William (2) Phelps, baptized at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. August 15, 1599, died at Windsor. Connecticut. July 14, 1672. son of William and Dorothy Phelps and grandson of James and Joan Phelps. William (2) Phelps came to America on the "Mary and John," landing at what is now Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 30, 1630. He came with the forty emigrants led by Revs. John Wirham and Samuel Maverick as their pastors, all members of a church organization in Plymouth, England, and was one of the only seven men in this church who were entitled to the address of "Mr.," a title then given only to men of scholarship or high position. He was one of the first jury empanelled in New England, 1630, and when in 1636 he moved to Windsor, Connecticut, he was appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts one of the commission to govern the people of Connecticut, holding that position until Connecticut became an independent colony. He rose to high position, was Governor's Assistant, member of the Governor's Council, and deputy to the Connecticut General Court for fifty-six sessions. He lived for forty-two years in New England, thirty-six of them in Windsor, "a pillar in Church and State." He married his first wife, Elizabeth, in England, she and five children accompanying him to New England. He married (second) at Windsor, Mary Dover, born in England, who is said to have been a fellow passenger on the "Mary and John."