Person:Eliakim Phelps (1)

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Eliakim Phelps
b.17 Jan 1708/09 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.7 Mar 1777 Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1707
  1. Eliakim Phelps1708/09 - 1777
  2. Thankful Phelps1710 -
  3. Benjamin Phelps1713/14 -
  4. Josiah Phelps1716 -
  5. Experience Phelps - 1803
  6. Lois Phelps
  7. Eunice Phelps
  8. Rev. Elnathan Phelps1734 -
Spouse and Children
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  1. Phoebe Phelps1757 -
  2. Sarah Phelps1760 -
  3. Lucy Phelps1763 -
  4. Elizabeth Phelps1766 -
  5. William Phelps
  6. Eliakim Phelps
  7. John Phelps1769 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Eliakim Phelps1708/09 - 1777
  • W.  Lydia Rust (add)
m. 11 Jan 1730
  1. Lydia PhelpsAbt 1736 - 1811
  2. Naomi Phelps1741 -
  3. Thankful Phelps
  4. Isreal Phelps
  5. Simeon PhelpsAbt 1742 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Aug 1771
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Facts and Events
Name Eliakim Phelps
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Jan 1708/09 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth Davis
Marriage 11 Jan 1730 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Rust (add)
Marriage 28 Aug 1771 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Chapin
Death[4] 7 Mar 1777 Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Named in his mother's will. Thankful writes: "to my son Eliakim I give five shillings, his father having set him off well in his lifetime."

Oliver Phelps notes: "Mr. Phelps settled in Cold Stream, now Belchertown, Mass., in 1731-2, and was one of the first settlers in that town. He died there of apoplexy a few moments after family prayer in the morning." (Page 187)

Doolittle writes of Eliakim:"Church records say of him, "he was esteemed a pious man."

References
  1. ↑ Corbin, Walter E. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts, Corbin Collection Vol. 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Corbin Collection Volume 1. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
    39.

    Phelps, Eliakim s. William & Thankful [born] Jan. 17 1708/9

  2.   Oliver Seymour Phelps. The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors: with copies of wills, deeds, letters and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records
    Volume 1. Eagle Publishing Company., 1899.
  3.   Testate Probate Packet, in Eliakim Phelps, Belchertown, 1777. Hampshire County, Massachusetts Probate File Papers 1660-1889. American Ancestors.
    Box 113, 9 pages, 1777.
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths and Burials 1790-1910. FamilySearch.org.
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