13 Facts About Noah Phelps

Major General Noah Phelps served with the rebels during the Revolutionary War and afterward was selected as a major general.

Noah Phelps served as justice of the Peace, and judge of Probate for twenty years.

Noah Phelps was chosen as a Delegate to the 1788 state convention that ratified the Constitution of the United States.

David Phelps was the son of Joseph Phelps and his third wife, Mary Case.

Noah Phelps held a variety of essential positions, including Surveyor of Lands in the greater Simsbury area in 1772 and 1783.

Captain Noah Phelps gathered key intelligence in preparation for the taking of the Fort.

Noah Phelps heard them discuss the condition of the fort, and the position taken by the rebels, as they styled the people.

Early the next morning, Noah Phelps gained entrance to the fort disguised as a peddler seeking a shave.

Noah Phelps, upon seeing a portion of the exterior wall in a dilapidated condition, remarked that it would afford a feeble defense against the rebels, if they should attack in that quarter.

Noah Phelps entered the boat in full view and under the guns of the fort.

Noah Phelps requested the boatman to row hard that he might terminate the journey as soon as possible.

Noah Phelps returned safely to his command, and reported the intelligence he had gained to General Ethan Allen.

At about this time Noah Phelps raised a militia company mostly at his own expense, and was appointed captain.