The Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps comes from an obscure branch of the illustrious family spawned by William Phelps (1593?-1572), emigrant from Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England to New England. More well-known branches of this Phelps line produced a U.S. Senator from Vermont, several congressmen, leaders in business and diplomacy, and at least two U.S. Medal of Honor winners. If you would like to know more, use the link politicalfamilytree/purchase_files.asp to buy JPEGs of family tree pages with the Phelps surname .
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:03:21 +0000