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Female Desire Phelps Click to view Desire Phelps in the family tree

Desire was born on September 12th, 1794 in Hebron, CT.1   Desire's father was Obadiah Phelps and her mother was Arminda Phelps.  Her paternal grandparents were John Phelps and Deborah Dewey; her maternal grandparents were Joshua Phelps and Hannah Tarbox. She had two brothers and five sisters, named Dudley, Dudley, Hannah, Lydia, Ruby, Arminda and Cynthia.  She was the third youngest of the eight children.  She died at the age of 78 on September 21st, 1872.1 

Family Details of Desire's family with Elkanah Sears

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Further source/citation:
World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0913