Olivia Egleston

Initially there were three executors of her husband's will, Olivia, her son Anson and son-in-law William Earl Dodge.

The will was contested on many points by the beneficiaries, including their children and grandchildren, and Olivia sought clarification via the courts.

[6][7] Olivia shared in her husband's religious devotion and charitable works, supporting many causes including the Society for the Relief of Half Orphans and for 25 years she was a member of the board for the Association for the Relief of Aged and Respectable Indigent Woman.

[8] In her home, she entertained missionaries and evangelists including Charles Grandison Finney who, with his family, stayed with the Phelps during his preaching at the Presbyterian church in Vandewater Street, New York (1829-1830).

It was bought by Phelps in 1835 who then acquired adjoining properties, so that the land eventually extended from Third Avenue to the East River, and from Twenty-ninth to half-way between Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets.