Capt Jeremiah Phillips served for Rhode Island in the War of 1812 Service started: Unit(s): Service ended:
Biography
Jeremiah Phillips, owned one of the first mills in Foster, Rhode Island. His son, Whipple Van Buren Phillips, (Lovecraft's grandfather), was born on November 22, 1833. When Whipple was only thirteen, his father, still a young man, was accidentally killed in the mill's machinery.
Fact: Burial Cole-Phillips Lot , Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Sources
Capt Jeremiah Phillips (1800-1848) on Find A Grave: Memorial #24645202 retrieved 21 October 2018
Foster Vital Records, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), 3:4:39.
PHILLIPS Jeremiah Jan. 29, 1800..of Asaph and Esther,
PHILLIPS Jeremiah, died in his 49y., Nov. 20, 1848, killed by being caught in the gearing of his grist mill
United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-L34V : 12 March 2018), Jeremiah Phillips, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 164; FHL microfilm 882,682.
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH55-T4Q : accessed 21 October 2018), Jeremiah Philips, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 121, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 45; FHL microfilm 218,680.
"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-VY6 : accessed 21 October 2018), Jeremiah Phillips, Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 43, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 58; FHL microfilm 281,232.
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP6-2HW : 17 August 2017), Jeremiah Phillips, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing 252, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 168; FHL microfilm 22,267
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYB-6Y8 : 19 August 2017), Jeremiah Phillips, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing p. 11, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 505; FHL microfilm 22,261.
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