judd married Elisha Holcombe, son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller, on 4 January 1790 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.²

     Joseph Holcombe was born in 1762 at Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Phineas Holcombe and Sarah Tuller. Joseph Holcombe married Sarah Ann Short on 13 February 1788 at Panton, Addison Co., VT. Joseph Holcombe died on 20 January 1833 at Panton, Addison Co., VT.² He was buried at Kent Cemetery, Panton, Addison Co., VT.² The 1790 Census had a listing for a Joseph with 1 free white male older than 16, 2 free white males under 16, and 1 free white female.

     David Winchell was the son of Robert Winchell. David Winchell married Elizabeth Filley, daughter of William Filley and Margaret (?), on 17 November 1669 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.² David Winchell died on 29 December 1723.

     Katherine Mareo Holcombe was born on 21 July 1899 at Atlanta, GA.¹ She was the daughter of Austin Holcombe and Mackie Sturgis. Katherine Mareo Holcombe married Arthur Moore Westerfield on 13 November 1925 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.¹ Katherine Mareo Holcombe died on 18 January 1994 at Redlands, San Bernardino Co., CA, at age 94.¹

     Martha Holcombe married Samuel Mather II, son of Dr. Samuel Mather and Abigail Grant. Martha Holcombe was born on 10 September 1706. She was the daughter of Benajah Holcombe and Martha Winchell.

     Parnell Holcombe was born on 5 July 1708 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.¹ She was the daughter of Benajah Holcombe and Martha Winchell. Parnell Holcombe married John King, son of James King III and Elizabeth Huxley, on 24 May 1727 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. Parnell Holcombe died on 15 July 1757 at Suffield, Hartford Co., CT, at age 49.

McCracken thinks this child is the same as the next child. John H. Watts reports her birth date as 8 Jun 1708.

     Name destroyed, bapt. by Dudley Woodbridge. The father of this child is identified as Benajah Holcomb ------younger of a place also obliterated but the fact that Woodbridge thought it necessary to state his residence shows that it was Windsor, not Simsbury. Daughter Holcombe was baptized on 11 September 1709.¹ She was the daughter of Benajah Holcombe and Martha Winchell.

     Sgt. Benajah Holcombe was born on 10 July 1710. He was the son of Benajah Holcombe and Martha Winchell. Sgt. Benajah Holcombe died in 1736.

     Ann Holcombe was born in 1716. She was the daughter of Benajah Holcombe and Martha Winchell.

McCracken: Not shown in Winchell Genealogy. George McKenzie Roberts (NYGBR 78:13f.) shows her as b 1716. m (1) Joseph Denslow (Samuel, Henry), b 24 March 1703/4, d. 2 Oct. 1749; (2) Joseph Winchell, identified in the Winchell Genealogy as Joseph, Joseph, David, Robert, b 15 May 1720, m. Ann 11 April 1751.

     Martha Phelps was born on 12 November 1688 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Martha Phelps married Corporal Samuel Holcombe, son of Sgt. Benajah Holcombe and Sarah Eno, on 13 October 1709. Martha Phelps died at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

     Lt. Timothy Phelps was born on 1 September 1639 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.³ He was the son of William Phelps Sr. and Anne Dover. Lt. Timothy Phelps married Mary Griswold, daughter of Edward Griswold and Margaret (?), on 19 March 1661/62 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Lt. Timothy Phelps left a will on 2 March 1716/17 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He died in 1719. His estate was probated on 28 September 1719 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

Timothy resided in Windsor, Ct., on the old homestead, on land purchased by his father from the Indians. He was propounded Oct., 1663, and made a freeman 2d May, 1664. May, 1690, "Thos. Allen chosen and allowed Capt. of Tained Band in Windsor, and Timothy Phelps, Lieut., and are to be commissioned accordingly."

     Mary Griswold was born on 5 October 1644 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.² She was the daughter of Edward Griswold and Margaret (?) Mary Griswold was baptized on 13 October 1644 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Lt. Timothy Phelps, son of William Phelps Sr. and Anne Dover, on 19 March 1661/62 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Mary Griswold died in 1690.²

     William Phelps Sr. was born say 1593 at Crewkerne, Co. Somerset, England.⁵ He was the son of William Phelps. William Phelps Sr. married Mary (?) say 1617. William Phelps Sr. married Anne Dover on 14 November 1626 at Crewkerne, Co. Somerset, England. William Phelps Sr. died on 14 July 1672 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.⁶


William was baptized in Tewkesbury Abbey on August 19, 1599, as son of William and Dorothy Phelps. He was twelve and his brother George was only five at the time of their father's death in 1611. Their mother died about two years later. There is no information on these brothers' lives in the next decade. William married about 1618, Mary (earlier texts say Elizabeth, see TAG), who may have been a Marshall. Their first son was baptized in Twekesbury on December 26, 1619.

They may have left then for Exeter, Devon, for Marian Merritt says William Phelps was from the county town of Exeter. When they sailed for American in 1630 they brought their six children. Mr. George E. Phelps lists these as born in Tewkesbury but McBride saw no baptismal records for them there. It is possible they were on some of the ruined sheets and certainly, if born at Exeter, must have been on their lost sheets.

NOTE: Later research, especially by Robert Charles Anderson, finds error with the above assertion that William was from Tewkesbury, but places him from Crewkerne.

William's Wives

Henry R. Stiles in his History and Genealogy of Ancient Windsor, states that William Phelps married first Elizabeth (---), who died in Dorchester, that he married second in Windsor, Mary Dover, and that she died on 27 Nov. 1675, he having predeceased her on 14 July 1672.

These statements are repeated by Phelps Fam. 1:72-86, Maude Pinney Kuhns (The Mary and John, and other works such as Spear (7:63), with the addition of the years 1635 for Elizabeth's death and 1638 for the marriage to Mary Dover. Charles Edward anks, however, gives the name of the wife with whom William Phelps emigrated as "Mrs. Anne Phelps," without, unfortunately, a citation (Planters p. 90).

No evidence has been found in American sources for these assertions. the Dorchester vital records do not include those families that left for Windsor before 1643 and have nothing on the death of any Phelps. Windsor records do not include the claimed marriage to Mary Dover, and we have no evidence of her first name. The death record simply names "William Phelps his wife".

The Crewkerne records prove that William Phelps had an apparent first wife, named Mary rather than Elizabeth, and that after her death he did indeed marry a Dover. The published assertion about mary dover may be a confusion of these two wives, or possibly the misapplication of an unidentified document in which Phelps mentioned a Dover as a relation.

Whatever the case, no evidence has been found for the claimed marriage to Elizabeth or for the claimed marriage to Mary Dover. The conclusion that the latter marriage occurred in 1638 probably came from the birth of Timothy, in August of September 1639. The gap of five years between Timothy and the last child Mary in 1644 suggests that Mary may have been a menopause baby.

THE MARY AND JOHN

The Phelps did sail from Plymouth about 40 miles from Exeter where they joined other families from the southwest counties of England led by the Rev. John White the "great patron of new England migration." The group selected John Maverick and John Wareham as their ministers. There is an inscription for Wareham in the Palisade Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut. William Phelps was a member of the original congregation formed in England to establish its own colony and church in New England.

Before sailing they kept a solemn day of fasting, preaching and praying in the New Hospital in Plymouth. The party of 140 set out on March 20, 1630, in the Mary and John of 400 tons, described as Mr. Ludlow's vessel, with Capt. Squab, and arrived on May 30. A misunderstanding between the passengers and Captl. Squab led to the ship's company being put off at Natasket (Hull) instead of Charleston. Ten males set out afoot to Charleston Neck and Watertwon, were received, scantily fed and then returned to their group. They found pasturage for their sea-weary animals at Mattapan and named it Dorchester in honor of Rev. White and many of the group from Dorchester. of the man "past middle age and of good estates" were William Phelps, Henry Wolcott and Thomas Ford, and among the young men were Israel Stoughton, George Minot and Nathaniel Duncan. These families have a way of turning up in the Marshall family which is one clue that Elizabeth Phelps had been a Marshall. Their oldest son sailed to Barbgados in the company of other Marshalls soon after his mother's death.

Dorchester, Mass.

The Phelps stayed at Dorchester where, from the first, William Phelps was a prominent and highly respected citizen. On October 19, 1630, he applied as freeman. On November 9th he was on the jury for the trial of Walter Palmer for the murder of Austin Brotchus -- the first trial by jury in New England! He became Constable fo Dorchester on September 27, 1631, and on March 4, 1634, was appointed by the general court to go with a committee to arrange the boundary between Boston and Dorchester. On May 5, 1635, he was a member of the general court for Dorchester. From then on he has many mentions in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Windsor, Conn.

During this time the Dutch in New Amsterdam, having explored the Connecticut River to (now) Enfield Falls and wishing to have more settlers along the river to reinforce their settlements, sent an embassage to Plymouth. Soon each questioned the other's rights to be there and each reinforced their lines. In 1634 plans were made by the English to occupy the valley. In 1635 William Phelps was on a commission appointed to govern Connecticut as a separate colony. He signed the agreement with Mr. Prince of Plymouth for the Windsor lands, 7 miles west of the river, paying the Indians 2 coats, 40 shilllings in wampum for a third coat and 15 extra shillings. Later, not being able to prove full payment, he honestly bought it over again (1665) for 4 trucking coats or "whatever will satisfy."

William Phelps moved with his children to Windsor early in 1636. He had first built on the south side of a rivulet there with his brother George a little closer into the settlement. William's lot measured six rods wide, but "being drowned very deep in a flood of 1638" he removed to higher ground. When he moved to higher ground he described his new location as "bounded at one point 40 rods from my dwelling house where it is bounded South by a little brook that falls into the river (Farmington)." Samuel Phelps and John Bartlett witnessed the deed there. This was his meadow lot out on the Poquonock Road just before one comes to Stoughton House, the old stone fort.

William continued his responsible place in Windsor. As a member of the general court in 1637 he declared war against the Pequots. He was a magistrate from 1638 to 1642 and from 1658 to 1662 and foreman of the first grand jury in 1643. He was frequently mentioned as on the petit jury and in 1641 was appointed with a Mr. Welles of Hartford on a committee on lying! It is said that he was an excellent, pious upright man in his public and private life and truly a pillar of Church and State. By the time he had grown elderly and had a son of his name, he became known as "Ould Mr. Phelps" and as such the old church record enters his death on July 14, 1672, after a 42-year residence in New England of which 36 were spent in Windsor. He was buried on the 15th day of July. No probate has been found for William Phelps; he had probably distributed his property among his children before his death.

     Anne Dover married William Phelps Sr., son of William Phelps, on 14 November 1626 at Crewkerne, Co. Somerset, England. Anne Dover died on 30 August 1689 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.³

     Timothy Phelps was born on 1 November 1663 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Timothy Phelps was baptized on 8 November 1663 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Martha Crow, daughter of Christopher Crow and Mary (?), on 4 November 1686. Timothy Phelps died at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT.

     Joseph Phelps Sr. was born on 27 September 1666 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Joseph Phelps Sr. married Sarah Hosford, daughter of John Hosford and Phillury Thrall, on 18 November 1686. Joseph Phelps Sr. died on 30 August 1716 at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT, at age 49.

     William Phelps was born on 4 February 1668/69 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. William Phelps married Abigail Mudge, daughter of Micah Mudge and Mary Alexander, on 1 December 1699. William Phelps married Ruth Barber, daughter of Samuel Barber and Ruth Drake, on 18 April 1706 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. William Phelps died in 1733 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

See Judge Phelps' corrections on page 1728.

     Some information is from The Phelps Family News provided by Nadia P. Smith, 877 Mallard Ave., Boone, IA 50036. Cornelius Phelps was born on 26 April 1671 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.⁴ He was the son of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Cornelius Phelps married Sarah Mansfield, daughter of John Mansfield and Sarah Pinney, on 2 November 1704 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.⁴ Cornelius Phelps died on 8 March 1740/41 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, at age 69.

     Mary Phelps was born on 14 August 1673 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold.

     Capt. Nathaniel Phelps was born on 7 January 1677 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.^3,4 He was the son of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Capt. Nathaniel Phelps was baptized on 13 January 1677 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Hannah Bissell, daughter of Samuel Bissell and Abigail Holcombe, on 20 March 1700 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Capt. Nathaniel Phelps married Abigal Pinney on 5 November 1719 at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT. Capt. Nathaniel Phelps died on 23 September 1746 at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT, at age 69.

     Sarah Phelps was born on 27 December 1679 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Sarah Phelps married David Marshall, son of David Marshall and Abigail Phelps, on 15 December 1721.

     Abigail Phelps was born on 3 June 1682 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Abigail Phelps married Samuel Filer, son of Zerubbabel Filer and Experience Strong, on 19 November 1701. Abigail Phelps died on 28 January 1709/10 at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT, at age 27.

     Hannah Phelps was born on 2 August 1684 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married James Eno III, son of James Eno and Abigail Bissell, on 15 July 1708 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Hannah Phelps died in March 1728 at age 43.

     Anne Phelps was born on 2 October 1686 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Lt. Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold. Anne Phelps married David Porter, son of John Porter III and Joanna Gaylord, on 3 June 1707. Anne Phelps died on 24 January 1767 at age 80.

     Died young. Martha Holcombe was born on 6 August 1710 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps.

     Seaver and McCracken have the two Samuels reversed. McCracken shows died young, Seaver shows wife Phelps. Samuel Holcombe was born on 16 February 1712 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps. Samuel Holcombe died young.

     This is possibly the Deborah who married Joseph Phelps, (1716- ), page 133 in the Phelps book. Deborah Holcombe was born on 20 July 1716 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps.

     Sarah Holcombe was born on 24 December 1717 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps.

     Phelps calls Rebecca's husband "Barnard"; Mills calls him Barnett. Rebecca Holcombe was born in August 1719 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps. Rebecca Holcombe married John Barnett on 26 November 1750.

     John Barnett married Rebecca Holcombe, daughter of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps, on 26 November 1750. John Barnett died on 8 October 1790 at Northeast, Dutchess Co., NY.

     Sophia Holcombe was born on 16 January 1720 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps. Sophia Holcombe married Capt. Joel Catlin, son of Benjamin Catlin and Margaret Kellogg, on 19 October 1748.² Sophia Holcombe died on 9 January 1798 at Harwinton, Litchfield Co., CT, at age 77.² She was buried at Old Cemetery, Harwinton, Litchfield Co., CT.²

     Seaver and McCracken have these two Samuels reversed. See The Nutmegger 2:269, where a Samuel is shown as having m. Phebe ----, bur. Old Poquonnock Cemetery, d. 20 Aug. 1750 aet. 45 with son Benajah d. 1 Nov. 1751 aet. 8 and son Samuel d. 31 Oct. 1751 aet. 5, both bur. with parents. Samuel Holcombe was born on 2 January 1721 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps. Samuel Holcombe married Bathsheba Phelps, daughter of Isaac Phelps.

     Bathsheba Phelps was born circa 1737. She was the daughter of Isaac Phelps. Bathsheba Phelps married Samuel Holcombe, son of Corporal Samuel Holcombe and Martha Phelps.

Bathsheba is mentioned in the will of her father Isaac.