A Repository of  Research on Southern Phelps Families of the 16th Through 19th Centuries

Revised  01/09/2020  

PLEASE EMAIL DPHELPS61  AT ALUMNI.WFU.EDU FOR ANY LINKS IN ERROR. 


The objectives of this site is to provide source information to help determine how Southern Phelps families were related in the 16th through 19th centuries and to determine their origins. Researchers of nearly all southern Phelps lines reach a brick wall once back to the 1700s. This is especially true of Phelps origins in Virginia and NC.   While genealogies going back to the British Isles have been reported, we know of no documented paper trail to prove that. HOWEVER ENOUGH INFORMATION HAS BEEN UNCOVERED TO STRONGLY SUGGEST ENGLAND.  DNA testing has shown clearly that the New England Phelps are not related to any (so far) of the southern Phelps, with the possible exception of the Phelps line with origins in Perquimans Co, NC.  And that there are several unrelated Phelps lines from Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.  Further, we have proven that three previously considered unrelated Phelps lines were in fact related. 
 

All southern Phelps researchers should be aware of the list of documented Phelps who arrived in VA, Md, and the West Indies in the colonial period.  This extensive list is found on the left index as "Indexed List of Documented Southern Phelps Immigrants in Colonial America".

 

Male Phelps Y-DNA testing has been underway to give scientific support to ancestry "paper trails".
 

Submitters of information on this site include among others:  Mary Galgan;  Brenda Emory; JC Rogers; Marilyn Phelps (deceased); Douglas K Phelps, Mark Phelps, Douglas Payne.

 


 

For the full list of resource documents please scroll further down beyond the following introduction.

 

All southern Phelps researchers should be aware of the following articles as they attempt to unravel their origins.  Especially of value is the extensive list of Phelps in   "An Indexed List of Known Southern Phelps Immigrants in Colonial America "

 

Indexed List of Documented Southern Phelps Immigrants in Colonial America

Monmouth England 1685 Rebellion Proceedings

Overviews of Several Books on Indentured Servants

The Complete Book of Immigrants in Bondage 1614 – 1775 (10 Phelps listed)

Was Your Ancestor an Indentured Servant?

Thomas Phelps, A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps (1658)  Thomas Phelps,  A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps (1658)   PDF link     This account of an English Captain's capture by the Moors is included because three Phelps lines are haplogroup E1a1 - M44 suggesting Med or northern Africa origins. 

[Cautions on] GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND

 


 

 

Research by state:  Click on the state, then click on the article

 

North Carolina    Virginia     Georgia   Tennessee   Kentucky   Maryland & Barbados   General Interest Articles and Web Sites

 

North Carolina Articles and Web Sites 

Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
All counties   Digital library of all NC counties at East Carolina University    includes oral interviews. 2014
Caswell Co. All Phelps

Phelps of Caswell County,Person and Nearby Counties, NC  (Including those who moved to Kentucky)  Chronology by census years 1800-1850 with annotations by Doug Phelps

2001
Caswell Co James Phelps d 1786 Evidence that James of Caswell was not the James of Albemarle co, VA  by Doug Phelps  
Caswell Co. James Phelps d 1786 Candidates for the Father of James Phelps of Caswell Co.   By Doug Phelps 2006-7
Caswell Co. James Phelps d 1786 James Phelps Research  Website A large inventory of information of Phelps lines who were researched as possible parents of James. 2/2007
Caswell Co. James Phelps d 1786

Evidence to show there is no known record of a Mary C Bateman marrying James Phelps of Caswell Co - by Doug Phelps

Bateman of Perquimans Co, NC ??

Mary Killingsworth ??

1/2012
Caswell/Person Co. James Phelps d 1786 The Phelps Family of Caswell And Person Co  Website  This site may be slow to respond.  It is at Familytreemaker.genealogy.com   An extensive inventory of photos, many wills, records. Includes extensive info on descendants of James. Key wills including James Phelps'.  
Caswell Co/Anne Arundel Co, Md James Phelps d 1786 Evidence to show that James might have been from Maryland and could have been the James Phelps with 5 children in the 1776 All Hallows Parish census of Anne Arundel, Maryland  By Doug Phelps 2007
Caswell Co. Phelps in the 1800s Inventory of Phelps family in Caswell Co - allowing identification.  This table organizes census and other key records to allow identification of the various Phelps there.  Also traces movements to Pulaski, TN. 9/2007
Caswell/Person  & Halifax, VA James Phelps descendant's locations Map showing locations of descendants of James Phelps in  Caswell, Person and Halifax VA   By Mark Phelps

Map:  Caswell and Person Counties as in 1775 Map by Mouzon.     Submitted by Doug Phelps   New

Map:  Caswell and Person Counties in 1770.. rivers detailed   submitted by D Phelps New

2006

2010

Caswell Co James Phelps d 1786 WILL records

Will, probate, inventory, admin bond, Sec of State papers for James Phelps - including evidence that John of Halifax was related to this line.

James Phelps' will image  March 5, 1785  Oct 1786 Court  JPEG ZOOM IN    provided by mark Phelps

James Phelps'  will, March 5, 1785 - two transcriptions  By Mark Phelps and Valerie Davis 

James Phelps - probate inventory  dated  April 19 1786  pdf   provided by mark Phelps

James Phelps Probate  July 18 1786 ,    pdf     provided by mark Phelps

July Court 1786 Administration Bond for James Phelps, Deceased  From North Carolina Estate Files, Transcribed by Latham Mark Phelps, 7/2012

John Phelps who wrote James' will as directed by James Phelps (Caswell) Named as of Halifax Co, VA    Abstracts of  "Early Records of NC Vol 1 Probates, admn, inventories."    Secretary of State file S108.263   provided by Mark Phelps.  See the abstract of the recorded  Oct 1786 paper - by Mark and Doug Phelps      See the recorded Oct 1786 images sent to the Sec of State papers. Provided by Doug Phelps

James Phelps Estate Inventory January  Court 1787 -   Referred tp  the above April 1786 record as  "James Phelps estate deceased April 19 1786"    - pdf    provided by Doug Phelps

See images of  other original will records at the Raleigh Archive -  Search on Phelps within Caswell co.    provided by mark Phelps

7/2012
Caswell Co. James Phelps d 1786 The land grant of James Phelps of Caswell co with images of the original documents 9/2007
Caswell/Forsyth Co. Ambrose Phelps d 1850, grandson of James d 1786

The Ancestors and Descendants of  Ambrose Phelps (1805-1850) and Elizabeth Thomas (1812-1876) of Caswell County, North Carolina  Documents and genealogies proving the connection of this NC Ambrose to grandfather James and the families move to Forsyth Co in the late 1800s.  By Douglas Phelps.

7/2005
Caswell Co. Thomas Phelps, Sr & the Elder Thomas Phelps 1727-1823 Defining the two Thomas Phelps of Caswell County, NC in the 1800s, by Mark Phelps

Thomas Phelps (the older Thomas, not the son of James Phelps) property records  including some records for Thomas Phelps of Johnston Co.

9/2007
Caswell Co. Thomas Phelps (James' son)

The Property Trail of Thomas Phelps (son of James Phelps)  in Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina. By Mark Phelps  new 7/2010

2004
       
Caswell Co. Lucy Phelps, daughter of James Phelps d 1786 Rediscovering Lucy Phelps, daughter of James PHelps d 1786 Caswell CO, NC   by Mark Phelps 2/2008
Caswell Co. The "older" Thomas Phelps _ and James Phelps

Evidence that the "older Thomas Phelps of Caswell Co, NC was from Wales - based on a 1899 letter and other clues THIS PAGE WILL BE VERY SLOW TO LOAD....  By Doug Phelps

 

 Additional letter 1892 letter about the Thomas Roan family of Caswell Co, NC and the "older" Thomas Phelps of Caswell Co, NC  Provided by Doug Phelps

3/2008 (posted here 5/2010)
       
Caswell Co African American Phelps

The Family of Henrietta Phelps Lawson Jeffries of Halifax County Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina   By: Latham Mark Phelps

2/2012
       
Person Co. The "younger"  Thomas Phelps, Sr., son of James Phelps

Thomas Phelps Sr's Person County N.C. Land  by Mark Phelps  New 9/2010

8/2006 (posted here 9/2010)
Johnson Co. Wife of James Phelps d 1786

Was the wife James Phelps a Killingsworth from Johnston Co, NC?

2006
Dobbs Co. (Johnson & Wayne Co). Felps, Aaron and Wm. 1769 taxpayer records of Dobbs Co,( existed 1758-1791) Findings by Doug Phelps 2010 new
Tyrrell Co Cuthbert,, Derby, Edwqrd, Bartholomen, Precilla,  James and Edward Phelps  Phelps related research from Tyrrell County, N.C.  Origins in Maryland 2004
Tyrrell Co. Cutberth & others

Possible Original Tyrrell Phelps Ancestor - Cutberth Phelps  (with additional research 8/10/2007) by William H. Freeman

8/10/2007
Tyrrell Co. Cutberth & others Gleanings on the Cutburth Phelpe/Phelps of Maryland  by Doug Phelps 2007
Tyrrell Co.  James Phelps

Notes on James Phelps of Tyrrell Co, NC   By  Doug Phelps

2008
Tyrrell Co.  Phelps

A census table  to analyze the early Phelps in Tyrrell Co. By  W.H. Freeman

8/2007
Tyrrell Co.  Phelps Tyrrell Phelps Research - Various researchers  
Gates & Hertford Cos.

James Phelps, Sr. Of North Carolina b. bef 1740 – d. 1794

James Phelps, Sr. Of North Carolina d. 1794 Including his 1794 will. by Susana Heinbuch 1995
Gates & Hertford Cos. James Phelps, Sr. Of North Carolina b. bef 1740 – d. 1794 &  son Micajah Phelps

Micajah Phelps, Sr. of NC (b. bef. 1760 - d. 1816) Compiled and Published by Susan Elise Heinbuch, Ph.D.

 

 
Gates Co. James Phelps, Sr. Of North Carolina b. bef 1740 – d. 1794 &  grandson John Phelps

A Genalogy of and by Asa Gray Phelps of Bertie Co, NC (b. 1892 - d. aft. 1954) Emphasis on Descendants of John Phelps and Mary (Gill) Phelps by Asa Gray Phelps September 1954 Introduiction by Susan Elise Heinbueh, Ph.D. May 1995

1995
Perquimans Co  

Descendants of Nicholas and Hannah Phelps, Perquimans Co, NC. Including the move to Randolph Co, NC and then to Indiana   A web site.

 
Perquimans Co Nicholas Phelps

Descendants of Nicholas and Hannah Baskel Phelps, Perquimans Co, NC. Including the move to Randolph Co, NC and then to Indiana  By Cathy Roberts, Doug Phelps, Brenda Emery, and others

2009
Perquimans Co. Jonathan Phelps d.  1688

Gwen Boyer Bjorkman, "Hannah (Baskel) Phelps Phelps Hill: A Quaker Woman and Her Offspring," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (December 1987): 289-302.  This paper, A Quaker woman and her Offspring  is found on the downloadable files at the end of this website's  page

Another related paper of this line - which may be of help -  off site contributor

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/2009 - NEW

 

2006

Perquimans Co. Jonathan Phelps d. 1688 and son Samuel d. 1728 Wills -  and other Perquimans Phelps information. with information disputing that Mary Bateman of Perq. Co was the wife of James Phelps of Caswell Co, NC     by Doug Phelps  
Perquimans Co Various Phelps An inventory of Phelps wills  
Perquimans Co Phelps and Bateman History of Perquimans Co  -  By Mrs. Watson Winslow.  1931   A link to the digitized book at ECU (other eastern NC books are available).  Deeds are not indexed.   See a  complete Index to this book includinge Phelps and Bateman pages of the  History of Perquimans Co.  See page 403 for Phelps  
Eastern NC counties   Digital books of many historic books of eastern NC counties - At East Carolina University 2014
Chowan Co James Felps James Felps, Chowan County, Will signed in 1768    by   Davine R 2008
Chowan Co James Felps, son Moses and descendants

Relating Moses, son of James Phelps, Chowan Co, to sons  James and Enock   Compiled by M David Phelps

2008
Rowan Co. Thomas Phelps d 1836 Revolutionary War claims of Thomas Phelps of Jasper Co, formerly of Rowan County, NC  Acquired by Mark Phelps, Snow Camp, NC  
Rowan Co. Aquilla, Thomas, JamesPhelps The Phelps/Felps Family of Rowan County, North Carolina and Jasper County, Georgia.  with material from Ed Phelps.....by Mark Latham Phelps  now posted here, not a link to the blog 4/2007
       
Warren/Bute .  Felts/Felps Felts/Felps of Warren County, NC (and old Bute Co) - likely from Surrey CO, VA  Research by Brenda Emery  4/2008 revised 7/2010
Ireland Thomas Phelps The Quakers in Limerick, Ireland 1657-1707  A pdf article  
       

Unknown co.

John Houston Phelps

 

John Houston Phelps (1802-March 13, 1888) Family and Narrative, by Seth Phelps

 

Dec, 2012

 

 

 

Virginia Articles and Web Sites 

 

 

Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
Various   Phelps Families of Virginia and Kentucky and Allied Families - by Nancy R. Roy cs 1960 (various records) submitted by Douglas Payne 2012
Parish records   Looking for Phelps in VA parish records  
 

 

Map locations of 3 VA John Phelps lines Locating Three John Phelps Lines of Central VA & Others Who Remained  D Phelps 11/2006
Va-central Map of 1st generation Phelps in VA & Caswell Co, NC Locations of 1st generation Phelps in VA and Caswell Co, NC and 2nd generation Phelps who died in VA  D Phelps 2006
Albemarle Co. & KY Thomas Phelps d 1751 Albemarle Co.

Phelps and Foley Families of Virginia and Kentucky  Website Marilyn Phelps

2008
Albemarle Co. & KY. John Phelps son of Thomas Phelps d 1751 Albermarle Co., VA Phelps Family in Kentucky by: Irene K. Phelps and M. D. Phelps Jr. MDPiii AT hotmail.com 2006
VA and KY counties   Phelps Families of Virginia and Kentucky and Allied Families - by Nancy R. Roy (various records) submitted by Douglas Payne 2012
Bedford Albemarle co 2016 extensive research following yDNA SNP testing of some descendants

INTRODUCTION   Phelps Properties in NE Albemarle, Bent & Wreck Island Creeks 1744- 1853 (with some earlier)  By D Phelps

Key arguments provided by JC Rogers to define James, son of William, d. 1749  By D Phelps

Chronology of Appomattox County, VA beginning with Henrico Co , showing locations of Wreck Island Creek, Bent (Bridle) Creek and the northeastern area. By D Phelps

Virginia Patents and property records of John of Bedford and the line of Thomas of Albemarle  By JC Rogers

Buckingham Co. Personal Property Tax Lists Phelps 1782 to 1844  By JC Rogers

Census Buckham,campbell, appomat,amherst, nelson counties  By JC Rogers

1800s Marriages Amherst, Buckingham,Nelson co  By JC Rogers

 

James and William Phelps of Albemarle 1756 chancery case   tiff file

James and William Phelps of Albemarle 1762 chancery cases showing their ages.  PDF

 

Maps showing the property history of James Phelps who moved to Elbert Co, GA by D Phelps; information by JC Rogers

9/2016
Goochland Co. John Phelps d 1747 Property Trail of John of Goochland d. 1747  by M. Galgan 11/2006
Cumberland -Goochland Co. to KY William Phelps - Goochland, VA to KY

The William Phelps Question William of Cumberland/Goochland vs. Albemarle Co,  VA  by M. Galgan

8/23/2012
    Burn countties of Virginia   Library of Virginia  Submitted by K Mann. 2016
       
Halifax Co African American Phelps

The Family of Henrietta Phelps Lawson Jeffries of Halifax County Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina   By: Latham Mark Phelps

2/2012
Halifax Reuben Phelps, son of James d. 1786 The Family of Reuben Phelps, Son of James Phelps of Caswell County N.C. by M Phelps 6/2006
Halifax Descendants of John Phelps d. 1794 Descendants of John Phelps d. 1794     Go to  https://sites.google.com/site/archivedydnaphelpsgenealogies/06-three-phelps-felps-lines-with-relevant-ydna-matches/06a-common-ancestor-of-james-phelps-d1786-caswell-nc-john-phelps-d-1794-halifax-va-william-phelps-d1811-albemarle-va/06f-john-phelps-d-1794-halifax-co-va  
Halifax Halifax property of  John Phelps d. 1794 Maps and grant records for John Phelps d 1794 on Troublesome Creek  Compiled by D Phelps  11/2013
Halifax John Phelps d. 1794

A report to find a relationship to James Phelps of Caswell, but includes a genealogy, will, and other Halifax, VA Phelps information.   Doug Phelps

2006
Halifax & Pittsylvania Cos. William and John Phelps, sons of John of Halifax d.1794. Research on the lines of William and John Phelps, sons of John of Halifax d.1794. Go to  https://sites.google.com/site/archivedydnaphelpsgenealogies/06-three-phelps-felps-lines-with-relevant-ydna-matches/06a-common-ancestor-of-james-phelps-d1786-caswell-nc-john-phelps-d-1794-halifax-va-william-phelps-d1811-albemarle-va/06f-john-phelps-d-1794-halifax-co-va  
Halifax John Phelps, d 1786 Will, probate, inventory, Sec of State papers for James Phelps - including evidence that John of Halifax was related to this line.    See the James Phelps of Caswell NC section above here 2012
Halifax John Phelps, d 1845 Will of John Phelps d. abt 1845, son of John Phelps d 1794, Halifax WB 21-134, February Court 1846,    contrib by Doug Phelps  7/2012
Halifax Marriages Halifax Marriages     by Latham and Mark Phelps, and sandy@mosquitonet.com 2006
       
Bedford Co. John Phelps d 1772 The Phelps From Bedford Co,   An inventory of information about his descendants and a move of some to GA. Now found in the Phelps yDNA lineage site here   By Doug Phelps 3/5/2007
Bedford Co. John Phelps d 1772

The following papers were submitted by Douglas Payne as a result of an extensive study of John Phelps of Bedford.

Professionally researched summary report of John Phelps of Bedford

Phelps deeds: Albemarle Co, VA 1748-52; Brunswick Co, VA 1740-42

Phelps deed/will: Goochland Co, VA  (NOTE: Please also read the report Was John Phelps d 17467, Goochland the father of John Phelps d 1772 Bedford?  No Compiled by Doug Phelps from emails of Mary Galgan & JC Rogers)

John Phelps, House of Burgess

Phelps Deeds: Lunenburg Co, VA 1746/61

Phelps Families of Virginia and Kentucky and Allied Families - by Nancy R. Roy cs 1960 (various records)

10/2008
Bedford Co. John Phelps 1796-1874 Narrative of John Phelps By John Phelps (Born 1796 Virginia - Died 1874 Illinois). Prepared by Gordon Merritt  AN OFFSITE LINK  
Bedford & Goochland John of Bedford & John of Goochland Was John Phelps d 17467, Goochland the father of John Phelps d 1772 Bedford?  No Compiled by Doug Phelps from emails of Mary Galgan & JC Rogers 12/2007
       
Buckingham

Buckingham Co Personal Property Tax Lists:  Phelps 1782 – 1844

Buckingham Co. Personal Personal Tax list: Phelps 1782-1844,    Also here  Compiled by JC Rogers

2006
       
Surrey Humphrey Felps Descendants of Humphrey Felps of Surrey Co, VA  1652 - 1713 Compiled by D Phelps, researched by Brenda Emery April, 2008
       
Grayson & Laurel counties Melville Phelps and John H Phelps Melville Phelps, a history in words and pictures, Copyrighted by Seth Phelps

Also see John Houston Phelps in the NC section

December, 2012
       

 

 

 

Georgia Articles and Web Sites 

 

 

Georgia Background Information

Contributed by Mary Galgan

 
In the beginning of the 1800s our government drove the Native American Indians from the area that is now GA.  They did this to open up new lands for settlement.  See the website: http://ngeorgia.com/history/indianla.html When the United States took the western claims from Georgia in 1802, the federal government promised to remove the Indians from Georgia soil. That year, and again in 1804, the federal government secured cessions of land for the state. Georgia changed the headright system to one it deemed fairer, where any white man with $4.00 could enter a lottery for land stolen from Native Americans.
 
Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
       
Jasper Co. Aquilla, Thomas, James Phelps The Phelps/Felps Family of Rowan County, North Carolina and Jasper County, Georgia.  with material from Ed Phelps.....by Mark Latham Phelps  now posted here, not a link to the blog 4/2007
Pulaski Co.   Pulaski Co, GA Phelps information including OTHER counties starting with David and Samuel Felps,1784 by Cathy Roberts 2010  
Savannah James Phelps of Eng & Liberty Co. James Phelps from Tewkesbury to Liberty Co, GA  1765  From Volume1 of The Phelpl Family in America 9/2013
Various counties Various Phelps Phelps in GA summary with county & parrish maps using research reported by others.   Compiled by Doug Phelps 9/2013
Elbert Co. Thomas Phelps Jr. of Elbert GA

The Family of Thomas Phelps Sr. and Christian Staples in Elbert Co. GA;  A Possible Descendant Of Thomas Phelps of Albemarle County, Virginia d.1751  By M. Phelps

2/22/2007
Elbert Co. Roan County Phelps to Elbert Elbert Co GA Grantor Index showing Avington and Aquilla Phelps Transcribed by Mark Phelps 2011
Elbert Co.   Research on Elbert County, GA  back to Virginia By Mark Phelps 2007
Jasper & Elbert Co. John Phelps d 1772 Revolutionary War claims of Thomas Phelps of Jasper Co, formerly of Rowan County, NC  Acquired by Mark Phelps, Snow Camp, NC 3/5/2007
Jasper Co Thomas Phelps d 1836 The Phelps/Felps Family of Rowan County, North Carolina and Jasper County, Georgia.  with material from Ed Phelps.....by Mark Latham Phelps           An Off site loctation

 

 
Jasper Co. Aquilla Phelps The Phelps/Felps Family of Rowan County, North Carolina and Jasper County, Georgia.  with material from Ed Phelps.....by Mark Latham Phelps   An offsite web page. 4/2007

 

 

 

Tennessee Articles and Websites

Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
Lincoln Co. Britain Felps The Felps/Phelps Family web site   -   Compiled by Roy H. Parks, Attorney at Law, Lynchburg, Tennessee Copied exactly from original by: Nova S. Anderson, 110 Winslow Road, Franklin, Tenn. Original copy owned by: Mrs. Hattie Rogers, Lynchburg, Tennessee   Including a questionnaire given by Jean Holt, daughter of Britain Phelps. 2014

 

Maryland & Barbados Articles and Websites 

 
Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
Maryland   Maryland online wills, etc.  How to access them online 2017
Anne Arundel Co/ Caswell Co, NC James Phelps d 1786 Evidence to show that James might have been from Maryland might be the James Phelps with 5 children in the 1776 All Hallows Parish census of Anne Arundel, Maryland  By Doug Phelps 2007
Anne Arundel   Phelps Anne Arundel, MD Oaths of Fidelity 1777-1778  2014
Md and Anne Arundel Co.   A Guide to Genealogical Research in Maryland and Anne Arundel Co- from selected sources 4/2009
Md. and Anne Arrundel Phelps Supplement to the Early Settles of Maryland  -  by C Gibb 12/2014
Anne Arundel Walter of Anne Arundel Phelps, Sr The Phelps Families of Anne Arundel, MD - 1993  by Robert W. Barnes, professional genealogist. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin Vol 34 #4 (Winter 1993)

The Phelps Family - Colonial Families of Anne Arundel, Md 1-2000 by Barnes.  Has more detail than the similar 1993 version.

Further  Notes on Phelps [Walter Phelps line] Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin Vol 37 #1 (Winter 1996)

10/2006

9/2014

10/2009

Anne Arundel Walter of Anne Arundel  Phelps, Sr b1639 Descendants of Walter Phelps 1639-1719  - A gedcom report of Robert Barne's work created by Doug Phelps 2006

 

Anne Arundel "unplaced" Phelps Unplaced Phelps [of Maryland  By Robert W. Barnes. Transcripted by Doug Phelps 8/2006
Anne Arundel "unplaced" Phelps

Inventory of  Phelps in Anne Arundel and other Md counties  Pre-1800 by D Phelps (under development)

2012
Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties, MD Thomas (2), Avington, William BALTIMORE COUNTY FAMILIES, 1659 - 1759  page 503, by Robert Barnes  8/2007
Baltimore Co & Limerick, Ireland Thomas Phelps of Limerick, Ireland Did Thomas Phelps , Jr of Limerick Ireland go to Pennsylvania  - by Brenda Emery 7//262008 REVISED
Baltimore Co & Limerick, Ireland Thomas Phelps d 1759 Theories on the origins of Thomas Felps  Various authors 3/2009  Revised
Baltimore Co. Thomas Felps The Signature Marks of Thomas Felps d. 1758/9 2014
Baltimore Co Thomas Felps/Phelps Thomas Phelps, 1650 Baltimore/AA County Indentured servant from "Colonial Families of Maryland: Bound and Determined to Succeed"     by Robert W. Barnes, 2007  2007

 

Baltimore Co Thomas Felps/Phelps The claims of Mary Arden – Harding  (not Sarah Strawbridge) that her children were fathered by Thomas Felps 2014
Baltimore Co Thomas Felps/Phelps Aquilla Phelps, son of Brittain and Likely Descendant of Thomas Felps, d 1759 Balltimore Co, MD by Mark Phelps 2008

 

Kent &Talbot Cutberth & others

Possible Original Tyrrell Phelps Ancestor  [from Maryland] by William H. Freeman

2007

 

Barbados Thomas & William Phelps Research on the Phelps in Early Barbados  Research by D. Phelps, contributions by B. Emery and M. Phelps 9/2008

 

 

Kentucky Article and Websites

Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
various Phelps Kentucky Land Grants to Phelps 2017
various Various Phelps Families of Virginia and Kentucky and Allied Families - by Nancy R. Roy cs 1960  (various records) submitted by Douglas Payne 2012
Green amd Butler Co. John B. Phelps b 1796, son of Nicholas Phelps & M. Biggerstaff "Descendants of John B. Phelps" (by Maxine Minton) from "Ky Traces: the official publication of the Butler Co Historical Genealogical Society", Vol 17, Summer 1984)    Some consider Nicholas to be the son of  William Phelps b. Bef. 1726 in probably Henrico Co., VA; d. Abt. 1810 in Grayson County, Kentucky;  m. Sarah Unknown     
Madison Co. John Phelps son of Thomas Phelps d 1751 Albermarle Co., VA a Phelps Family in Kentucky by: Irene K. Phelps and M. D. Phelps Jr. MDPiii AT hotmail.com 2006
Madison Co John Phelps d 1798 Will of John Phelps SENIOR, 1798 by Marilyn Phelps  
Pulaski Co. Anderson Phelps, son of Ambrose Phelps Did Ambrose Phelps of Kentucky (d. 1837) Have a Son Named Ambrose?  No   By Doug Phelps 2/2002
       
Pulaski Co Larkin Phelps, son of James of Caswell, NC

Decendants of Larkin Phelps, son of James of Caswell, NC  revised - by Brenda Emery & Frances Hoffstetter

3/2008
       
       

 

General Interest Articles  and Web Sites 

 
Area Phelps Patriarch Article Last changed
       
England   Online resources for English local history  Provided by Janice Rand 10/2017
Md, VA, KY   Phelps Families of Virginia and Kentucky and Allied Families - by Nancy R. Roy cs 1960  (various records) submitted by Douglas Payne 2012
Barbadis     ENGLAND'S IRISH SLAVES   by Robert E. West 2014
MD, VA, NC   8/2007
MD, VA, NC  

Extracts from the "Complete Book of Immigrants in Bondage 1614 – 1775"  includes named Phelps

Link to all the "Complete Book of Immigrants in Bondage 1614-1775" ($ cost)

8/2007
MD, VA, NC, PENN   Overviews of Several Books on Indentured Servants 8/2007
MD, VA, NC, PENN  

Was Your Ancestor an Indentured Servant? If You are at a Brick Wall, Don’t Overlook the Possibility  by Doug Phelps

9/1//2007  
England   [Cautions on] GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND  By CHARLES EDWARD BANKS  Pub. 1937 1937  
Limerick, Ireland Thomas Phelps (b.1623)   Limerick, Ireland Phelps -excerpts from The Phelps Family in America and Their English Ancestors By Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew T. Servin. (Eagle Publishing Company of Pittsfield, Mass., 1899)   A PDF file 2008  
Barbary Coast Thomas Phelps 1658 Thomas Phelps,  A True Account of the Captivity of Thomas Phelps (1658)   PDF link     This account of an English Captain's capture by the Moors is included because three Phelps lines are haplogroup E1a1 - M44 (revised) 2013  
England   Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors Volume 1 

Phelps in America and their English ancestors published 1899 Volume 2  pages 21-31

Phelps Family of America and their English ancestors  VOLUME 2   - FULL ONLINE SITE  pub 1899

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Ireland Thomas Phelps The Quakers in Limerick, Ireland 1657-1707  A pdf article    
Southern   Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pensions   search for Phelps on that page 4/2009