Abigail Phelps

Female 1754 - 1831  (77 years)


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  • Name Abigail Phelps 
    Born 16 Nov 1754 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Dec 1831 
    Person ID I4178  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2021 

    Father David Phelps,   d. Bef 21 May 1811, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Abigail Griswold,   b. Abt 1733,   d. 6 May 1795  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Family ID F1725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jared Merrill,   b. 1754,   d. 7 May 1832, Byron, Genesee, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married Turkey Hill, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Merrill,   b. 24 Sep 1780, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - Turkey Hill, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1808 Will of David Phelps
    1808 Will of David Phelps
    9 August 1808, Hartford County, Connecticut

    David Phelps of Simsbury, Hartford, CT
    Wife: Margaret
    Children: David Phelps, Abigail Merrills, Elizabeth Terry, Rhoda Fuller, Susannah Phelps, Ozias Phelps, Boswell Phelps, Alexander Phelps, and Oliver Phelps

    Will written: 9 Aug 1808
    Will probated: 24 May 1811

    Ancestry.com, Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
    1811 Land Deed of Samuel and Phebe, Jared and Abigail Merrels
    1811 Land Deed of Samuel and Phebe, Jared and Abigail Merrels
    2 March 1811, Madison County, New York

    Grantors: Samuel Merrels and his wife, Phebe, and Jared Merrels and his wife, Abigail, of Smithfield
    Grantee: Nehemiah Huntington of Smithfield
    Cost: $450
    Tract: 78 acres

    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1806-1900 (Madison Co, NY), film 404292, img 178-179

    Histories
    'A Merrill Memorial' for Israel and Jared Merrill Families
    "A Merrill Memorial" for Israel and Jared Merrill Families
    Israel Merrill was born in Hartford, CT and died on 15 Oct 1784 in West Hartford, CT. He had two wives: Bethiah and Abigail Cadwell. He had 7 children.

    Jared Merrill was the son of Israel Merrill and Abigail Cadwell. He was born about 1755 and died 7 May 1832. He lived in Simsbury, CT and moved to Whitestown, Oneida, NY. Jared married Abigail Phelps, daughter of Capt David Phelps. They had 10 children (including Samuel Merrill).

    Ancestry.com, "A Merrill memorial : an account of the descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an early settler of Newbury, Massachusetts"
    'The Phelps Family of America' for David Phelps Family
    "The Phelps Family of America" for David Phelps Family
    Capt. David Phelps was born in Simsbury, CT on 26 Mar 1733-34. He married Abigail Griswold. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died 17 Apr 1811. He had 9 children.

    Abigail Phelps was the daughter of David Phelps and Abigail Griswold. She was born on 16 Nov 1754 in CT and died 17 Dec 1831 at the age of 77. She married Jared Merrill, son of Josiah [Israel] Merrill and Abigail Cadwell. They had 10 children (including Samuel Merrill).

    Ancestry.com, "The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors"
    'Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah' for Samuel and Samuel B Merrill
    "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" for Samuel and Samuel B Merrill
    Samuel Merrill was the son of Jared Merrill and Abigail Phelps. He was born 28 Sep 1780 in Sansbury, NY. He married Phoebe Odell, daughter of Jones Odell and Lucy Weaver.

    Samuel B Merrill was the son of Samuel Merill and Phoebe Odell. He was born 4 Jan 1812 in Smithfield, NY. He married Elizabeth Runyan in 1836 in Michigan.

    MyHeritage.com, "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1913"
    'The Griswold Family: England-America' for Phelps-Griswold Family
    "The Griswold Family: England-America" for Phelps-Griswold Family
    Abigail Griswold was born in Windsor, CT on 5 May 1732. She married David Phelps in 1753. David served in the Revolutionary War. Abigail died 6 May 1795 at the age of 62. After her death, David married Harriet Humphrey. Abigail and David had 9 children (including Abigail Phelps, wife of Jared Merrill).

    Ancestry.com, "The Griswold family : England-America"