Burket Phelps

1810–before 1850 (Age 40)
Logan, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary 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 Phelps, was 28. 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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Family Time Line

Burket Phelps
1810–1850
Margaret F. Starks
1807–
Marriage: 27 September 1826
Burgess Phelps
1829–1914
girl Phelps
1830–
Thomas James Phelps
1832–1911
Horatio Tilman Phelps
1834–1905
David Lafayette Phelps
1835–1918
Laffidt Phelps
1836–
Martha Phelps
1838–
Quiller Nevel Phelps
1840–1887
George Phelps
1840–
William Phelps
1840–1920
Willis Aquilla Phelps
1841–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 September 1826Logan, Kentucky, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 2
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1816
    Age 6
    Historical Boundaries: 1816: Pope, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: Pope, Illinois, United States
    1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
    Age 11
    A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 19214;2007: 38476; 2010: 52044)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.

    Possible Related Names

    Phillips

    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"

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