Hi, Have you checked my Phillips page http://members.tripod.com/~JeffriesB/index-13.html or my Schodack bpt and marriages? No need to ans. this. Barbara --- Lin Van Buren <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Ed > > I recognise this Frances PHILLIPS. But we need > more PHILLIPS expertise > than > I have to find her great-grandfather! Can any of > YOU help? > > Frances PHILLIPS (1856-1911) was a daughter of > Nicholas PHILLIPS > (1822-1882) > and wife Margaret J. SHAVER (born ca 1825); both > were born in Rensselaer > County, NY, as was Frances. Frances married ca > 1877 to John W. TAYLOR. > > Nicholas PHILLIPS was the eldest son of David > PHILLIPS (23 March 1800-6 > February 1881) and his wife Sarah (September > 1805-29 July 1885), maiden > surname unknown to me. David PHILLIPS had been > born in Dutchess Co NY; > wife > Sarah had been born in Rensselaer Co NY. > > I am not certain who the father of this David > PHILLIPS was. Can any other > PHILLIPS researchers help with this? > > On the one hand, he is the only David PHILLIPS > whom I can find who MAY > have > been living in Nassau, Rensselaer Co NY in 1838, > when Roswell PHILLIPS > (1771-1838) of Schodack, Rensselaer Co NY wrote > his last will and when > that > will was probated; those probate papers specify > that Roswell PHILLIPS's > son > David PHILLIPS was a resident of Nassau. And > indeed, there WAS a "David R. > PHILLIPS" in the 1840 US Census in Nassau. Also, > in the 1865 NY State > Census, Nicholas PHILLIPS lives right next door to > Charles DREW, who was > definitely a member of the Greenbush/Schodack > PHILLIPS family (his mother > was Anner PHILLIPS DREW, sister of Roswell > PHILLIPS). > > On the other hand, though, the David PHILLIPS who > was Frances's > grandfather > resided in Grafton, Rensselaer Co NY in 1850. > Grafton is a place where an > entirely different PHILLIPS family lived, although > they used many of the > same forenames and may be related as cousins or > something to the > Schodack/Greenbush PHILLIPSes. Also, Frances's > grandfather David PHILLIPS > named his eldest son NICHOLAS; this is a forename > not found ANYwhere in > the > Schodack/Greenbush PHILLIPS family. Also, > Frances's grandfather David > PHILLIPS was born in Dutchess Co NY in about 1800, > whereas Roswell > PHILLIPS > is listed in Albany Co NY in the 1800 US Census. > The Greenbush-Schodack > PHILLIPSes had indeed come from Dutchess Co NY > (actually, the part that's > now Putnam Co NY), but they were already in > Rensselaer Co NY by 1800. > > Never have I seen the middle initial "R." used for > Frances's grandfather > David PHILLIPS in a record that would include his > family, so I can't tell > whether David R. PHILLIPS of Nassau in 1838 and > 1840 is the same person > who > moved from Grafton to Nassau during the 1850s. > > There's a wealth of information about all these > PHILLIPSes on the > Rensselaer > County, NY GenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/. > > What do you think about all this, Ed? > > I'll close with some census entries for you, Ed, > enumerating Frances. > > 1860 US Census > NY Rensselaer Co Nassau, post office Schodack > Center > page 418/144 line 8 dwelling 70 family 13 [sic]: > PHILLIPS Nicholas 38 farmer $600 > PHILLIPS Margaret 36 > PHILLIPS Mary J. 11 > PHILLIPS Francis [sic] J female 4 > Next door, in dwelling 71 family 14: > PHILLIPS David 60 > PHILLIPS Sarah 53. > > 1865 NY State Census > Rensselaer Co Nassau First Election District > page 46 line 10 dwelling 289 family 333: > PHILLIPS David 65 b Dutchess Co NY farmer owns > land > married once now married > PHILLIPS Sarah 60 b Rensselaer Co NY Wife > married once now married mother of 5 > PHILLIPS Edwin E. 23 b Rensselaer Co NY single Son > Next door: > PHILLIPS Nicholas 42 b Rensselaer Co NY farmer > owns land > married once now married > PHILLIPS Margaret 40 b Rensselaer Co NY Wife > married once now married mother of 2 > PHILLIPS Mary J. 15 b Rensselaer Co NY Daughter > PHILLIPS Francis [sic] J. female 9 b Rensselaer Co > NY Daughter. > Next door: > DREW Charles 54 > DREW Fanny 53 Wife. > > 1870 US Census > NY Rensselaer Co The Town of Nassau > page 102A/33 line 10 dwelling 293 family 310: > PHILLIPS Nicholas 47 b NY farm laborer $600 $200 > PHILLIPS Margaret 40 [sic] b NY tailoress > PHILLIPS Mary J. 20 b NY > PHILLIPS Frances female 14 b NY attending school. > > 1880 US Census NY Rensselaer Co Nassau page 574C: > John CRANE Self 75 farmer IRE IRE IRE > Parmelia CRANE 78 keeping house IRE IRE IRE Wife > John TAYLOR Other 25 farmer NY NY ENG > Francis TAYLOR 22 keeping house NY NY NY Wife > 2 households away are three Phillips households in > a row: > David Phillips (Frances's uncle), David & Sarah > Phillips > (Frances's grandparents) and Nicholas & Margaret > Phillips (Frances's parents). > > Lin Van Buren > Purley, Surrey, England > > Lin Van Buren > Co-ordinator, Rensselaer Co NY GenWeb site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] PHILLIPS-ELDRIDGE > > > Hi Jan, > > Wondering if you have anything on a Francis > Phillips, > > married to John W. Taylor. I know he died around > 1920. > > They are burried in the E. Nassau Cem. > > > > Thanks, > > Ed in Ct > > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Add you name to the Rensselaer County Surname > Registry > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/Surnames.html > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com