When Seth Phelps was born on 25 December 1770, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Aaron Phelps, was 36 and his mother, Ruth Hathaway, was 36. He married Phebe Hastings in April 1794, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 15 March 1840, in his hometown, at the age of 69, and was buried in Old Center Cemetery, Suffield Depot, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
George Washington elected first president of United States.
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.
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