I agree, it is highly suspicious. Even more unusual is that he was born 1716 and married 1686. Most people are born before they are married. Don't know if it is a typo or actually put forth as fact. Ruth At 1:05 PM -0700 8/12/00, CT-RIVER-VALLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Most vital records that I have seen show: >JOSEPH PHELPS, son of Timothy & Mary (Griswold) Phelps >b. 17 Sep 1716, Windsor, CT >m. 18 Nov 1686, Windsor, CT, to SARAH HOSFORD >d. 30 Aug 1716, Hebron, CT. > >SARAH HOSFORD, dtr of John & Phillipa (Thrall) Hosford >b. 17 Sep 1716, Windsor, CT >d. 30 Aug 1716, Hebron, CT > >The odds of both Joseph & Sarah of having the same birth >and death dates are too high to accept on face value. > >Does anyone know the correct birth and death dates of this pair? > >Frank -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Westminster, VT Remember in November
There were a number of Josephs in that particular Phelps Line (see Part 5, First Simsbury Families). Researchers who were not aware of that could have made errors without realizing it Especially if they were from outside the area and had limited access to research materials. Marilyn CT Ruth Barton wrote: > > I agree, it is highly suspicious. Even more unusual is that he was born > 1716 and married 1686. Most people are born before they are married. > Don't know if it is a typo or actually put forth as fact. Ruth > > At 1:05 PM -0700 8/12/00, CT-RIVER-VALLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >Most vital records that I have seen show: > >JOSEPH PHELPS, son of Timothy & Mary (Griswold) Phelps > >b. 17 Sep 1716, Windsor, CT > >m. 18 Nov 1686, Windsor, CT, to SARAH HOSFORD > >d. 30 Aug 1716, Hebron, CT. > > > >SARAH HOSFORD, dtr of John & Phillipa (Thrall) Hosford > >b. 17 Sep 1716, Windsor, CT > >d. 30 Aug 1716, Hebron, CT > > > >The odds of both Joseph & Sarah of having the same birth > >and death dates are too high to accept on face value. > > > >Does anyone know the correct birth and death dates of this pair? > > > >Frank > -- > Ruth Barton > mrgjb@sover.net > Westminster, VT > Remember in November > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org [CRV musuem and genealogy library] > List owner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.