Father: Nathaniel Phelps Mother: Abigail Burnham Spouse: Elizabeth Childs
"Historic Deerfield" magazine, Autumn 2002, p. 5.
OCCUPATION: Gravestone carver. Eventually, well-to-do Deerfielders no longer had to send away to Boston for their gravestones as stonecutters had begun to proliferate in the lower Connecticut River Valley. By the mid-18th century, gravestones were available from as near as Northampton, where Nathaniel Phelps (1721-1789) was active during the Revolutionary War period. Phelps was married to a member of the Childs family of Deerfield, which may explain why the Albany Road Burying Ground (in Deerfield) has a number of stones from his shop, identifiable by their simple design, circular face, stylized headgear and wings carved on pink to beige sandstone. Phelps was quite successful for a time; from 1750 through the 1770s he was the dominant stonecutter in the area. Sometime in the '70s, however, the Northampton carver went bankrupt, although he continued to practice his craft until his death.
"Historic Deerfield" magazine, Autumn 2002, p. 5.
OCCUPATION: Gravestone carver. Eventually, well-to-do Deerfielders no longer had to send away to Boston for their gravestones as stonecutters had begun to proliferate in the lower Connecticut River Valley. By the mid-18th century, gravestones were available from as near as Northampton, where Nathaniel Phelps (1721-1789) was active during the Revolutionary War period. Phelps was married to a member of the Childs family of Deerfield, which may explain why the Albany Road Burying Ground (in Deerfield) has a number of stones from his shop, identifiable by their simple design, circular face, stylized headgear and wings carved on pink to beige sandstone. Phelps was quite successful for a time; from 1750 through the 1770s he was the dominant stonecutter in the area. Sometime in the '70s, however, the Northampton carver went bankrupt, although he continued to practice his craft until his death.
Father: Nathaniel Phelps Mother: Abigail Burnham Spouse: Elizabeth Childs
"Historic Deerfield" magazine, Autumn 2002, p. 5.
OCCUPATION: Gravestone carver. Eventually, well-to-do Deerfielders no longer had to send away to Boston for their gravestones as stonecutters had begun to proliferate in the lower Connecticut River Valley. By the mid-18th century, gravestones were available from as near as Northampton, where Nathaniel Phelps (1721-1789) was active during the Revolutionary War period. Phelps was married to a member of the Childs family of Deerfield, which may explain why the Albany Road Burying Ground (in Deerfield) has a number of stones from his shop, identifiable by their simple design, circular face, stylized headgear and wings carved on pink to beige sandstone. Phelps was quite successful for a time; from 1750 through the 1770s he was the dominant stonecutter in the area. Sometime in the '70s, however, the Northampton carver went bankrupt, although he continued to practice his craft until his death.
"Historic Deerfield" magazine, Autumn 2002, p. 5.
OCCUPATION: Gravestone carver. Eventually, well-to-do Deerfielders no longer had to send away to Boston for their gravestones as stonecutters had begun to proliferate in the lower Connecticut River Valley. By the mid-18th century, gravestones were available from as near as Northampton, where Nathaniel Phelps (1721-1789) was active during the Revolutionary War period. Phelps was married to a member of the Childs family of Deerfield, which may explain why the Albany Road Burying Ground (in Deerfield) has a number of stones from his shop, identifiable by their simple design, circular face, stylized headgear and wings carved on pink to beige sandstone. Phelps was quite successful for a time; from 1750 through the 1770s he was the dominant stonecutter in the area. Sometime in the '70s, however, the Northampton carver went bankrupt, although he continued to practice his craft until his death.
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