Edward Phelps b. 1663 Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 30 Nov 1748 Lancaster, Massachusettes, British Colonial America: Oswald Family History

1663 - 1748 (85 years)

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Name	Edward Phelps
Birth	1663	Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Gender	Male
Death	30 Nov 1748	Lancaster, Massachusettes, British Colonial America
Person ID	I312684222413	Oswald Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Father	Edward Phelps, I, b. 1620, Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England d. 03 Oct 1689, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 69 years)
Relationship	unknown
Mother	Elizabeth Adams, b. 1628, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 04 May 1718, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 90 years)
Relationship	unknown
Family ID	F2962	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ruth Andrews, b. 27 May 1664, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts d. Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children

	1. Ruth Phelps, b. 01 Jun 1684, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Dec 1739, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 55 years)
	2. Hannah Phelps, b. 04 Nov 1685, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 10 Apr 1737, Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 51 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]
	3. Barshebah Phelps, b. 08 May 1692, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
	4. Rebekah Phelps, b. 1699, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 May 1770, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 71 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]
	5. Robert Phelps, b. 08 May 1699, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts bur. 1677
	6. Joshua Phelps, b. 12 Apr 1701, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 03 Jul 1784, Lancaster, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age 83 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]
	7. Sarah Phelps, b. 18 Dec 1705, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 19 Jun 1776, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 70 years)
	8. Bathsheba Phelps, b. Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 07 Feb 1762, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
	9. Lydia Phelps, b. Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1716, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]

Family ID F2965 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Jun 2025

Notes

AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latte
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints TITL Ancestral File (TM) PUBL July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 REPO @R18@

Abigail Stevens Young (Abbie Stevens You
Abigail Stevens Young (Abbie Stevens Young) Pedigree Charts. Entered 2005.

!Archive Family Group Sheet of M. C. Phe
!Archive Family Group Sheet of M. C. Phelps, Mesa, Arizona Middlesex County, Mass. Vol. 2, page 413 Phelps Family in America Vol. 2 pp 1571-1575 by O. S. Phelps & A. T. Servin Birth date is also given as 3 Dec 1748 Marriage date given as 9 or 19 Mar 1682 IGI SS 1 Sep 1971 IF, 3 Feb 1949 SL, 18 May 1970 LG Bap 7 Dec 1929; End 15 May 1929

sources and history
Sources:
(1) "The family of Phelps of America", Vol 2, P. 1580, no. 12, with 48-58 TR. 6 P. 3-4 R9 P. 17. (from group sheet)
(2) "New England Marriages Prior to 1700".
(3) "Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles Henry Pope. FHC Book 974.4
(4) Ancestral File
(5) Death: Probate Records, Worcester County, Lancaster Case #46278.
(6) Richard Cutter Files, V. II, pg. 413, 1908. N.Y.
(7) Lancaster Register (Film #547550)

HISTORY: Edward Phelps lived in Andover before moving to Lancaster. He was a weaver by trade. The first land record mentioning Phelps in Lancaster is dated May 10, 1710, when he bought of Jeremiah Rogers, of Salem, a wheelwright, and Jehosaphat Rogers of Topsfield, a tailor, his farm at Lancaster. He had a grant of land April 8, 1717 on his common rights. He and his wife were received by letter from Andover into the Lancaster church, November 4, 1716 (Film #747550). He was a selectman and town treasurer from 1725 to 1743. His wife Ruth died at Lancaster February 1, 1744-45, and he died November 30 or December 3, 1747 His will was dated February 28, 1735, and presented for probate February 4, 1748. He bequeathed to his wife Ruth: children: Edward, Ruth Carter, Hannah Fletcher, Elizabeth Willard, Bathsheba Bennett, Rebecca Wilson and Sarah Goodridge, Robert and Joshua. He mentions his commoners rights at "Quasanonum" and the rights bought of Jeremiah Rogers. (Cutter)

Ancestral File Number:&ltAFN&gt X080-BH
Ancestral File Number:&ltAFN&gt X080-BH

!SOURCE: Archive Record submitted by M.C
!SOURCE: Archive Record submitted by M.C. Phelps; FHL Archive Record of father; FHL. IGI;ver 2.09;US;FHL.

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Alternate name found in GEDCOM file: Edw
Alternate name found in GEDCOM file: Edward /PHELPS/

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.