Philip Aylesworth (1737 - 1810)

Born 7 Jun 1737 in Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Slocum) Aylsworth — married about 14 Jan 1762 in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Died Oct 1810 at age 73 in Butternuts, Otsego, New York, United States

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Biography

According to the book "Arthur Aylesworth and his Descendants"^[1], Philip was born June 7, 1737, married Martha Slocum^[2] on June 14, 1762^[3]. and then settled in Coventry, Rhode Island. It goes on to list children

Phebe, b. ~1765, m. John Bowdish

Benjamin, m. Aug 2, 1774 Elizabeth Mumford

Ira, b. Nov. 5, 1780, m. Margaret Roach

Sally, b. ~1785, m. Rufus Harrington

Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1787, m. Mary Titus

John, m. Elizabeth Humphrey

William, m. Phebe Brownell

Hannah, m. David Arnold

(The entry for Benjamin is a typo: his headstone indicates a birth date of Aug 2, 1774, and he married Elizabeth Mumford.)

In addition, we find in the Rhode Island Births and Christenings records a child Alice Aylesworth, father Philip, born in Coventry on September 22, 1772^[4].

May 1763, one Philip Aylesworth listed as Captain 3rd Company West Greenwich^[5].

Census

1790

Coventry Twp., Kent Cty., RI^[6].

Research Notes

• Philip appears as head of household in Coventry in the 1774 census of Rhode Island^[7] (listed as "Aylesworth, Philip Jr.). His household distribution and inferred attributions are
• one white male over 16: Philip
• three white males under 16: sons John, William and Benjamin
• one white female over 16: Martha
• three white females under 16: daughters Phebe, Alice, and Hannah

Assuming that the information in "Arthur Aylesworth and his Descendants" is accurate (excepting the typo noted above), we are led to two possibilites: there were more children than given above, or else John, William, and Hannah were born by 1774, and Benjamin was born early enough to be included in the census. (A third possibility is that Alice is not their child or that she died by 1774 and there was another girl not in the record, but both of these seem unlikely to this researcher.)

Sources

• Source: S504 Title: United States 1790 Census database with images, FamilySearch.org
• Source: S767 Title: Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914, database, FamilySearch.org

1. ↑ citing online transcription (http://www.aylesworth.net/Confidence_family_DWT_CSS/arthur_aylesworth_book/gen_arthur.htm > Table of Contents > Fourth Generation > Entry 33 -- accessed 12/9/2017)
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 July 2020), memorial page for Philip Aylesworth, Jr (7 Jun 1735–Oct 1810), Find a Grave Memorial no. 204395312, ; Maintained by Grandma S. (contributor 48180487) Burial Details Unknown Find A Grave: Memorial #204395312.
3. ↑ Source: #S767 page: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-8HXQ?i=245 Page: 4 Image: 246 Accessed 28 May, 2023 Text: 1-73 Aylesworth, Philip, Jr. of Coventry and Martha Slocum, of West Greenwich, dau of Joseph, m. by Philip Greene, Justice, Jan. 14, 1762 Quality of Data: 3
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87Q-9PD : 6 December 2014), Phillip Alesworth in entry for Alice Alesworth, 22 Sep 1772; citing COVENTRY,KENT,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,269.
5. ↑ Source: #S759 page: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L9CT-Z?i=257&cc=2546162&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A7J9Z-XVW2 Page: 246 Accessed 28 May, 2023 Text: 1763, May 3d (West Greenwich company) Capt. Philip Aylesworth, Lt. David Aylesworth, Ens. Thomas Wilcox Certainty of Data: 2
6. ↑ Source: #S504 page: familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKT-3R2 Page: 77 Line: 6 from top Accessed 28 May, 2023 Text: Philip Aylesworth free white males over 16: 1, free white males under 16: 1, free white females: 1, all other persons: 5 Certainty of Data: 2
7. ↑ 1774 Census

• Aylsworth, Homer Elhanan, Arthur Aylesworth and his Descendants in America: With Notes Historical and Genealogical, Relating to the Family, from Early English Records, edited by James N. Arnold, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1887.
• 1774 Rhode Island Census, Coventry, Page 7, Entry 19 -- Philip Aylworth Jnr; citing transcription by Linda L. Mathew in Rhode Island Roots 31 p.30, March 2005.
• Roy Owens Aylesworth, Caleb Sheldon Aylesworth, his descendants ; an extension of "Arthur Aylsworth and his descendants in America" by Homer Elhanan Aylesworth, 1887, 1963. Page 19.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Karen Harbert for creating WikiTree profile Aylesworth-107 through the import of Kraus-Harbert Family Tree.ged on Nov 6, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.