Person:Eliakim Phelps (1)

Watchers
Eliakim Phelps
b.17 Jan 1708/09 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.7 Mar 1777 Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
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
(edit)
  1. Phoebe Phelps1757 -
  2. Sarah Phelps1760 -
  3. Lucy Phelps1763 -
  4. Elizabeth Phelps1766 -
  5. William Phelps
  6. Eliakim Phelps
  7. John Phelps1769 -
Spouse and Children
(edit)
  • H.  Eliakim Phelps1708/09 - 1777
  • W.  Lydia Rust1708/09 - 1752
m. 11 Jan 1729/30
  1. Lydia PhelpsAbt 1736 - 1811
  2. Naomi Phelps1741 -
  3. Thankful Phelps
  4. Isreal Phelps
  5. Simeon PhelpsAbt 1742 -
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 28 Aug 1771
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name[1] Eliakim Phelps
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 17 Jan 1708/09 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth Davis
Marriage 11 Jan 1729/30 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Rust
Marriage 28 Aug 1771 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Chapin
Death[1][3] 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 349. Eliakim Phelps, in Phelps, Oliver Seymour, and Andrew T. Servin. 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. (Pittsfield, Mass.: Eagle Publishing Company, 1899)
    187.
  2. ↑ Corbin, Walter E. (Compiler), and Robert J. (Transcriber) Dunkle. Corbin Collection. Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts: Northampton Vital Records. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003)
    39.

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

  3. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths and Burials 1790-1910. FamilySearch.org.

    "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM7-6V8 : 14 February 2020), Eliakim Phelps, 1777.

  4.   Testate Probate Packet, in Eliakim Phelps, Belchertown, 1777. Hampshire County, Massachusetts Probate File Papers 1660-1889. American Ancestors.
    Box 113, 9 pages, 1777.
  5.   Eliakim Phelps, in Find A Grave.

    No image provided; no actual evidence of burial presented.

Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Eliakim_Phelps_%281%29"