Brief Life History of Mary Magdaline
When Mary Magdaline Phelps was born on 15 May 1778, in Orange, Virginia, United States, her father, John Phelps I, was 39 and her mother, Katherine LeGrand, was 43. She married Reuben Stapp on 17 December 1793, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 25 June 1865, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Madison, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Mary M Stapp in household of Irvine P Stapp, "United States Census, 1860"
- Magdelin Phelps, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Magdaline Phelps Stapp, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1765–1840 Male
1778–1865 Female
Children (12)
1794– Female
1796–1878 Male
1798–1887 Male
1801–1893 Male
1803–1886 Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1740–1798 Male
1735–1780 Female
Siblings (8)
1760– Male
1762–1809 Male
1762–1860 Female
1768–1850 Male
1770–1813 Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 2
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 3
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
Age 23
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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