Dorcas (Hamilton) Phillips (abt. 1758 - aft. 1798)

Born about 1758 in North Carolina

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Died after 1798 after about age 40 in Johnston, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Dorcas (Hamilton) Phillips was a North Carolina colonist.

Dorcas is mentioned in her father's will, along with her mother, Ann and her siblings, for which probate was recorded Jan 1791.^[1]

Among the eight children of Dorcas Hamilton and John Phillips, were:

1. John Phillips^[2]
2. Hamilton Guy Phillips, born circa 1786, named as a grandson in his grandfather Guy Hamilton's 1790 will, who married Sarah Faulk in 1812, with whom he was still living in 1860^[3]
3. Edith (Phillips) Woodard, born circa 1788 (refer also to: Find A Grave: Memorial #125386344, which gives her vital dates as 29 May 1790 through 2 Mar 1859), who married Willis Woodard, with whom she was still living in 1850^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Darkis / Dorcas in HAMILTON, GUY's Jan 1791 Will record, from Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, page 319. See also Inventory, which is signed by the mark of Ann Hamilton: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch: 16 Mar 2018, Guy Hamilton; 1791; citing Wayne County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,224,920. And, Will, proved January Term 1791: Dorcas Hamilton in 20 Nov 1790 Will of Guy Hamilton: North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970 FamilySearch: 21 May 2014, Wayne County Wills, 1773-1805, starting image 120.
2. ↑ Both Dorcas and her husband John Phillips are recorded in the death record for a John who is presumed one of their sons, John Phillips (d. 12 Apr 1823): "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch: 3 Nov 2017, Dorcas in entry for John Phillips, 12 Apr 1823; citing Turner, Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 11 Nov 2020, H Phillips, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch: indexed 24 Dec 2020, Edith Woodard in household of Willis Woodard, Johnston, North Carolina, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration).