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John Phelps

Male 1703 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Phelps was born on 30 Sep 1703 (son of Joseph Phelps and Sarah Hosford); and died.

    Family/Spouse: Anna Hosford. Anna and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Phelps (son of Lieutenant Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold); died on 30 Aug 1716.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Hebron, Connecticut, USA

    Notes:

    Owned a large tract of land in Hebron, Connecticut, USA and moved there in the latter part of his life

    Joseph married Sarah Hosford on 18 Nov 1686. Sarah (daughter of John Hosford and Phillury Thrall) was born on 27 Sep 1666 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Hosford was born on 27 Sep 1666 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (daughter of John Hosford and Phillury Thrall); and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 317
    • Will: 11 Dec 1678; The will of William Thrall (1605-1679) was dated 11 December 1678 and was taken by Christopher Sanders and Jacob Drake. It is from Invt. L158-09-06. Court Record. Page 18 — 4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven. Connecticut Probate Records Vol. IV p. 370. "I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Estate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth: First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip Hosford the sum of L45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease. Second: that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice. Third: That he pay to Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge 20 shillings. It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land. For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillip Thrall. A cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him. I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor. Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Overseers. Witness: Job Drake, Mary Woodbridge. William X Thrall.

    Children:
    1. Daniel Phelps and died.
    2. Jonathan Phelps and died.
    3. Sarah Phelps was born on 14 Aug 1687; and died.
    4. Mary Phelps was born on 8 Jun 1689; and died.
    5. Joseph Phelps was born on 16 Mar 1692; and died.
    6. Abigail Phelps was born on 16 Oct 1693; and died.
    7. Edward Phelps was born in 1697; and died.
    8. Benoni Phelps was born on 24 Jun 1699; and died.
    9. 1. John Phelps was born on 30 Sep 1703; and died.
    10. Captain Abel Phelps was born on 19 Feb 1705; and died.
    11. Ichabod Phelps was born on 3 Apr 1708; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lieutenant Timothy Phelps and died.

    Notes:

    Promoted to Lietenant under Colonel Whitney with Captain Mathew Allyn in Queen Ann's War

    Timothy married Mary Griswold. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Griswold and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Joseph Phelps died on 30 Aug 1716.

  3. 6.  John Hosford was born before 3 Oct 1627 in Beaminster, Dorset, England (son of William Hosford); died in May 1698.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Carpenter
    • Reference Number: 312
    • Alt. Death: 7 Aug 1683, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

    Notes:

    John Hosford and his brother-in-law Timothy Thrall, were apparently close friends and supported each other in town and church affairs. Philippa bore ten children, four of whom married grandchildren of original Colony members, and son John married Deborah, daughter of Peter Brown of Plymouth.

    John Hosford was a member of a troop of 37 horsemen, first in the Colony, organized by the General Court and commanded by Capt. John Mason. John is mentioned in the records of Old Windsor as a carpenter, a master work-man at building houses.

    John Hosford's will shows: To his son, William, 225 pounds, John, 121 pounds, daus. Hester, Mary and Sarah, 100 pounds each, and to Obadiah, 122 pounds (Col.Rec.).

    John Hosford was given by William Thrall, the fifty acres granted the older man for his services in the first Pequod War. John Hosford was the son of Elder Wm. Hosford, who also came on the "Mary and John". Elder Hosford left his land and house to his son John Hosford upon returning to England. John Hosford and his brother-in-Law Timothy Thrall, were apparently close friends and supported each other in town and church affairs.

    John married Phillury Thrall on 5 Nov 1657 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Phillury (daughter of William Thrall and Elizabeth Goode) was born on 25 Oct 1639 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 8 Jul 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Phillury Thrall was born on 25 Oct 1639 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (daughter of William Thrall and Elizabeth Goode); died on 8 Jul 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Phillipa
    • Will: 11 Dec 1678; The will of William Thrall (1605-1679) was dated 11 December 1678 and was taken by Christopher Sanders and Jacob Drake. It is from Invt. L158-09-06. Court Record. Page 18 — 4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven. Connecticut Probate Records Vol. IV p. 370. "I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Estate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth: First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip Hosford the sum of L45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease. Second: that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice. Third: That he pay to Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge 20 shillings. It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land. For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillip Thrall. A cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him. I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor. Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Overseers. Witness: Job Drake, Mary Woodbridge. William X Thrall.

    Children:
    1. William Hosford was born on 25 Oct 1658 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 8 Jul 1683.
    2. John Hosford was born on 16 Oct 1660 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 May 1668.
    3. Timothy Hosford was born on 20 Oct 1662 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    4. Hester Hosford was born on 27 May 1664; and died.
    5. 3. Sarah Hosford was born on 27 Sep 1666 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    6. Samuel Hosford was born on 2 Jun 1669 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    7. Nathaniel Hosford was born on 19 Aug 1671 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    8. Mary Hosford was born on 12 Apr 1674 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    9. John Hosford was born on 20 Sep 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    10. Obadiah Hosford was born on 23 Sep 1677 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William Hosford was born in England; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1630

    Notes:

    Immigrant to US on ship "Mary and John". When his wife died he remarried to the widow of Henry FOULKES, and a few years later they went back to England never to return. He left his land and house to his son.

    Children:
    1. 6. John Hosford was born before 3 Oct 1627 in Beaminster, Dorset, England; died in May 1698.

  2. 14.  William Thrall was born on 8 Aug 1605 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; died on 3 Aug 1679 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Stonemason
    • Will: 11 Dec 1678, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; The will of WILLIAM THRALL (1605-1679) was dated 11 December 1678 and was taken by Christopher Sanders and Jacob Drake. It is from Invt. L158-09-06. Court Record. Page 18 — 4 December, 1679: Will & Invt. proven. Connecticut Probate Records Vol. IV p. 370. "I William Thrall of Windsor do give and bequeath my Outward Estate, my House Barn & all my Lands of one sort or other, Upland or Meadow, to my son Timothy Thrall, to be his & his heirs forever, yt with this Proviso, that upon his possession thereof he stand bound to discharge the Legacies as followeth: First: that he pay to Daughter Phillip Hosford the sum of L45, to be paid within 3 years after my decease. Second: that he pay to Samuel Cross, & also to her that was Mary Cross, both which live with me, 5 Shillings apeice. Third: That he pay to Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge 20 shillings. It is my Will & I do give to my gr. child Sarah Hosford the little House I have begun to build on John Hosford's Land. For my Household Goods, what is in the possession of my son Timothy Thrall I do bestow on him, & what part of my Household Goods is in the possession of John Shepherd I do give to my daughter Phillip Thrall. A cow of mine in John Hosford's Hands I do give to Daughter Phillip Hosford, & the Cattle or Stock in my son Timothy Thrall's Hands I give to him. I ordain my son Timothy Thrall Executor. Also I desire Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge and Abraham Phelps to be my Overseers. Witness: Job Drake, Mary Woodbridge. William X Thrall.

    Notes:

    William Thrall is the founder of the Thrall family in the United States. He was born in 1605 in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England and came to the Colonies on the "Mary and John" in the year 1630. The "Mary and John" was a vessel of four hundred tons captained by a man named Squeb and the vessel sailed with 180 passengers.

    William was part of a company of Puritans under the leadership of Rev. John Wareham of Exeter and Rev. John Meverick, both ministers of the Church of England Setting sail from Plymouth, England on 20 March, they first came ashore on 30 May 1630. They disembarked with what goods they had, to some high land in the salt meadow, now a part of the city of Boston. They named the place Dorchester, which was selected by the captain of the "Mary and John" as he came from Dorchester, England. Page 277 of Prince's Chronology of New England records "May 30, Lord's Day. Mr. Wareham and his church, and their goods, were put ashore at Nantasket Point. The went immediately to Charlestown, and from thence to Mattepan, and began a town and named it Dorchester, and the native Indians were kind to them."

    Revs. Wareham and Meverick and their group stayed in Dorchester less than five years, as a number of their menfolk had discovered more fertile land below the first falls of the Connecticut River, at the junction of the Farmington River just above Hartford. Part of the Colony went by boat and the remainder travelled across the one hundred miles of virgin forest, to establish the town of Windsor. Windsor was unofficially known as Thrallville in the early years.

    The first we know of William Thrall is that he is listed with the following men who were among the thirty men who went from Windsor to join in the fight against the Pequod Indians in May 1637. Capt. John Mason, Sgt. Benedict Alvord, Thomas Barber, Thomas Buckland, George Chappel, John Dyer, James Eggleston, Nathaniel Gillet, Thomas Gridley, Thomas Styles, Sgt. Thomas Stares, Richard Osborn, Thomas Parsons, William Thrall. The Indian village in this case was so completely destroyed that for many years, the settlers had no further trouble with the Indians. Some years later, the participants were given land grants. To quote from Dr. Styles records with regard to the first Indian war in New England, "The danger was imminent, and so complete the victory that it caused universal rejoicing throughout New England, and a grant of land was given each soldier and officer, and to this day the memory of an ancestor who was in the Pequod fight, is an honorable heirloom in every Connecticut family".

    William Thrall is mentioned many times in the early records. His lot shows up in the first plot of Windsor, between the lots of Nicholas Palmer and Thomas Bascomb, and ran from the road to the Farmington River. In 1646, William sold this lot to Nicholas Palmer and moved to Simon Hoyte's place, north of the village. Robert Wilson bought a half interest with William in the Hoyte's 80 acres, but sold his half to Thrall in 1654. This 80 acres has been part of the holdings of the Thrall family ever since, thanks to William Thrall's will.

    We know very little about the wife of William Thrall. She is referred to in the Old Windsor records as Goode Thrall, but "Goode" was an expression applied to women with families and it is simply an abbreviation of "Goodwife". Whether she came over to New England on the "Mary and John" with her husband or they met in Dorchester, has never been established The record of her death simply states, "Goode Thrall, wife of William, died 30 July 1676".

    Page 5 of Walter G Thrall's 1862 Genealogy gives a most likely incorrect death date of August 3, 1678.

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    William married Elizabeth Goode in 1638 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1609; died on 30 Jul 1676 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Elizabeth Goode was born in 1609; died on 30 Jul 1676 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Elizabeth Goody

    Children:
    1. 7. Phillury Thrall was born on 25 Oct 1639 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 8 Jul 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Timothy Thrall was born on 25 Jul 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in Jun 1697 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    3. David Thrall was born between 1643 and 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 Dec 1722.