Good morning Mary Jane, > There are far too many to Thomas Phil(l)ips about in Warwickshire at this > time for anyone to respond to your question unless you provide further > information. I have to concur with the answer above, but in the meantime since the name is one I am researching here are mine: I am descended from Charles PHILLIPS (c.1778-1851) who was a butcher in Coventry. I know that he served an apprenticeship and after a number of attempts gained the freedom of the city in 1800. The apprenticeship data tells me that his father's name was Thomas who was also a butcher. The closest baptism I have found for Charles is 17th May 1781 at Coventry St Michael, which would suggest Charles was the son of Thomas and Mary (speculatively Mary JORDAN who were married at Coventry Holy Trinity on 12th June 1759). There were two other possible sons who appear in the apprenticeship register, John b.c.1771 apprentced as a butcher 1785, and William b.c.1770 apprenticed as a barber and peruke maker in 1784. There is also another William christened in 1762. I have also found a baptism 12 September 1737 for a Thomas Phillips at Cov Holy Trinity which suggests there could be another Thomas going back, possibly the husband of Ann BRYON (m Cov Holy Trinity 23rd June 1734) Regards Peter