TIMOTHY AND MARY (GRISWOLD) PHELPS AND FAMILY

The Phelps family was one of the most prominent in the early development of Windsor, Connecticut. Timothy became a freeman in 1664, a Lieutenant in 1690, and a  Captain in 1696 while he served in Queen Anne's War.  He was a man of considerable ability and was held in great esteem.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:  Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in England's Thirteen American Colonies; in Europe, it is viewed as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Timothy and his wife, Mary Griswold Phelps,  had the following children, all born in Windsor:

 1663 Timothy
1666  Joseph
1668  William
1671  Cornelius
1671  Mary
1675  Samuel
1677  Nathaniel
1679  Sarah
1682  Abigail, our ancestor
1684  Hannah
1686  Anna
1688  Martha

The Timothy Phelps family  resided in Windsor, CT. on the old homestead, on land purchased by his father from the Indians. He was propounded October 1663, and made a freeman May 2nd, 1664. In May,1690, "Thos. Allen, chosen and allowed Capt. of Trained Band in Windsor and Timothy Phelps,  Lieut., and are to be commissioned accordingly." May, 1696, "The soldiers at Windsor have chosen Timothy Phelps as their Capt. and The Court approveth their said choice and does order the said officers shall receive their commissions, Sgt. Timothy Phelps that went up to the Great Falls in Oct. last, ordered by the Gov. and Council, 6 Feb., 1706-7, upon public service, shall  be allowed 8 shillings apiece more than allowed them by Capt. Matthew Allen." He was appointed a Lieut. by the General Court, receiving his commission in 1709, and served under Col. William Whiting, in Capt. Matthew Allyn's Co., in 1707, in the Queen Anne War. He died in 1719. His will, dated 2nd May, 1717. He died in 1719.

 Here are Timothy's written words of his will:
 "I Timothy Phelps of Windsor, being very aged yet retaining a good measure of understanding and memory, do make this my last will and testament: Imprinis. I give, devise and bequeath all my estate whatsoever, both real and personal to my three sons, William, Cornelius and Samuel, to have, hold and improve the same in trust for the use of my wife during her natural life, and after her decease my will is, and I hereby do give and devise all my housing and lands with the appurtenances to my sons, Timothy Phelps, William Phelps, Cornelius Phelps, Samuel Phelps, Nathaniel Phelps, and heirs of Joseph Phelps in room of their father, to be equally divided into six equal parts, provided always, and it is my will that they pay and make up to their sisters, Sarah, Hannah, Ann, and Martha, my daughters, or to their heirs and to the heirs of my daughter. Abigail, deceased, 48 pounds as money apiece; and my will is that what they have already ree'd. as entered upon my book shall be reckoned as part of sd. summs and my 2d. son and the heirs of my son Joseph shall pay their sisters and their heirs above mentioned in equal proportion, except that the heirs of Joseph shall pay 4 pounds more than an equal proportion, and my son Cornelius 4 pounds less than an equal proportion. And my will further is, that my wife shall have the free disposal of all her wearing apparel at her decease, and that my grandson Samuel Filer shall have half of that bequeathed to the heirs of my daughter Abigail if he liveth with me so long as I live, or till he comes to the age of 18 years. I appoint my wife Mary and my three sons, William, Cornelius and Samuel, to be executors. John Mansfield. Thomas Moore. Timothy Phelps. And whereas, I being aged and my wife soe, and not knowing how long it may please God to continue my life, and not knowing what debts and charge may arise before I leave this world, my will is that my sons and my daughters and their heirs shall pay their equal parts and shares of my debts and charges after my decease, and my daughters, Sarah, Hannah, Ann, and Martha, and the heirs of Abigail, shall have 46 pounds apiece with what they have already had, to be paid as money out of my estate after my decease. By the charge as above mentioned I intend that if there be any extraordinary charge, so that the improvement of my estate will not maintain me. This addition of my will was made and published the 2nd day of March, 1716." The will was Proven Oct. 6, 1719.

TIMOTHY WILLIAM PHELPS
BORN: 1 Sep 1639 in Windsor, CT
MARRIED: 19 Mar 1661 in Windsor
DIED: aft 28 Sep 1719 in Windsor

MARY GRISWOLD
BORN: 5 Oct 1644 in Windsor
DIED: 2 Mar 1717 in Windsor
Both are buried at the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor.
SOURCES: Birth - Some early Records and Documents of Windsor Connecticut by Matthew Grant 974.62/W1 N2c p. 55: Timothy Phelps was borne here in August . 1639. Windsor Vital Rec-0002983 pg 230: Timothy Phelps,s.William, b.Sept.1, 1639 Windsor Births, Marriages and Deaths 1316427 p. 164: Timothy d. bet. 2 March 1716/7 and 28 Sept. 1719, the dates that his will was executed and that the witnesses made oath of his signature;  The Phelps Family - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7621/Phelps.html: 9. Timothy Phelps b. 1 SEP 1639, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, occupation Lieutenant, m. 19 MAR 1661, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Mary Griswold, b. 5-Oct-1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, (daughter of Edward Griswold and Margaret Hicks) d. 23 AUG 1690, Clinton, CT. Timothy died 1719, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Note 2: Phelps-Marshll Kinship by Nancy S. McBride 929.273 P518a p. 20 Lt. 

WALTER AND JANE ( IRVING) FYLER AND FAMILY

WALTER FYLER
BORN: 1602 in Dorchester, England
MARRIED:        in England
DIED: 12 Dec 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, CT

JANE O. IRVING
BORN: 1620 in Dorchester, England
DIED: 11 Sep 1690 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
BURIED: PALISADO CEMETERY in Windsor, CT

ZERUBABLE AND EXPERIENCE (STRONG) FILER

Experience Strong was seen by John Winthrop, Jr. as her physician on April 4, 1667. He gave her age as 16 and said she was living with her grandfather Ford in Windsor. That would have been Thomas Ford, whose third wife (Ann Scott) was still living, and was also treated (then and on July 29). Winthrop's Medical Journal states that they were "of Windsor". Windsor's Town Hall is pictured below:




Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartford. 

Thomas Ford clearly had a special interest in Experience, because in 1668 he made a conditional deed of his Windsor homestead (he was a large landowner) to Zerubabbel Filer, if  he would marry Experience. They needed plenty of land, since their marriage produced 13 children who were all born in Hartford County. Zerubabel and Experience were married on the 17th of May in 1669 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Their children: 

1669 Thomas
1672 Jane
1673 Zerubable who died the same day that he was born
1674 Zerubable
1676 John
1680 Samuel who died young
1680 Abigail who died young
1681 Samuel, our ancestor
1683 Abigail
1688 Stephen
1690 Ebenezer
1691 Experience
1694 Elizabeth

"In 1670, the town of Suffield granted 60 acres of  land to Zerubbadell  Fyler, Samuel Harmon, Joseph Harmon, Hath. Harmon, and Robert Old, who were then the first bonafied settlers of Suffield. They had bought their acreages at the stipulted price of four pence the acre. This meant that Zerubbadell  got his sixty acres for one pound even. That would be roughly five dollars in today's money." Source: The Biography of a Town - Suffield . Connecticut 1670 by Robert Hayden Alcon 974.62/S2 H 2 p. 9

ZERUBABEL FILER
BORN: 23 Dec 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
MARRIED: 27 May 1669 in Windsor
DIED: 21 Oct 1714

EXPERIENCE STRONG
BORN: 4 Aug 1650
DIED: aft 1716
SOURCES: birth-name: Zerubbable Fyler or Filer;  Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 23 October 1644; Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906" for all  the children of Zerubbable and Experience Carver; !From Archive Records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Ancestral File, ver 4.13; Zerubabel was bequeathed a lot in Windsor by Thomas Ford, if  "he should marry Experience Strong." He did on Mary 27, 1669.

JOHN AND SARAH (HARDING) WHITMARSH AND FAMILY

John Whitmarsh was baptized in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, pictured above, in 1624. Shepton Mallett is 5 miles NW of Batcome, Somerset, England.  John and his parents and family arrived in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA on the 20th of Mar 1634 from Weymouth, England, in Rev. Joseph Hull's Company.  John's future wife, Sarah Harding, was born 1637, in Weymouth, MA. They married in 1652 in Weymouth and had many children, all born in Weymouth:

1654 Sarah
1655 John Increase
1658 Ebenezer
1661 Simon
1663 Mary
1665 Deborah
1667 Zacharia
1670 Ezra
1675 Jane
1676 James
1677 Ruth, our ancestor

John Whitmarsh enlisted in the Weymouth Militia in King Phillips' War, with Captain William Torrey's company on the 1st of Dec 1675.
John's will was dated 1695 and probated in 1709. Friends Edward BATES and Joseph DYER were overseers of his will. 

JOHN WHITMARSH
BAPTIZED: 7 Mar 1624 in Shepston Mallet, Somerset, ENG
MARRIED: 1652 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
DIED: 15 Dec 1709 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA

SARAH HARDING
BORN: 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
DIED:  bef 22 May 1693 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
SOURCES:  "Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, MA", by Chamberlain; AF lists Christening as 7 Mar 1624;!Hist. Weymouth 4:758; Weymouth V.R. (Virkus) 4:346,388; 7:660; Hist. of Bridgewater,MA p.12; Bridgewater V.R. vol 1 & 2; !MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 809; Thomas Kirk LARSEN lists Christening date as 7 Mar 1624; Thomas Kirk LARSEN lists marriage as 1652; Baptism from Somerset IGI, via Don Bryant, researcher; !MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 809; John's birth and death records on Family Treemaker CD 2, Tree 481; info from REID/PORTER family records. 

JOHN AND MILICENT FORD CARVER AND FAMILY

We begin to study our 7th great grand parents with this couple who lived in Plymouth County in Massachusetts in the 1600s and all of their lives. John and Milicent married in 1658 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Native Americans lived in Marshfield for thousands of years before the white settlers came. These people included members of the Wampanoag Tribe of the Algonquin nation and members of the Massachusetts Tribe. Evidence of Native American habitation extending back to 9,000 to 10,000 B.C. has been found extensively in the area.

Here is the list of the Carver children and their birthdates in Marshfield:

1659 William
1661 John
1663 Elizabeth
1664 Daniel
1666 Robert
1668 Eleazer
1669 Daniel, our ancestor
1670 Rebecca
1672 Mercy
1675 Anna
1679 Mehitable

John became a Freeman in 1660. He had lands in Duxbury.  He was elected the constable of the General Court in Marshfield in 1661 and served as a juror frequently. John was also a surveyor of the highways. He died a few days short of age 42 in 1679. Milicent married a second time to Thomas Drake in 1682. 

JOHN CARVER
BORN: 26 Jun 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA
MARRIED: 4 Nov 1658 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
DIED:     23 Jun 1679 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA

MILICENT FORD
BORN: 1637   in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA
MARRIED 2ND: Thomas Drake on 9 Mar 1682
DIED: Before 4 May 1696 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA
SOURCES: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8R-QM8 : 10 February 2018), John Carver in entry for birth of William Carver, 06 Sep 1659; citing MARSHFIELD,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496621 IT 2; Source text: birth: about 1636 for John Carver; Customer pedigree. Customer pedigree. death: 23 June 1679; Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Customer pedigree; !Name from Archive Family Group sheet with wife, Millicent with husband (2) Thomas Drake; Legacy NFS Source: Millicent FORD - birth: about 1637; Citation: World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: November 29, 1995, Not Given, Page number: Tree #0552; Source text: birth: about 1637; Customer pedigree. Customer pedigree. death: ; Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Customer pedigree; New England Genealogical and Historical Registry;April 1965 Pg 93; Milicent's death: record marshfield vital records
Death record page 19; !family research by Sue N. Farrand; IGI, 1988 ed.; !From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. gives name as Millicent Carver with same marr date as shown on Archive Family Group Record for 2nd Marr to wife Millicent Ford; Archive Family Group sheet with her as Wife gives the answer...she married 1st John Carver; Prodigy Note from Steven Barton - 09/05/92 9:44 AM New England Historical and Genealogical Register Jan 1927 pg 104 birth: Family Tree Maker marriage to Drake: Marshfield vital records pg 16;