Brief Life History of Burket
When Burket Phelps was born in 1810, in Logan, Kentucky, United States, his father, Burgess Phelps Jr., was 35 and his mother, Jane Rager, was 29. He married Margaret F. Starks on 27 September 1826, in Logan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died before 1850, in Pope, Illinois, United States, at the age of 39.
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Sources (6)
- Burket Phelps in entry for H T Phelps and Mary F Muray Bowman, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Burkett Phelps in entry for W. H. Phelps, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"
Spouse and Children
1810–1850 Male
1807– Female
Children (11)
1829–1914 Male
1830– Female
1832–1911 Male
1834–1905 Male
1835–1918 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1775–1814 Male
1782–about 1848 Female
Siblings (5)
1802–1895 Female
1804– Female
1810–1850 Male
1812–1846 Male
1814– Male
World Events (8)
1812
Age 2
1816
Age 6
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 11
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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