The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenFrancis1 
F, #2701, * 1610, + 27 Sep 1690
Family 1 | ? Clark * s 1610, + b 1639 |
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Family 2 | Thomas Dewey * c 1608, + 27 Apr 1648 |
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Family 3 | George Phelps * s 1620, + 9 Jul 1678 |
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Francis was born in 1610 in England.2 She (1) married ? Clark.3 She (2) married Thomas Dewey, son of Thomas Dewey Sr., on 22 Mar 1638/39 at Windsor, Connecticut.3,1 She (3) married George Phelps on 2 Nov 1648 at Windsor, Connecticut.3,2 She died on 27 Sep 1690 in Westfield, Massachusetts.2
Other information:
Many secondary sources identify Francis' first husband as Joseph Clark, of Windsor, but that has been disproven by Clarence A. Torrey in 1928. Her parents are erroneously identified as Phillip Randall and Joane Fush; she is apparently not mentioned in Phillip's will. 4,2
Great Migration also does not mention her as a daughter of Philip. George Phelps first wife is a Randall.53,6,2,7
The George Phelps, who was listed on the B-list of the Mary & John in the Mary & John Clearing House as 20 yr old, probably from Dorset or Somerset, has been removed from that list. The Phelps website is sure George Phelps came somewhat later, and not on the 'Mary & John'.
Robert Anderson in The Great Migration Begins comments that the earliest record that can be assigned to George Phelps with confidence is dated 6 May 1635 when he was admitted a freeman in Dorchester.
research has established that the George Phelps, immigrant ancestor of the Phelps Family, is not related to the Wiiliam Phelps, who came on the Mary & John with his brother George. So, even though the Mary&John lists this George as (2) married to Francis, who second married Thomas Dewey, this is unlikely to be true.8,7
Name variants: Francis Clark (married name.)3 Frances Randall (but this is not true.)2
Other information:
Many secondary sources identify Francis' first husband as Joseph Clark, of Windsor, but that has been disproven by Clarence A. Torrey in 1928. Her parents are erroneously identified as Phillip Randall and Joane Fush; she is apparently not mentioned in Phillip's will. 4,2
Great Migration also does not mention her as a daughter of Philip. George Phelps first wife is a Randall.53,6,2,7
The George Phelps, who was listed on the B-list of the Mary & John in the Mary & John Clearing House as 20 yr old, probably from Dorset or Somerset, has been removed from that list. The Phelps website is sure George Phelps came somewhat later, and not on the 'Mary & John'.
"George Phelps is believed to be the George P__?__ aboard the Recovery of London with Gabriel Cornish as its master, sailing from Weymouth in Dorsetshire to New England March 31, 1634. The ship sailed into Massachusetts Bay in late June of July 1634; and it was very likely one of the fourteen said to have arrived that June."
Robert Anderson in The Great Migration Begins comments that the earliest record that can be assigned to George Phelps with confidence is dated 6 May 1635 when he was admitted a freeman in Dorchester.
research has established that the George Phelps, immigrant ancestor of the Phelps Family, is not related to the Wiiliam Phelps, who came on the Mary & John with his brother George. So, even though the Mary&John lists this George as (2) married to Francis, who second married Thomas Dewey, this is unlikely to be true.8,7
Name variants: Francis Clark (married name.)3 Frances Randall (but this is not true.)2
Citations
- [S407] Samuel Parsons, 5 , Vol. 5, (Jan. 1851): pg. 65. Thomas Dewey.
- [S395] Dunham, etc, online http://dunhamwilcox.net/, Descendants of Thomas Dewey (<http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/dewey.htm>).
- [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1620-1633, Vol. 1, pg. 537-539. Thomas Dewey. Available online at http://www.americanancestors.org
- Charles W. Manwaring, Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), (Hartford, 1902). Vol 1, p 145-146, quoted in
- [S407] Samuel Parsons, 5 , Vol. 5, (Jul. 1851): pg. 350. George Phelps.
- [S420] C. A. Torrey,"Dewey-Clark" 59 , pg. 214-215, pg. 214-215.
- [S182] Vol. 19, pg 121-122. George Phelps, of Windsor, CT, Search for the passengers of the Mary & John, 1630.
- [S1206] Phelps in America, online http://phelpsfamilyhistory.com/, The Origins of George Phelps (<http://phelpsfamilyhistory.com/research/george/index.asp>).
- [S395] Dunham, etc, online http://dunhamwilcox.net/, Descendants of Thomas Dewey (<http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/dewey.htm>); has name as Joseph.