William Phelps

1599 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William Phelps  [1]
  Christening	19 Aug 1599	Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloustershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I613	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	William Phelps,   c. 2 Aug 1560, Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloustershire, England d. Abt 1611 (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Dorothy (wife of William Phelps) [?]   d. Abt 1613
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Timothy Phelps,   b. 19 Mar 1660/61, Windsor, Connecticut Colony d. Abt 1719 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011

  
  

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• Notes

  William Phelps, his wife, six children, and brother George, then unmarried, emigrated to New England in the ship Mary & John sailing from Plymouth, England, 20 Mar 1630. They landed at Nantasket* Massachusetts on 30 May 1630. The company settled in Dorchester** Massachusetts, the first settlers and founders of that place. Dorchester claims the honor of being the first town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to organize a town government. Mr. Phelps took and active position in town matters and, during the first six months, was made a freeman (for which he applied 19 Oct 1630). - Phelps Family of America *Nantasket is now Hull, Plymouth County **Dorchester is a suburb of Boston, about 17 miles from Hull past Hull, Hingham, Quincy, and Dorchester Bays. Tewkesbury Abbey (offically the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Tewkesbury) is a large and magnificent parish church in a small market town just 10 miles north of Gloucester. A Saxon Benedictine monastery was first founded on this site in the 8th century, which was thoroughly destroyed by the Danes. A new abbey, which still stands today, was founded by a Norman nobleman in 1092. Abbot Giraldus and 39 monks moved to Tewkesbury from Cranborne in Dorset in 1102. The nave was complete in 1121 and the entire church was completed by about 1150. In the 14th century, the abbey church was given a Decorated Gothic makeover. The chancel was renovated and the nave roof was given magnificent lierne vaulting, with narrative and decorative bosses. The tombs and chantry chapels added around the chancel in 1350-1450 reflect the importance of such memorials to the local aristocracy. The Dissolution of the Monasteries (1538-41) meant the destruction of the monastic buildings of Tewkesbury Abbey in 1539, but the town saved the church by paying Henry VIII [1, 3] (Research):Along with William Phelps, Henry Wolcott, grandfather Elizabeth Wolcutt, was among the prominent men of Dorchester Mass then Windsor Conn, both founders of the Colony of Connecticut. Elizabeth was the wife of Daniel Cooley. -History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor

  
  

• Sources

  [S420] Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland OR and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox MA , Phelps Family of America, (Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield, Mass, 1899), p86 (Reliability: 3). [S420] Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland OR and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox MA , Phelps Family of America, (Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield, Mass, 1899), p71 (Reliability: 3). [S534] Website, http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/tewkesbury-abbey.htm (Reliability: 3).