September 09, 1850
1850 Federal Population Census – St. Albans, Franklin County, VT
152 - 154
Household:
James McDurphy –
Black Age: 50 Laborer Born: Vermont
Mary Ann McDurphy
– Black Age: 30 Born: New York
Frederick McDurphy
– Black Age: 15 Born: Vermont
Betsey McDurphy –
Black Age: 14 Born: Vermont
Theodore Brace –
Black Age: 29 Laborer Born: Vermont
Sarah Prince – Black Age: 29 Born: Vermont
Alanson Brace – Black Age: 11 Born: Vermont
Francis Brace – Black Age: 08 Born: Vermont
Sylvester Brace – Black Age: 06 Born: Vermont
Douglas Brace – Black Age: 04 Born Vermont
Peter Brace – Black Age: 02 Born Vermont
GENERATION #1 Peter Phelps –
Black Age: 70 Born ca. 1780 Vermont
Amy Pollison – Black Age: 75 Born New York [Cato Pollison’s spouse?]
James Gould – Black Age: 18 Born Vermont
154 – 156
Household:
Sylvester Day – Black Age: 40 Laborer Born Canada
Ama Day – Black Age: 28 Born: Vermont
Alanson Day – Black Age: 17 Born Vermont
Diantha Holmes – Black Age: 70 Born New York
[If Peter Phelps was 70 years old in 1850, he would reasonably be 85 when he passed away]
[If Peter Phelps was 70 years old in 1850, he would reasonably be 85 when he passed away]
September 13, 1850
1850 Federal Population Census – St. Albans, Franklin County, VT
Household 289-291:
George Prince – 30 yrs. old male black
Laborer Born in Vt. Cannot read nor
write.
Caroline Billings – 25
yrs. female black Born
in Vt. Cannot read nor write.
Daniel Prince – 08 yrs male black Born in Vt. Attended School.
Rose Anne Prince – 06 yrs. female black Born in Vt.
Isaac Prince – 02 yrs. male black Born in Vt.
Household 290-292:
Henry Prince – 60 yrs.
male black Laborer Born in Ct.
Hannah Barlow – 40
female black Born
in Vt.
Charles Prince – 10 yrs. male black Born in Vt.
Rebecca Prince – 08 yrs. female black Born in Vt.
Parthenia Prince – 06 yrs. female black Born in Vt.
Elizabeth Prince – 04 yrs. female black Born in Vt.
Florence Prince – 01 yrs. female black Born in Vt.
Household 291-293:
Josiah Baldwin – 50 yrs. male black Born in Vt.
Emily Baldwin – 21 yrs. female black Born in Vt.
Pegg Phelps – 60
yrs. female black Born in Vt. 1790 [Peggy (nee: Moseley)]
Mary Ann Phelps –
10 yrs. Female black Born
in Vt. 1840 [Josiah Bolden's daughter Mariah Helen Bolden by his first wife Sarah (nee: Vanderpool).
Apparently, in the 1850 Census, the Census taker may have surmised in error that Peggy and her step-daughter were 'Phelps', but in fact, neither were.
In fact, Josiah Bolden married to Peggy (nee: Moseley) on April 13, 1855 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont.
Mariah Helen (nee: Bolden) was born to Josiah Bolden and his first wife, Sarah (nee: Vanderpool) born in 1844 in Jericho, VT ... on June 03, 1872 in Bristol, Addison County, VT married to Isaac Prince, son of Isaac R. Prince and Rhoda Freeman.
Perhaps the reason Pegg(y) and the future stepdaughter "Mary" were identified as being Phelps was merely because Peggy lived with Peter Phelps (?) ...
Apparently, in the 1850 Census, the Census taker may have surmised in error that Peggy and her step-daughter were 'Phelps', but in fact, neither were.
In fact, Josiah Bolden married to Peggy (nee: Moseley) on April 13, 1855 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont.
Mariah Helen (nee: Bolden) was born to Josiah Bolden and his first wife, Sarah (nee: Vanderpool) born in 1844 in Jericho, VT ... on June 03, 1872 in Bristol, Addison County, VT married to Isaac Prince, son of Isaac R. Prince and Rhoda Freeman.
Perhaps the reason Pegg(y) and the future stepdaughter "Mary" were identified as being Phelps was merely because Peggy lived with Peter Phelps (?) ...
September 17, 1850
1850 Federal Population Census – St. Albans, Franklin County, VT
Line 11 –
Household 426 – 431:
William Phelps
Age 31 yrs. Born: Abt. 1819 VT (Blk) Black Occupation:
Laborer
Rosanna [Prince] Age: 26 yrs. Born: Abt. 1824 VT (Blk) Black
Lewis Phelps Age: 12 yrs. (Blk) Black
Cynthia Phelps Age: 17 yrs. (Blk) Black
William Phelps Age: 04 yrs. (Blk) Black
Russell Phelps Age: 03 yrs. (Blk) Black
Orange Phelps Age: 2 months (Blk) Black
1851
Canadian Lower Canada Census – Ste. Armand, Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada
No. 36: William Phelps
Canada B
Episcopal Methodist Age 35
b. 1816
No. 37: Rosanna Prince United States B Episcopal
Methodist Age 29 b. 1823
No. 38: Louis Phelps United
States B Episcopal Methodist Age 13 b. 1839
No. 39: Orange Phelps United
States B Episcopal Methodist Age 02 b. 1850
No. 40: Cynthia Phelps United
States B Episcopal Methodist Age 09 b. 1843
No. 41: William Phelps Jr. United States B Episcopal Methodist Age 06 b. 1846
No. 42: George Prince United States B Episcopal Methodist Age 28 b. 1824
No. 43: Caroline Billings Canada B Episcopal Methodist Age 27 b. 1825
No. 44: Daniel Prince Canada B Episcopal Methodist Age 10 b. 1842
No. 45: Rosanna Prince Canada B Episcopal Methodist Age 06 b. 1846
No. 46: Isaac Prince Canada B Episcopal Methodist Age 03 b. 1849
No. 47: Peter Prince Canada B Episcopal Methodist Age 01 b. 1851
No. 48: James Phelps United States B Episcopal Methodist Age 22 b. 1830
[All of the above
persons were identified as being Black/Negro/African descendants]
1850 Highgate,
Franklin County, Vermont Census
Antoine Phillps Sr. Age 36 [Identified as B (for Black)] Born in Canada, Cannot Read nor Write.
Antoine
b. ca. 1814 Black Canada
Katherine
b. ca. 1820 Canada [she was born and baptized in 1806]
Children:
Peter
b. ca. 1829 Mulatto Canada
Antoine
b. ca. 1834 Mulatto Canada
Michael
b. ca. 1836 Mulatto Canada
Melnas
b. ca. 1838 Mulatto Canada
Favine
b. ca. 1846 Mulatto Canada
Janett
b. ca. 1848 Mulatto Canada
January 21, 1859
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
Alleged Assault
with Intent to Kill –
The examination of the parties concerned in the recent
assault on an Irishman named Goulding,
took place before Justice Hollenbeck, Wednesday forenoon. The testimony of the
witnesses went to show that the principle criminal was Peter Phillips Sr. – (a son of GENERATION #2 Antoine Phillips, otherwise known as “Black Jack”) who made a violent and unprovoked
attacked first upon Mr. Patrick Cassidy, an Irishman, whom he
assaulted with a bottle, an axe, a sled stake, besides giving him divers kicks,
blows in the face with the fist and other gentle reminders of his presence, and
next upon Goulding, who interfered
to preserve the peace, and who received a blow from Peter Phillips Sr. which fractured his skull, and placed his
life in jeopardy.
Antoine Phillips
Jr.
and a young Frenchman named Peter Trueheart, appeared to have been
participants in the outrage, by keeping the bystanders from interfering with
the more violent operations of Peter Phillips Sr., and by telling him, at one
stage of the affray, to “kill” Cassidy. All three were, probably, under the
influence of liquor.
The three were bound over for trial at the next term of
the County Court, in the sum of $500.00 dollars each, for breach of the Peace,
and Assault with Intent-to-Kill.
January 21, 1859
The
Burlington Free Press Newspaper
Affray and Almost Murder
A drunken
row, resulting in the dangerous and perhaps fatal injury of an Irishman named
Goldin, occurred on the Williston road, near the corner of Dorset
Street, Thursday night. It appears, from the information gathered by
us concerning the affair that a low grocery is kept at the place indicated, by
a man named Wheeler. Here an Irish teamster and a Frenchman [the ‘Frenchman’ was Peter Trueheart] named GENERATION #3 Peter Phillips Sr., known by the soubriquet of “Black Jack,”
(given him, doubtless, from his complexion, which is very
dark) after getting well primed with fighting rum, fell into an
altercation, which they continued after leaving Wheeler’s place, and finally
came to blows in front of Goldin’s house, which is nearly opposite the grocery
shop. Goldin went out bare-headed, and mixed in the affray, probably to
separate the combatants, when he received a terrible blow from Peter Phillips Sr.,
given with a cart-rung, fracturing the skull into which a man’s thumb might be
laid.
Peter
Phillips Sr.
was arrested Friday morning by officers Flanagan and White, and lodged in jail.
He is represented to us as an ugly fellow, and has been “hauled up” once
before, for biting a man’s nose nearly off, in some similar affray.
January 22 1859
Vermont
Phoenix Brattleboro, VT Newspaper
Two colored men, father [Antoine Sr.]
and son [Peter Sr.], surnamed Phillips and a Frenchman [Peter Trueheart],
nephew of the elder [Antoine Sr.] Phillips,
were committed to jail at Burlington on Friday, for a murderous assault upon
Peter Goulding of Hinesburgh, fracturing his skull with a cart rung and
otherwise bruising him in a shocking manner. Peter
Phillips Sr. has been dealt with once
before, for biting a man’s nose nearly off.
January 22 1859
Vermont
Phoenix Brattleboro, VT Newspaper
Two colored men, father [Antoine Sr.]
and son [Peter Sr.], surnamed Phillips and a Frenchman [Peter Trueheart],
nephew of the elder [Antoine Sr.] Phillips,
were committed to jail at Burlington on Friday, for a murderous assault upon
Peter Goulding of Hinesburgh, fracturing his skull with a cart rung and
otherwise bruising him in a shocking manner. Peter
Phillips Sr. has been dealt with once
before, for biting a man’s nose nearly off.
April 11, 1859
Windsor State
Prison of Vermont Intake Book
Peter Phillips age 26 years old, at 5’9” in
stature, having blue eyes, black hair and a dark complexion, identified as a mulatto, being born in Franklin County,
Vermont, was convicted of the assault with the intent to kill, on April 09,
1859 in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, was admitted to the Windsor,
Vermont State Prison, on April 11, 1859 for two years being his sentence. He
was discharged from that sentence on April 09, 1861.
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
November 17, 1865
Peter Phelps, a colored man 111 years old, who had lived in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont nearly fifty years, died on Friday. He died on November 10, 1865.
November 17, 1865
The St.
Johnsbury – Caledonian Record Newspaper, Page
Franklin
County
Peter Phelps, a colored
man who lived
at St. Albans for nearly half a century [ca. 1815],
died on Friday at the age of 111 years.
November 18, 1865
The Salem
Observer Newspaper, Salem, Massachusetts, Vol. XLVIII, Issue 46, Page 02
Peter Phelps, a colored man aged 111 years, died at St. Albans last Friday.
December 01, 1865
The Orleans
Independent Standard Newspaper, Page 02
A
Centenarian – Peter Phelps, a colored man who has
lived in St. Albans for nearly half a century, died on Friday of
last week at the advanced age of 111 years.
December 01, 1865
The Watchman
Newspaper, in Montpelier, Vermont, Page 03
Peter Phelps, a colored man, who has lived in St. Albans for nearly a half century, dies Friday, at the advanced age of 111 years as we are informed.
[Clearly, genealogically, historically and socially, the PHILLIPS family were IN St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont periodically from 1860 through 1900] And were associating with the PHELPS descendants.]
August 12, 1870
1870 Federal Population Census – St. Albans, Franklin County, VT
Household 105 –
108
William J. Phelps Age: 25 yrs. (B) Black Occupation: Farm
Laborer Born: Vermont
Elizabeth Phelps (Wife) Age: 21 yrs. (B) Black
Occupation: Keeping House Born: Vermont
Ida Phelps (Daughter) Age: 01 yr. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Household 106 –
109
Jerry Coburn Age: 25 yrs. (B) Black Born: Virginia
Agnes Coburn Age: 17 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Clarence Coburn Age: 1 month (B) Black Born: Vermont
Ephraim Brace Age: 10 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Wymon Brace Age: 16 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Household 107 –
110
Mark Belden Age: 34 yrs. (B) Black Occupation: Farm
Laborer Born: Vermont
Cynthia Belden Age: 27 yrs. (B) Black Occupation: Keeping
House Born: Vermont
Alberta Belden Age: 14 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Sarah Belden Age: 9 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Joseph Belden Age: 7 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Household 108 –
111
William Phelps Age: 48 yrs. [b. ca. 1822] (B) Black
Occupation: Farm Laborer Born: Vermont
Rosanna [Prince] Age:
46 yrs. [b. ca. 1824] (B) Black Born: Vermont
Julius Phelps Age: 05 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Household 109 –
112
Timothy Prince Age: 20 yrs. (B) Black Occupation: Farm
Laborer Born: Vermont
Mary [Phelps] Age: 17
yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Household 110 –
113
Abraham Prince Age: 36 yrs. (B) Black Occupation: Farm
Laborer Born: Vermont
Elizabeth Prince Age: 40 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Sarah Prince Age: 14 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Agnes Prince Age: 7 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Henry Prince Age: 5 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Mary Prince Age: 2 months (B) Black Born: Vermont
Isaac Prince Age: 23 yrs. (B) Black Born:
Vermont
Household 417 –
435
Edward Bery Age: 40 yrs. (B) Black
Occupation: Barber Born: New York
Rhoda Age: 28 yrs. (W) White Occupation: Keeping House
Born: Canada
John B. Bery Age: 07 yrs. (W) White Born: Canada
Eliza Bery Age: 05 yrs. (W) White Born: Canada
Charles Bery Age: 04 yrs. (W) White Born: Canada
Hattie Bery Age: 4 months (W) White Born: Vermont
Alexander Garrison Age: 40 yrs. (B) Black
Occupation: Laborer Born: New York
Diana Garrison Age: 20 yrs. (B) Black
Born: Vermont
Household 418 – 436
[NOTICE PHELPS SURNAME CHANGE TO PHILIPS]
Lewis Philips
Age: 37 (B) Black Occupation: Farm Laborer Born;
Vermont
Lorena [nee: Griffin] Philips Age: 37 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Mary Ann Philips
Age: 19 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Charles Philips
Age: 13 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Lewis Philips
Age: 07 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Emma Philips
Age: 02 yrs. (B) Black Born: Vermont
Sally Philips
Age: 2 months (B) Black Born: Vermont
Household 419 –
437
Daniel Profit [Prophet] Age:
26 yrs. (B) Black Born: Virginia
Bridget Profit (W) White Age: 22 yrs. Born: Canada
April 25, 1872
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper
Trial for Murder
The Laselle Street
Homicide
Franklin County Court:
Daniel Prophet,
colored, testified that he lived in No. 6 Burton & Laselle block,
next to the last tenement to the west end. …
Bridget Prophet,
wife of Daniel Prophet, testified
that she heard the shot fired; that she awoke about five minutes before.
December 02, 1872
Death Record of Louise Phelps
[Phillips] – St. Albans, Franklin County,
Vermont Page 601
Age: 7 months 2 days Born:
April 30, 1872 St. Albans, VT
Cause of death: Lung Fever
Father: Peter Phelps [Anthony/Antoine/Antwine
Phillips/Philippe and Catherine Coderre’s son]
Mother: Louise
October 19, 1875
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper
Long Suffering
Woman
The neighborhood of “the Block” was the scene of another
of those family jars for which it is famous. On Saturday evening about 10:00
o’clock p.m., a colored man named William Phelps was
arrested by the Sheriff for abusing and assaulting his wife Elizabeth, and was
lodged in Mr. Morrill’s restaurant to await an examination into said charges
made against him by State’s Attorney Newton, which took place yesterday morning
before Justice Gilman, and occupied all the aforenoon. Considerable evidence
was adduced on both sides; the gist of the evidence being that William Phelps
did not use discretion in assisting his wife Elizabeth down the front steps of
a neighbor’s house, and the consequence was Elizabeth’s falling to the ground
insensible, and being taken care of by Mr.
Newport’s family, who came forward as principle witnesses against the prisoner, William Phelps. It also
appeared that when Mrs. Phelps was able to and did go home with her husband,
about half an hour after the unfortunate accident, her husband William Phelps
did attempt to display considerable fierceness and agility with a razor in the vicinity
of Elizabeth’s person, and she, in putting up her left hand to avoid the sharp
instrument had the thumb nearly severed at the first joint. The prisoner and
his wife totally denied either of the before mentioned assaults, acknowledging
only a little family jar, but overwhelming evidence knocked their statements
higher than a kite, the former character of the respondent being ventilated by State’s Attorney Newton to His
Honor.
F. W. McGettrick, Esq., on behalf of the respondent made
an eloquent appeal, scouting the insinuation made by the State’s Attorney that
Mr. Newport was the “peace maker” and Mr. William Phelps the “peace breaker.”
But it was of no avail. The Court was convinced that the peace and dignity of
the State had been injured to the amount of $8.00 dollars and costs, in which
sum the respondent was muleted,
and the boys sang:
A darkey who lived in “the Block”
A darkey who lived in “the Block”
Gave his wife such a terrible shock
By means of a razor,
That her friends had to raise her,
And her husband was placed in the dock.
1886
St. Albans,
Vermont City Directory
Douglas Brace, laborer, h Water n Lasell
Ethan Brace, laborer, h Water n Lasell
Jefferson Brace, foundryman, h Lasell n Oak
Peter Brace, laborer, h 12 Lasell
Timothy Brace, laborer, h 17 Water
William Phelps,
freight transferor for C.V.R.R. h. Lasell n Water [See April 19, 1986]
Abel Prince, laborer, h Lasell n Oak
Daniel Prince, Sr. laborer h. 4 Lasell
Daniel Prince, Jr. laborer h. 4 Lasell
Mrs. Isaac Prince, h 11 Lasell
Timothy Prince,
laborer h 16 Water
Daniel Prophet,
laborer, h 13 Water
1891
St. Albans,
Franklin County, Vermont City Directory
Dion Brace, laborer, h Water c Lasell
Ethan Brace, laborer, h Lasell n Elm
Fred Brace, Bell boy, Welden House
Jefferson Brace, foundry man, h Walnut n Lake
Peter Brace, laborer, h 12 Lasell
T. Brace, laborer, h 17 Water
Henry Peters, laborer, h 11 Newton
Moses Peters, laborer, h Pine n Lake
William Phelps,
barber, 36 Lake, h 16 Water
Peter Phillips, brakeman, h 11
Pine
May 14, 1896
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 04
Henry Switzer
was brought before Justice Hall charged with intoxication. He pleaded guilty
and fined $5.00 dollars and costs. H. E. Wheeler prosecuted.
October 19, 1896
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 05
Municipal Court – St. Albans, VT
Mike Phillips
was up before the municipal court Saturday on the dual charge of ‘breach of the peace’ and ‘intoxication’,
to both of which charges he pleaded
guilty. He was fined $2.00 dollars and costs for breach of peace, which was committed at the “Blocks,” and $5.00 dollars and costs
for intoxication.
He disclosed on E. C. Wood. Wood pleaded not guilty to
this charge but on examination was fined $20.00 dollars and costs. He appealed
from the decision of the court.
Daniel Profit Jr.
pleaded not guilty to a charge of petty
larceny of stealing ‘babbitt’ metal [also known
as “bearing metal”] from the railroad company. He was tried by the
court, found guilty, and sentenced to two months in the House of Correction.
Several breach of the peace cases will be tried by the
court tomorrow. Clovi Longway, Samuel Longway, and Mike Senecal are the
respondents.
October 24, 1896
The St. Albans Daily Messenger Newspaper, Page 05
Municipal Court
Henry Switzer
was up, charged with intoxication. He pleaded not guilty, but on hearing was
adjudged to be guilty and fined $5.00 and costs. He appealed.
1897
St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont City Directory
William J. Phelps,
laborer, h 17 Water
Peter Phillips, laborer, bds 13
Water
[Peter Phillips was boarding close to his cousin, at Daniel Prophet's place of residence]
February 01, 1897 – February 01, 1898
Danville, Chittenden County, Vermont Town Report
Overseer’s Report
–
Expenses:
Jake Way and family
$15.00 [This Jacob Way was also known as "Gypsy Devil Jake Way]
Expenses Outside of Poor House:
Jake Way
$15.00
June 01, 1897
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 06
Town Affairs Section
Henry Switzer,
one of the denizens of the Blocks,
was arrested yesterday on a writ of mittimus for an old drunkenness charge.
April 18, 1898
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 05
Peter Gonyea and Henry
Switzer who were arrested Saturday night for intoxication, were fined $5.00
dollars and costs by Judge Flinn this
morning. Goyea took an appeal. State’s Attorney Feeters prosecuted.
This afternoon Jodn Robitor, who was disclosed on by
Henry Switzer, had a hearing and was discharged.
June 23, 1904
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper
Justice Court Proceedings Section
Walter Brace
was arraigned before Justice Kearney and pleaded guilty to charges of breach of
the peace and intoxication. He was fined $5.00 dollars and costs in each
instance, with the usual alternative sentences. …
Mrs. William
Phelps and Cynthia Phelps were
discharged. The complaints against them were intoxication in Mrs. Phelps’ case
and Grand Larceny and Gross Lewdness in Cynthia Phelps’ case. Cynthia Phelps
was charged with the theft of $10.00 dollars from Byron Barrett, of Sheldon,
Vermont. Byron Barrett was presented in court, but refused to testify against
Cynthia Phelps.
Byron Barrett, of Sheldon, Vermont, who claimed he had
lost $10.00 dollars while on a visit to the Phelps’ domicile at “the Blocks” on June
15, 1904, and who was in such condition that he was entertained at the
jail for the evening, was arraigned before the Justice on a charge of
intoxication. He concluded he had better hedge on his $10.00 story and pleaded
guilty to the charge of drunkenness and was fined $5.00 dollars and costs.
The Phelps and Barrett cases were prosecuted by City
Grand Juror C. H. McGettrick, S. W. Flinn appearing for the respondents. …
Arthur Brace,
better known as “Babe,” was arraigned before Justice Kearney to answer to a
charge of a breach of the peace. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined
$10.00 and costs with the usual alternative sentence in the house of correction
at Rutland. He chose the alternative sentence.
February 13, 1905
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 04
The “Blocks”
The Barre Times prides itself on the fact that its home
city is disgraced by no such institution as the malodorous “Blocks” of St. Albans.
The contemporary should not mistake the significance of
mere externals, and reason that because vice does not segregate in the Dialect
city there is none there or that because to a certain extent it does segregate
in St. Albans there is more here than there is in Barre. Strange as the
assertion may appear, perhaps even more shocking to some people, St. Albans is manifestly
the gainer under present conditions because of those very same “Blocks,” upon
the theory that it is immeasurably better for the lowest and most vicious class
of people in a community to herd themselves than to be scattered throughout the
multitude as a nuisance and a contamination. If it could be so ordered that
there were no such people in St. Albans as not inhabit the “Blocks,” it would
be preferable, to be sure, but, just so long as human life and character are
what they are, the law of social gravitation will precipitate this moral filth
and wretchedness and depravity to the bottom, where it is best that it should
remain alone.
Every now and then some honest champion of right-living
argues that the “Blocks” are a disgrace to St. Albans and should be wiped out,
but that would not mend matters any. It would simply scatter the wretched
beings that live there throughout various, respectable neighborhoods in the
city. There would be no less vice in St. Albans, and in time, through
pernicious influence of such an enforced association of cleanliness with filth,
there would be more. The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper has often urged that
every pains be taken to keep these unfortunates together to prevent their
drifting elsewhere, for this very reason, but that in the meantime the city
government should ordain some manner of tenement house law that would compel
landlords to maintain buildings that would meet with modern sanitary
regulations and then make their tenants keep them clean. St. Albans has had a great
deal of experience with this problem at the “Blocks” and it has learned that
prayers and psalm-singing and missions and all that kind of thing do precious
little good there so long as the wretched creatures are compelled to inhabit
dens that by their very construction and environment breed depravity. The first
step in the reform of these people is to teach them self-respect. Preach the
gospel of soap and water to them, give them the means to put it into practice,
and make them do it. It is a long hard path they must travel, to be sure, and
not all of them will follow it any way, whatever effort is put forth to have
them do so. But it is as true today as it ever ways that “Cleanliness is next
to godliness,” and not only next, but comes first.
As can be seen per the above documented chart, Miss Harriett E. Abbott of the Vermont Eugenics Survey KNEW and was mapping out, the PHELPS descendants genealogically. William J. Phelps wife Mary was not a Blanchard, but rather her maiden name was Barber.
William Phelps who married Rosanna Prince, was the son of Peter Phelps who died November 10, 1865, and was a sibling to Antoine Phillips Sr. who had married Catherine Emery dit Codere.
September 24, 1905
Death Record of
William J. Phelps – St. Albans, Franklin County, VT
Color: Negro
Age: 61 yrs.
Occupation: Laborer
Born: Vermont
Father: William Phelps
Mother: Rose Prince
October 08, 1905
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 05
Death of William
Phelps
William Phelps, of Lascelle
Street, in St. Albans, died suddenly of heart disease Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock p.m. Mr. Phelps had been ill for several weeks with a fever sore but
had recovered and his condition was much better than it had been for some time.
Mr. Phelps, who was a Civil War veteran, was 65 years old and is survived by
his wife and two daughters.
Funeral of William
Phelps
The funeral of William Phelps, who died of heart failure
at 2:00 o’clock p.m. on Sunday Afternoon at his residence on Lascelle Street,
was held at 10:00 o’clock a.m. Tuesday morning at his home, the Rev. E. E.
Marggraf officiating. The burial was in the South Main Street Cemetery, the
bearers being William Powell, Daniel
Prince, Charles James, and William Satchell. The funeral was attended by a
large number of representative citizens of the city.
November 10, 1906
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper
Helping the Poor
in St. Albans
Mrs. William
Phelps [Mary Jane (nee: Barber) Blanchard - Phelps], of Laselle Street, was
rescued from a deplorable condition yesterday afternoon as the results of
Overseer of the Poor Napoleon J. Jarvis’ campaign against squalid homes. She
was found in a most destitute condition, without fire, with little clothing,
and practically no household furniture. Mr. Jarvis placed her in the hospital. Arrangements were made today whereby she left here on the train at 4:00
o’clock p.m. to live in Randolph,
Vermont with her daughter.
December 22, 1906
Death Record of Peter Phillips – Peacham, Caledonia County, VT
Colored
Widowed
Date of Birth: unknown
Age: 97 yrs.
Occupation: none
Wife: Eliza Way
Father: Antoine Phillips b. Montreal, Canada
Mother: Unknown
Birthplace of Mother: Unknown
Informant: W. N. Blanchard, Peacham, VT.
Cause of Death: After exposure to cold with insufficient
clothing.
Date of burial: December 23, 1906
December 22, 1906
The St. Johnsbury – Caledonian Record Newspaper
Peacham
Peter Phillips
died at the north part of the town and the burial was at Peacham, Sunday
afternoon.
March 16, 1907
Department of the Interior – Bureau of Pensions –
Washington, D.C.
Montpelier, Vt.
To: The Commissioners of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith all papers in the
claim for pension of Mary J. Phelps, alleged widow of William J. Phelps, late
of Co. C., 54th Mass. Vol. Inf. No. 836,950, P. O. Randolph, Orange
County, Vt.
This case was referred to the S.E.D. for special
examination to determine the question of legal widowhood, and came to me for
the initial examination. This claimant is a white woman, and the soldier was a
Negro.
I have known the claimant about five years, having
examined cases in which she was a witness soon after I came to the state. As
will be seen from the testimony, she has been a notorious character all of her
life, having given birth to at least three illegitimate children by as many
different men prior to her marriage to the Negro. She is said to have been a
common prostitute, consorting with Negroes and the lowest sort of trash prior
to her marriage to William J. Phelps.
It appears from the evidence that William J. Phelps had never been previously married, but that
he had lived in adulterous relations with his own aunt raising a family of
children by her prior to his marriage to the claimant. It appears that he
finally brought this claimant to his home and that when his aunt Elizabeth J.
Prince objected to her Mary Jane nee: Barber presence,
he drove her [Elizabeth Prince] and her
children out and she made complaint to the authorities, which lead to the
marriage of William J. Phelps and this claimant
Mary Jane Barber.
The claimant and John B. Blanchard, both deny under oath
that they were never married to each other and while neither of them is to
believed under oath, it is evidence that they were never married, for the
reason that John B. Blanchard, was sent to States Prison, from St. Albans, Vt.,
in 1872, after having been convicted of the crime of Bigamy, and served until
June 17, 1874, when he returned to St. Albans, Vt., and soon after took up with
this claimant Mary Jane Barber. It is not likely
that he would have entered into another marriage contract immediately after
having completed a term in prison for bigamy, from the same town.
In examining the marriage records of St. Albans, I failed
to find that John B. Blanchard had been
married to this claimant, but I did find that he was married to one Margaret
Hogan, on December 09, 1871, and I found
this woman to have been a sister of Atty, C. P. Hogan, of St. Albans, Vt., one
of the best men in the state, whose deposition will appear herewith and it was
he who discovered that John B. Blanchard was
a bigamist, and secured his conviction.
The Negro William J.
Phelps was a notorious character, and during his lifetime, he was convicted of
running a house of ill-fame, and sent to the work-house, and this claimant was
at the same time sent to the Poor House in Sheldon,
Vermont. This claimant now has a daughter Cynthia by Phelps or some
other Negro, who is a notorious character, and early this winter, she was sent
to the work-house for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and this claimant was
sent to the hospital, and as soon as she was able to leave there she went to
Randolph, Vt., to live with her oldest daughter Sarah
Louise, by John B. Blanchard, wife of Frank Porter.
I have made a thorough canvass of the life and history of
this claimant, and fail to find that she was ever married, except to William J. Phelps. She is a physical wreck, and I
presume that her days of prostitution are over; she has not lived openly with
any man since the death of William J.
Phelps. She is said to be a hard drinker, and her morals are of the lowest.
John B. Blanchard, is a pensioner, and has an alleged wife, now who is likely
to become an applicant for pension some day. He alleges service in Co. I, 34th,
N.Y. Vol. Infantry, and in Co. I, 95th, N.Y. Vol. Infantry, and for
use in such case, a reference should be made of his claim, to this one so that
his history may be examined in case of the filing of a widow’s claim. A long
period of time has elapsed since taking the claimant’s initial statement, but I
held the case in order to locate John B. Blanchard, and procure his testimony (He had spent
the winter in Pittsburg, Pa.), and I found
him by accident the very day he returned home. This case is submitted for the
consideration of the Chief of the Board of Review.
Very respectfully,
W. H. Nelms
Special Examiner.
P.S.
I was unable to procure but one witness to several of
these signatures by mark. I have had two when possible without great
inconvenience.
W.H. N.
November 27, 1913
VERMONT NOTES
Sheriff’s Search for Peter Philips on Charge of Assault on Neighbor.
Sheriffs of Caledonia and Orleans counties, with Canadian deputies, are searching the county from Walden across the Canadian line for Peter Phillips, better known as “Gypsy” Phillips, who is wanted on a charge of assaulting Edward Miles, a neighbor, who he accused of stealing his chickens. Edward Miles received a terrible gash in the head and blood poisoning has developed. Peter Phillips is 52 years old and had a wife and six children who are destitute. Edward Miles is 24 years old and has a wife and child.
December 03, 1913
The man hunt in process in Orleans and Caledonia counties
for the ten days previous ended Thanksgiving Day when Sheriff Hill of Newport
received word from Mansonville. P. Q. that GENERATION #4 Peter Phillips, a large Negro,
52 years of age [born 10 Jul 1873 allegedly in Quechee,
Windsor Co., Vermont to Peter Phillips Sr. and 1m. Delia Benoit dit Benway dit
Bone], wanted on the charge of assault on Ernest Miles, a neighbor in Walden, was there. Sheriff Hill took
deputies and went to Mansonville. The Canadian officials deported the man and
as he crossed the line was arrested by Hill's men without resistance. He was
lodged in the county jail at Newport and taken to St. Johnsbury Friday. Peter
Phillips lives at Walden Four Corners
and the trouble of which this is the outcome occurred Nov. 6, when it is
claimed Phillips struck Miles, whom he had accused of stealing some chickens.
The wound was not at first considered danger us, but
later blood poisoning developed and the man died. The matter was brought to
--the attention of State's Attorney W. A. Dutton and about that time Phillips
disappeared.
He
is known as "Gypsy Phillips", has led rather a roving life
and it is claimed has had rather a checkered career. He is about 52, has a wife
[Ida Champagny] less than half his age and
five little children. They are in destitute circumstances.
Miles was 24 and leaves a wife and one child.
Phillips returned to his home sometime in the night a
week ago Friday. His feet were bare and he had his wife find an old pair of
tennis shoes for him.
He took also a dollar in money with which he said he
would buy rubbers. R. N. Baldwin, D. A. Brahana and W. M. Fuller, all of
Irasburg, who later were injured in an automobile accident, accompanied Sheriff
Hill. Deputy Sheriff Ladd of Holland came in late Thanksgiving afternoon with
Willie Westover, who has been wanted for a year on a charge of breaking and
entering some cottages at East Charleston.
Westover has been hiding in Canada the past year
and made bold to come over for Thanksgiving. He was promptly arrested and
brought here and placed in the county jail.
May 19, 1926
From: Burton Kent [Town Clerk of Panton, Addison County, Vermont]
To: Miss Harriett Abbott
Eugenics Survey,
Mary Agnes Phillips is supposed to be a grand-child of GENERATION # 3 Peter Phillips, the old Negro Gypsy. Mary Agnes does not show the colored blood
very strong as to color, but has the loose shambling walk of the Negro.
Mary Agnes is considered ignorant and immoral, yet can
read and write.
If you are interested in “Evolution” you won’t have to
trace Harrison Jerome and Mary Agnes Phillips back very far before you find the
missing link.
Truly Yours,
Burton Kent
This morning I came across an interesting and informative article that gave me room for thought about the above documentations from the Vermont Eugenics Records SURVEY whose Field Research Harriett E. Abbott of which some of the above documents came from and were created by.
“Also the notorious ‘Negro Project,’ which sought to limit, if not eliminate black births was Ms. Sanger's brainchild"
To Read MORE:
http://www.trustblackwomen.org/2011-05-10-03-28-12/publications-a-articles/african-americans-and-abortion-articles/26-margaret-sanger-and-the-african-american-community-
Now we know what Vermont's Miss Harriett Abbott was doing regarding the Phillips family and the Negro Gypsies ca. 1925 through and into the 1930's!
It wasn't about Abenakis at all !!!
Pages 131-2 of Nancy L. Gallagher's book BREEDING BETTER VERMONTER'S, seems to show a 'distancing' (at least initially) between Margaret Sanger's organization and that of the Eugenics organization(s), UNTIL Henry Perkins subsequently began to bring the two organizations into partnership with one another ...
NOW, it makes sense WHY Harriett E. Abbott was going after the Phelps/ and the Philips etc families and that letter in May of 1926 from the Panton, VT Town Clerk Burton Kent stating that
... Peter Phillips Sr. was a Negro Gypsy.
The emphasis was that they the Phillips family members were Negro's, Colored, Black's, and Mulatto's (from the paternal ancestry of Antoine Philips Sr.'s parents Peter Phelps and Pegg ______ ) and they had to stop making babies ...
Now go back and read the 4 Applications of the 4 alleged "Abenaki" groups that sought the Colonizer State of Vermont's Legislative "Recognition" ... and REVIEW what has been/was/ and is Frederick M. Wiseman Ph.D. claims and assertions about the Phillips Family, right along with Donald Warren Stevens Jr.
... and hopefully one can DISCERN the TRUTH vs. MYTH and STORIES by these so-called "Abenakis" ...
HERE above are 4 male generational descendants GENERATIONS #1 through 4, of the Phelps/Phillips ancestry, CLEARLY documented as either Black, Colored, Mulatto, or Negro.
Which IS validated by the Y-DNA results of two of Peter Phillips Sr.'s paternal descendants.
How is it that Winifred (nee: Jerome) Yaratz, Frederick M. Wiseman (Ph.D.) and Donald W. Stevens Jr. could assert and claim repeatedly that Antoine Phillips Sr. was the son of the Upper Coos Chief "Philip" ca. 1796 ... and imply that Antoine Phillips Sr. himself was a brother to Louie Metallic ca. 1796
... when in fact, genealogically, historically, and socially it is PROVEN otherwise?
LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS !!!
WHAT actual legitimate RESEARCH for ACCURACY and TRANSPARENCY
DID anyone ever bother to CHECK the CLAIMS and ASSERTIONS
that were submitted
By Frederick Matthew Wiseman Ph.D. (an "Expert Scholar")
and
Donald Warren Stevens Jr. "Chief" of the Nulhegan Group
ETC
????
Certainly NOT Vt. Sen. Vincent Illuzzi!!
Certainly NOT Vt. Hinda Miller!!
Certainly NOT a qualified Genealogist!!
Certainly NOT John Scott Moody!!
Certainly NOT Kevin Dann!!
Certainly NOT anyone on the VCNAA!!
ETC.
WHAT actual legitimate RESEARCH for ACCURACY and TRANSPARENCY
DID anyone ever bother to CHECK the CLAIMS and ASSERTIONS
that were submitted
By Frederick Matthew Wiseman Ph.D. (an "Expert Scholar")
and
Donald Warren Stevens Jr. "Chief" of the Nulhegan Group
ETC
????
Certainly NOT Vt. Sen. Vincent Illuzzi!!
Certainly NOT Vt. Hinda Miller!!
Certainly NOT a qualified Genealogist!!
Certainly NOT John Scott Moody!!
Certainly NOT Kevin Dann!!
Certainly NOT anyone on the VCNAA!!
ETC.
