Person:Solomon Phelps (5)

Per Barber genealogy: Mr. Phelps served in the revolutionary army, and was appointed Lieut. in 1776 and Captain from 1779 to 1780.

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Captain Solomon Phelps, Jr., was a son of Lieut. Solomon Phelps, of Hebron, Conn., by his wife Temperance Barber (daughter of David and Hannah (Post) Barber, of Hebron, Conn.) Lieut. Solomon Phelps was a son of Captain Nathaniel Phelps (First Town Clerk of Hebron, Conn.) by his wife Hannah Bissell (daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Holcomb) Bissell, of Windsor, Conn.). Captain Nathaniel Phelps was a son of Lieut. Timothy Phelps, of Windsor, Conn., by his wife Mary Griswold (daughter of Edward and Margaret ( ) Griswold, of Windsor and Killingsworth, Conn.).

Lieut. Timothy Phelps was a son of William Phelps, of Windsor (the emigrant, and one of the first founders of Windsor) by his second wife, Mary Dover. Marlboro was set off from Hebron in 1803 and was established as an ecclesiastical society in 1747. Captain Solomon Phelps lived near the Marlboro and Hebron line.

Authorities :

The late Miles W. Graves of Hartford, Conn. Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 56-58. Lee Vital Records, pp. 92, 93, 231.

His great grandson, H. E. Thatcher, of Branford, Conn. Records of Lee, Mass., from incorporation till 1801, pp. 105, 132, 169. Hebron Town Records. History of Lee, Mass.

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Capt. Phelps was a farmer, settled in Hebron on the boundary of Marlborough. He served in the Revolutionary Army and was Conductor of Frontier Teams and Provision Wagons. He died Hebron, 25 Aug 1817, in his 74th year.

1. ↑ Hebron Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
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   PHELPS, Solomon, s. Solomon, b. Oct. 3, 1743