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tember 29, 1875, Kate Elizabeth Phelps,
a direct descendant of William Phelps,
the emigrant ancestor, who came to New
England in the ship "Mary and John" in
1630. The Phelps family originally came
from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
There James Phelps was born
about 1520. William Phelps, son of
James and Joan Phelps, was born at
Tewkesbury, baptised August 4, 1560,
died about 161 1, and his wife Dorothy
about 1613. Their son, William Phelps,
baptised August 19, 1599, emigrated to
America from Plymouth, England, March
20, 1630, and landed May 30, 1630, at what
is now Hull, Massachusetts. He settled
in Dorchester and was among the first
founders and settlers of that place. During
the first six months William Phelps was
made a freeman and was very active in the
town's affairs. In 1635 he emigrated to
Windsor. He married, in England, Mary
Dover, who died in 1635. Their son,
Lieutenant Timothy Phelps, was born
September 1, 1639, in Windsor, and lived
there on land purchased from the Indians
by his father, and was made a freeman,
May 2, 1664. In I 7°9 he was appointed
a lieutenant and served under Colonel
William E. Whitman, in Captain Matthew
Allyn's regiment, 1704-1711, in Queen
Anne's War. He married, March 19,
1661, Mary Griswold, daughter of Edward
and Margaret Griswold, of Killingworth,
born in Windsor and baptised October 13,
1644. Lieutenant Phelps died in 1719,
and his wife Mary previous to this time,
the exact date not being on record. Their
son, Cornelius Phelps, was born in Wind-
sor, April 26, 1671, died 1741 ; married,
November 2, 1704, Sarah Mansfield,
daughter of John and Sarah (Phelps)
Mansfield, born January 6, 1685, in Windsor,
died 1774. Their son, Timothy
Phelps born February 3, 1713, in Windsor,
lived in Windsor and Colebrook. He
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married, April 24, 1746, Margaret Gillett,
daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Eno)
Gillette, born December 31, 1723, in
Windsor. Their son, Timothy Phelps,
born July 14, 1748, in Windsor, lived there
and served in the Revolutionary War
from the town of Hebron. He enlisted in
May and was a member of the Tenth
Company, served at siege of Boston, Cap-
tain John Harmon's company, Colonel
Durkie's regiment, for three years, in
May, 1777. His name appears in the list
of pensioners of Hartford county. He
died in Windsor, November 11, 1827. On
November 3, 1785, he married Ruth Wil-
son, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Palmer)
Wilson, born in Windsor, March
IO > 1755, and died December 2, 1827.
Their son, Hiram Phelps, born October
16
14, 1790, in Windsor, lived there and followed
the trade of wheelwright, also was
a farmer, died November 5, 1873. He
married, November 15, 1813, Laura Abiah
Griswold, daughter of Solomon and Abiah
(Allyn) Griswold, born November 29,
17— , in Windsor, died November 29,
1874. Their son, Timothy Phelps, born
April 26, 1825, in Windsor, spent his en-
tire life there, and died February 7, 1893.
He married, September 29, 1850, Char-
lotte Elizabeth Cobb, born June 4, 1826,
in Winchester, Connecticut, died in Windsor,
April 25, 1913. Their daughter, Kate
Elizabeth Phelps, was born March 3,
1858, in the old Moore House in Windsor,
which was built by old Deacon John
Moore and presented to his son John as
a setout on his marriage day in 1690. In
its day it was a very fine house ; it finally
served as a kitchen to a more modern
house, which occupies its original site.
Some of the ornaments are still to be
seen, a reminder of its one-time splendor.
In every door of the original old house
there was a passage for the house cat, as
in those days it was quite the custom to