Family Life
Elisha Phelps was born at Simsbury, Connecticut, on October 17, 1737. His father David (May 7, 1710–December 9, 1760) married Abigail Pettibone (April 25, 1731–October 16, 1787) on April 25, 1731. Both families were descended from original settlers of Dorchester, Massachusetts and five years later, Windsor, Massachusetts, who as Puritans arrived in the New World aboard the ship Mary and John in 1630.
He died at age 43 in Albany, New York on July 14, 1776 as the result of disease contracted from the soldiers he cared for there. After his death, the homestead passed from his widow and surviving children to his brother, Noah Phelps and until 1962 was the property of his descendants, including Jeffrey O. Phelps.
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