Phillips Ancestors

An American Adventure

New Jersey - Jonathan Phillips, who may havebeen born on board ship while crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and his wife Rachel Suydam married in 1847. There are indications this marraige took place in New Jersey, but that is not yet proven. Daughter Marietta Phillips was born in February 1850 and son Edward Doughterty Phillips was born in August 1851. Misfortune struck the family with Marietta's death in 1853 and again with Rachel's death in 1856. The fate of Jonathan Phillips is unknown.

Porter County, Indiana - Edward Dougherty Phillips married Lucy Elizabeth Bay in 1878 in Porter County at the home of her father, Cyrus Bay. Only one of their four children survived into adulthood, Otis Edward Phillips, born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1891. Two daughters, Irene in 1886 and Aurie Marie in 1903, died tragically of typhoid fever. Edward and Lucy made their home in Chicago until Edward's death in 1912.

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Updated: Sunday, March 5, 2006