A. Lineage for the Perquimans portion of this line

The following lineage was developed using Bjorkman's research paper and relying on her very detailed sources - plus some minor additional work, in red, by this team [color lost in Google site migration replaced by font change]. Bjorkman has agreed that the only possible male survivor of the line was the "Jonathan #3 Phelps" below. Rather than document the sources here, we are relying on the footnotes found in Gwen Bjorkman's paper. It is an award-winning paper, extensively researched, documented and source, and is available at archive.org/details/southernfriendse1013nort/page/n149/mode/2up Brenda Emery carefully reviewed the Perquimans sources in this paper and confirmed its accuracy.

To help understand a confusing set of events, here is an outline that may help:

    • Henry married twice. First to Eleanor Batter(?) bef. 1645. Second married Hannah (Baskel) Phelps
    • Nicholas married Hannah ca 1650 in Salem, Essex. MA. He died ca 1664 Salem, Essex. MA.
    • Nicholas and Hannah had a son Jonathan b. in Salem, Essex, MA ca 1652.
    • After Nicholas' death, Henry then married (second) Hannah aft 1662 in Salem, Essex. MA.
    • Henry and Hannah removed to Perquimans Co, NC along with Jonathan, son of Nicholas.
    • Henry, Hannah, and Jonathan died in Perquimans, NC

1. Unknown Phelps – b. bef. 1605, England, d. bef. 1639, England m. Eleanor _____

2. Henry Phelps - b. bef. 1625, England, emigrated 16 April 1634, on the ship Hercules, removed to Perquimans Co, NC aft 1662, d. bef. 1676, Perquimans Co., m. 2nd aft. 1662, Hannah (Baskel) Phelps (wife of deceased brother Nicholas) Salem, MA

2. Edward Phelps – b. c1627, England, d. 3 Oct 1689, Andover, Essex, MA

2. Nicholas Phelps - b. bef. 1630 England, d. bef 1663 Salem, Essex, MA, m. c1650, Hannah Baskel in Salem, Essex, MA (After Nicholas death, Hannah married NIcholas' brother Henry and they moved - with Nicholas' son, Jonathan - to Perquimans co, NC. in the mid 1600s.)

3. Hannah Phelps b ca 1652 Salem, MA.

3. Jonathan #1 Phelps - b. c1652 Salem, Essex, MA, d. 21 Feb 1688/9 Perquimans, NC, m. c1674, Hannah (______) in Perquimans, NC

4. Sarah Phelps b, 15 Jan. 1676, d. bef 1688

4. Elizabeth Phelps b. 2 April 1679

4. Jonathan Phelps b 6 Nov 1681 d, bef 1687 Perquimans Co.

4. Jonathan #2 Phelps [2nd Jonathan son] b. 13 Apr 1687 Perquimans, NC, d. Dec 1732/33 in Perquimans, NC, m. Elizabeth Toms who later married Z. NIxon Jr 1734

| 5. Henry Phelps - b 5 Mar 1724/25, d. 1752 Perquimans, NC m. Margaret Newby

| | 6. Elizabeth Phelps See Note 0.

| | 6. Jonathan #3 Phelps - (in his grandmother's Perquimans will in 1769 ,willbook C, p85, (Elizabeth Toms Phelps NIxon) m. Mary Newby 1768 See note 1.

| 5. Elizabeth Phelps b 1728

| 5. Jonathan #4 Phelps - b. 28 Feb 1730/31, d. 1759 Perquimans, NC, m. Dorothy Jordan 1750

| | 6. Benjamin Phelps d. ca1785-1789* , m. Sarah (in his grandmother's Perquimans will in 1769, willbook C, p85, (Elizabeth Toms Phelps NIxon) . See note 2.

| | 7. Dorothy (Perq willbook C p293 1785; willbook C p353, 1787)

        |  |        7.  Margaret   (Perq willbook C p293 1785; willbook C p353 1787)
        |  |        7.   Sarah   (Perq willbook C p293 1785; willbook C p353 1787)
        |  |        7.    Mary  (Perq willbook C p293)

| | 6. Dorothy Phelps (in grandmother's Perquimans will in 1769, willbook C, p85, (Elizabeth Toms Phelps NIxon)

| 5. Mourning (daughter) b 10 Dec 1732

4. Samuel Phelps - b. 6 Aug 1684 in Perquimans, NC. d. Apr-July 1728 Perquimans, NC, m. Hannah __ ca 1705

5. Samuel Phelps - b. 1 17 Nov 1706-7, died young Perquimans Co.

5. Jonathan Phelps - died young, bef. 1750/8 Perq deedbook F:278 See note 3

5. John Phelps - b. 13 Jan 1616/17, d. young Perquimans Co.

5. William Phelps - d. Apr 1752 PerquimansCo without issue

5. James Phelps – d. young, bef. 1750/8 Perquimans Co. Perq deedbook F:278 See note 3

Note 0. Will of Henry Phelps - 19 March 1752 July Court 1752l: "sick… to son Jonathan - my land & plantation where I dwell, 240 acres, walnut desk, gun etc. and (¼) part of negroes to be divided when he is 21. Also 1/3 part cattle and hogs, 20 lb. Virginia money & George FOX (ee?) Towihols(?)..... to wife Margaret Phelps - use of my house & plantation with 100 acres where I now dwell, during her life....to daughter Elizabeth - the other half of remaining part of my negroes, when her brother gets his."

Note 1. Bjorkman's paper mentions this Jonathan #3 Phelps in her notes on page 298, but does not list him in her genealogy. The additional support for him being Henry's son is the 26 Nov 1770 division of estate of Henry Phelps, naming Jonathan Phelps. Jonathan's marriage source: Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Volume 1: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting), 1768,1,6 Jonathan Phelps [Henry’s son] rmt reported married to Mary Newby.

Note 2. Bjorkman's paper mentions Benjamin in her notes on page 298 but does not list Benjamin in her genealogy. The additional support for him being Samuel's son is the 11 Sept 1760 division of estate of Jonathan Phelps, naming both children as "orphans". See his will of 1785, willbook C, p29e, naming wife and girls. Benjamin Phelps is noted in a 13 Feb 1789 Perquimans deed as "a nearby resident". DB I-J p.267 Perquimans deed abstracts 1785-1791

Note 3. This James may have been erroneously identified as the Caswell James Phelps d 1786 due to the identification of a Mary Bateman Phelps in Perquimans wills. Mary Bateman is often named as James' wife with no evidence reported. For a complete analysis includng the early deaths of James and Jonathan, see this report.