Abigail Phelps

1754 - 1831  (77 years)

• Name	Abigail Phelps
  Born	16 Nov 1754
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Dec 1831
  Person ID	I4178	Speirs-Taylor
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	David Phelps,   d. Bef 21 May 1811, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
  Mother	Abigail Griswold,   b. Abt 1733,   d. 6 May 1795  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F1725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jared Merrill,   b. 1754,   d. 7 May 1832, Byron, Genesee, New York, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Turkey Hill, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Merrill,   b. 24 Sep 1780, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 25 Sep 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 98 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F1304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - - Turkey Hill, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		1808 Will of David Phelps 9 August 1808, Hartford County, Connecticut David Phelps of Simsbury, Hartford, CT Wife: Margaret Children: David Phelps, Abigail Merrills, Elizabeth Terry, Rhoda Fuller, Susannah Phelps, Ozias Phelps, Boswell Phelps, Alexander Phelps, and Oliver Phelps Will written: 9 Aug 1808 Will probated: 24 May 1811 Ancestry.com, Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
  		1811 Land Deed of Samuel and Phebe, Jared and Abigail Merrels 2 March 1811, Madison County, New York Grantors: Samuel Merrels and his wife, Phebe, and Jared Merrels and his wife, Abigail, of Smithfield Grantee: Nehemiah Huntington of Smithfield Cost: $450 Tract: 78 acres FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1806-1900 (Madison Co, NY), film 404292, img 178-179

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		"A Merrill Memorial" for Israel and Jared Merrill Families Israel Merrill was born in Hartford, CT and died on 15 Oct 1784 in West Hartford, CT. He had two wives: Bethiah and Abigail Cadwell. He had 7 children. Jared Merrill was the son of Israel Merrill and Abigail Cadwell. He was born about 1755 and died 7 May 1832. He lived in Simsbury, CT and moved to Whitestown, Oneida, NY. Jared married Abigail Phelps, daughter of Capt David Phelps. They had 10 children (including Samuel Merrill). Ancestry.com, "A Merrill memorial : an account of the descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an early settler of Newbury, Massachusetts"
  		"The Phelps Family of America" for David Phelps Family Capt. David Phelps was born in Simsbury, CT on 26 Mar 1733-34. He married Abigail Griswold. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died 17 Apr 1811. He had 9 children. Abigail Phelps was the daughter of David Phelps and Abigail Griswold. She was born on 16 Nov 1754 in CT and died 17 Dec 1831 at the age of 77. She married Jared Merrill, son of Josiah [Israel] Merrill and Abigail Cadwell. They had 10 children (including Samuel Merrill). Ancestry.com, "The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors"
  		"Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" for Samuel and Samuel B Merrill Samuel Merrill was the son of Jared Merrill and Abigail Phelps. He was born 28 Sep 1780 in Sansbury, NY. He married Phoebe Odell, daughter of Jones Odell and Lucy Weaver. Samuel B Merrill was the son of Samuel Merill and Phoebe Odell. He was born 4 Jan 1812 in Smithfield, NY. He married Elizabeth Runyan in 1836 in Michigan. MyHeritage.com, "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1913"
  		"The Griswold Family: England-America" for Phelps-Griswold Family Abigail Griswold was born in Windsor, CT on 5 May 1732. She married David Phelps in 1753. David served in the Revolutionary War. Abigail died 6 May 1795 at the age of 62. After her death, David married Harriet Humphrey. Abigail and David had 9 children (including Abigail Phelps, wife of Jared Merrill). Ancestry.com, "The Griswold family : England-America"