janicephelpswilliams

janicephelpswilliams
Location
Harbor Springs, Michigan, USA
Birthday
May 07
Title
Illustrator, Book Designer, Writer
Bio
Janice Phelps Williams is a book designer, illustrator, and writer. Learn about services for authors and publishers, as well as her artwork and books at www.janicephelps.com.

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JULY 4, 2012 2:07PM

My Revolutionary War Ancestors

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Between June and December 2011, I spent a lot of time looking into our family history. I wanted to give my mother, sisters, husband, and sons scrapbooks with information about their ancestors. These first pages are taken from the scrapbook I made for my children. Gen. William Heath is their uncle, seven generations back. Also, Silas Phelps (1720-1816, 6 gg); Eliphalet Phelps (1743-?, 5gg, Captain Forward's company); Eleazer Heath (1756-1850, 5gg, "Continental Line"), and Joseph Heath (1758-1836, 5 gg) fought in the various state militias in the Revolutionary War.

And the information on Martin and Dwight are from my husband's ancestors. Martin was his 5th great grandfather and Brig. Gen. Dwight his 6th great grandfather.

Thank you, ancestors, for all your efforts on behalf of your descendants.


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Janice, that's a really fascinating look back in time at both your husband's ancestors and yours! Impressive credentials from the time of the Revolutionary War and the scrapbook pages really look great and that will be appreciated by your family for a long time. While I had some ancestors who were also in the war I am not aware of any that achieved any significant military rank. One of my wife's ancestors was Major General Samuel Fletcher who was in command of all the Vermont militia back at the time of Revolutionary War. Fletcher, VT was named after him which had to be a nice feeling of appreciation for him coming from the state's citizens.
Nice history. Impressive credentials and blood line indeed.
Thank you, designanator and Mary for your comments. It was a lot of fun researching our family history....a source of endless investigation and learning!