Mrs. William Phelps

Femaleabout 1793–

Brief Life History of William

Mrs. William Phelps was born about 1793, in Rudford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. She married William Monks in 1812, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.

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William Phelps
1788–1816
Mrs. William Phelps
1793–
Marriage: 1 May 1815
Hannah Phelps
1810–
Welcome Palmer Brown
1812–1892

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  • Hannah Brown in entry for Eleanor Brown, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 May 1815

    • Children (2)

    World Events (8)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    Age 8

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    1815

    Age 22

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1830

    Age 37

    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    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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