Phelps, Paul (3rd) b. 30 Jan 1786 Willington, Tolland, Connecticut d. 9 Jun 1863 Marion, Wayne, New York, USA: Histories of the Martin & Bloom Families

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1786 - 1863 (77 years)

Name	Phelps, Paul
	Paul 3rd was known as Paul, Jr. until about 1820; by that time his father was apparently dead.
Suffix	(3rd)
Birth	30 Jan 1786	Willington, Tolland, Connecticut [1, 2, 3]
Christening	21 May 1786	Second Congregational Church, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut [3]
Gender	Male
Land	1810 - 1811	Swanton, Franklin, Vermont, USA [4]
	19 Apr 1810 Swanton Deed Book 9, pp. 84-85 Paul Phelps Jr., of Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont leased from Jonathan Ferris of Swanton and Elijah Ferris of the city and state of New York the west half of Lot number 31 in Swanton containing 50 acres for $6.25 annual rent payment. The terms of this lease appear to be the same as the 1809 lease to Solomon Phelps. 28 Apr 1810 Swanton Deed Book 9, p. 85 Paul Phelps Jr. Transferred the lease to Solomon Phelps with the following statement apparently append to the lease “Know all who this may concern that I Paul Phelps Jun, do deliver the within lease with all the privileges thereunto and belonging to Solomon Phelps to his proper use and benefit.” Witnesses: Jed Phelps, Jacob Durkee[?] The preceding two transactions were recorded together 31 May 1825 1 Jul 1811 Paul Phelps, Jr. of Swanton sold the west half of lot number 31 in Swanton containing 50 acres of land for $200 to Oliver Potter and David C. Davis and assigned the lease on the land from Jonathan Ferris and Elijah Ferris to Potter and Davis. Witnesses: Wm. Drayton and D. M. Camp. Recorded: 31 May 1825
	One of Paul Jr’s transactions appears to be missing as he first assumed the lease, then almost immediatley transferred it to Solomon and then sold the lease to Potter and Davis about a year later.
Residence	1820 - 1835	Dryden, Tompkins, New York, USA [5, 6, 7, 8]
	1820 US Census for Paul Phelps Free white males under 10 2 Free white males 26 thru 44 1 [Paul] Free white females under 10 2 Free white females 10 thru 16 Free white females 26 thru 44 [Freelove] 1825 New York Census, Dryden, Tompkins County Number of males, including head of household: 4 Number of females: 4 Number of males qualified to vote: 1 Number of married females less than 45: 1 Number of unmarried females less than 16: 3 Number of neat cattle: 1 Number of sheep: 8 Number of hogs: 1 Number of yard of fulled cloth manufactured: 20 Number of yards of flannel or other woolen cloth not fulled: 13 1830 US Census for Paul Phelps Free white males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free white males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free white males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free white males - 40 thru 49: 1 [Paul] Free white females - Under 5: 1 Free white females - 5 thru 9: 1 Free white females - 10 thru 14: 1 Free white females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free white females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Freelove] 1835 New York Census, Dryden, Tompkins, New York Number of males including head of household: 4 Number of females: 4 Number of males subject to militia: 1 Number of males qualified to vote: 1 Number of unmarried females between 16 and 45 years old: 2 Number of unmarried females less than 16 years old: 1 Number of neat cattle: 1
	Paul does not appear to be indexed for the 1820 US Census of Dryden on ancestry.com and was found by searching manually. The image of the census page can be found on ancestry.com by searching for Abner Brown, b. 1790 (a neighbor).
Residence	1840 - 1863	Marion, Wayne, New York, USA [9, 10, 11]
	1840 US Census for Paul Phelps Free white males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free white males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free white females - 30 thru 39: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 1850 US Census Household Members: Name Age Wm W Howard 38 Lucy A Howard 32 [dau Paul] Henry N Howard 13 Paul Phelps 65 [Abt right age for Paul] Mary Phelps 48 Russel S Howard 37 1860 US Census Paul Phelps 75 Hettie Phelps 74 [Mehetible] Lucinda J Delory [Delong] 33 [prob. dau of Mehitable]
Death	9 Jun 1863	Marion, Wayne, New York, USA [12]
	Birth date calculated from information on gravestone matches that on birth record thereby confirming that this Paul is the son of Paul and Zerviah.
Burial	Hall Center Cemetery, Wayne County, New York, USA
Person ID	I1228	Martin-Bloom
Last Modified	26 May 2019

Father	Phelps, Paul (2nd), b. 19 Oct 1748, Lebanon, Connecticut d. Bef 1820 (Age 71 years)
Mother	Calkins, Zerviah, b. 18 Oct 1748, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut d. Prob Aft 1800, Vermont, USA (Age 52 years)
Marriage	18 Feb 1768	Lebanon First Congregational Church [13, 14]
Notes	There are important errors in the description of Paul and Zerviah's family in Phelps Family of America by Oliver Phelps and Andrew Servin. Phelps and Servin incorrectly state that Zerviah died in 1776 and that Paul then married Theodosia Root of Westfield, Massachusetts. Phelps and Servin list Paul's last four children (John, Solomon, Jedediah and Paul 3rd) as Theodosia's children. However, they actually were Zerviah's children as shown by Dimock's transcription of the records of the Town of Mansfield and the Second Church of Mansfeld, and by an image of a page from Willington Town records for the births of Jedediah and Paul 3rd. Regrettably, Phelps and Servin acknowledged the birth records showing Zerviah as the mother, but chose to list the children as Theodosia's without providing any evidence or supporting argument. There were two Theodosia Roots in Westfield at the time, neither of whom could have married Paul in 1776. Theodosia(1) was b. 28 Oct 1757 in Westfield, the daughter of Solomon Root and Mary Church Root. Her father bequeathed his "daughter Theodosia Root 30 pounds" in his will written 1 Aug 1786 and proved the same year (ancestry.com erroneously says the will was proved on 1 Aug 1786). The use of her maiden name indicates that she was not yet married. She appears to have married a Solomon Phelps soon after her father's death. In 1804, the widow Theodosia Phelps of Westfield married Ebenezer Williams. The deceased was not Paul, as he was still living in Swanton, Vermont. Theodosia(2) was b. 1 Jul 1759, to Martin Root and Eunice Lamb Root. She married Gad Root, a brother of Theodosia(1) on 19 Jun 1779. Theodore, their last child for whom there is a birthdate was b. in 1797. Theodosia (2) d. 23 Aug 1812 and Gad Root died 13 Nov 1824. Phelps and Servin state that after Zerviah’s death Paul moved to Westfield and then to Pennsylvania where he died. Paul’s known movements do not fit that scenario. Paul was still living in Windham, Connecticut in December of 1794 when he advertised that he was going to grind salt, and he (“Paul Phelps of Windham, Windham County Connecticut”) bought land in Woodford, Vermont in 1795 where he resided until about 1803 when he moved to Swanton, Vermont. He lived in Swanton until at least 1814. There is no record of him moving to Pennsylvania after this. (All of his sons and his daughter Zerviah lived in New York for many years after 1814, and a man of his age very likely would have stayed near or with one of his children.) Phelps and Servin also state Zerviah " was probably daughter of John and Sarah (Huntington) Calkins", but that is incorrect. Zerviah, the daughter of John and Sarah, did not grow up in the Lebanon Connecticut area, as her family moved to Dutchess County, New York when she was five or six. Her mother died in Dutchess County in 1744 as did her father in 1769. If she had married Paul, the marriage would have been very unusual, as she was thirteen years older than Paul. Also, she would have been 50 when Paul 3rd was born, a very late (although not impossible) age to give birth. Zerviah, the daughter of Solomon Calkins and Zerviah Dewey, was the same age as Paul and would have been 37 years old when Paul 3rd was born. Finally, Paul and the younger Zerviah were first cousins, lived in the greater Lebanon area, and almost certainly would have known each other. [emphasis mine] [3, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
Family ID	F75	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Wait, Freelove, b. 5 Oct 1785 d. Bef 1840 (Age 54 years)
Marriage	21 Feb 1809	Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, USA [20]
	Paul Phelps of Swanton, Vermont married Freelove Wait of Bennington.
Family ID	F768	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

Family 2	Weatherly DeLong, Mehetible, b. 16 Sep 1783, Menauhant, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Jul 1864, Macedon Center, Wayne, New York, USA (Age 80 years)
Family ID	F769	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

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	Birth - 30 Jan 1786 - Willington, Tolland, Connecticut
	Marriage - 21 Feb 1809 - Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, USA
	Land - 19 Apr 1810 Swanton Deed Book 9, pp. 84-85 Paul Phelps Jr., of Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont leased from Jonathan Ferris of Swanton and Elijah Ferris of the city and state of New York the west half of Lot number 31 in Swanton containing 50 acres for $6.25 annual rent payment. The terms of this lease appear to be the same as the 1809 lease to Solomon Phelps. 28 Apr 1810 Swanton Deed Book 9, p. 85 Paul Phelps Jr. Transferred the lease to Solomon Phelps with the following statement apparently append to the lease “Know all who this may concern that I Paul Phelps Jun, do deliver the within lease with all the privileges thereunto and belonging to Solomon Phelps to his proper use and benefit.” Witnesses: Jed Phelps, Jacob Durkee[?] The preceding two transactions were recorded together 31 May 1825 1 Jul 1811 Paul Phelps, Jr. of Swanton sold the west half of lot number 31 in Swanton containing 50 acres of land for $200 to Oliver Potter and David C. Davis and assigned the lease on the land from Jonathan Ferris and Elijah Ferris to Potter and Davis. Witnesses: Wm. Drayton and D. M. Camp. Recorded: 31 May 1825 - 1810 - 1811 - Swanton, Franklin, Vermont, USA
	Residence - 1820 US Census for Paul Phelps Free white males under 10 2 Free white males 26 thru 44 1 [Paul] Free white females under 10 2 Free white females 10 thru 16 Free white females 26 thru 44 [Freelove] 1825 New York Census, Dryden, Tompkins County Number of males, including head of household: 4 Number of females: 4 Number of males qualified to vote: 1 Number of married females less than 45: 1 Number of unmarried females less than 16: 3 Number of neat cattle: 1 Number of sheep: 8 Number of hogs: 1 Number of yard of fulled cloth manufactured: 20 Number of yards of flannel or other woolen cloth not fulled: 13 1830 US Census for Paul Phelps Free white males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free white males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free white males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free white males - 40 thru 49: 1 [Paul] Free white females - Under 5: 1 Free white females - 5 thru 9: 1 Free white females - 10 thru 14: 1 Free white females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free white females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Freelove] 1835 New York Census, Dryden, Tompkins, New York Number of males including head of household: 4 Number of females: 4 Number of males subject to militia: 1 Number of males qualified to vote: 1 Number of unmarried females between 16 and 45 years old: 2 Number of unmarried females less than 16 years old: 1 Number of neat cattle: 1 - 1820 - 1835 - Dryden, Tompkins, New York, USA
	Residence - 1840 US Census for Paul Phelps Free white males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free white males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free white females - 30 thru 39: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 1850 US Census Household Members: Name Age Wm W Howard 38 Lucy A Howard 32 [dau Paul] Henry N Howard 13 Paul Phelps 65 [Abt right age for Paul] Mary Phelps 48 Russel S Howard 37 1860 US Census Paul Phelps 75 Hettie Phelps 74 [Mehetible] Lucinda J Delory [Delong] 33 [prob. dau of Mehitable] - 1840 - 1863 - Marion, Wayne, New York, USA
	Death - 9 Jun 1863 - Marion, Wayne, New York, USA

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Documents » Slide Show		Birth Records for Jedediah Phelps and Paul Phelps 3rd from Town of Willington, Connecticut Records for Jedediah and Paul are marked with a red line. Original is from familysearch.org
		Phelps Family Members in the Swanton Vermont Tax Rolls, 1804-1813 (pdf) Includes links to original images of tax rolls on familysearch.org
		Phelps Family Land Transactions in Swanton, Vermont (pdf) Included are land transactions of Paul Phelps (2nd), his sons Solomon, Jedediah and Paul, Jr. (3rd) and Paul's son-in-law Daniel Walker.

Notes
Paul was a farmer and peddler. [10, 11, 21]

Sources

[S179] (database on-line, familysearch.org), Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1646 - 1906.
[S178] Lorrain Cook White, Ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), Vol 51, p. 176, 974.6 C752 233-10925.
[S254] Susan W. Dimock, Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths in Mansfield, Connecticut, (The Baker and Taylor Company, 1898), pp. 140, 437, 974.64 M28.
[S266] Swanton, Vermont Town Clerk, Land records, 1790-1890, https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/90531?availability=Family%20History%20Library.
[S132] National Archives and Records Administration, n.d., 1820 US Census, (ancestry.com), Dryden, Tompkins, New York; Page: 29; NARA Roll: M33_76; Image: 66.
[S292] 1825 New York Census, Dryden, Tompkins County, image 51, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ7-29CQ-X?cat=85488.
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[S134] National Archives and Records Administration, 1840 US Census, (ancestry.com), Marion, Wayne, New York, United States Page: 187.
[S93] 1850 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration), Marion, Wayne, New York; Roll: M432_612; Page: 227B; Image: 458.
[S69] 1860 US Census, Marion, Wayne, New York; Roll: M653_876; Page: 502; Family History Library Film: 803876.
[S202] findagrave.com, Memorial # 21333656.
[S100] Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, Vol. 57, Lebanon First Congregational Church, p. 158.
[S177] Kenneth W. Calkins (Ed.), Calkins Family in America, (Calkins Family Association, 2000), p. 27.
[S253] Oliver S. Phelps and Andrew T. Servin, Phelps Family of America, (Engle Publishing Co., Pittsfield, MA, 1899), Vol. 2, p. 1350, 929.2 P537.
[S276] James Pierce Root, Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870., (R.C. Root, Anthony & Co, New York (1870)), pp. 329, 334, 361.
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[S202] findagrave.com, Memorial # 94417240 (Grave of John Calkins).
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