I posted a message in 2008 about Charlotte Phelps parents and from the replies ruled certain parents out -but I am no further on despite extensive searches over the years and recently as to her parentage.
She married James Johnson in Abenhall Dec 27 1834 -I have followed her in all censuses and have her death cert. Her age doesn't vary much born 1813-15 and place of birth Edge Hills or Abinghall -then Abenhall -but I can find her baptism. There is a Charlotte Dean for FEB 1813 in Abenhall but I dont think it would be the sameperson the surname is so different.
I would be grateful for any help with this!

some further context and debate

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=12322

Year 1834
Month Dec
Day 27
Groom Surname JOHNSON
Groom Forename James
Groom Residence Hun[dre]d of St Briavels
Bride Surname PHELPS
Bride Forename Charlotte
Bride Residence Hun[dre]d of St Briavels
Licence or Banns Banns
Signature or mark Both mark
Witness 1 Rich[ar]d Lowe
Witness 2 Sarah Johnson
Officiating Minister J Sell Curate
Event Type Marriage
Register Ref P1 in 1/9
Page 83
Parish/Chapel Abenhall

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

Thanks -I have the marriage from the Forest of Dean site and the IGI index which also says she was born in Abenhall c 1813 but I just cant find a baptism and so I am stuck regarding her parents....so any help with her parents would be must appreciated. I have Ancestry but there are no leads on their parish records.

From this site:-

Record_ID: 7
Entry_Number: 6
Year: 1813
Month: Jul
Day: 25
Parents_Surname: PHELPS
Child_Forenames: MarFia
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Nancy
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Forest of Dean
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: J. Probyn
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born May 11
Notes:
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 1
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

MarFia is not a name that I am familiar with, it could be a best guess by the transcriber of a poor image or an error. It may be worthwhile viewing the original record.

Child_Forenames: MarFia

could be Marsia / Marcia / Maria?

or Massia written as Masfia ( the old fashioned "ss" as "sf" )

1803 PHELPS Nancy William Nancy Abenhall
1804 PHELPS Jemima William Nancy Abenhall
1806 PHELPS William William Nancy Mitcheldean
1808 PHELPS Sarah William Nancy Abenhall
1813 PHELPS MarFia William Nancy Forest of Dean Labourer Abenhall
1815 PHELPS George William Nancy Forest Lime burner Abenhall
1817 PHELPS James William Nancy Harry Hill Lime Burner Drybrook

1841 Edgehills
William Phelps abt 1781 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire Lime Burner
James Phelps abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Thomas Phelps abt 1823 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire
Eliza Phelps abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

1851
Willm Phelps abt 1778 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head East Dean, Gloucestershire Lime Burner
Elisa Phelps abt 1825 East Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter East Dean, Gloucestershire

Year: 1858
Month: Feb
Day: 14
Surname: PHELPS
Forenames: William
Residence: East Dean
Age_at_death: 80
Officiating_Minister: J. Davies
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/11
Page_No: 52
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster & Hereford Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>

I wondered about this record -its the only one in the same year with the same place and surname -what worries me is how to transcribe -Charlotte which is a much longer name -into the short name -but then perhaps they couldn't quite read the name -.

Paul
I have just looked at the Family Search,org records again -they have 'Maria' down for the birth year 1813 but no marriage for Maria in Abenhall and then the marriage for Charlotte in 1834 -so perhaps that is another reason for thinking this is the baptism.Would I have to view the actual record at the record office in Gloucester or is there a CD I could buy?

Thankyou for all the information it is really helpful.

There is a birth at Dursley of

Charlotte PHELPS, 1 November 1818 - parents Thomas (cardmaker) and Sarah

Looking at the marriage of Mary Ann PHELPS 13 December 1837, her father William PHELPS was a paper maker

? where did William PHELPS marry Nancy

'There is a Charlotte Dean for FEB 1813 in Abenhall but I dont think it would be the sameperson the surname is so different.'

Record_ID: 4
Entry_Number: 4
Year: 1813
Month: Aug
Day: 18
Surname: DEAN
Forenames: Charlotte
Residence: Forest of Dean (Dean Abinghall)
Age_at_death: 7 months
Officiating_Minister: Ed. Probyn
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P1 IN 1/11
Page_No: 1
Parish_Chapel: Abenhall

'Child_Forenames: MarFia
could be Marsia / Marcia / Maria?
or Massia written as Masfia ( the old fashioned "ss" as "sf" )'

I agree it points towards Maria.

Thanks -I hadn't thought of checking the deaths.

Charlotte Phelps who married James Johnson is the daughter of James Phelps and Prudence Goode. She is listed as a daughter on the will of James Phelps who died in 1869 in Abenhall.

James Phelps was christened in Longhope as James Blewett the son of Susannah Blewett who later married William Phelps.

If you are still interested in this information I will reply in more detail.

I have just come back on the forum after a break and thank you for your reply. I originally thought they were her parents but couldnot find her anywhere and they had another child of similar age. I would be really grateful for the information you have on Charlotte. I have the will of Esther Johnson if this is of use to you.
Regards
Margaret

I can't find anything about her either until she gets married to James Johnson but it you go to the home page of this site and click on the wills and put in James Phelps name, then look for the people listed on his will she is listed as a daughter. I looked up the will at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and it clearly states that Charlotte Johnson is his daughter. I have calculated that she was born about 1815.
Louise Duncan

Thanks Louise -her birth date of 1815 would fit in with her death details -Upper Lydbrook Feb 18th 1903 -aged 88years -and her place in the family order -John born 1813 then Charlotte, then Mary born 1818 ...and others.
The will was interesting -a labourer leaving a will!
Could you tell me how you are related to her. Charlotte is the great-grandmother of my grandfather Thomas Johnson whose grandparenst were James Johnson and Fanny (Annie]
Weare and parenst were Allen Johnson b.1869 and Elizabeth Burney b.1871.

Your info has been really important as it filled the missing piece of the jigsaw and I can now link Charlotte back to her parents which fortuantely I kept on my tree.

James PHELPS and Prudence GOODE are my Greatx4 Grandparents. I see the thread of Susannah BLEWETT marrying William PHELPS in 1786 and that it is likely James BLEWETT took on the PHELPS name. I have picked up that Susannah had other children with the father "not stated" on the baptisms:

William 4/7/1779
James 8/1/1782
Elizabeth 2/3/1783
Mary 28/8/1785

Is it possible that they are William's children?

Others born after William and Susannah are married:
Sarah 28/6/1788
Susanna 8/5/1791
John 3/11/1793
Thomas 25/3/1798

William can be found on the 1841 census at the age of 90 living with his daughter
Susannah and her husband Thomas BULLOCK.

Was William PHELPS married but separated from someone else prior to 1786?

If so history repeated itself as my Gt Grandparents Thomas Walter PHELPS and Blanche LEWIS (nee ROBERTS)had their children between 1901-1915 and married in 1928 with Blanche listed as widowed.

I have been doing research on this family for my friends who are descendants of James and Prudence through their daughter Mary who married Joel Arkwell. James and Prudence are their 4 great grandparents.

James Phelps joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (Mormon)in 1841. The following is my reasoning for thinking that James Blewett is James Phelps.
1. On the LDS Church records it says that James Phelps was born 12 Nov 1779 in Longhope and his parents are William and Susan Phelps.
2.The only William and Susan(Susannah) in Longhope at that time are William Phelps and Susannah Blewett. They were not married until 1786 but Susannah had 4 illigitimate children at the time....one was named James but he was not christened until 1782 which is not the date James says he was born. He did have a brother William who was christened in 1779.
3. His birth date also has differences on the census records. 1851 he was born 1782 and in 1861 he was born in 1778. On the death record he would have been born in 1879 so that is inconclusive.
4.I researched the other names on the LDS Church records where his birth date was listed and I found several other discrepencies with other people...so maybe his date of birth may have been wrong also.These were just records of members which had been carried over from year to year
5. The other Blewett children all used the Phelps name when they were married and the rest of their lives so it would seem plausable that James did also.

I will post what I know on another page of this thread as It is too long

This is what I have concluded about the Phelps family. Some of my conclusions I can't prove but I really think that they are right. I would gladly accept additions or corrections.Most of the dates are from this website. Others I have found on records in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or census records found on Ancestry.com

William Phelps and Susannah Blewett married 31 Jan 1786 Longhope Glos
1. William Blewett(Phelps) 4 July 1779 in Longhope- 14 Feb 1858 in Abenhall
md Ann (Nancy) Simmons 30 Dec 1801 English Bicknor
1. Ann (Nancy) 22 May 1803 Md Nathaniel Voyce and went to USA
2. Jemima 6 Aug 1804 Abenhall
3. William 31 Aug 1806 Mitcheldean- 23 May 1892 Drybrook md Sophia Trigg
4. Sarah 21 Aug 1808 - 28 Aug 1808 Abenhall
5. Hannah 20 June 1810- md George Voyce and went to USA
6. Maria 25 Jul 1813 -0n both Abenhall(MarFia) and Mitcheldean (Maria)
7. George 18 June 1815 Abenhall convicted of stealing sheep and sent to
Australia Had been married to Hannah Jackson 2 children
8. James 7 Sep 1817 Drybrook
9. Thomas 11 Mar 1821 Abenhall - 22 Sep 1842 Abenhall
10. Eliza 7 Sep 1823
2. James Blewett(Phelps) 8 Jan 1782 Longhope- 25 Apr 1869 Abenhall md Prudence
Goode
1. James Goode (Phelps)3 Aug 1806 Abenhall - 21 Jan 1890 Cinderford
2. Sofiah Goode 10 Jan 1808 - 4 Jul 1809 Abenhall
3. Anne Goode - 7 Jan 1810 Abenhall
4. John Phelps 9 May 1887 Abenhall - 19 May 1887 Abenhall md Elizabeth
Jackson 12 Children
5. George Phelps 4 Sep 1814- 12 Feb 1818 Mitcheldean
6. Charlotte abt 1815 Mitcheldean md James Johnson 7 children
7. Mary Phelps 21 Dec 1818 Edge Hill md Joel Arkwell joined LDS Church
went to Brigham City Utah 1888 2 children (Lorenzo stayed in England
Martha Elizabeth married Samuel Thomas Slatter and went to Utah
8. Thomas Phelps 5 Aug 1821 Abenhall - 28 Nov 1874 Abenhall md Charlotte
Roberts 6 children
9. Elizabeth Phelps 19 Sep 1824 Abenhall - 23 Dec 1868 Drybrook md
Benjamin Moore 13 Children
10. William Phelps 15 Oct 1826 Abenhall md Hester Wooles 5 children
11. Jane Phelps 12 Nov 1830 Abenhall- 19 Nov 1905 Cinderford md Richard
Yemm (died 1860) 3 children md William Barnard 2 children
3. Elizabeth Blewett (Phelps) 2 Mar 1783 Longhope - 13 Apr 1856 Mitcheldean md
James Pickthorn
1. James 27 Feb 1814 Rudford md Elizabeth Powell 9 children
2. Joseph 25 May 1815 Newent- 24 Apr 1816 Tibberton
3. Eliza Ellen Pickthorn 9 Mar 1817 Churcham - 30 Jul 1817 Abenhall
4. Jane 3 Jan 1819 Abenhall
5. Josiah 15 Jul 1821 Abenhall 23 Dec 1875 Cinderford md Eliza Bryant 7
children
6. Thomas 9 Nov 1823 Abenhall
4. Mary Blewett 28 Aug 1785- 30 Apr 1786 Longhope
5. Sarah Phelps 28 June 1788 Longhope - 19 June 1868 Longhope mad George Bullock
1. James Bullock 16 Jan 1813 - 3 Apr 1872 Longhope md Elizabeth Richards
8 Children
2. Charlotte Bullock - 4 Dec 1814 - 12 Sep 1884 Longhope md Emanuel
Dobbins 7 children
3. John Bullock 19 Jan 1817 Longhope- 27 Feb 1881 Drybrook md Eliza Davis
6 children
4. Emanuel Bullock 8 Jan 1819- 4 June 1879 Longhope Md Hannah Fowle 8
children
5. William Bullock 17 Oct 1819 Longhope- 12 Dec 1819 Mitcheldean md Ann
Maria Clarke 8 children
6. Mary Bullock 26 Mar 1820- 20 Feb 1878 Longhope md John Williams 9
children
7. Charles Bullock 30 Nov 1822 Longhope- 14 Aug 1883 Abenhall md Sarah
Edwards 9 children
8. Henry Bullock 4 May 1827- 22 Mar 1827 Longhope
9. Anne Bullock 31 Jan 1828- 20 Dec 1860 Longhope md James Brisland 1
child
10.George Bullock 31 Jan 1828- 22 May 1851 Longhope
11.Robert Bullock 10 Oct 1830- 10 Jan 1836 Longhope
6. Susannah Phelps 8 May 1791- 24 Jan 1887 Longhope md Thomas Bullock
1. Henry Bullock 4 Sep 1818- 12 Feb 1823 Longhope
2. Anne Bullock 15 Apr 1821 - 6 Jan 1906 Longhope
3. Eliza Bullock 16 Apr 1825 - 12 Apr 1904 Longhope
4. Susanna Bullock 26 Apr 1827 Longhope
5. John Bullock 2 Apr 1830 - 13 June 1904 Longhope md Alice Turner 5
children
6. Sarah Bullock 25 Nov 1832 Longhope had 3 illig children
7. Henry Bullock 1 July 1835- 27 Jan 1927 Longhope md Phoebe Dobbins
Jackson 12 Children
7. John Phelps 3 Nov 1793 Longhope- 1866 Taynton md Sarah Harper
1. George 12 Jan 1819 Newent- 11 Dec 1901 Ruardean md Hannah Price 9
children
2. John 15 Apr 1821 Longhope- 1884 Taynton md Caroline Jones 6 children
3. Mary Anne 21 Oct 1827 Longhope- 27 Mar 1870 Taynton md George Hale and Robert Roberts She had 9 children There is confusion as to who the children belong to.
4. Charlotte 10 Jan 1830 Aston Ingham- 17 May 1880 Blaisdon md James
Bowkett 4 children
5. Comfort 22 Jan 1832 christened both in Aston Ingham and Longhope md
William Close 15 Children
6. Joseph 1 Jul 1834 Taynton- 24 Jul 1907 Littledean md Sarah Ford 5
children
7. Thomas 6 Mar 1836 Taynton md Elizabeth Beard 5 children
8. Emma 9 Sep 1838 Taynton- 20 Sep 1900 Quedgeley 12 Children
9. Samuel 1840 Taynton- 1919 md Charlotte Beard 5 children
8. Thomas Phelps 25 Mar 1789 Longhope md Susanna Reynolds
1. Susannah 26 Oct 1823 Longhope- 13 Jun 1868 Drybrook md Thomas Hail 6
children
2. Sarah 27 Oct 1826 Longhope
3. Mary 19 Apr 1829 Longhope
4. Comfort 9 Dec 1832 Longhope md Richard Young 1 child lived in London
5. Thomas 12 Apr 1835 Longhope
6. Eliza 16 Feb 1839 Longhope
7. Elizabeth 28 Nov 1847 Longhope

That's a lot of info! Thanks for taking the trouble to put it all down. I'll read through and see if what I have (which isn't as much as you obviously have) ties in with you.