Elkanah Wilcox PHELPS^[1]

1780 - 1859  (78 years)

• Name	Elkanah Wilcox PHELPS  [2, 3]
  Residence	1777	Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut   [4]
  Born	21 May 1780	Norfolk, Connecticut   [2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Event 1	31 May 1780  [2, 3]
  	baptismal date
  FamilySearch ID	LCYW-TJJ
  Name	Ezekiel Wilcox  [4]
  Residence	1825	Farnham, Bedford, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1831	Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1851	Stanbridge, Missisquoi County, Canada East (Quebec), Canada   [4]
  _UID	A9ADEBED1EA946ABB52C1390D0BCAD4CEF38
  Buried	1859	, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  Died	8 Mar 1859  [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I8218	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Joel PHELPS,   b. 1732, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Oct 1799, New Haven, Addison, Vermont  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Jerusha NASH,   b. 5 Oct 1736, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 1796, New Haven, Addison, Vermont  (Age 59 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1757	Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticutt   [2, 3, 5]
  Family ID	F4135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary CRARY,   b. 1784, CT ,   d. 1857, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1800	New Haven, Addison, Vermont   [2, 3, 5]
  Children	1. Joel PHELPS,   b. 1805, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. WFT Est 1842-1896, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada  (Age 91 years)   2. Lydia PHELPS,   b. 1807, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. WFT Est 1808-1901  (Age 94 years)   3. Philo PHELPS,   b. 1809, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1879, Quebec, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   4. Walter PHELPS,   b. 1811, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. WFT Est 1812-1901  (Age 90 years)   5. Burt PHELPS,   b. 1813, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. WFT Est 1814-1903  (Age 90 years)   6. Sullivan PHELPS,   b. 1815, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. WFT Est 1816-1905  (Age 90 years)   7. Phineas PHELPS,   b. 1817, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1818, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada  (Age 1 years)   8. Edgar PHELPS,   b. 1819, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1820, Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F4137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Please be aware there were 3 Elkanah Phelps' living in the Quebec Lower Canada area in the early 1880s. This Elkanah was 1 of 4 brothers that moved to the area (originally from CT, then through VT). Please see the description below from a genealogy book printed in 1899. Elkanah Wilcox Phelps, b. Norfolk Ct., bapt. 21 May, 1779 Phelps moved with his father to New Haven, Vt. And on marrying, settled in Stonebridge (Stanbridge) C. W. Children b. C.W. 4213. Joel m. Charlotte Taylor 4214. Lydia 4215. Philo m. Miss Harris 4216. Walter 4217. Burt 4218. Sullivan 4219. Phineas d. in infancy 4220. Edgar d. in infancy The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors. Compile by Judge Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew T. Servin Eagle Publishing Company, Pittsfield, MA 1899, pp. 406-407 For reference, this Elkanah Wilcox's brother, Phineas, also had a son called Elkanah, so that Elkanah is nephew to this Elkanah. There was also another Elkanah, that married Anna Chandler in VT and moved to Farnham, Quebec.

  
  

• Sources

  [S793] Denises Research Files, Denise Oberlies, (Sat August 30, 2003). [S64] World Family Tree European Origins Vol. E1, Ed. 1, Br?derbund Software, Inc., (Release date: September 15, 1997 Customer pedigree.), Tree #0054 (Reliability: 3). [S192] Hubbard.FTW. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2022), entry for Elkanah Wilcox PHELPS, person ID LCYW-TJJ. (Reliability: 3). [S195] Phelps Genealogy.