William Robert Phillips Sr (1776 - 1862)

Born 20 Dec 1776 in Matamorse, Pike Co. Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Mary (Keener) Phillips — married 1802 in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1862 at age 85 in Overfield, Barbour Co., Virginia

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Biography

Birth

William Phillips was born about 1776 in Pennsylvania, according to the 1850 US Census (Barbour County, Virginia) for William Phillips.

He was born about 1772 in Pennsylvania according to the 1860 US census (Barbour County, Virginia) for William Phillips. (Note that the original record lists "Pa" as birth state, although Ancestry has incorrectly transcribed this as "Va" or Virginia.)

William Robert Phillips may have been born in Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States.

He is listed as born in Virginia in some trees, but source for this is not clear other than the incorrect transcription of the 1860 census noted above.

There is no source identified for his parents.

Marriage

Robert Philips married Ruth Vanmetre on 7 Nov 1798 in Berkeley, West Virginia.^[1] It appears that they had two children, Fanny and Elizabeth, and then Ruth died. Some trees assume this was the same William Phillips, but using his middle name.

William Phillips married Nancy Keener in 1802 in Monongalia, West Virginia.^[2]

There is also a record for a different William Phillips who married Susanna Clark in Randolph County, Virginia in 1819.^[3]

Residence

• Fact: Residence (1830) Eastern District, Monongalia, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1840) East Monongalia, Monongalia, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1850) Barbour county, Barbour, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Barbour, Virginia, United States

1850 Census (Barbour, Virginia) For William Philips (74, born Pennsylvania) and Nancy Philips (76, born Pennsylvania): https://archive.org/stream/populationschedu0935unix#page/n87/mode/1up

Other

A land deed from 1850, Virginia, transfers land from William Phillips to Robert Phillips, both of Barbour County, Virginia. The deed names William's wife Nancy, and their children Catherine, Ellenton, Samuel, Geo, John, Benjamin, Nancy and Hannah.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Philips and Ruth Vanmetre, 1798, West Virginia. Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ William Philips and Nancy Keener, 1802, West Virginia. West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
3. ↑ William Phillips and Susanna Clark, 1819, Virginia. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11018124&Type=Marriage
4. ↑ William Robert Phillips Sr. Agreement - Deed Book - Barbour County Court House, Barbour County, West Virginia.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 November 2017, 00:40), entry for William Robert Phillips(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZRP-DPN); contributed by various users.
• 1850 Census (Randolph County, Virginia) for William Philips (51, born Virginia) and Susanna Phillips (47, born Virginia): https://archive.org/stream/populationschedu0935unix#page/n87/mode/1up