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Lydia Phelps

Female 1738 - 1779  (41 years)


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  • Name Lydia Phelps 
    Born 1 Mar 1738  Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Jun 1779  Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Main Road Cemetery, Granville Center, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2092  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Charles Phelps,   b. 26 Jul 1702, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1787, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Hepzibah Stiles,   c. 6 Nov 1709, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17/17 Feb 1725/6  Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Job Stiles,   b. Aft 1736, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Mar 1758  Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1255  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 138-139:
      "Charles Phelps, b. Hebron, Ct., 26 July 1702, m. 17 Feb 1726, Hepzibah Stiles, b. Boxford, Mass., 7 Nov 1709, d. Hebron, Ct., dau. or Robert and Ruth (Bridges) Stiles. Mr Phelps settled in Hebron, Ct., where he died. Children b. Hebron, Ct.:
      I. Amy, b. 11 Nov 1726.
      II. Zuriah, b. 3 Apr 1729, m. Dorothy.
      III. Charles, b. 22 Sep 1732, m. Hannah Dennison.
      IV. Lydia (Lidu), b. 1 Mar 1738, m. Job Stiles Jr.
      V. Ashbel, b. 28 Apr 1743, m. possibly Jemima Buell.
      VI. Bethuel, b. 25 Apr 1744, m. Caroline Lord.
      VII. Timothy, b. 29 May 1745, m. Sarah Skinner.
      VIII. James, b. 29 May 1745. (Note - This James is given by Dr. C.A. Phelp's tree, and also in Stiles' old, though not in 2nd edition. We think this an error.)"

      2. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 220:
      "Lydia Phelps, b. Hebron CT, 1 Mar 1738, m. Job Stiles, Jr., 30 Mar 1758 (son of Job Stiles of Colchester), where he settled, and where we find birth of one child b. Colchester, CT: Hepsebia (Stiles), b. 17 Jun 1759."

      3. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.

      BIRTH:
      1. Website 4 Sep 2007 www.douglaslibrary.org/barbour. The Douglas Library in Hebron, Connecticut has "Town of Hebron Vital Records: Barbour Collection 1708-1854," p. 103: "Lidiah Phelps, d. Charles, b. Mar. 1, 1738/9, v. 1. p. 29."
      No marriage or death record. No record for her husband.