Deacon Nathaniel Phelps

Notes:

Second of his name--preceded by an older brother Nathaniel Phelps b. 1 Nov 1678, d. 1 May 1690. [The Phelps Family in America and Their English Ancestors]

Family/Spouse: Abigail Burnham. Abigail (daughter of William Burnham and Elizabeth Loomis) was born on 16 Dec 1696 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 2 Jan 1724 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Parsons. Martha (daughter of Josiah Parsons and Sarah Sheldon) was born on 3 May 1727 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 16 Dec 1814 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Spencer Phelps and Naomi Clark were third cousins, being both great-great grandchildren of Isaac Sheldon (1629-1708) and Mary Woodford (1636-1684). Who were themselves Gx5-grandparents of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Spencer married Naomi Clark after 19 Mar 1781. Naomi (daughter of Ezra Clark and Martha Phelps) was born on 4 Oct 1753 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 25 May 1784; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Spencer married Theodomy Allen after 25 May 1784. Theodomy was born on 25 Nov 1755 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 18 Nov 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fought in the War of 1812.

Spencer Phelps (1782-1865) appears in most online genealogies as a son of Spencer Phelps (1753-1829) by his second wife Theodomy Allen (1755-1841). But the older Spencer's first wife Naomi Clark died in 1784. If the younger Spencer was born in 1782, his mother was Naomi Clark, not Theodomy Allen.

Evidence:

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 shows Naomi Clark born 4 Oct 1753 in Northampton, Massachusetts, daughter of Ezra and Martha Clark.

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, "CLARK, NAOMI of Northampton, Intention of marriage to Spencer Phelps, published March 19, 1781."

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 shows Spencer Phelps born 24 May 1782 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts (just outside Northampton), son of Spencer Phelps and Naomi.

This headstone at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts, of "Mrs. Naomi Phelps Wife of Mr. Spencer Phelps who died May 25 1784 In the 31st Year of her life".

Family/Spouse: Mary Kniep. Mary (daughter of Christian Burchard Kniep and Maribah Miller) was born on 13 Dec 1784 in near Mt. Tom, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 22 Apr 1851 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]