Charlotte Phelps married James Johnson Abenhall Dec 1834 (General)

by Louised , Tuesday, May 01, 2012, 19:08 (4666 days ago) @ helenb

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