Laura Warfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1790, Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

Eliphalet married Eleanor Shepard on 5 Feb 1767 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Jonathan Shepard and Rachel Langdon) was born on 2 Aug 1748 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Dec 1810 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Deliverance Watkins on 5 Jan 1737 in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Deliverance (daughter of Samuel Watkins and Elizabeth Cook) was born on 24 May 1719 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Jan 1817 in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Rachel Langdon on 2 Jul 1730 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of John Langdon and Abigail Phelps) was born on 14 Nov 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Oct 1779 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Hannah White on 22 Jul 1701 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Joseph White and Lydia Rogers) was born on 29 Nov 1681 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 17 Oct 1705, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1714-1724, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel married Elizabeth Cook on 17 Oct 1705 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Andrew Cook and Phoebe Lovell) was born on 18 Mar 1689 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Woodruff on 21 Dec 1703 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Matthew Woodruff and Mary Plumb) was born in 1679 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Oct 1731 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Lankton
• Probate: 13 Nov 1728, , Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

John married Abigail Phelps on 22 Jan 1708 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of Nathaniel Phelps and Grace Martin) was born on 3 Nov 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Apr 1767 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deacon John Warfield
Deacon John Warfield the WARFIELD immigrant ancestor was living in Dedham Massachusetts as early as 1642 and he doubtless came from England a few years before He was made a freeman there After a time he moved to Medfield and finally to Mendon Massachusetts in 1685 There he was made deacon of the church and was much respected by all He was put in charge of the meeting house and was also schoolmaster being the first teacher of the common schools there He married first Elizabeth Shepard who died May 24 1669 He married second Peregrina and she died April 1 1671 He married third at Dedham Hannah Randall He died April 12 1692 Children by first wife John born August 20 1662 Elizabeth August 29 1665 Children by third wife Ithamar born March 26 1676 Ephraim October 4 1679 Elihu mentioned below Mary born at Mendon April 17 1685 Elizabeth March 8 1688 perhaps Samuel
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4

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John Warfield, Sr., was of Medfield in 1679, and was in Mendon as early as 1683, where he was deacon of the church. He died April 12, 1692, in Mendon. His wife Hannah was alive as late as 1691, for her father's will, made March 27 of that year, leaves her five pounds "in good Country pay at money price to be paid three months after my decease." This bequest he also made, as follows: "And I also give unto my said two daughters [Mary and Hannah] my greatest Brass Kettle, the price as valued to be equally divided between them." Hannah, the widow of John Warfield, died in Mendon, March 9, 1712.

John married Hannah Randall on 26 Dec 1671 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Robert Randall and Mary French) was born after 1642; died on 9 May 1712 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Lydia Rogers on 19 Sep 1660 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of John Rogers and Judith) was born on 27 Mar 1642 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 May 1727 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The History of Woodstock [Connecticut] states that Andrew Watkins had 20 acres granted him there on 3 Sep 1686 on the westward hill; and in 1710, Jonathan Bugbee held the rights of Andrew Watkins (Vol. 1, pp. 23, 25, 30, 58). No evidence has been found that Andrew took his family to New Roxbury [Woodstock] with him, nor that they at any time joined him there. As evidenced by the following quotation from the History of Needham, Massachusetts, by George Kuhn Clarke [ ] (1912?), it is evident that Andrew Watkins was dead before 9 March 1710/11:

"On March 9, 1710/11, Edward Cook deeded to Andrew Watkins, 'Husbandman', son of his wife, Elizabeth Cook, by an earlier marriage, all of his land in Needham, including his home. The land consisted of ten acres at Maugus Hill, and six acres in the Natick Divident, 'my Common Right' as a Proprietor of Dedham. See grant to Edward Cook in 1696. In 1720 Andrew Watkins, 'Yeoman', and Mary , his wife, sold the ten acres, and also four acres 'near to the Damm in Rosemary Meadow', for 40 pounds, to Josiah Kingsbury and Hezekiah Broad, reserving the life rights of 'Our Loving Mother Elizabeth Cooke the Relict Widow of Edward Cook.' Mr. Watkins removed from Needham."

From:Bickford's Watkins a Beginning Genealogy, vol. 1, p. 230.

Andrew married Elizabeth Griffin. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh Griffin and Elizabeth Upson Andrews) was born in 1640 in Colchester, Essex, England; died on 8 Nov 1688 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Phoebe Lovell on 24 Jul 1685 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Phoebe (daughter of John Lovell and Elizabeth Silvester) was born on 25 Dec 1666 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1717 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Experience Hart. Experience was born in 1650 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Mary Plumb. Mary was born on 9 Feb 1644 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died in Jan 1680 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Copley on 10 Dec 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 12 Jan 1701 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Corbin Collection Vol. 1:
2. Samuel Langton 1750 (sic) 2d. wife
Elizabeth Copley, Jan. 26 1665, a daughter of the wife (Elizabeth) of Nathaniel Phelps, by her first husband ____ Copley. She married Samuel Langton Dec. 1 1676 and after his death, Aug. 16 1683, she married David2 Alexander (John1). She died Jan. 8 1701 Nhn. (TR-OB-140). David Alexander killed 1704 at Deerfield. He m. 2d. July 31 (3-VR) 1701 Mary Weld. (Dfd. VR-148) (dau. of Daniel). She (Mary) m. 2. Apr. 18 1707 Samuel Smead & 3d. Nov. 28 1734 Joseph Younglove.
to Samuel Langton of Northampton

Elizabeth Copley, Jan. 26 1665, a daughter of the wife of Nathaniel Phelps by her first husband.
She married Samuel Langton, Dec. 1 1676 and after his death she married David Alexander

Title: The Corbin Collection Vol. I Hampshire Co., MA [on CD]
Author: Edited by Robert J. Dunkle
Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston, MA 2003
Note:
Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass: New EnglandHistoric Genealogical Society, 2003. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008. )
Copyright 2003 New England Historic Genealogical Society; all rights reserved.
Note: m. (1) after 1683 to Elizabeth (Copley) widow of Praisever Turner who was killed Sept. 28 1675 in King Philips War; and also the widow of Samuel Langton: she died 1701 (Jan. 8 1701 Nhn.-OB-146).

RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 88-89:
"Nathaniel Phelps, b. England, about 1627, emigrated to New England with his father, in ship Mary and John, settling with his father in Dorchester, removing to Windsor, Ct., in 1635-6, where he m. Elizabeth Copley, 17 Sep 1650. She was an English lady.
Says the Hon. James H. Phelps of Townshend, Vt., a descendant of the family of Elizabeth Copley, in England was the celebrated artist, John Copley, father of Lord Lyndhurst, who on the 30th of April, 1827, became Lord Chancellor of England.' Lord Lyndhurst appears to have no knowledge of this connection, as may be seen from his letter herewith attached. As this connection must be traced back over 200 years, here is no reason to doubt the same. Mrs. Phelps died in Northampton, Mass., 6 Dec 1712, some ten years after her husband. Her will probated in Northampton, Vol. II, 1678-1716. Reference is made to her sons Nathaniel and William Phelps, who are to have the land her husband left her, to be divided equally between them. Her homestead also to be divided between them, Nathaniel to have the side he lives in, and William the other side. To Abigal 50 pounds; to the children of Matthew and Mary Closson 5 pound each; to her son-in-law, Matthew Closson, 10 shillings; to Thomas Copley 3 pounds; to Samuel and John Lankton 20 shillings each.
Mr. Phelps resided on the Orton place opposite his father's homestead, which he purchased of his brother Samuel. Here he resided up to 1656-7, when he removed with part of his family to Northampton, Mass., one of his first settlers. Says Stiles: 'He was a pious man of good intellect, and of a sound, discriminating judgment - was one of the first deacons of the N. Church. His homestead was occupied by him for 43 years, and by his descendants until 1835.' His homestead comprised the land which was over fifty years ago occupied by Miss Margaret Dwight's school, and which at a later date was a College Institute of J.J. Dudley, Esq., and which is now Shady Lawn. The old homestead stood a few rods north of that edifice. (Clark's Northampton Antiquity).
Although Mr. Phelps, removed to Northampton in 1656-7, we find him paying slip rent in Windsor 4 Jan 1659.
8 Feb 1679, Dea. Nathaniel Phelps, with his sons Nathaniel Jr. and William, took the oath of allegiance before Worshipful Maj. Pynchon.
11 May 1681, he was made a freeman by the General Court at Boston.
He died in Northampton 27 May 1702, aged 75 years, honored and respected.
His children were:
I. Mary, b. Windsor, Ct., 21 Jun 1651, m. Matthew Closson.
II. Nathaniel, b. Windsor, Ct., 2 Jun 1653, m. Grace Martin.
III. Abigail, b. Windsor, Ct., 5 Apr 1655, d. aged 101 yrs., 4 mos., 11 days, m. John Alverd. No issue.
IV. William, b. Northampton, Mass., 22 Jun 1657, m. Abigail Stebbins.
V. Thomas, b. Northampton, Mass., 20 May 1661, d. unmarried.
VI. Mercy, b. Northampton, Mass., 16 Mar 1662, d. 15 Jul 1662."

2. From the book "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33" under the heading of William Phelps' Children: "Nathaniel, bp. Crewkerne 6 March 1624[/5]; m. Windsor 17 September 1650 Elizabeth (____) Copley ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]." This would seem to indicate that Elizabeth was married to a Copley.

3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 565: "Nathaniel (Dea.) (son of William), m. 17 Sep 1650 (O.C.R.) Elizabeth Copley, 'an Englishwoman'; res. in Windsor on the Orton place near his father, but removed 1656 or '7 to Northampton, Mass.; was one of its founders; was regarded as a pious man, of good intellect, and of a sound discriminating judgment; was one of the first deacons of the N. Church. His homestead was occupied by him for 43 years and by his descendants until 1835; the last owner sold and removed to Ohio. This homestead 'comprised the land which was, over 50 years ago, occupied by Miss Margaret Dwight's school, and which at a later date was the College Instit. of J.H. Dudley, Esq., and what is now Shady Lawn. The old homestead stood a few rods N. of that edifice.' - 'Clark's Northampton Antiquities.'
Dea. Nathaniel Phelps d. 27 May 1702; his widow d. 6 Dec 1712. It has been said that she descended from the same family as the celebrated artist John Coply, father of Lord Lyndhurst; but the statement lacks corroboration. Her will (N. Prob. Rec.) divides house and lands equally between her sons Nath'l and Wm.; to her dau. Abigail ₤50; to ch. of Matthew and Mary Closson, ₤5 each; to her son-in-law, Matthew Closson, 10s.; to Thomas Coply, ₤3; and to Samuel and John Lankton, 20s. each.
8 Feb 1678, Dea. Nathaniel, with his sons Nathaniel and William, took the oath of allegiance before Worshipful Major Pynchon; 11 May 1681, he was made a freeman by Gen. Ct. at Boston. Children (the first 3 born at Windsor, the rest at Northampton):
A. Mary, b. 21 Jun 1651 (O.C.R.); m. 12 Dec 1670 at N., Matthew Closson, an Irishman, servant of one of the early settlers of N.; had 10 ch., of whom but 4 lived to adult age; their eldest was b. in N.; they removed to Deerfield abt. 1672, where many of their descendants are now found among the most respectable families of D.
B. Nathaniel (Dea.), b. 2 Apr 1653. - O.C.R.
C. Abigail, b. 5 Apr 1655 (O.C.R); m. John Alvord.
D. William, b. 22 Jun 1657, 'at Northampton' (O.C.R.); m. Abigail Stebbins.
E. Thomas, b. 20 May 1661; d. young, unmd.
F. Mercy, b. 16 May 1662; d. 15 Jul 1662."
[Kerry's note: No Copley family biographies in same book.]

4. "The American Genealogist," 68(Jul 1990):161-166, "The English Origin of William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., with Notes on His Marriages," by Myrtle Stevens Hyde:
"William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn....
Children (Phelps) of William1, prob. by his apparent first wife Mary (___), bp. Crewkerne, co. Somerset...
iv. Nathaniel bp. 6 March 1624[/5], d. Northampton, Mass., 27 May 1702 (James Edward Buckman, comp., "Northampton Deaths," in Forbes Library, Northampton, p. 13); m. Windsor 17 Sept. 1650 widow Elizabeth COPLEY (Windsor Early Recs. p. 55; see NEHGR 64[1910]:248 fn.). For his probate, see Hampshire Co., Mass., PR 3:93-94..."

Notes:

Birth:
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Died:
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Nathaniel married Grace Martin on 27 Aug 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Grace (daughter of William Martin and Lydia Marsh) was born on 2 Aug 1656 in Braintree, Essex, England; died on 2 Aug 1727 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert (Randall) (of ) Weymouth, (MA) freeman (in)1647, then spelled. Rendell, in his will of 27 March, 1691, names his children, John, Thomas, Mary, who was born 29 or 30 March 1642 wife of Abraham Staples, married 17 September, 1660, and Hannah wife of John Warfield, both of them of Mendon, (MA). Mary his wife was buried 3 September 1640 but his next wife is unknown He came from Wendover, County of Bucks, (England) as he testifies in 1688 at the age of 80. Genealogical Dictionary of New England.

Robert married Mary French in 1634 in Misterton, Somersetshire, England. Mary (daughter of Richard French and Mary Adams) was born in 1603 in Misterton, Somersetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Judith on 16 Apr 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Sarah Warren. Sarah was born in 1600 in , , , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Elizabeth Upson Andrews in 1639 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Andrews and Elizabeth Franklin) was born in 1624 in Norwich, Norfolk, England; died on 10 Jul 1683 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emory married Lillian Warner, , Massachusetts, USA. Lillian (daughter of Richard Warner and Ann Norton) was born in 1638 in West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1658 in , , Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Silvester on 24 Jan 1658 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 23 Jan 1644 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Oct 1666 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward SHEPARD wrote his will, "having arrived unto old age." Bequeathed to wife Mary; children John, Elizabeth, Deborah, Sarah, and to their children in case of their own decease before himself; also to the children of his deceased daughter Abigail, formerly wife of Daniel POND. (4c) Edward SHIPHEARD of Cambridge, New England, mariner, "being through the favor of God arrived unto old age," wrote his will. Gives to dear wife Mary either 20 pounds to be paid her by my executors within 3 months after my decease in such household goods and other things as may be suitable for her, or else the use of my dwelling house, barn, and orchard that lie on the north side of the street during her life, provided she keep the same in tenantable repair. The remainder of my estate to be divided into 6 equal parts. Two parts I give to my son John SHIPARD, or in case of his death before me, to be equally divided among his children; to my daughter Elizabeth, 1/6 part or in case of her death before me to be divided among her children; to my daughter Deborah (the same as to daughter Elizabeth); to the children of Daniel POND which he had by my daughter Abigail deceased 1/6 part to be equally divided; to my daughter Sarah (the same as to daughters Elizabeth & Deborah). Appoints my dear son John SHIPARD executor, and in case he should decease before me, I appoint his eldest son my executor. Wits. Daniel GOOKIN Sr., Daniel GOOKIN Jr.

Land bought 1639
Bought house and lands from James HERRING, Cambridge, MA. Edward SHEPARD bought of James HERRINGE one dwelling house, with a garden, abutting on John BETTS north east, Edward MICKERSON on the north, Mr. ANDREWS west, the highway (now South Street, between Holyoke & Dunster) south. Also a small garden, on the other side of the highway, abutting on John THRUMBULL east and south, on Mr. PAINE's yard west, on the highway north. Also, upon the south side of Charles River, a lot of planting land, 5 acres more or less, abutting Boston field east, John THRUMBULL and Mrs. ANDREWS's lands west and south, upon the highway and Creek north. Surveyed by Richard JACKSON, Joseph ISAKE and Robert SAUNDERS.

Edward Shepard & Family, Members of the Church of Cambridge.
The valuable list of members of the Church of Cambridge 1658-1667 written by Rev Jonathan Mitchell gives the following account: "Edward Shepard member in full Communion. So was also his wife Violet deceased. Their children that were in minority when He Joyned are
"Abigail now living at Dedham.
"Deborah now also at Dedham.
Sarah now dwelling at Braintree.
"The eldest of these aged 12 years the 2d, 10: the 3d., 7 yeares when their parents Joyned here being all baptized in England. Mary now the wife of the foresaid Edward Shepard was dismissed hither from Ch. at Dorchester & is in f. C. with us. Her daughter Mary Pond baptized at Dorchester was 11 years old at her mothers joyning with us."

Edward SHEPARD was admitted to the church in Cambridge with "his first wife Violet." Their children that were in minority when he joined were Abigail, now (1658) living at Dedham, Deborah now also at Dedham, Sarah now dwelling at Braintree. The eldest of these was aged 12 years, the second, age 10, and the third, age 7, when their parents joined, being all baptised in England. Mary, now the wife of Edward SHEPARD, was dismissed hither from the church at Dorchester and is in full communion with us. Her daughter Mary POND baptized at Dorchester, was 11 years old at her mother's joining with us. Recorded 1658. (NOTE: Daughter Sarah would have been age 7 in 1643. See notes under Sarah.)

Gregory WOLTERTON of Hartford, upon the river of Conictticote, wrote his will. Mentions wife Jane, James WOLTERTON, son of Matthew WOLTERTON of Ipsago, Suffolk, England, Matthew WALLER of New London, Rebecka WALLER, and Sara WALLER, and the sons of William WALLER, dec'd, at Lyme: John, Samuel and Matthew. Gives to John SHEPEARD Sen., the son of Edward SHEPARD, one piece of land, he to pay 20s. to his father Edward SHEPARD, 20s. to his sister Debora FAIRBANKS, and 20s. to sister Sara THOMPSON, and 20s. to his sister's abovesaid children.

Elmstead Market is a village in the Tendring district of Essex. It lies 3 km northeast of Wivenhoe and 6 km east of Colchester. It is on the A133 road which until a few years ago was the main road to Clacton, Frinton and Harwich. The A120 road constructed to bypass Colchester and Elmstead Market has reduced the volume of through traffic considerably.

The identity of Edward Shepard's wife Violet has occasioned much controversey. Her only son, John Shepard, married for his first wife a Hartford, Connecticutt, girl, and removed to Hartford before the death of Gregory Wolterton of that town. Wolerton made his will 17 July 1674, dying shortly after, and in his will remembered many relatives of his own and of his several wives. One of the first legacies is that of four acres to John Shepard, Sr., son of Edward Shepard, the said John to pay 20 schillings each to his father Edward, to his sister Deborah Fairbanks, his sister Sara Tomson, and his sister Abigail's children. Thus he left something to four of Edward Shepard's five children, only omitting the elderst Shepard girl Elizabeth; but shortly before making the will, he had given land by deed to Elizabeth (Shepard) (Strickland) Disbourough for life, to go at her death to her four Strickland sons; and in the willhe gave 2 pounds to Elizabeth wife of John Andrews, Jr., whom we can identify as Elizabeth Shepard's only daughter. Thus, he made some provision for ALL of Biolet Shepard's children or their representatives. Furthermore, in 1668, Wintrop's Medical Journal mentions that he treated one of the Strickland boys [children of Elizabeth Shepard] at G[oodman] Wolerton's house in Hartford; so the Stricklands were then visiting or living with Wolerton. Finally, when Edward's son John received a legacy in the will of the childless brother of John Shepard's wife, while John was still living in Cambridge, (1654), he appointed his Uncle Gregory "Winterton" to collect this legacy for him in Hartford. It seems extremely probable, from the foregoing, that Edward Shepard's wife Violet was a sister of Gregory Wolerton. (For a full discussion of the Wolerton will and relationships, see the editor's articles in The American Genealogist, 32: 197-201, 33:95-98. --Editor.

Edward married Violet (Stanley) Charnould on 6 Dec 1620 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Violet was born on 26 Sep 1596 in Harwich, Essex, England; died on 9 Jan 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 7 Feb 1652, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Deacon married Mary Seymour on 29 Sep 1644 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Richard Seymour and Mercy Ruscoe (Steele)) was born on 1 Jan 1622 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; died on 22 Jul 1689 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Deacon Nath'l Phelps
• Residence: 1679, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Widow Elizabeth Copley

The "Phelps Family of America" seems to be the leading source for the Phelps family Trees, yet when it comes to Elizabeth Copley and Nathaniel Phelps, the Trees seem to deviate from what the sources reveal. Copley was Elizabeth’s name from her first marriage to Thomas Copley in England. (Also, she was not the daughter of Edward Griswold who came to America; they were about the same age, and there is no daughter named Elizabeth listed anywhere as a daughter of Edward the Colonist.)

Marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Copley—widow:
The record below states that Elizabeth Copley was a widow when she married Nathaniel--meaning Copley was not her maiden name.

The American Marriages Before 1699 about Nathaniel Phelps says Nathaniel Phelps married Elizabeth Copley (Widow) in Sep 1650 in Windsor, Connecticut.

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U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 about Elizabeth Copley’s marriage to Nathaniel Phelps on 17 Sep 1650 estimates her birth year about 1622. Records range from 1600 to 1630 for her birth year. The image for the second site below actually gives her birth date as ?1622, so they obviously don't know when she was born.

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Marriage of Thomas Copley and Elizabeth in England:
Elizabeth Griswold married Thomas Copley. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Thomas Copley has his birth in 1597. He married Elizabeth Griswold in 1628. (If she was 14 years old, the latest she would have been born is 1614--she certainly would not have been born in 1628 as Find A Grave says--it is just a memorial someone posted. There is no headstone.)

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The Millennium File about Thomas Copley says he was christened 30 Oct 1597 in Skelbrooke, York, England and died 18 Aug 1634 in Skelbrooke, York, England. His father was John Copley; his mother was Jane Angier Anger. He married Elizabeth Griswold whose father was Edward Griswold. They had a son Thomas Copley.

Family Data Collection - Births about Elizabeth Griswold say she was born in 1604 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, and that her father was Edward Griswold. (This birthdate could be an assumption.) Her Millennium File assumes she was born in 1600 in Kenilworth, Warwick, England and died 6 Dec 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. Her father was Edward Griswold, her spouse Thomas Copley, her son Thomas Copley. (Her birth is obviously not correct at 1600; she would have died at 112.)

Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 lists Elizabeth Grisold baptized 19 Jun 1609 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England; her father was Eduard Grisold. If this was the correct Elizabeth, she would have been 103 when she died. This longevity is within the realm of possibility since her daughter, Abigail, died at 101. There was another Edward Griswold in Warwickshire who was a cousin of Edward Griswold who came to America who was older; he was the father of Michael Griswold who also came to America.

In "Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Copley in America," by William Copley the summary states " Thomas Copley (1597-1634) married Elizabeth Griswold in 1628, and after his death, the widow and her family immigrated to join her immigrant parents in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and elsewhere." This places her birth date more correctly, however, it makes an assumption that her "parents" were Edward and Margaret Griswold the Colonists. (She was more this Edward's age, and there is not a daughter of this Edward named Elizabeth.)

Given the close family relationships over the generations of the Griswolds and Phelpses, I considered whether widow Elizabeth Copley could have married this son of Thomas Copley and Elizabeth Griswold, Thomas Copley born about 1630 since Find A Grave suggests she was born in 1628. That would resolve the problem of the birthdates. But, the issue is compounded when these same Family Data Collection records –Deaths show Elizabeth Griswold died on 6 Dec 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. Besides, we know the names of Thomas Copley Jr’s wives.

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Considering this death record, could Thomas Copley born in 1597 have married a much younger wife, Elizabeth Griswold in 1628 (possibly 14-16 years old born in 1612); they had two children, Thomas and ___. He died in England, and Elizabeth emigrated, and then remarried in 1850 a man 12 years her junior, Nathaniel Phelps in Windsor, CT in 1850? That would make her about 50 years old when she bore her daughter Mercy Phelps, and 100 when she died. Given the longevity of their daughter, Abigail, who lived to be over age 101, this could be possible.

Two children of Mrs. Elizabeth Copley:
In the Millennium File about Thomas Copley born 3 Sep 1630 in Skelbrooke, York, England, he died 3 Dec 1712 in Westfield, Hampden, MA. His father was Thomas Copley; his mother was Elizabeth Griswold. He married Ruth Denslow and they had a child Mathew Copley.

In her Will, after naming the sons of her husband, Nathaniel Phelps who had died a decade earlier, Elizabeth left Thomas Copley 3 pounds. The Millennium File about Thomas Copley gives his birth in Skelbrooke, York, England 3 Sep 1630. He died 3 Dec 1712 in Westfield, Hampden, MA. His father was Thomas Copley; his mother was Elizabeth Griswold. He married Ruth Denslow; they had a son Mathew Copley. Most conclusively regarding their relationship, amongst many other relatives, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Thomas Copley has the death of “old Thomas Copley of Suffield died” 29 Nov, and the next line “the old widow Phelps his mother died” 6 Dec., in Northampton, MA.

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In the image of U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 forThomas Copley it shows he died in 1712 and Ruth Denslow his wife (1653-1692, Suffield, CT); married 13 or 15 Nov 1672 in Westfield /Springfield /Suffield, CT. Then, Thomas Copley married Ruth (Cogan) Taylor (-1724), wife of Samuel; on 25 May 1693; Suffield, CT. The next line is: COPLEY, ____? & Elizabeth ___? (1627-1792) (which can’t possibly be the right death date, much less the correct birthdate), m/2 Nathaniel PHELPS 1650; Springfield/ Windsor, CT.

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2nd child: There is a record of an Elizabeth Copley christened 17 Aug 1631 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England whose father was Thome Copley. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about Elizabeth Copley.

In the widely used source, The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, it also states that Elizabeth Copley was a widow, "[Deacon Nathaniel Phelps] married Mrs. Elizabeth (Eliza) Copley (born between 1620 and 1623) on September 17, 1650, in Windsor, CT. Mrs. Copley was married first to Thomas Copley, by whom she had at least two children."*

It seems no two records are alike in giving Elizabeth Copley's birth date. Given her first marriage, it is quite likely she was Nathaniel’s age or possibly a little older than he. In “ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 about Elizabeth Copley” , it says Elizabeth Copley born about 1622 married Nathaniel Phelps on 17 Sep 1650. I believe this to be most accurate, but Find A Grave says Elizabeth Copley Phelps born 14 Feb 1628 died at age 84 on 6 Dec 1712 burial in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA. (From her son’s death record, we know this to be her death date. Most likely her birth date was always just a guess on the part of the informant. Could her birth date and her daughter’s of the same name be confused? The records contradict each other.)

Find A Grave:
Nathaniel Phelps born in 1624 died at age 78 on 27 May 1702 burial in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

Elizabeth Copley Phelps born 14 Feb 1628 died at age 84 on 6 Dec 1712 burial in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.

Deacon Nathaniel Phelps—
From the files of Stephen M. Lawson, "Nathaniel - bap. Mar. 6, 1624/5, Crewkerne, Somerset, England; d. May 27, 1702, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA. Married at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT on Sep. 17, 1650 Mrs. Elizabeth COPLEY (b. 1630; d. Dec. 6, 1712)."

In “The Phelps Family of America”, “Deacon Nathaniel Phelps was born in England about 1627. Nathaniel came to New England with his parents and their five other children, at the age of three, residing in Dorchester six years and then in Windsor where he grew to manhood and purchased, of his brother, Samuel, the Orton place opposite his father's for his own occupation…

“He married Mrs. Elizabeth (Eliza) Copley (born between 1620 and 1623) on September 17, 1650, in Windsor, CT. Mrs. Copley was married first to Thomas Copley, by whom she had at least two children."*

“…Deacon Nathaniel Phelps died in Northampton, MA on May 27, 1702, at 75 years of age. His wife, Eliza, also died in Northampton on Dec. 6, 1712. Their youngest daughter, Abigail lived 101 years, four months and 11 days.”* (Of course, in the "Phelps Family of America", we have since his publication discovered through further records and DNA that the father of Nathaniel is not correct his book. Nathaniel is of Crewkerne.)

*Excerpted from The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors, Two volumes. By Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew T. Servin. (Eagle Publishing Company of Pittsfield, Mass., 1899)

Conclusions:
1. We know Thomas Copley married Elizabeth Griswold in England, and that he died in England. They had at least two children, one being Thomas Copley, Jr.

2. We know that old Thomas Copley, Jr and his old widowed mother Phelps died within days of each other in 1712 in Northampton, MA.

3. We know this Thomas Copley, Jr was born in England in 1630. Elizabeth was his mother, not his spouse, since we know the names of his spouses. Therefore, Mrs. Elizabeth Copley, widow, who married Nathaniel Phelps, would have to have been born before about 1616.

4. Elizabeth and Thomas Copley probably also had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1631 in Yorkshire, England.

5. Most likely, Thomas Copley, Sr married Elizabeth Griswold, daughter of an Edward Griswold in Warwickshire, England. They had two children, one being Thomas Copley, Jr. After Thomas, Sr’s death, widow Elizabeth and Thomas, Jr immigrated to New England, probably with her Griswold family. The Phelpses, Griswolds, Holcombs and Pinneys all emigrated at this time, and over the next several centuries the families often intermarried. Still a young woman, Elizabeth married Nathaniel Phelps and they had six children of their own, the youngest dying in infancy, Elizabeth then being in advanced years. Her husband, Nathaniel Phelps died in 1702 in Northampton, MA. Elizabeth and her son, Thomas, Jr both died a decade later in 1712 in Northampton when she was about 100 years old.

6. Elizabeth Griswold's father was an Edward Griswold. Edward Griswold the Colonist has two daughters that married Phelps brothers: Timothy married Mary, and Samuel married Sarah. El izabeth (about the same age as Edward the Colonist) married Nathaniel Phelps, brother of these other two Phelps brothers.

RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. From the book "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33":
"William Phelps:
Origin: Crewkerne, Somersetshire Migration: 1630 on Mary & John First Residence: Dorchester Removes: Windsor 1635... Birth: By about 1593 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: Windsor 14 July 1672 ("Old Mr. William Phelps died" [Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898), hereinafter refered to as CTVR, 27]). Marriage: (1) By 1618 Mary ____, who was buried at Crewkerne 13 August 1626.(2) Crewkerne 14 November 1626 Anne Dover. "Mistress Phelps" was the first on the list of women members of the church at Dorchester who came with Mr. Warham to Windsor ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930) hereinafter refered to as "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 9]. She died Windsor 30 August 1689 ("Mrs. An Phelps died" [CTVR 57]). Children:
With first wife
i William, bp. Crewkerne 9 September 1618; m. (1) Windsor 4 June 1645 Isabel Wilson ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55; The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 52:78]; m. (2) Windsor 20 December 1676 Sarah Pinney ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 72].
ii Samuel, bp. Crewkerne 5 August 1621; m. Windsor 10 November 1650 Sarah Griswold ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55].
iii Infant, bur. Crewkerne 8 January 1623[/4].
iv Nathaniel, bp. Crewkerne 6 March 1624[/5]; m. Windsor 17 September 1650 Elizabeth (____) Copley ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55].
With second wife
v Cornelius, bp. Crewkerne 13 October 1627; no further record.
vi Joseph (twin), bp. Crewkerne 13 November 1628; m. (1) Windsor 20 September 1660 Hannah Newton ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930) 57; The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 65:13-16]; m. (2) Northampton 19 December 1676 Mary (____) Salmon [Manuscript volume of vital records kept by John Pynchon, at Connecticut Valley Historical Museum 20].
vii Mary (twin), bp. Crewkerne 13 November 1628; d. soon.
viii Mary, bp. Crewkerne 6 December 1629; no further record.
ix Sarah, b. say 1632; m. Windsor 9 June 1658 William Wade [Loomis 1:63].
x Timothy, b. Windsor Aug. or 1 September 1639 ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]; m. Windsor 19 March 1661[/2?] Mary Griswold ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 56].
xi Mary, b. March 1644 ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]; m. Windsor 17 December 1663 Thomas Barber ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 25].  Comments: In 1919 Mary Lovering Holman prepared a brief account of the family of William Phelps [Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy.... (Boston 1919), 252-53]. In 1990 Myrtle S. Hyde resolved the problem of the identity of the wives of William Phelps and was also able to find the baptisms of his children in England [The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 65:161-66]. All the Crewkerne records cited above are taken from her article."

2. Mentioned in father's will per the book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 72-85:
"The following is the last Will and Testament of Mr. William Phelps, or properly speaking, his Settlement Deed. From Windsor Records,
'These presents testify, that I, William Phelps, of Windsor, on Connecticut, in consideration of a marriage concluded between my son Timothy, on the one part, and Mary, the daughter of Edward Griswold, on the other; have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto my son, that he, the said Timothy, shall jointly enjoin and possess, together with me, all my houseing, lands and accommodations, as also all my estate, both real and personal, both within door and without, with all the property emoluments, products, and income of the same, during my material life; And my said son is to inhabit and dwell in my house, with me and my wife, in joint way; and that it shall continue during my material life; and if my wife shall survive me, she have and enjoy in a joint way with my son the estate for her maintenance as before expressed. But if my wife chooses to settle in any place and to leave the house, then my son shall pay yearly to my wife, the sum of ten pounds during her material life, and in case I myself in my life time, or my wife after my decease, in her lifetime while she abides, to inhabit with my said son Timothy, she see cause or desire it, I do reserve power both for myself and for her, after my decease to dispose a barrel or two of cider and some apples yearly, without any harm to the premises, and likewise I do reserve like liberty for myself and my wife, to dispose of my wearing apparel, and whom we shall meet to enjoy them after our decease. Also I do give full power of bequeathing the great brass pan at her decease; and my son Timothy is to carry the improvements of the whole Estate, and to order and dispose of the stock, so far as the necessity of our subsistance shall require, and after my decease and the decease of my wife, my said son Timothy shall have and enjoy all my whole estate fore mentioned to him and his heirs forever, always provided that in case my said son Timothy shall die and leave no natural heirs begotten by him, that shall either not attain the age of twenty-one years or marry, then the one-half of my lands exempting the orchard and pasture down to the bridge, that goeth into the meadow; also the upper pasture by the house that shall belong to the house, shall return to 'william, the son of my son Samuel. Also my son Timothy is to pay out of the estate: Imprimis to discharge my daughter Mary, with that which is paid, the sum of 34 pounds, which is the full portion I allow her. To my son William twenty shillings, to Samuel ten pounds, to Nathaniel fifteen pounds, to Joseph five pounds - these legacies to my sons to be discharged within two years of my decease. In consideration of the premises we both have hereunto set our hands this 22nd day of April Anno Dom. 1660. Witness to the signatures: Daniel Clark, James Alford, William Phelps, Timothy Phelps. Entered o the Windsor, Conn., Register, July 26th, 1672'."

3. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 88-89:
"Nathaniel Phelps, b. England, about 1627, emigrated to New England with his father, in ship Mary and John, settling with his father in Dorchester, removing to Windsor, Ct., in 1635-6, where he m. Elizabeth Copley, 17 Sep 1650. She was an English lady.
Says the Hon. James H. Phelps of Townshend, Vt., a descendant of the family of Elizabeth Copley, in England was the celebrated artist, John Copley, father of Lord Lyndhurst, who on the 30th of April, 1827, became Lord Chancellor of England.' Lord Lyndhurst appears to have no knowledge of this connection, as may be seen from his letter herewith attached. As this connection must be traced back over 200 years, here is no reason to doubt the same. Mrs. Phelps died in Northampton, Mass., 6 Dec 1712, some ten years after her husband. Her will probated in Northampton, Vol. II, 1678-1716. Reference is made to her sons Nathaniel and William Phelps, who are to have the land her husband left her, to be divided equally between them. Her homestead also to be divided between them, Nathaniel to have the side he lives in, and William the other side. To Abigal 50 pounds; to the children of Matthew and Mary Closson 5 pound each; to her son-in-law, Matthew Closson, 10 shillings; to Thomas Copley 3 pounds; to Samuel and John Lankton 20 shillings each.
Mr. Phelps resided on the Orton place opposite his father's homestead, which he purchased of his brother Samuel. Here he resided up to 1656-7, when he remvoed with part of his family to Northampton, Mass., one of his first settlers. Says Stiles: 'He was a pious man of good intellect, and of a sound, discriminating judgment - was one of the first deacons of the N. Church. His homestead was occupied by him for 43 years, and by his descendants until 1835.' His homestead comprised the land which was over fifty years ago occupied by Miss Margaret Dwight's school, and which at a later date was a College Institute of J.J. Dudley, Esq., and which is now Shady Lawn. the old homestead stood a few rods north of that edifice. (Clark's Northampton Antiquity).
Although Mr. Phelps, removed to Northampton in 1656-7, we find him paying slip rent in Windsor 4 Jan 1659.
8 Feb 1679, Dea. Nathaniel Phelps, with his sons Nathaniel Jr. and William, took the oath of allegiance before Worshipful Maj. Pynchon.
11 May 1681, he was made a freeman by the General Court at Boston.
He died in Northampton 27 May 1702, aged 75 years, honored and respected.
His children were:
I. Mary, b. Windsor, Ct., 21 Jun 1651, m. Matthew Closson.
II. Nathaniel, b. Windsor, Ct., 2 Jun 1653, m. Grace Martin.
III. Abigail, b. Windsor, Ct., 5 Apr 1655, d. aged 101 yrs, 4 mos. 11 days, m. John Alverd. No issue.
IV. William, b. Northampton, Mass., 22 Jun 1657, m. Abigail Stebbins.
V. Thomas, b. Northampton, Mass., 20 May 1661, d. unmarried.
VI. Mercy, b. Northampton, Mass., 16 Mar 1662, d. 15 Jul 1662."

4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 565: "Nathaniel (Dea.) (son of William), m. 17 Sep 1650 (O.C.R.) Elizabeth Copley, 'an Englishwoman'; res. in Windsor on the Orton place near his father, but removed 1656 or '7 to Northampton, Mass.; was one of its founders; was regarded as a pious man, of good intellect, and of a sound discriminating judgment; was one of the first deacons of the N. Church. His homestead was occupied by him for 43 years and by his descendants until 1835; the last owner sold and removed to Ohio. This homestead 'comprised the land which was, over 50 years ago, occupied by Miss Margaret Dwight's school, and which at a later date was the College Instit. of J.H. Dudley, Esq., and what is now Shady Lawn. The old homestead stood a few rods N. of that edifice.' - 'Clark's Northampton Antiquities.'
Dea. Nathaniel Phelps d. 27 May 1702; his widow d. 6 Dec 1712. It has been said that she descended from the same family as the celebrated artist John Coply, father of Lord Lyndhurst; but the statement lacks corroboration. Her will (N. Prob. Rec.) divides house and lands equally between her sons Nath'l and Wm.; to her dau. Abigail ₤50; to ch. of Matthew and Mary Closson, ₤5 each; to her son-in-law, Matthew Closson, 10s.; to Thomas Coply, ₤3; and to Samuel and John Lankton, 20s. each.
8 Feb 1678, Dea. Nathaniel, with his sons Nathaniel and William, took the oath of allegiance before Worshipful Major Pynchon; 11 May 1681, he was made a freeman by Gen. Ct. at Boston. Children (the first 3 born at Windsor, the rest at Northampton):
A. Mary, b. 21 Jun 1651 (O.C.R.); m. 12 Dec 1670 at N., Matthew Closson, an irishman, servant of one of the early settlers of N.; had 10 ch., of whom but 4 lived to adult age; their eldest was b. in N.; they removed to Deerfield abt. 1672, where many of their descendants are now found amoung the most respectable families of D.
B. Nathaniel (Dea.), b. 2 Apr 1653. - O.C.R.
C. Abigail, b. 5 Apr 1655 (O.C.R); m. John Alvord.
D. William, b. 22 Jun 1657, 'at Northampton' (O.C.R.); m. Abigail Stebbins.
E. Thomas, b. 20 May 1661; d. young, unmd.
F. Mercy, b. 16 May 1662; d. 15 Jul 1662."

5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 563-65, has the following information, but I omit the first part which states he was born in 1599 in Tewkesbury in County Gloucester and married Elizabeth since this is not regarded as being correct as explained in notes above: "William... came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Mr. Warham, of whose church, formed in Plymouth, England, he was an original member. - Old Church Records. He was accompanied hither by his wife and five children... He was from the first a prominent and highly respected citizen at Dorchester, his name frequently occurring in the "Mass. Records." 19 Oct 1630, he applied to be made a freeman; 9 Nov 1630, he was one of the jury empaneled for the trial of Walter Palmer for the murder of Austin Brotchus - the first trial by jury in New England; 27 Sep 1631, he was appointed Constable of Dorchester; 4 Mar 1634, Ens. Gibbs and Wm. Felps were appointed by the Genreral Court to go with a committee of three to arrange the borders between Boston and Dorchester, and explain what each town wants; 5 May 1635, he was a member of the General Court of Massachusetts from Dorchester. In the spring of 1636 he removed with his children (his wife having died in Dorchester) to Windsor, whither his brother George is understood to have preceded him, in the first emigration of Mr. Warham's church in the fall of 1635.
In Windsor, as in Dorchester, he ranked as an honored and active citizen; was a member of the first court held in Connecticut, 1636; also in 1637, which declared war against the Pequots; was a magistrate from 1638 to the close of 1642; foreman of the first Grand Jury 1643; deputy to Gen. Ct. 1645, '46-'49, '51, '57; in 1658 was again made magistrate and held the office for 4 years after; is frequeintly named on the petit jury; in 1641 was appointed together with Mr. Welles of Hartford a committee on 'lying'. He was an excellent, pious, and upright man in his public and private life, and was truly 'a pillar in church and state.' His residence in Windsor was about three-quarters of a mile N.W. of Broad St on the road to Poquonock, on a place owned (1859) by Dea. Roger Phelps.
He m. (2) at Windsor, Mary Dover, b. in England, and who is said to have been a fellow passenger with him on the 'Mary and John.' She was a member of original church of Dorchester and Windsor. - O.C.R.
After a residence of 42 years in New England, ow which 36 where passed in Windsor, he died there 14 Jul 1672; his widow d. 27 Nov 1675. - O.C.R.
In the Old Church Records and other Windsor records, Mr. Phelps was distinguished from his son William as 'Ould Mr. Phelps.' children (by first marriage, born in England):
A. William, b. abt. 1620 (in a deposition taken at Hartford 29 May 1677, is mentioned as being about threescore years of age - i.e. b. 1617); removed from Dorchester with his father to Windsor where he was admitted to member of Windsor church 17 Nov 1639. - O.C.R. He m. (1) Isabel Wilson, 4 Jun 1645, 'now since 29 years and has had no child,' 15 Jul 1674 (O.C.R.); she admitted to Windsor 11 Mar 1654 (O.C.R.); d.s.p. He m. (2) Sarah (dau. Humphrey) Pinney, 20 Dec 167 (O.C.R.); she was b. 19 Nov, bp. 3 Dec 1648; he sett. one-third of his ppy. on her before marriage; no issue by her. He was made a freeman at Hartford 1669; d. 7 Feb 1681; contrib. 9 s. to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor of other Cols., 1676. His noncupative will, dated 10 Feb 1681 gives all his land to his bro. Timothy. (He had land near his father, and his homestead on the N. side of the E. and W. road which ran from Josiah Ellsworth's {late Peter Brown's} house to the Rivulet. It was garrisoned in King Philip's War (1675/6) by details of Windsor men. William,. Jr. was a worthy man, tho' not a conspicuous figure as compared with his father. He had one of his wife's nephew's, Samuel Wilson, reside with him, and possibly (O.C.R.) adopted him. He gave him land on the opp. side of road form his own house. In making Sarah Pinney his second wife he executed a jointure before marriage, giving her much of his property, and a controversy arose, after the death of 'William the younger,' concerning this land, between her and the adopted son. William Phelps owned the W. part of the Ellison-Orton lot, 40 rods on highway, and bought of Sam. Pond 11 rods more, ext'g from his ho.-lot S. 51 rods of present ditch which drained the once swamp W. of old highway. - J.H.H.)
B. Sarah, b. abt. 1623; m. Windsor 9 Jun 1658 Wm. Wade of Middletown, Conn.; she d. 10 Jul 1659; s.p.
C. Samuel, b. abt. 1625.
D. Nathaniel, b. abt. 1627.
E. Joseph, b. abt. 1629.
By second marriage:
F. Timothy, 'was born here in Aug. 1639' - O.C.R.
G. Mary, 'was born here March 1644'; m. Thos. Barber; sett. at Simsbury and became the ancestors of the S. Barbers."

6. "The American Genealogist," 68(Jul 1990):161-166, "The English Origin of William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., with Notes on His Marriages," by Myrtle Stevens Hyde:
"William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn....
Children (Phelps) of William1, prob. by his apparent first wife Mary (___), bp. Crewkerne, co. Somerset...
iv. Nathaniel bp. 6 March 1624[/5], d. Northampton, Mass., 27 May 1702 (James Edward Buckman, comp., "Northampton Deaths," in Forbes Library, Northampton, p. 13); m. Windsor 17 Sept. 1650 widow Elizabeth COPLEY (Windsor Early Recs. p. 55; see NEHGR 64[1910]:248 fn.). For his probate, see Hampshire Co., Mass., PR 3:93-94..."

Nathaniel married Elizabeth Copley on 17 Sep 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Copley and Elizabeth Griswold) was born on 14 Feb 1629 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Dec 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 88-89:
"Nathaniel Phelps, b. England, about 1627, emigrated to New England with his father, in ship Mary and John, settling with his father in Dorchester, removing to Windsor, Ct., in 1635-6, where he m. Elizabeth Copley, 17 Sep 1650. She was an English lady.
Says the Hon. James H. Phelps of Townshend, Vt., a descendant of the family of Elizabeth Copley, in England was the celebrated artist, John Copley, father of Lord Lyndhurst, who on the 30th of April, 1827, became Lord Chancellor of England.' Lord Lyndhurst appears to have no knowledge of this connection, as may be seen from his letter herewith attached. As this connection must be traced back over 200 years, here is no reason to doubt the same. Mrs. Phelps died in Northampton, Mass., 6 Dec 1712, some ten years after her husband. Her will probated in Northampton, Vol. II, 1678-1716. Reference is made to her sons Nathaniel and William Phelps, who are to have the land her husband left her, to be divided equally between them. Her homestead also to be divided between them, Nathaniel to have the side he lives in, and William the other side. To Abigal 50 pounds; to the children of Matthew and Mary Closson 5 pound each; to her son-in-law, Matthew Closson, 10 shillings; to Thomas Copley 3 pounds; to Samuel and John Lankton 20 shillings each.
Mr. Phelps resided on the Orton place opposite his father's homestead, which he purchased of his brother Samuel. Here he resided up to 1656-7, when he removed with part of his family to Northampton, Mass., one of his first settlers. Says Stiles: 'He was a pious man of good intellect, and of a sound, discriminating judgment - was one of the first deacons of the N. Church. His homestead was occupied by him for 43 years, and by his descendants until 1835.' His homestead comprised the land which was over fifty years ago occupied by Miss Margaret Dwight's school, and which at a later date was a College Institute of J.J. Dudley, Esq., and which is now Shady Lawn. The old homestead stood a few rods north of that edifice. (Clark's Northampton Antiquity).
Although Mr. Phelps, removed to Northampton in 1656-7, we find him paying slip rent in Windsor 4 Jan 1659.
8 Feb 1679, Dea. Nathaniel Phelps, with his sons Nathaniel Jr. and William, took the oath of allegiance before Worshipful Maj. Pynchon.
11 May 1681, he was made a freeman by the General Court at Boston.
He died in Northampton 27 May 1702, aged 75 years, honored and respected.
His children were:
I. Mary, b. Windsor, Ct., 21 Jun 1651, m. Matthew Closson.
II. Nathaniel, b. Windsor, Ct., 2 Jun 1653, m. Grace Martin.
III. Abigail, b. Windsor, Ct., 5 Apr 1655, d. aged 101 yrs., 4 mos., 11 days, m. John Alverd. No issue.
IV. William, b. Northampton, Mass., 22 Jun 1657, m. Abigail Stebbins.
V. Thomas, b. Northampton, Mass., 20 May 1661, d. unmarried.
VI. Mercy, b. Northampton, Mass., 16 Mar 1662, d. 15 Jul 1662."

2. From the book "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33" under the heading of William Phelps' Children: "Nathaniel, bp. Crewkerne 6 March 1624[/5]; m. Windsor 17 September 1650 Elizabeth (____) Copley ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]." This would seem to indicate that Elizabeth was married to a Copley.

3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 565: "Nathaniel (Dea.) (son of William), m. 17 Sep 1650 (O.C.R.) Elizabeth Copley, 'an Englishwoman'; res. in Windsor on the Orton place near his father, but removed 1656 or '7 to Northampton, Mass.; was one of its founders; was regarded as a pious man, of good intellect, and of a sound discriminating judgment; was one of the first deacons of the N. Church. His homestead was occupied by him for 43 years and by his descendants until 1835; the last owner sold and removed to Ohio. This homestead 'comprised the land which was, over 50 years ago, occupied by Miss Margaret Dwight's school, and which at a later date was the College Instit. of J.H. Dudley, Esq., and what is now Shady Lawn. The old homestead stood a few rods N. of that edifice.' - 'Clark's Northampton Antiquities.'
Dea. Nathaniel Phelps d. 27 May 1702; his widow d. 6 Dec 1712. It has been said that she descended from the same family as the celebrated artist John Coply, father of Lord Lyndhurst; but the statement lacks corroboration. Her will (N. Prob. Rec.) divides house and lands equally between her sons Nath'l and Wm.; to her dau. Abigail ₤50; to ch. of Matthew and Mary Closson, ₤5 each; to her son-in-law, Matthew Closson, 10s.; to Thomas Coply, ₤3; and to Samuel and John Lankton, 20s. each.
8 Feb 1678, Dea. Nathaniel, with his sons Nathaniel and William, took the oath of allegiance before Worshipful Major Pynchon; 11 May 1681, he was made a freeman by Gen. Ct. at Boston. Children (the first 3 born at Windsor, the rest at Northampton):
A. Mary, b. 21 Jun 1651 (O.C.R.); m. 12 Dec 1670 at N., Matthew Closson, an Irishman, servant of one of the early settlers of N.; had 10 ch., of whom but 4 lived to adult age; their eldest was b. in N.; they removed to Deerfield abt. 1672, where many of their descendants are now found among the most respectable families of D.
B. Nathaniel (Dea.), b. 2 Apr 1653. - O.C.R.
C. Abigail, b. 5 Apr 1655 (O.C.R); m. John Alvord.
D. William, b. 22 Jun 1657, 'at Northampton' (O.C.R.); m. Abigail Stebbins.
E. Thomas, b. 20 May 1661; d. young, unmd.
F. Mercy, b. 16 May 1662; d. 15 Jul 1662."
[Kerry's note: No Copley family biographies in same book.]

4. "The American Genealogist," 68(Jul 1990):161-166, "The English Origin of William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., with Notes on His Marriages," by Myrtle Stevens Hyde:
"William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn....
Children (Phelps) of William1, prob. by his apparent first wife Mary (___), bp. Crewkerne, co. Somerset...
iv. Nathaniel bp. 6 March 1624[/5], d. Northampton, Mass., 27 May 1702 (James Edward Buckman, comp., "Northampton Deaths," in Forbes Library, Northampton, p. 13); m. Windsor 17 Sept. 1650 widow Elizabeth COPLEY (Windsor Early Recs. p. 55; see NEHGR 64[1910]:248 fn.). For his probate, see Hampshire Co., Mass., PR 3:93-94..."

William married Lydia Marsh on 17 Nov 1645 in Widford, Essex, England. Lydia (daughter of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin) was born on 9 Oct 1620 in Braintree, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]