Please reply to Sally at cscox@gci.net >> Is anyone else on the list researching this couple? Thomas Phillips (James, Michael, James, Michael) was born 1762 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, and died 01 January 1833 in Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut. He married in 1788 in Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, Catherine Johnson, born 1771, daughter of Ebenezer Johnson and Elizabeth Tingley. She died 06 October 1824 in Jewett City, Connecticut. Thomas Phillips was the son of James and ?? of Coventry, RI. His father, James Phillips, was a son of Michael & Freelove (Wilkinson) Phillips who moved from Smithfield. RI to Pomfret, CT., where they are buried. I have some very strong clues that my ggg-grandfather, Thomas Phillips (who is listed as Thomas Phillips, Jr. in his marriage record to Susannah Olin on 21 September 1825 in Lisbon, CT.), born about 1806/7, was a son of Thomas & Catherine (Johnson) Phillips. Some time after the 1800 census, Thomas & Catherine moved from West Greenwich, RI to Preston, CT, where they appear in the 1810 and 1820 census listings. In the 1820 census, Thomas Phillips, Senior, lived in the household next to Squire Olin (father of Susanna Olin). In addition, Catherine Phillip's death notice appeared in the Norwich Courier in October 1824. Two published genealogies contain information about two children of Thomas and Catherine Phillips: Patience Phillips, born 1792, is discussed in the Thayer-Burton Ancestry (she married Caleb Thayer and settled in Sterling, CT.) William Phillips, born 1797, married Asenath Brewster in Lisbon, CT. and is discussed in The Brewster Genealogy by Emma C. Brewster Jones. I'm very interested in locating any other genealogies that may have information about this family. I have found scattered information on the earlier generations of the Michael & Barbara Phillips family (from whom Thomas Phillips descends), but very little about the later generations, particularly the large group that migrated over to Connecticut. It appears that Thomas Phillip, (senior) died intestate, so I don't expect I will find positive proof of my ggg-grandfather's relationship to him, but perhaps other accounts or records exist. Any ideas? Sally Cox in Anchorage, Alaska cscox@gci.net