John Phillips (bef. 1776 - bef. 1841)

Born before 1776 in South Wales

Descendants

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name: John Phillips ^[2]

Residence

Residence: reportedly son Joshua born in "Cardiganshire" in 1799, though could have meant Cardigan which is 8 miles from Lanfair Nant Gwyn. 1841 census lists son Joshua as born at location above.

Date: 1799

Place: Llanfair-Nant-Gwyn, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Sources

1. ↑ Phillips-14023 was created by Lisa Patten through the import of Patten Family Tree.ged on Sep 26, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Joshua Phillips 1880 http://archive.org/details/historyoffonddul00chic Text: Taken from "The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin (1880) p. 922 Chicago, Western Historical Company Biographies of: Nathan W. Moon, George Murray, Joshua Phillips and Hiram Quimby.

• ↑ Source: #S-306252811 Page: Joshua Phillips b 1799 Wales d 1879 wi Data: Date: 1880 Note: http://archive.org/details/historyoffonddul00chic Data: Text: Taken from "The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin (1880) p. 922 Chicago, Western historical Company Biographies of: Nathan W. Moon, George Murray, Joshua Phillips and Hiram Quimby. Joshua Phillips (deceased) was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1799 and was the son of John and Ann Phillips; he followed farming in his native county, and was married to Margaret Evans about 1820; he left his family in Wales, and came to seek a home in America about 1843, stopped first in the State of New York, and, about 1850, came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm of 156 acres, on Sec. 12, town of Rosendale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.; here his family joined him in 1856; his wife died on the farm in the summer of 1866, and he in the town of Nekama, Winnebago Co., Wis., in September, 1878; their children are Ellen, now the wife of David Price, and lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co., Wis.; Ann, now Mrs. Oriel, and lives in Wales; Sarah, deceased; Eliza, now Mrs. John Thomas, of Utica, Winnebago Co.; John, who was married to Sarah, daughter of William and Martha Thomas, July 1, 1861; they have six children; Julia G., now the wife of Samuel R. James; Etta, deceased; Hattie, deceased; Josephine Elmer, deceased; Sidney. Mr. Phillips owns a farm of 200 acres in Secs. 11 and 15, and 156 acres i n Sec 12; his brother David now lives in the town of Utica, Winnebago Co.; his sister Martha, now Mrs. William Price, lives in Utica also. They are connected with the Baptist Church.