In brief

Born October 9, 1689, in Simsbury, Connecticut. He married January 27, 1713/1714. He died June 18, 1763, in Turkey Hills, East Granby, Connecticut.

Family

Spouse
m. 1713
Spouse
Hannah Clark
m. 1735

Children

  • Hannah Phelps
    b. May 28, 1714, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. January 3, 1715
  • Joseph Phelps
    b. October 18, 1716, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Deborah Holcomb/Harris, October 15, 1740
    d. May 1774, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Elijah Phelps
    b. May 11, 1720, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Esther Kent
    d. April 4, 1795
  • Ezekiel Phelps
    b. March/May 8, 1723, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Elizabeth Gillett, May 3, 1744
    d. October 4, 1781, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Rebecca Phelps
    b. January/June 22, 1724, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Joel/Joseph Harmon, June 8, 1744
  • Elizabeth Phelps
    b. November 27, 1726, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Moses Holcomb around 1760
  • Lydia Phelps
    b. September 10, 1728, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Jacob Gillett, December 15, 1744
  • Abel Phelps · in this line
    b. May 22, 1730, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Mary Eno, April 2, 1752, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. 1804 in Granby, Connecticut
  • Hezekiah Phelps
    b. February 18, 1732, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Hannah Hayden, January 13, 1757
  • Keziah Phelps
    b. February 18, 1732, in Turkey Hills, Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. James Harriman/Harmon

Siblings

Full siblings — children of Joseph Phelps and Mary Collier

  • Hannah Phelps
    b. October 25, 1693, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Samuel Humphrey, February 23, 1710
    d. 1712
  • Mary Phelps
    b. October 17, 1696, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. January 9, 1713

Half-siblings — children of Joseph Phelps and Sarah Case

  • Sarah Phelps
    b. August 11, 1700, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. January 14, 1702
  • Damaris Phelps
    b. March 5, 1702/November 5, 1703, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. John Hills/Mills, April 7, 1720
    d. Simsbury, Connecticut

Half-siblings — children of Joseph Phelps and Mary Case

  • John Phelps
    b. February 14, 1707, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. January 5, 1713
  • Amos Phelps
    b. 1708 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Sarah Pettibone, July 1, 1723
    d. June 11, 1777, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Elizabeth Phelps
    b. April 7, 1709, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Daniel Hoskins, July 28, 1725
    d. Simsbury, Connecticut
  • David Phelps
    b. 1710 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Abigail Pettibone, April 25, 1731
    d. December 9, 1760, in Simsbury, Connecticut due to smallpox

Step-siblings — children of Mary Case and _____

  • Keziah ____

Life story

A Turkey Hills Farm

Joseph Phelps was born October 9, 1689, in Simsbury, Connecticut, and inherited substantial farmland from his father in Turkey Hills (now East Granby), property that stayed in the family for at least six generations afterward. In his March 1760 will, Joseph made provision for two people he enslaved, a married couple named Zickery and Citty, directing that they not be separated after his death and be allowed to choose which of his family members would inherit them. Joseph died in Turkey Hills on June 18, 1763.

Sources (1)
  1. Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Eagle Publishing Company, 1899); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/phelpsfamilyofam01phel : accessed 6 July 2026).