Person:William Phelps (23)

"48. William Phelps, b. Windsor, Ct., 4th Feb., 1669, m. 1st, Abigail Mudge, who d. Windsor. Ct., 24th April, 1705. He m. 2nd, Ruth Barber, 18th April, 1706, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Coggens) Barber, she b. Windsor, 24th July, 1683, where she died 2nd Aug., 1747. Mr. Phelps settled in Windsor, Ct., where he died 1733."

PHELPS, William, s. Timothy, b. Feb. 4, 1668

"Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Will and Invt. in Vol. XII, Page 246.

Phelps, Sergt. William, Windsor. Invt. taken 1st March, 1733-4, by Jacob Drake, Nathaniel Drake and Timothy Loomis. Will dated 21 September, 1733.

I, William Phelps of Windsor, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Ruth the use and improvement of 1-2 of my dwelling house and homelott, 1-2 of my meadow land, and ye liberty of pasturing two cowes in my pasture on the west side of the road, all during her natural life. Also, I give unto her 1 feather bed and furniture, and a brass kettle she brought with her, and one cow, and £10 of my moveable estate (to be taken at inventory price) as she shall choose, and also £3 worth of provision and 1-2 of my wool and flax, to be to her own use and dispose forever. Also, I give unto her, for her use if she shall want the same, all the wood I have in my homelott and pasture. I give unto William Phelps, my eldest son, all the lands I have at the place called the Mill Brook. In case he have no lawfull issue, he shall have the use of sd. Lands during his natural life. And if my son Ebenezer shall be helpful to him and be at cost and charge in helping of him under any difficulty he may be under by reason of his weakness and infirmity or otherwise as he may be in necessity of, that he shall be rewarded for the same out of sd. Lands. And after the decease of my sd. son William, if he shall not have heirs as aforesd., not haveing necessity of spending the same, that then the 1-2 of the remainder that he shall leave I give and bequeath to my son Ebenezer and to his heirs forever, and ye other half to my two sons Caleb and Jacob forever. Also, I give to my son William all my woolen wearing apparrel. My will and pleasure is that my three sons, viz., Ebenezer, Caleb and Jacob, shall have equal share of my estate. And inasmuch as Ebenezer has already received near £80, as by my book may appear, my will is that Caleb and Jacob, and their heirs and assigns forever, shall have so much of my land (where they shall choose) as is inventoried accordingly and will amount to such sum to each of them as I have given already to Ebenezer. My will is that all the remainder of my lands shall be equally divided between my three sons, Ebenezer, Caleb and Jacob. I give unto my daughter Ruth £80, to be paid her out of my moveable estate at inventory apprisement (excepting £3 of the worst of my estate not to be forst upon her). Also, I give unto her half of my wool and half of my flax, also a pilion and pilion cloth, and 1 cotton sheet. My will and pleasure is that Ebenezer Phelps, Caleb Phelps and Jacob Phelps be my executors.

WILLIAM PHELPS, LS.

Witness: Cornelius Brown, Matthew Phelps, Henry Allyn.

A codicil, dated 3 November, 1733: Wherein he gives his three sons a right to cut firewood from the land given to William; provides a special legacy to Caleb because of his service with me since he was 21 years of age; and enlarges the legacy to his daughter Ruth.

WILLIAM PHELPS, LS.

Witness: Samuel Brown, Cornelius Brown, Jr., Henry Allyn.

Court Record, Page 108—5 March, 1733-4: Will proven.

Page 21 (Vol. XII) 22 February, 1734-5: Ebenezer Phelps, an heir to the estate and one of the executors, moves this Court for a distribution. This Court appoint Capt. Henry Allyn, Roger Newbery and Lt. John Cook, of Windsor, distributors."