Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Philips and Mary [Unk]




Husband Joseph Philips 1 2 3 4

           Born: 1716 - Wales 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Mary [Unk] 6 7

           Born: 1710 5
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           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Rev. David Philips 1 2 4 5 8 9

           Born: 26 Mar 1742 - Pembrokeshire, South Wales 5 8 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Mar 1829 1 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Thomas (      -1840) 5 10
           Marr: Chester Co, PA


2 M Josiah Philips 1 4 5

            AKA: Joseph Philips 6
           Born: 
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3 M John Philips 1 5

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Philips


Joseph Philips, the ancestor of the Philips family of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, came to America in 1755. He was born in 1716, but of his birthplace and parentage nothing is known by his family. In 1775, with his wife and three children, he sailed from Pembrokeshire, South Wales, and made his first settlement in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he followed the occupation of a weaver.

The Philips family had its origin, as to the American branch, in south Wales, Joseph Philips, with his wife and three children, emigrating from Pembrokeshire to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1755.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1101.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1070.

3 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 428, 761.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1110.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 428.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 761.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 747, 1110.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 891.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 587.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 587, 784.


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