Hector Fayette PHELPS

1834 - 1890  (55 years)

• Name	Hector Fayette PHELPS
  Birth	3 Jun 1834	Simsbury, Hartford, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Apr 1890	Simsbury, Hartford, CT
  Person ID	I317	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family ID

  F150

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Octavia HOWLAND
  Marriage	18 Mar 1862
  Children	1. Charles PHELPS + 2. Georgia Violetta PHELPS,   b. 3 Nov 1865, Simsbury, Hartford, CT d. 1944 (Age 78 years) + 3. Fred Fayette PHELPS,   b. 4 Jun 1867, CT d. 27 Feb 1944 (Age 76 years) + 4. Alice PHELPS,   b. 23 Sep 1870, Simsbury, Hartford, CT d. 1953 (Age 82 years) + 5. Dwight Howland PHELPS,   b. 23 Nov 1876, Simsbury, Hartford, CT   6. Lucy Belle PHELPS,   b. 30 Jun 1880, Simsbury, Hartford, CT d. 1963 (Age 82 years) + 7. Julia Augusta PHELPS,   b. 13 Jun 1883, Simsbury, Hartford, CT
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Hector Fayette Phelps (3 June 1834 Simsbury, Hartford, CT -- 20 Apr. 1890 Simsbury, Hartford, CT), per Phelps, Oliver Seymour and Andrew T. Servin, 1899, The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors: Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield, MA, Vol. I, p. 617; Vol. II, p. 967 Hector was the one male 5<10 years of age in the household of Hector F. Phelps, per 1840 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, stamped page 1092; also stamped page 152 on same page Hector F. Phelps (listed with parents), 16 years, male, Farmer, born CT, attended school within the year, per 1850 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 6 Sept. 1850, hand-numbered page 422, follows stamped page 211, precedes stamped p. 212 Hector F. Phelps Jr. (listed with parents), 25 years, male, Laborer, born CT, per 1860 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 30 June 1860, hand-numbered page 22, follows stamped page 545, precedes stamped page 547 Hector F. Phelps Jr., 36 years, male, white, Farmer, $600 personal, born CT, per 1870 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 5 July 1870, stamped page 238; Dwelling No. 224, Family No. 242 NOT FOUND in the 1880 federal census as of 26 Oct. 2005--WMB H. Fayette Phelps ( - 29 Apr. 1890 @ 55 years), per Cahill, Joyce A., comp., 2002, Simsbury Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1688-2000: Simsbury Free Library, Simsbury, CT, p. 188 1840 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, stamped page 1092; also stamped page 152 on same page: Hector F. Phelps, 1100001000000 //1120010000000 // 8 total, 1 ag, which decoded is: 1 male <5 years [John Wesley, b. 1836]; 1 male 5<10 years [Hector Jr., b. 1834]; 1 male 40<50 years [Hector, b. 1797]; 1 female <5 years [Mary, b. 1838]; 1 female 5<10 years [Margaret, b. 1832]; 2 females 10<15 years [Emma, b. 1828; Frances, b. 1830]; 1 female 30<40 years [Roxana, b. 1806] 1850 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 6 Sept. 1850, hand-numbered page 422, follows stamped page 211, precedes stamped p. 212: Dwelling No. 355, Family No. 871; Hector F. Phelps, 53 years, male, Farmer, $1800 real estate, born CT; Roxana S. ", 44 years, female, born CT; Emma M. ", 22 years, female, born CT; Frances H. ", 20 years, female, born CT; Margaret E. ", 18 years, female, born CT; Hector F. ", 16 years, male, Farmer, born CT, attended school within the year; John W. ", 14 years, male, born CT, attended school within the year; Mary P. ", 12 years, female, born CT, attended school within the year; George M. ", 4 years, male, born CT, attended school within the year; Adeline Cadwell, 16 years, female, born CT 1860 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 30 June 1860, hand-numbered page 22, follows stamped page 545, precedes stamped page 547: Dwelling No. 166, Family No. 167; Hector F. Phelps, 63 years, male, Farmer, $2000 real estate, $200 personal, born CT; Roxana Phelps, 53 years, female, House Keeper, born CT; Francis Phelps, 28 years, female, Funfuctary[???], born CT; Hector F. Phelps Jr., 25 years, male, Laborer, born CT; John W. Phelps, 23 years, male, Laborer, born CT; Mary P. Phelps, 21 years, female, Mill???, born CT; George M. Phelps, 13 years, male, born CT, attended school within the year; Note: Emma had already married Rollin Hawley and was residing in Canton, Hartford, CT; Margaret had married Abram Moses, but had died in Feb. 1860 Hector married Octavia Howland (12 July 1842 - ), 18 Mar. 1862, per Phelps, Oliver Seymour and Andrew T. Servin, 1899, The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors: Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield, MA, Vol. I, p. 617; Vol. II,p. 967 Hector married Octavia (Unknown), per 1870 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 5 July 1870, stamped page 238; Dwelling No. 224, Family No. 242, which lists Octavia as: Octavia Phelps (listed with Hector F. Phelps Jr.), 26 years, female, white, K[eeps] House, born MA Octavia Howland Phelps (1845 -- 1921), wife of H. Fayette Phelps, on stone with daughter Lucy Belle, per Cahill, Joyce A., comp., 2002, Simsbury Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1688-2000: Simsbury Free Library, Simsbury, CT, p. 190 Octavia H. Phelps, mother (listed with Dwight H. Phelps), female, white, 75, widowed, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, no occupation, per 1920 federal census, Bloomfield, Hartford, CT, Roll T625_180, p. 3B, 13 Jan. 2002 1870 federal census, Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 5 July 1870, stamped page 238: Dwelling No. 224, Family No. 242; Phelps, Hector F. Jr., 36 years, male, white, Farmer, $600 personal, born CT; --- Octavia, 26 years, female, white, K[eeps] House, born MA; --- Georgia, 5 years, female, white, born CT; --- Frederick, 3 years, male, white, born CT