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(II) Dr.
James F. Ferguson, son of John and Janet (McNish)
Ferguson, was born in New York City, October
10, 1839, died at his home near Central
Valley, New York, January 6, 1904. He
graduated from the University of New York in
1861, and from Bellevue Hospital Medical
college, 1862. He was the founder of the
widely known sanitarium, "Falkirk", at
Central Valley, New York. he served with
the Second New York Militia during the Civil
War; at the first battle of Bull run he was
wounded and taken to Libby Prison, later
released on parole through efforts of his
mother. AS major and surgeon of the One
Hundred and Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers
he again mustered into service, September 9,
1862, and at the siege of Port Hudson was in
charge of the field hospital. He was
brevetted lieutenant at Franklin,
Pennsylvania, in 1864. He was a member of
Kane Lodge, No. 454, Free and Accepted
Masons, and attained the thirty-third degree
in Scottish Rites Masonry. He was a member
of the Lotus and Army and Navy clubs of New
York. He was unmarried.
(III)
William E., son of William and Amanda
(Houghton) Ferguson, was born in New York
City, July 5, 1864, and is now living in
Central Valley, Orange County, New York. He
received his early education in the public
schools of New York City, and then engaged
in mercantile business for a number of
years, and in 1888 became associated with
his uncle, Dr. James F. Ferguson, in the
management of "Falkirk Sanitarium" at
Central Valley, New York, and at the death
of his uncle in 1904, succeeded to the
proprietorship of the sanitarium, which he
conducted until 1906, when he sold it to Dr.
Carlos F. McDonald. He then purchased a
farm near Central Valley which he still
cultivates. He is a Republican in politics,
and represented the town of Woodbury in the
Orange County board of supervisors in
1908-09, and resigned that office when he
was elected town superintendent of highways
of Central Valley for a term of two years.
He is a member of the City Club of Newburg,
and is also a member of the New York
Athletic Club in New York City. He married,
March 20, 1912, Donna, daughter of Captain
Donald Morrison, of Detroit, Michigan. Her
father is the senior master-mariner
navigating the Great Lakes.
SCHEK. This
name and the family bearing it are German in
origin. It is not an old American name, not
figuring in the lists of that older German
emigration that directed itself towards
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Pennsylvania and
adjoining states in the eighteenth century.
The founder of this family in America came
here in the nineteenth century, and the
present is the third generation descended
from him. Brief as its history on American
soil is compared with that of the older
families of New England and New York it has
been a praiseworthy record, full of
creditable accomplishment and full of
promise for the future.
(I) Ignatius
Schek, the immigrant ancestor in America of
the family here dealt with, was born in
Wurtenberg, Germany, March 14, 1817, died
June 18, 1887, in Bardonai, New York. He
came here as a young man and made for
himself by energy, self-denial and sterling
probity a comfortable competence and a
respected position. he was a carpenter and
cabinetmaker by occupation in Germany, but
he had a knowledge of other trades and
considerable versatility. Therefore when he
came to America he did not altogether follow
the trade to which he had been for the most
part accustomed in Germany, but seeing that
the growing populations and industry of the
towns and villages in New York State were in
need of continually enlarging accommodations
he determined to engage in the building
business. Accordingly he established
himself in the business of builder and
contractor in the town of Clarkston, and
there spent nearly the whole of his life on
American soil and it was near there that he
died. He was a Democrat in politics, a
prominent man of affairs, and in religion a
German Presbyterian. He married (first)
February 26, 1856, in Clarkstown, Rockland
County, New York, Catherine Schulteis. He
married (second) in 1863 at Clarkstown,
Rockland County, New York, Mary Egedee.
Children: 1. Charles; 2. William,
mentioned below; 3. John.
(II)William,
second son of Ignatius and Catherine (Schultheis)
Schek, was born in Bardonia, New York,
August 14, 1858. He is a carpenter and
builder and has been actively engaged in
business affairs in the town of Clarkstown.
He is a German Presbyterian, and in politics
a Democrat. He was elected a justice of the
peace of the town of Clarkstown in 1882 and
served in that office for over sixteen
years. He married, October 30, 1879, in
Clarkstown, New York, Sarah Ann Wilson, born
August 1, 1859, died October 31, 1909,
daughter of John Walter and Susan Ann
Clearance (Angell) Wilson. John Walter
Wilson was born in London, England, August
7, 1826, died April 10, 1870. Susan Ann
Clearance Angell was born September 23,.
1831, in Devonshire, England, daughter of
Thomas and Sarah (Jones) Angell, of
Devonshire, England. The children of
William and Susan Ann (Wilson) Schek were:
1. William, mentioned below. 2. Cora May,
born August 22, 1885, married Thomas Clark,
and had Harry Clark, born, January 13,
1907. 3. Harry, born November 4, 1891.
(III)
William (2), elder son of William (1) and
Sarah Ann (Wilson) Schek, was born in West
Nyack, Rockland County, New York. At an
early age he received private tuition in
Bardonia, New York; and the attended public
school in Nanuet, where he received
instruction preparatory to entering the high
school at Nyack, and finally graduated with
his class in June, 1898, and received his
diploma. He attended the Trinity
Preparatory School in New York city early in
1899 and remained there until 1900. He then
attended the New York University Law School,
remaining there two years. He next attended
the New York Law School and remained one
year, and then took one year's course in
Paine's business college in New York City.
After that he went to study law in the
office of the law firm of Gwillim & Meyers,
150 Nassau Street, New York City, remaining
associated with the firm from September 19,
1899, until May 1, 1092, when sai firm
became known as Harris, Corwin, Gunnison &
Meyers, and he has been associated with it
ever since. In 1904 he was admitted to the
bar in the supreme court, second department,
in Brooklyn, New York. his specialty lies
in surrogate's practice, real estate law,
mortgages and loan and a commercial
practice.
He is a
Democrat in politics, being secretary of the
Rockland County Democratic Committee, and
was elected a justice of the peace of the
town of Clarkstown, New York, in November,
1905, for a full term of four years and
re-elected again in 1909 for a second time.
He is a member of the Improved Order of
Redmen, Nyack Tribe, No. 209. He was
elected deputy great sachem
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of the order for
Rockland County. He is a member of the
Oneks Lodge, No. 122, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, in Nyack. He is also president
of the West Nyack Fire Engine Company, No.
1. He is, moreover, a member of the Lawyers'
Association of the County of New York. He
and his family are members of the German
Presbyterian Church at Germonds, New York.
He married,
September 6, 1911, in the German
Presbyterian Church in Germonds, New York,
the Rev. John H. Jensen, pastor,
officiating, Emilie Pauline, born in New
York City, August 1, 1890, daughter of Emil
and Theresa (Kuder) Klein. Emil Klein was
born November 14, 1862, in Cologne,
Germany. He is a prosperous farmer and
hotelkeeper in West Nyack, New York. He
served as commissioner of highways of the
town of Clarkstown, New York, for many years
and is highly respected by his fellow
townsmen. He came to this country from
Germany when a young man. He married
Theresa Kuder, born April 17, 1808, in
Wurtenberg, Germany. Their children were:
1. Emilie Pauline, born in New York City,
August 1, 1890, married William Schek, Jr.,
above mentioned. 2. Helen, born May 25,
1894, married Irving Crumley. 3. Anna, born
January 1, 1896. 4. Lillian, born May 7,
1900. 5. Emil, Jr., born March 9, 1903.
MILLSPAUGH.
Matthias Millspaugh or Mitzpagh, as the
name was originally spelled in some cases,
was one of the German pioneers of Orange
County, New York, formerly part of Ulster
County. He was one of the Palatines. He
and Joseph Mingus were in a company that
settled in the town of Montgomery, and Mr.
Millspaugh was the progenitor of all the
family of this surname. He married the
widow of Johannes Mingus, and, after buying
the rights of the heirs, became owner of the
Mingus farm about 1721. About this time
Matthias Millspaugh, Henry Crist, Silvanus
Crist and others made a settlement on the
opposite side of the Wallkill River from the
present village of Montgomery. All of the
settlers were German Palatines and belonged
to the Reformed Church. Matthias and Philip
Millspaugh were naturalized by the New York
Assembly in 1735. In 1768-78 Philip ad
Jacob Millspaugh were living in Montgomery.
In 1790 the family had multiplied greatly,
but had remained in Montgomery. In that
year, according to the first federal census,
the following were heads of families there:
Abraham, Adam Benjamin, Christopher, Daniel,
Frederick, Isaac, Jacob, Jacob, Jr.,,
Johannis, John, Peter, Philip Sr., and
Philip Jr. But one will of a Millspaugh is
on record before 1800 in Ulster County.
Stephen Millspaugh, of Montgomery, yeoman,
made his will march 19, 1798, and bequested
to Jonathan, eldest son of his brother
Matthias, and to Philip, son of his brother
Philip. The will was proved May 5, 1789.
The surname
is found in the early records of Orange and
the adjacent counties as Miltzpatch,
Miltzpach, and Milsbaugh. The immigrants
bearing the name were from both Germany and
Holland, and in some case they came to the
United States with grown-up families. The
valley of the Wallkill was settled by
German, Dutch, and French emigrants, who,
being frugal and industrious, very soon
became possessed of competence and wealth.
Of the Millspaugh family that settled in
Orange County, jacob, the father, was
evidently an old man, as the records do not
mentioned any land possessed by him. The
printed records begin with Matthias, his
son, who was born in Germany or Holland, as
the Journal of the New York Assembly for
1735 shows a bill for the naturalization of
several persons, among them Matthias
Milsbagh, Philip Milsbagh and others.
Philip served
as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His
children were Frederick, Moses, David,
Levins, Jeremiah, and Mary. Jeremiah
married Sallie Crist, November 30, 1800, she
having been born on February 24, 1779, dying
January 31, 1847. There were five children
of this marriage, two of whom died in
infancy: those who grew to adult life
were: 1. Gilbert, became a tailor; 2.
Harvey, also a tailor; and 3. Catherine
Ann. It is possible that the family here
dealt with is descended from this Jeremiah,
though the exact links have not as yet been
traced.
(I) Renwick
Millspaugh, undoubtedly a member of the
Millspaugh family whose earlier generations
are outlined above, was born at the city of
Newburgh, Orange Coun-
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ty, New York, May 28,
1830, died September 19, 1885. He was
educated in the common schools, and was an
auctioneer and furniture dealer all his
life. He took considerable interest in the
public affairs of his city, state and
nation, though he did not hold any public
office. He was an attendant of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He married, in
1854, Emma Young, born October 11, 1836,
died in February, 1885. Children: 1.
William , died in infancy. 2. Ida, died in
infancy. 3. Eva, died in infancy. 4.
Caroline, now a teacher in a Washington
public school. 5. Thomas H., of whom
further.
(II) Thomas
H., son of Renwick and Emma (Young)
Millspaugh, was born October 8, 1865, in the
city of Newburgh, Orange County, New York.
he graduated from the Newburgh Academy in
1882 and was an assistant to his father
until 1887, when he became connected with H.
C. Higginson. In 1899 the Higginson
Manufacturing company was organized and he
was made secretary if the company. On Mr.
Higginson's retirement in 1909 Mr.
Millspaugh became president of the company,
a position he still holds. Mr. Millspaugh
is a member of the Newburg Lodge, No. 52,
Royal Arch Masons; Hudson Commandery, No.
35; Ringold Hose Company; and the City and
Wheelman's Club, of Newburgh, Orange County,
New York.
he married,
on April 13, 1887, Frances, daughter of
Charles and Frances (Green) Moss, of the
city of Newburgh. There has been one son by
this marriage, Kenneth R.
SENFF. The
surname Senff is German in origin.
In the German "Senf" means "mustard", and it
is probably from that word that the surname
is derived. In Germany the name has been
borne by many noble families and to it are
attached several coats-of-arms. It is a
prevalent name in Germany and Holland, but
is not borne very extensively in this
country. Doubtless a number of the German
immigrates who came to this country in large
numbers in the eighteenth century brought
the name iwht them, but the family here
dealt with is only here in the third
generation, the grandfather of the youngest
generation having been the immigrant
ancestor in this country.
(I) Henry
Senff, M. D., the immigrant ancestor in
American of the Senff family here dealt
with, was born Bruckeburg, Schaumberg Lippe,
Germany, April 4, 1804, died May 5, 1868,
In New York City. He came to this country
in 1832 and settled in New York City. He
was engaged in the drug business and secured
employment in that line, but later he
studied medicine and surgery, graduated from
New York College of Physicians and Surgeons,
and became, when he had completed the
course, assistant surgeon at West Point.
While at West Point he was a private tutor
to Robert E. Lee, and was a prominent
Abolitionist. He remained there two yeas,
and then returned to New York. He practiced
his profession in the city and became
prominent. He married, June 7, 1838, Susan
W., daughter of Frederick C. and Catherine (Billigar)
Havemeyer. Children: 1. Louise L., married
July 12, 1860, Dr. Edward E. lee. 2.
Charles H., died August 23, 1911. 3.
Frederick W., mentioned below.
(II)
Frederick W., younger son of Dr. Henry and
Susan W. (Havemeyer) Senff, was born in New
York city, august 1, 1849. He was educated
in the public schools and in the New York
Free Academy. For about two years he was in
the dry goods business, and in 1868 he went
to Europe, where he studied chemistry. On
his return he settled in New Windsor, Orange
County, New York, where he now lives, though
he has never practiced his profession on
account of his eyes. Mr. Senff is
vice-president and director of the Newburg
Savings Bank, member of the board of
managers at St. Luke's Hospital, member of
the City and Auto Clubs at Newburg, and a
member of the Reformed Club, New York City.
He married, October 23, 1878, Georgiana
Havemeyer. There has been one daughter of
this marriage, Louise S., who married
Kenneth Cameron, of Newburg, Orange County,
New York.
STOKES.
The Stokes family would appear to be of
Norman origin, following the derivation of
the surname, a branch of the ancient and
illustrious house of Montespedon. Several
of its
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Henry Senff, M. D.
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Members went England
from Normandy soon after the conquest by
William in the eleventh century and there
obtained large possessions and were people
of high standing. The surname was known
under various forms in both England and
Ireland. A Sir Adam De Stokke was seized of
the manors of Stokke and Rutishall,
Wiltshire, England, about 1300. His son,
Thomas de Stokke, held the manor of Sende
with other lands in Wiltshire. John Stokes
represented Wiltshire in parliament in the
time of Charles II. John Stokes, of
Dunmoylan House, county of Limerick, about
the year 1622, married Sara O'Conail,
daughter of Jeffrey O'Conail, and
granddaughter of Da or Daid O'Conail, of
Iveraigh, their descendants still retaining
the family seats at Tralee and Cullenymore
in Ireland. From the year 1201, the third
of the reign of King John of England, to
1357, the thirty-first of the reign of Kind
Edward the III, a period of over one hundred
and fifty years, we find in the records of
the Acts of the succeeding Kings that the
members of the Stokes family were connected
with the various courts, being called as
witnesses to important state papers as
charters, letters patent, etc., showing that
they stood high in the esteem and confidence
of the various monarchs. Lower says that
the surname Stokes is its origin simply a
pluralization of the name Stoke.
(I) Thomas
Stokes, the first American ancestor of the
Stokes family here dealt with, was born in
London in 1765, the son of William Stokes,
of that city, and died in New York City,
October 10, 1832, aged sixty-seven years.
He came to New York in 1798 and became one
of the most distinguished men of that
generation in philanthropic and religious
work. Before coming to this country he was
a merchant of considerable wealth and one of
he founders of the London Missionary
Society. In this country he was one of the
founders of the American Bible Society, the
New York Peace Society, and the American
Tract Society. He had been accustomed to
preach to the poor of London, though he was
not a regularly ordained minister. He was
associated with Robert Raikes in his
earliest efforts to organize Sunday Schools
in the city of London and its suburbs. On
arriving in new York he was baptized in the
East River by the Rev. Charles Lahatt, past
of the Bethel Baptist Church of New York.
When by the efforts of Archibald Maclay the
Mulberry Street Baptist Church was gather
Mr. Stokes united with the body and was at
once elected Deacon, an office which he held
until the time of his death. "The General
Convention", which was the first
organization of the American Baptists for
the promotion of foreign missions, was
formed in Philadelphia, May 21, 1814, Mr.
Stokes was present, a deeply interested
spectator. When in 1821, in consequences of
failing health, John Caldwell, the treasurer
of the Baptist Missionary Convention, was
compelled to resign, Mr. Stokes consented to
undertake the duties of the position which,
however, he resigned two years later,
desiring that the treasurer be located at
Boston. In 1825 he assisted in the
organization of the Tract Society and was
placed upon its board of managers.
He married
Elizabeth Ann, daughter of James Boulter, of
Lowestoft, England. Children: 1. Thomas
Boulter. 2. Richard Arnold, died young.
3. Wiliam Armstrong, died young. 4.
Elizabeth Ann, married John Dickerson. 5.
Edward Halesworth. 6. Alfred Arnold. 7.
James Boulter, mentioned below. 8. Sarah,
married Charles Colgate. 9. Henry. 10.
Josiah. 11. William Armstrong. 12. Mary,
married Clinton Gilbert. 13. Benaiah
Gibb.
(II) James
Boulter, the fifth son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Ann (Boulter) Stokes, was born in
1804, died in 1881. Early in life he was
engaged in business with his father, but
later became a member of the firm of
importers of Phelps, Dodge & Company. After
remaining in this business connection for
about forty-one years he assisted in
establishing the banking house of Phelps,
Stokes & Company. Being greatly interested
in charitable and religious institutions, he
contributed generously to their support and
was associated with Peter Cooper and others
in the development of the public school
system. He married, in 1837, Caroline,
daughter of Anson G. Phelps, who was
descended in the sixth generation from
George Phelps, the pioneer, who was one of
the settlers of Windsor, Connecticut.
Children: 1. Anson Phelps, mentioned
below. 2. James Jr. 3. Thomas. 4.
William E. Dodge. 5. Elizabeth James,
married Francis H. Slade. 6. Olivia
Egleston Phelps. 7. Dora, married Henry
Dale. 8. Caroline Phelps.
(III) Anson
Phelps, eldest son of James Boulter and
Caroline (Phelps) Stokes, was born in New
York city, in 1838. He was a
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partner in Phelps,
Dodge & Company, and afterwards in the
banking business of Phelps, Stokes &
Company, with his father. Later he was
principally occupied in looking after his
real estate and other investment. He is or
has been a member of the Tuxedo,
Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Union League,
City, Lawyers, Reform, New York Yacht,
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Riding, City
and Church clubs, the Century Association,
the National Academy of Design, and Society
of Colonial Wars, and patron of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the American
Museum of Natural History. He was twice
vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club,
and was first president of the Reform Club.
He wrote "Joint-Metallism", of which many
editions have been published. He married,
October 17, 1865, Helen Louisa, daughter of
Isaac Newton Phelps, who was described in
the sixth generation from George Phelps, of
Windsor, the ancestor of her husbands;
mother. Children: 1. N. Phelps. 2. J. G.
Phelps, graduated from Yale in 1892. 3.
Anson Phelps, Jr., graduated from Yale
University in 1896. 4. Harold M. Phelps,
graduated from Yale University, 1909. 5.
Sarah Phelps, married Baron Halkett. 6.
Helen Olivia Phelps. 7. Ethel V. Phelps,
married John Sherman Hoyt. 8. Caroline M.
Phelps, married Robert Hunter. 9. Mildred
Phelps, married Dr. Ransom Spaford Hooker.
(The Phelps Line)
The modern
surname of Phelps is spelled in the
Massachusetts colonial records as Felps,
Phelips and Phelps. It is a name well
known in England, Ireland and Scotland, and
is a variation of Philips an ancestral
cognomen meaning the "son of Philip", and is
in many cases an anglicized form of the
Gaelic Mac Philib.
(I) George
Phelps emigrated to America in 1630, whence
there is no record, but supposedly from
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, where
a family of the name was living at that
time. He was born about the year 1606, died
May 8, 1687, at Westfield. From the
Dorchester, Massachusetts, records we learn
that "January 1632 George Phelps with others
is to have a great lot of six acres a
piece". In 1634 he was chosen one of the
ten men "to order the affairs of the colony
for one year" and in 1635 he was chosen
freeman. He located at Windsor in 1635 and
in later years he served on the jury both in
Hartford and Springfield, Massachusetts. He
married (first) at Windsor in 1637, Phillury,
daughter of Philip Randall, who died in
1648; (second) in 1648, Frances Dewey, a
widow. Children, by first marriage: 1.
Isaac, born in 1638, married Anne Gaylord;
a child, died in 1647. 2. Abraham, born in
1641, married Mary Pinney, a child, died in
1647. 3. Joseph, mentioned below.
Children by second marriage: 4. Abigail,
born in 1696. 5. Jacob, married Dorothy
Ingersoll. 6. John, married Sarah
Buckland. 7. Nathaniel, born in 1653.
(II) Joseph,
son of George and Phillury (Randall) Phelps,
was born at Windsor, Connecticut, June 24,
1647, died at East Windsor in 1695. He
settled in Westfield, Massachusetts, and
removed to the east side of Great River
(Connecticut) and was among the first
settlers of East Windsor, now South Windsor,
Connecticut. It would appear that the
company to which Joseph Phelps belonged
owned lands in East Windsor previous to this
date, but returned to Westfield during the
Indian troubles. Joseph Phelps, who had
become a captain of the militia, was made a
freemen in 1672. He married (first) June
26, 1673, in Westfield, Massachusetts, Mary,
daughter of John and Mary (Stanley) Porter;
(second) Hester, daughter of John and
Phillury (Thrall) Hosford. Children by
first wife: Mary, 1674, married Nathaniel
Hosford. 2. Sarah, married Samuel Pinney.
3. Joseph, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born
in 1680, married John Younglove. 5.
Mindwell, born in 1682, married Obadiah
Hosford. Children by second marriage: 6.
Daniel, died in 1690, in infancy. 7.
Hester, born in 1691, married Samuel Kent.
8. Abigail, born in 1693, married Samuel
Marshall. 9. Benoni, died in 1709.
(III) Captain
Joseph (2) Phelps, eldest son of Joseph (1)
and Mary (Porter) Phelps, was born in East
Windsor, Connecticut, December 13, 1678,
died September 3, 1751. He settled in East
Windsor, Connecticut. He was established
and confirmed to be lieutenant by the
general assembly in May, 1730, and to be
captain of the South Company or trained band
on the east side of the Connecticut River in
the town of Windsor in May, 1732. He joined
the church in 1700, and Abigail Bissell,
afterwards his wife, joined the church at
the same time. At that time the Rev.
Timothy Edwards was pastor of the East
Windsor church and in his rate book he
carefully uses
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His military title due
to Joseph from sergeant to captain and once
gives the names of his sons who picked
apples in the clergyman's orchard and thus
materially lessened the captain's church
rates for that year. He married Abigail,
born at Windsor, Connecticut, in 1681, died
in 1750, daughter of Thomas and Esther
(Strong) Bissell. Children: 1. Joseph,
born in 1704, married Sarah Gilbert. 2.
Daniel, born in 1707, married Damarid
Loomis. 3. Abigail, born in 1707, married
John Kingsbury. 4. Jerijah, mentioned
below. 5. Jonathan, born in 1715, died in
1758, unmarried. 6. Benjamin, born in 1717,
married twice. 7. Mary, born in 1719,
married Jabez Kingsbury. 8, Isaac, born in
1722, died unmarried in 1787.
(IV) Jerijah,
third son of Captain Joseph (2) and Abigail
(Bissell) Phelps, was born at East Windsor,
Connecticut, February 17, 1712, died June
22, 1792. Says Miss Sperry: "The brothers
Daniel, Joseph and Isaac formed practically
one family, if we may judge by business
receipts made out to Daniel Phelps
brothers." She also says that these three
brothers built the Phelps home in 1782 and
not Joseph who followed them, for he was
then but a boy of seventeen years. Jerijah
Phelps married, February 10, 1763, Sarah,
daughter of John and Eunice (Bissell)
Stoughton, widow of Roger Bissell.
(V) Joseph
(3), only child of Jerijah and Sarah
(Stoughton-Bissell) Phelps, was born in East
Windsor, Connecticut, March 23, 1766, died
January 5, 1834. He settled in East
Windsor, where he died. He was a farmer and
in early life kept a hotel in the old
homestead built by his father and uncles in
1782. He apparently bought the sign and
continued the business of General Erastus
Wolcott. This house was sold to Captain
Ward, then to John P. Jones, who tore it
down in 1881. Joseph Phelps was at one time
a man of large means which appear to have
been much reduced in his old age, as when he
died he lived in an old house, hear the
house built and occupied as a hotel. He was
one of the church committee to collect
taxes, a town clerk and on the town school
committee. He married, August 28, 1794,.
Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew and Mary
(Grant) Sadd, Children: 1. Jerijah, born
at East Windsor, Connecticut, 1795, died
unmarried in 1860. 2. Sarah Stoughton, born
November 19, 1797, lived with her brother
and died unmarried in New York City. 3.
Joseph Bissell, born in 1800, died in 1802.
4. Isaac Newton, mentioned below, 5. Mary
Grant, born in 1805, died unmarried. 6.
Joseph Bassett, born in 1808,. 7. Elizabeth
Hooker, born in 1811,. died unmarried. 8.
Julia Ann, born in 1816, married Zeno King
(VI) Isaac
Newton, son of Joseph (3) and Elizabeth (Sadd)
Phelps, was born at East Windsor,
Connecticut, February 22, 1802, died August
1, 1888, at New York City. He attended Dr.
McClure's School, entered the store of Asa
Butler, and was offered a share of the
business. Soon afterwards he settled with
Mr. Pickering & Son and with William
Sheldon, dealing in hardware. Later in
partnership with John J. Phelps, Mr. Phelps
opened the office at No. 45 Wall Street for
banking. They purchased largely in real
estate and in 1879 the banking firm of
Phelps, Stokes & company was organized. Mr.
Phelps was noted for his connection with
popular and great enterprises, and he a
reputation as a successful business man and
was possessed of excellent judgment and high
character. In later years he spent his
summers at Saratoga. He married (first)
November 10, 1828, Sarah Maria, daughter of
Sylvester and Sarah (King) Lusk, who died in
1867; (second) Mrs. anna Maullin, widow of
Mr. Maullin, a manufacturer of Troy, New
York. Children: 1. Sarah Maria, born in
1833, married Henry King. 2. Helen Louisa,
mentioned below.
(VII) Helen
Louisa, second daughter of Isaac Newton and
Sarah Maria (Lusk) Phelps, was born in New
York City, August 28, 1846, and married,
October 17, 1865, Anson Phelps stokes (See
Stokes III).
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