Rev. David Philips and Mary Thomas

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Husband Rev. David Philips ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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           Born: 26 Mar 1742 - Pembrokeshire, South Wales 3 5 7
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         Father: Joseph Philips (1716-      ) 1 2 4 8
         Mother: Mary [Unk] (1710-      ) 9 10

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       Marriage:  - Chester Co, PA

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Wife Mary Thomas ^{3 7}

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Children

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1 M Josiah Philips ^{4 7 11}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1776 - Chester Co, PA 12
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         Spouse: Sarah Bell (      -      ) 4 11 12

         Spouse: Mary Boyer (      -      ) 12

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2 M David [1] Philips ⁷

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3 M David [2] Philips ^{4 13 14}

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           Born: 7 Apr 1780 - Chester Co, PA 15
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         Spouse: Ann Richardson (1785-1870) 15
           Marr: 1805 15

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4 M Isaac Philips ^{4 7}

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           Born: 1787 - Peters Twp, Washington Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Ann Leadley (      -      ) 4

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5 M Thomas Philips ^{4 6 16}

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         Spouse: Sarah B. Hazen (      -1854) 2 4 16

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6 M Benjamin Philips ^{4 7}

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7 M Joseph [1] Philips ⁷

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8 M Joseph [2] Philips ⁷

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9 M John Philips ⁷

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10 F Mary Philips ^{4 7}

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         Spouse: Benjamin Pyatt (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: John Scott (      -      ) 4

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11 F Martha Philips ^{4 7}

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            AKA: Martha Phillips 17
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         Spouse: Joseph Work (      -      ) 4

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12 F Rachel Philips ⁷

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13 F Sarah Philips ^{4 7}

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         Spouse: David McElhennay (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. David Philips

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The Rev. David Phillips was the leading clergyman of the pioneer days of Peters township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was born in Wales, and emigrated from that country to America with his father's family, settling in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married during his residence at that place, and in 1780 came into Washington County and took out a warrant for land which now lies in both Allegheny and Washington Counties. This tract of land was surveyed to him as three hundred and ninety acres, under the title of "Norwich," and he obtained the patent for it March 4, 1786. In 1809 he sold one hundred and fourteen acres of this land to his son Isaac, and the land upon which the house of worship of Peters Creek Baptist Society stood was granted by Mr. Phillips for the church site. Rev. Mr. Phillips was a member of the Great Valley Baptist Church before coming to that section, and had held a captain's commission in the Revolutionary war. He reared a large family of children, and when he died at the age of eighty-seven years, having given more than forty years of his life to the exclusive service in the cause of Christ, he left numerous descendants. Among them were Rev. T. C. Phillips, of New York City; Joshua Phillips, of Pittsburgh, PA; J. M. Phillips, of Chattanooga, TN; Byram Pratt, residing in the state of Pennsylvania; and Henry and Archibald Bass, both living in Tennessee. It is said that a full company of lineal descendants of Rev. David Phillips served in the Union army during the Rebellion, and that at the present time [1882] the persons living who trace their lineage directly back to him number nearly one thousand. The old Phillips homestead is now [1882] occupied by Charles Phillips.
Rev. Mr. Phillips continued to discharge the duties of pastor of the Baptist Church until 1824, when he had become disqualified by his great age. He died of paralysis, leaving many relatives and friends, and loved and honored by all who knew him. [HWC 1882, 891]

He served as a captain in the Continental army under Washington, and was one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of western Pennsylvania, and is said to have preached at Sharon as early as 1801. He had thirteen children, none of whom were living by 1888. His descendants scattered over western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee.

In early manhood he set sail for the "land of the free and the home of the brave." Although a preacher of the Gospel, he believed in defending the rights of his adopted country, and served three years as captain in the Revolutionary war. He then settled on a tract of 400 acres of land, partly in Washington County, Pennsylvania, devoting the remainder of his life to farming and ministerial work. When the War of 1812 began he was drafted into service, but paid the fine rather than to again participate in the horrors of war. He accepted no political honors, but was a very prominent citizen.

When the whisky rebellion was at its height, he mounted a stump, amid cries of "Shoot him," and urged the payment of the excise, while his friends expected every moment to see him fall. [HAC 1889 ii, 428]

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 427.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 587, 784, 1120.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1120.

16 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1101, 1171.

17 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 462.