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William Phelps\Phillips[1]

Male 1791 - 1861  (70 years)

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  • Name William Phelps\Phillips
    Birth 2 Jan 1791  Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death 12 Jan 1861  Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 12 Jan 1861  Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I322454322542  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father William Phillips,   b. 4 Apr 1762, Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1809, Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Mother Elizabeth Pearce,   b. 1761, Broadwindsor, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1836, Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 12 Jul 1783  Probus, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 12 Dec 1786  Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Swaffield,   b. Oct 1790, Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1858, Thorncombe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Marriage 25 Dec 1810  Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Arthur Phelps,   b. 1811, Thorncombe Dorset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824 (Age 13 years)
     2. William Swaffield Phelps,   b. 1811, Thorncombe Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1824, Thorncombe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 13 years)
     3. Enos Phelps,   b. Dec 1814, Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt. Jan 1885, 20 St Johns Rd, Botle, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Thamar Phelps,   b. Abt 1817, Thorncombe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1892, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Methuselah Phelps,   b. 1823, Thorncombe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1893, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     6. Augusta Phelps,   b. 1825, Thorncombe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1886, Yeovil, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     7. Ruth Phelps,   b. Abt 1828, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891, Wandsworth, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     8. Emmanuel Phelps,   b. Abt 1831, Thorncombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908, Thorncombe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.


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