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• bef. 1755: born likely in Connecticut, but family tradition claims in Rhode Island
• bef. 1775: Resided in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut (probably in the Hopewell area of present-day Griswold)
• 1775-1777: Served in the American War for Independence from Preston, Connecticut.
• 1778: Married Susannah Gates in Preston (now Griswold), Connecticut
• 1780s: Lived in Halifax, Windham Co., Vermont.
• late 1780s: Moved to up-state-New York, perhaps first to Painted Post (now Erwin, Steuben Co.).
• by 1792 or early 1793: Settled in Manlius Square (now Onondaga Co.), New York
• 1793-1802: Commissioned an officer in the militias of Herkimer Co. and then Onondaga Co., New York
• 1793-1800s: Operated the first sawmill and gristmill in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
• 1794: Was present at the first town meeting for Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
• 1794: Was a party in the first lawsuit in Onondaga Co., New York
• 1799: Was appointed Justice of the Peace in Onondaga Co., New York
• 1804-1809: Served as High Sheriff of Onondaga Co., New York (fourth man to serve in this office)
• 1815: Died at Manlus, Onondaga Co., NY
PARENTS & PHILLIPS FAMILY
Y-DNA from an Elijah Phillips descendant matches other descendants of the Rev. George Phillips who settled at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630 and is credited with founding the Congregational Church in America; and so "our" Phillips line certainly belongs to this family. Of particular note: the Rev. George Phillips's grandson, Jonathan Phillips (whom we determine was the son of Theophilus) married Esther Ayer in Preston in 1721/22 (and descendants of this branch also match Y-DNA and autosomal DNA). Elijah Phillips (~1750s-1815) was undoubtedly a grandson of this couple, most likley through their son Daniel who married Dorcas Clark.
Old family notes indicate that Elijah Phillips, Sr. was born in Rhode Island about 1757. I suspect that he was a bit older than that, and may have been born in Connecticut. The 1800 U.S. Census indicates he was 45+, so born in or before 1755. His wife was born in 1756.
There were some other people named Phillips in area of Preston, Connecticut, and there were at least four marriages between the Phillips and Gates families. These other people named Phillips mainly descend from the family of the Rev. George Phillips.
Current research concludes that Elijah was the son of Daniel Phillips (b. 1729/30) and Dorcas Clark. However, if not a son of Daniel and grandson of Jonathan and Esther (Ayers) Phillips of Preston, New London Co. and Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, it is also possible that Elijah was a grandson of Nathaniel Phillips (b. 1703, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Holland) Phillips), who is said to have settled Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, where he died (some researchers say in 1787, others say in 1800).
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Some old family research notes erroneously suggested that Elijah Phillips, Sr. (b. abt. 1755) may have been the son of John Phillips (b. 11 July 1723) of Smithfield, Rhode Island who moved to Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut. This John was a descendant of the Michael Philips family of Newport, Providence, and Smithfield, Rhode Island. Y-DNA comparisons show that Elijah Phillips does not belong with the Michael Phillips family, and so this speculation is erroneous.
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Other persons named Phillips also lived in the same area of Onondaga Co. at an early date:
In 1810, there was a Daniel Philips (aged 45+) living next-door to Elijah Phillips. He is probably the same Daniel Philips who died intestate in 1813, and for whom, Simeon Phillips was granted letters of administration. This Daniel may have been the Daniel Phillips (b. 9 February 1729), son of Jonathan and Esther (Ayers) Phillips. He is said to have married Dorcas Clark (daughter of Samuel & Jemima (Gates) Clark who married in Preston, CT in 1722/23); other family researchers claim that Daniel Phillips died in 1824 without reference to a source record.
Simeon Phillips (1760-1826) lived in Manlius, Onondaga Co. He may or may not be the same Simeon Phillips who signed a petition in Herkemer Co. (to form Onondaga Co.) in 1794. Simeon's descendants understood that he was related to Elijah Phillips (~1755-1815). Simeon was probably the same man who was granted letters of administration for the Daniel Phillips who died in 1813 in Onondaga Co.; and Simeon named his eldest children Daniel and Dorcas -- both suggesting that Simeon may have been a son of Daniel and Dorcas (Clark) Phillips of Plainfield, CT -- see notes below, under “Phillips Family” compiled by Fred Ketchum Armstrong (1870-1947).
Asa Phillips (1769-1813), said to be the son of Elijah (b. 1743) and Rhoda (Sayles) Phillips (descendants of the Michael Phillips family of RI ) also removed to Onondaga Co., where he settled in Marcellus about 1794 or 1795, and some of his family shows in the census records transcribed below. Records of Asa's son, Elijah (b. 1794), might be confused other men named Elijah Phillips.
Nicholas Phillips was enumerated in Manlius in the 1800 U.S. Census, but he likely is not related. Onondaga’s Centennial, Dwight H. Bruce, ed. (1896), Vol. I, EARLY SETTLERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF MANLIUS states: "Nicholas Phillips was a settler on the Manlius village site before 1793, and on the 14th of January of that year was married to Caty (or Katy) Garlock, thus solemnizing the first marriage in the town. They were both of German extraction and lived long in the community, the husband surviving until 1854, when he died at eighty-three years of age. He retained his vigor until near the end and in the fall previous to his death plowed the land and sowed a field of wheat. His wife died in 1824." H. C. Van Schaack, in his A History of Manlius Village (1873), wrote: “The first wedding which took place [in Manlius Village] was solemnized on the 14th of January, 1793. The happy parties were both of Dutch extraction, being Nicholas Phillips and Caty Garlock. ... I knew Nicholas Phillips well, having had an acquaintance with him for twenty years. He was a man of great simplicity of character in every point of view; and probably had a much larger share of the virtue which is said to be a distinguishing trait of his Dutch ancestry than ordinarily falls to the lot of unsophisticated man." Secondary sources indicate that this Nicholas Phillips was born 20 March 1774, and christened at the Reformed Church, Claverack, Columbia, New York, the son of Heinrich Henry W. Phillips and Eva Elizabeth Caspar. Nicholas' wife, Caty (Catherine in deed records), is said to have died 3 Nov 1823 in Manlius. Nicholas Phillips died 3 Nov. 1854, and is buried at the Shoemaker Cemetery, Minoa, Town of Manlius.
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MARRIAGE
The Second Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, was organized November 20, 1720. After the formation of the Town of Griswold from the Town of Preston in 1815, it became the First Congregational Church in Griswold (and is still located on Voluntown Road). It has also been called the Pachaug Church over the years.
According to Linda Christensen, President of the Preston Historical Society, the original records of the Second Church of Preston (First Church of Griswold) were lost in a fire. She was able to find some vital records which had been transcribed (apparently from church records) into old Preston Town record books, including this marriage:
Elijah Phillips m. Susannah Gates, 5 March 1778. The record notes that she was from Preston but does not specifically indicate Elijah's birth place or residence. (Preston Vital Records, Volume 6, p. 81)
A record of this marriage is also given in "Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records prior to 1800", compiled by Frederic W. Bailey and published 1896-1906 (compiled records from Congregational Church Parishes throughout the state of Connecticut, from the years 1630 to 1800).
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CHILDREN
While lists have been handed down by the family, I have found no firm record specifically listing children of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips. I have only found two published accounts that specifically names them as the parents of a child:
A biographical sketch of Lyman H. Phillips (d. 1876) states that his parents were Elijah and Susannah Phillips who removed from Connecticut to Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York, and also states that Lyman H. Phillips was a brother of Elihu L. Phillips. (Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1889), pp. 239-240)
An obituary for Oliver R. Strong, in the Syracuse Daily Standard, 4 Oct., 1872, indicates that Elijah Phillips, who served as Sheriff of Onondaga Co. (1804-1809), was the father of Elihu Phillips who also served as Sheriff of Onondaga County (1838-1841).
One firm record proves (and other accounts corroborate) most of the sibling relationships: the will and estate receipts from nieces and nephews, filed in the probate record of Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884), in Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin, prove that the following persons were siblings:
• Elijah Phillips, Jr. (his daughter Lucia (Phillips) Outwater and her daughter Emily were named in the will)
• John Phillips (his sons Thomas Phillips and Lyman H. Phillips received inheritance)
• Ezra G. Phillips (his sons Boyd W. Phillips, Boughton G. Phillips and Elihu L. Phillips received inheritance) -- the Ezra Phillips and Tamar Walker family Bible (in possession of Nick Sheedy) confirm other children of Ezra G.
• Susan (Phillips) Washburn (her daughter Mary (Washburn) Peck received inheritance)
• Lyman H. Phillips (he and his daughter, Susan (Phillips) Coleman, were named in the will)
• Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884) wrote his will and left inheritence to all living nieces and nephews
From this estate record, it is clear that Elihu L. Phillips was the last surviving sibling (which is not surprising since he was the youngest child), and that the nephews and nieces who received an inheritance from him were (probably) the only grandchildren of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips who were still living at the time of Elihu’s death in January 1884. Terms of his will provided that each living niece and nephew (not all named specifically) were to receive an inheritance, but stipulated that said inheritance was to lapse if any of them preceded him in death, unless otherwise stated. As such, any person receiving the pro-rated inheritance due to a niece or nephew must have been the child of one of Elihu's siblings.
Two biographical sketches of Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884) state that he was a brother of Lyman H. Phillips, who also removed to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin: History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1880), p.845; and Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1889), pp. 620-623.
A Syracuse-area newspaper also gives some clues. The newspaper clipping is titled "Onondaga Sheriffs, Elihu L. Phillips Elected through Dissensions Among the Democrats, Radicals and Conservatives at War" (citation not given, but it probably dates to about 1882 to 1884). It was noted as "Contributed by a Veteran Syracusian," and reads "Hamilton" at the end, perhaps referencing the author. I obtained a copy from the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) "flat files", but the date and ciation was not intact.) The article reads, in part:
"... Elihu L. Phillips was born and reared in this [Onondaga] county. Elijah and Elisha Phillips, well [known] here, were his brothers. He also had a brother John, who was Sheriff of Niagara county ..."
And so we have some more corroboration that John Phillips (1779-1849) who lived in Niagara Co., NY, Elijah Phillips, Jr. (1781-1845) and Elisha Phillips (1791-) both of the Syracuse area, as well as Lyman H. Phillips (?1797-1876) and Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884) who removed to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, were all brothers.
The following lists of the children of Elijah and Susannah (Gates) Phillips were taken primarily from what was purported to be the original Bible belonging to Elijah and Susannah (Gates) Phillips. None of these lists agree perfectly. A biographical sketch of Elihu L. Phillips states that he was the seventh son, but this is a bit perplexing as none of these lists agree with that. Many of the dates are corroborated (with some discrepancies) by Nick Sheedy (the compiler of this genealogy, a descendant of Ezra G. Phillips who is currently in possession of the Ezra and Tamar (Walker) Phillips family Bible, which registry is extant for their descendants, but offers nothing for his parents or siblings).
The information attributed to the Youngstown, NY family Bible was passed along by Pat Cross of North Bend, Oregon (descendant of John Phillips, b. 1779), and was given to Pat's mother, Jane (Whitlock) Cross (then living in San Diego, Calif.), by her mother, Stella (Phillips) Whitlock of St. Louis, MO, and to Stella by her Aunt Grace (Phillips) Colby, daughter of Theodore Phillips (b. 1841).
This Bible registry, with minor differences, was also passed along to me by Ethel Swanson with the DAR (who was working with Diane Adams), a descendant of John Phillips (b. 1779).
And I received a third transcription of the Bible registry from Rollin C. “Chuck” Phillips of Rochester, NY (a John Phillips descendant and great-great-nephew of Josephine Phillips).
Grace (Phillips) Colby, of 61 S. Union St., Battle Creek, Michigan, wrote a letter to her uncle, Lyman H. Phillips (b. 1850) of St. Louis, MO), dated Sept. 11, 1923, while on a trip visiting old family haunts and relatives, including her aunt Sarah (Phillips) Pryor (b. 1845), daughter of Lyman H. Phillips (b. 1809), in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In this letter, Grace states that she was sending some family history she had put together "by writing and looking up old records, and corresponding with Youngstown [New York] people, old Bible records, a San Francisco Phillips* who was a lot of help, and Aunt Sarah's memories of earlier dates and happenings." And so it appears that Grace Phillips corresponded with or visited Josephine Phillips of Youngstown, New York who had a Phillips family Bible in her possession.
(* The “San Francisco Phillips” who apparently "helped" Grace (erroneously) connect Elijah Phillips to John Phillips (b. 1723) of Smithfield, Rhode Island, was Henry Byron Phillips (b. 5 June 1850; d. 22 November 1922) of Berkeley, California. Grace speculated that he was one of the Henry B. Phillips cousins from Niagara Co., New York. However, this is not correct: he was born in Rhode Island, and descends from the Michael Phillips family. Henry Byron Phillips made an extensive study of perons named Phillips in New England, and left his extensive research to the library of the California Genealogical Society, of which he was President from 1912 to 1920. This would be an excellent collection to examine for anyone researching the several Phillips families of New England.)
A letter from Grace (Phillips) Colby, dated 18 August 1927, and preserved by the Rollin Phillips family in New York, indicates that the Elijah & Susannah Phillips Bible had been kept by their great-granddaughter, Miss Josephine Phillips (1857-1926), and after that, it was supposed to be in possession of a Mrs. Howard Pierson of Youngstown, New York, or a Mrs. King of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Efforts to trace Mrs. Pierson and Mrs. King have not been fruitful.
From my compiled research, I show the following children and birth dates:
• John* Phillips, b. 9 April 1779
• Elijah* Phillips, Jr., b: 2 Feb. 1781 or 28 Feb. 1781 or 18 Feb. 1781
• Elias* Phillips, b. 16 Jan. 1783
• Stephen Phillips, b. 20 Sept. 1783 or 20 Sept. 1785
• Ira Phillips, b. 24 Aug. 1787
• Ezra* Gates Phillips, b. 22 Sept. 1789 or 28 Sept. 1789
• Elisha Phillips, b. 15 Nov. 1791
• Susan* / Susanna Phillips, b. 24 Feb. 1791 or 24 Feb. 1793 or 24 Feb. 1795
• Lyman* Hubbard Phillips, b. 19 June 1787 or 24 April 1795 (or 1797-1798)
• Elihu* Lyman Phillips, b: 16 Feb. 1799 or 16 Feb. 1800
• ? Simeon Phillips, b. Abt. 1795
• ? Sarah Phillips, b. Abt. 1798
• ? Daniel Phillips, b. abt. 1785
(Those siblings marked with an asterisk (*) are proved by the probate record of Elihu L. Phillips. Simeon, Sarah and Daniel, all marked with a (?), are included by some researchers, but are not corroborated at all, and I believe that they were not siblings, but may be related otherwise. There was a Daniel Phillips (age 45+, hence born sometime bef. 1765 and too old to be a son) living next door to Elijah Phillips in 1810--he was probably the same who died intestate 1813, and for whom Simeon Phillips was granted letters of administration, but the probate records contained no other details; and other records of a Simeon Phillips (1760-1826) exist in Onondaga Co.--see notes below. Some of the claimed birth dates for this list conflict--the most glaring discrepancy being the dates for Lyman Hubbard Phillips--and I explain this in notes under each person. And the claim that Elihu Phillips was the seventh son--a claim that I believe is credible--does not jibe with the list, unless perhaps Ira and Stephen died very young, leaving Elihu the seventh surviving son. Elihu is consistently named as the youngest child, and was the last sibling to die.)
The 1927 letter from Grace (Phillips) Colby, shared with me by Rollin C. “Chuck” Phillips of Rochester, NY (descendant of John Phillips of Niagara Co., NY), lists the following children of Elijah & Susannah Phillips:
• John Thomas, b. Apr. 9, 1779 in Connecticut
• Elijah, b. Feb. 28, 1781 in Halifax, Windham Co., Vt.
• Elias, b. Jan. 16, 1783 in Halifax, Windham Co., Vt.
• Stephen, b. Sept. 20, 1785 -- Record does not say where born --
• Ira, b. Aug. 24, 1787 -- “ “
• Ezra, b. Sept. 28, 1789 -- “ “
• Elisha, b. Nov. 15, 1791 -- “ “
• Susan, b. Feb. 24, 1793 probably Manlius Square, N.Y.
• Lyman Hubbard, b. April 24, 1795 -- Farmer at Fond du Lac, Wisc. On Fox River
• Elihu L., b. Feb. 16, 1799 -- Banker at Fond du Lac, Wisc.; Buried in Syracuse
Grace (Phillips) Colby goes on to write: “The above record was taken from Elijah Phillips’s Bible, owned by Josephine M. Phillips, daughter of Thomas Aaron Phillips, Youngstown, N.Y., R.F.D. #20. This Bible is now [1927] missing and supposed to be in possession of a Mrs. Howard Pierson of Youngstown, N.Y. or a Mrs. King of Niagara Falls, Ont.
“Miss Josephine Phillips died Dec. 1926. “There is no record of where seven of Elijah’s children were born. He moved from Preston-Griswold, Conn. To Halifax, Vt., and my father remembered that family went to Painted Post, N.Y. and then to Manlius Square, N.Y.—either his grandfather [John Phillips] or great-grandfather [Elijah Phillips]. It is possible some were born in these places.”
Mrs. Lorene Phillips and her daughter, Bev (Phillips) Christensen, of Tillamook, Oregon, shared a list of children, taken primarily from DAR National No. 67286, filed by Winona Moore Sherwood (Ezra G. Phillips descendant) in 1938:
• Col. Elisha, Jr., b. 1782, m. Amanda Danforth
• Daniel, b. 1785
• Lyman H., b. 19 June 1787, m. Celestia Woodruff
• Ezra Gates, b. 22 September 1789, m. Tamar Walker 1812, d. in Michigan
• Susanna, b. 1792, m. ---- Washburn
• Simeon, b. 1795
• Sarah, b. 1798
• Elihu L., b. 16 February 1800, m.(1) Harriet Tousley (2) Eleanor (Flemings) Jones. Both wives and his daughter, Eleanor, are buried in Manlius, N.Y. [sic] He died in Fond du Lac, Wis. naming nieces and nephews as heirs to his estate. 1889 [sic].
(Lorene also penciled in John (b. 1779) and Stephen as children, and noted that some different names and ages were given on DAR No. 402072, submitted in 1951 by Jane Whitlock Cross, mother of Pat Cross.)
Information from Pat Coss (John Phillips descendants), of North Bend, Oregon, and Pat's great+aunt, Grace (Phillips) Colby, cited as from the family Bible kept by Josephine M. Phillips (granddaughter of John) of Youngstown, NY, show the following children and birth dates:
• John Phillips, b. 9 April 1779, CT
• Elijah Phillips, b. 28 Feb. 1781, Halifax, Windham Co., VT
• Elias Phillips, b. 16 Jan. 1783, Halifax, Windham Co., VT
• Stephen Phillips, b. 20 Sept. 1783
• Ira Phillips, b. 24 Aug. 1787
• Ezra Phillips, b. 28 Sept. 1789
• Elisha Phillips, b. 15 Nov. 1791
• Susan Phillips, b. 24 Feb. 1793
• Lyman H., b. 24 April 1795
• Elihu L. Phillips, b. 16 Feb. 1799
A third transcription--also attributed to the Bible record kept by Josephine Phillips--that was passed along by Ethel Swanson of the DAR, who was assisting Diane Adams (John Phillips descendant) of Albuquerque, New Mexico shows:
“Record information taken from old Bible owned by Josephine M Phillips – Youngstown, NY RFD #21.”
• John, b. April 9, 1779 Conn/Preston-Griswold
• Elijah, b. Feb. 18, 1781 Halifax – Windham Co, VT
• Stephen, b. Sept. 20, 1785 Halifax – Windham Co, VT
• Ira, b. Aug. 24, 1787 -- No record where born --
• Ezra, b. Sept. 28, 1789 “ “ “ “
• Elisha, b. Nov. 15, 1791 “ “ “ “
• Susan, b. Feb. 24, 1795
• Lyman H, b. April 24, 1795
• Elihu L., b. Feb. 16, 1800
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Another Phillips family account (c. 1928) compiled by Fred Ketchum Armstrong (1870-1947), lists supposed children of Elijah and Susannah (Gates) Phillips; however, much of Armstrong’s list is not quite accurate:
“Grandma [Maria Elizabeth (Phillips) Ketchum] cannot remember her father’s [Simeon’s] father—Elijah Phillips; and Elijah’s father was probably Daniel Phillips.
“Elijah Phillips had five sons & two daughters" [listing the following]:
1) Elijah Jr. m. Amanda Danforth; lived in Syracuse & had two children (Nelson & Lucia).
2) Daniel married “but that is all I know of him.” 3) Lyman m. a woman “whom her mother-in-law liked very well.” 4) Elihu, the youngest, m. a southern lady named Eleanor, & had a dau. named Eleanor. Elihu was once a sheriff of Onondaga County (1838). He went to Michigan, where he died. The last Grandma heard was that their dau. Eleanor was in poor health.
5) Simeon (1760-1826) m. Phoebe Burcham; lived in Manlius, NY; buried at Dry Hill cemetery; they had eight children (Dorcas, Daniel, Henry B., Nathaniel Norman, Maria Elizabeth, Elijah, Simeon, Jr., Phoebe Ann).
6) Sarah m. Pearl Bennett (?); lived in Pompey, NY & had two sons (Pearl & James). Sarah committed suicide.
7) Susan Phillips m. Nathan Williams, of Pompey, NY. They had a large family (Nathan, Jr., Elisha, Daniel, Isaac, David, & others)
(See notes under Simeon Phillips for a full examination of Fred K. Armstrong’s sketch.)
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Were there six or nine brothers?
A chapter of the autobiography of Thurlow Weed (1797-1882), covering a stage trip he took through Manlius in 1824, was printed in serial form (at least twice) in 1870, stating that Elijah Phillips (who married Amanda Danforth and was a tavern keeper in Manlius, and later stage agent in Syracuse) was one of six brothers. However, when his full autobiography was published in book form in1883, the same passage reads that Elijah Phillips was one of nine brothers.
From the Syracuse Daily Journal, Tuesday, 19 April 1870, and also The Galaxy (New York), Vol. IX, May 1870, p. 603:
"Stage Coach Traveling Forty-Six Years Ago [in 1824], A Chapter from Mr. Thurlow Weed's Autobiography ...
“After breakfast, we leave Syracuse and drive rapidly on to Manlius Square, where passengers were always warmly welcomed at the stage house by its host, Colonel Elijah Phillips, one of six [sic] brothers, all men of mark, of whom I shall have occasion to speak hereafter. Mrs. Phillips, an estimable lady, was the daughter of Judge Danforth, and the first white child born in the county of Onondaga. ...”
The Autobiography of Thurlow Weed, ed. by Harriet A. Weed (1883), Vol. I, p. 146, reads:
“[1824] After breakfast, we leave Syracuse and drive rapidly on to Manlius Square, where passengers were always warmly welcomed at the stage-house by its host, Colonel Elijah Phillips, one of nine [sic] brothers, all men of mark, of whom I shall have occasion to speak hereafter. Mrs. Phillips, an estimable lady, was the daughter of Judge Danforth, and the first white child born in the county of Onondaga. ...”
(This 1883 version was reprinted in The Thrift News (Manlius, NY), 23 June 1938, p. 1, "History of Manlius, Twentieth Paper : Thurlow Weed in Manlius", transcribed by Town of Manlius Historian H. C. Durston.)
Which are we to believe? The 1870 printings were done while he was still alive and very much active. The 1883 autobiography, edited by his daughter, was printed after he died. Does the account he wrote and had printed while he was alive carry more weight? Or is it possible that, after it was first printed, he was informed otherwise or recognized an error and made a correction in his manuscript? Or did his daughter, preparing the manuscript for publication, make an erroneous change, or perhaps correct a mistake? It is very curious.
The only difference between these two versions is the discrepancy between Elijah Phillips being one of either six or nine brothers. The insinuation in Weed’s quote that he would give an account of the other brothers is apparently erroneous, as there does not seem to be any other mention of them in the rest of his Autobiography (Vol. 1), as it was edited by his daughter, Harriet A. Weed, nor in the Memoir of Thurlow Weed (Vol. II) written by his grandson, Thurlow Weed Barnes, which were published together in 1883.
Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) was a newspaper man by trade, and an influential political magnate during the 19th century (and is widely considered to be the first political lobbyist in America). The "Thurlow Weed Miscellaneous Manuscripts" are housed at The New-York Historical Society, although it does not appear that an original manuscript of his autobiography is among the 157 papers in this collection.
I suspect that the mention of nine brothers is more likely to be accurate, because Elihu L. Phillips was said to have been the seventh son—which would be impossible if there had been only six brothers. This would imply that, if there were nine brothers, two were born after Elihu (b. 1800)—which conflicts with the consistent claim that Elihu was the youngest. It is also possible that of the nine brothers, only six were living at the time Thurlow Weed might have known them.
It is a difficult point to reconcile, but from the supposed Bible registry of Josephine Phillips and the list I compiled above, nine brothers are named, corroborating the final version of Weed’s statement.
(Also note that Thurlow Weed is quoted otherwise in this genealogy, having known John Phillips, Sheriff of Niagara County.)
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PRESTON, CONNECTICUT
By 1775, Elijah Phillips resided in the Town of Preston, New London Co., Connecticut—probably in the part that was later (in 1815) set off to form Griswold. Preston and Griswold are today mostly rural, with farms, rolling hills, meadows and timbered tracts, not far east of Norwich.
When I drove through there in November, 2004, the reference librarians at the Norwich Library informed me that all land records would be at the town hall at Preston and they have not been compiled anywhere else. However, subsequent inquiries in both Preston and Griswold did not find any deeds to or from Elijah Phillips.
The fact that several generations of Susannah Gates’ family operated a mill on the Pachaug River near Hopeville, (then in Preston, now in Griswold), suggest that Elijah Phillips may have had some contact with the Gates family because of this, or perhaps gained some experience as a miller there, as he later operated a sawmill, gristmill, oil-mill and water-powered carding machine in Manlius, New York.
Incidentally, the primary book concerning the history of the Preston and Griswold area, "Griswold--A History ...", was authored by a Daniel L. Phillips (published by The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1929). Reading accounts therein, members of the Gates family were among the earliest settlers of Preston. Most of the earliest settlers --starting in the late 1600s-- came from Mass. and some came from Rhode Island. (It is unclear to me if Daniel L. Phillips might be related. According to Mary Rose Deveau of the Griswold Historical Society--which has a collection in Slater Library, Jewett City--Daniel L. Phillips died about 1941 and his historical files, which had been kept out in a barn, were among his estate that was put up for auction; someone bought most of the papers, and later donated them to the Griswold Historical Society; these papers are not well organized; Mary Rose Deveau did not recall any Phillips genealogy among them, but said she remembered Daniel L. Phillips, and thought his family came from the Hope Valley area in south-western Rhode Island.)
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MILITARY SERVICE
The military record of Elijah Phillips during the American War for Independence is verified by The Records of Service of Connecticut Men, compiled by the authority of the General Assembly under the direction of the Adjutants General (Hartford : 1889).
He was among the men of Preston who responded to the alarm at Lexington, Mass., when the British marched from Boston to seize the colonists' arms and munitions. The Lexington Alarm List from Preston was composed of "Minutemen" who entered service (to ready themselves for a call to arms) 8 May, and were discharged 16 December, 1775. Elijah Phillips, Pvt., responded to the alarm and marched for Lexington and the relief of Boston 19 April 1775, serving three days. The Preston men were organized in the 6th Regiment, 2nd Company, under the command of Capt. John Tyler and Capt. Elnathan Rosseter, all officers being from Preston. (Also responding from Preston were a John Phillips, Pvt., and a Stephen Gates, Cpl., among others.)
In 1776, Elijah Phillips was one of 13 men from Preston to serve under Capt. Ralph Stoddard. Captain Stoddard's Company entered service 8 September and were discharged 17 November 1776, according to the payroll of "his Company in the 8th Regiment of Militia" commanded by Oliver Smith, Esq., Lt. Col. (A Benjamin Phillips also served under Stoddard.)
In 1777, Elijah Phillips*, in the capacity of Sergeant, served in Captain Lathrop's Company from Norwich (eight miles west of Preston), New London Co. Officers were Capt. Eben Lathrop, Lieut. Phineas Beck, and Ensign John Smith. Elijah Phillips enlisted 28 August and was dismissed 23 October 1777. Lathrop's Company was among those ordered to reinforce General Gates at Saratoga. They were assigned to General Poor's Continental Brigade in Arnold's Division, and engaged the enemy in both battles, 19 September, and 9 October, 1777. The defeat of Burgoyne at Sarasota was very important as it prevented the British from marching through New York, which would have divided the United States and been disastrous for the American War for Independence. At their dismissal, with the surrender of Burgoyne, General Gates spoke of these men as "two excellent Militia Regiments from Connecticut." The two Connecticut Regiments were commanded by Col. Johnathan Lattimer of New London, and Col. Thaddeus Cook of Wallingsford.
(* It is sometimes claimed that the Elijah Phillips who served in Capt. Lathrop’s Co. from Norwich in 1777 was Elijah Phillips (b. 1743) who married Rhoda Sayles. There is no record of Elijah (b. 1743) living in or in the immediate vicinity of Norwich; he lived at Mansfield and Pomfret, Windham Co., Connecticut, which is about 35 miles north of Norwich. As Preston is much closer (8 miles east), the Elijah Phillips who served in Capt. Lathrop’s Co. from Norwich in 1777 was more likely the same from Preston who appears in military records the couple years previous.)
In 1938, Mrs. Winona (Moore) Sherwood (wife of A. Mayhew Sherwood, of 323 Walnut St., Allegan, Mich.) made two applications to the Daughters of the American Revolution: under Col. Elijah Phillips (DAR file #67286) of Preston, Conn.; and under Phineas Walker (DAR file #67386) of Brookfield, Mass. Both applications were approved by the DAR in 1939. (I have a copy of #67286, but apparently not the one page of documentation attached to it.)
According to DAR Search Services staff, there five National Nos. have been filed under Elijah Phillips. (Copies of the application form for each may be ordered through the DAR "Record Copy Service" for $10 each. There was only one page of documentation provided for Elijah Phillips, attached to No. 67286, which may be ordered through the DAR "Search Services" for $15.)
DAR National Nos.:
67286 by Winona Moore Sherwood, under Elijah Phillips’ son Ezra G.
402072 by Jane Whitlock Cross in 1951, under Elijah Phillips’s son John
201833 by ??, under Elijah Phillips’s son John
236822 by ??, under Elijah Phillips’s son John
236823 by ??, under Elijah Phillips’s son John
Other DAR National Nos. submitted by Phillips relatives:
11992 by Clara Dickson White, under ??
14464 ??
21470 by Susan Phillips Coleman, under ??
29826 by Susan Phillips Coleman, under William Case
67386 by Winona Moore Sherwood, under Phineas Walker
74838 by Tamar Walker Phillips Moore, under Roswell Franklin
207338 ??
207998 ??
Revolutionary War Soldiers of Griswold, Extracted from Griswold - A History, Being a History of The Town of Griswold, Connecticut, From the Earliest Times to the Entrance of Our Country into The World War in 1917, by Daniel L. Phillips (1929), lists the following veterans:
GATES, Cyrus, Corp..., 34d Militia Co. Preston, C.M.R. 627
GATES, Daniel, Sergt., Lex. Al'm, C.M.R. 20
GATES, Jesse, Capt. James Morgan's Co. Mil. '76, C.M.R. 453
GATES, John, Cont. Regt. '75; New London Harbor '76; C.M.R. 73, 617
GATES, Joshua, Lex. Al'm, C.M.R. 20
GATES, Robert, Sergt.; 3rd Mil. Co. Preston, C.M.R. 627
GATES, Stephen, Corp..., Lex. Al'm, Wads. Brig. '76; C.M.R. 20, 405
PHILLIPS, Ayer, 21st Regt. Mil. '76; C.M.R. 474
PHILLIPS, Elijah, Sergt.; Lex. Al'm; Mil. '77; C.M.R. 20, 507
PHILLIPS, Esquire, 3rd. Mil. Co. Preston; C.M.R. 627
PHILLIPS, Jonathan, Mil. Capt. Averill's Co.. '82; 3rd. Mil. Co. Preston; C.M.R. 587, 627
PHILLIPS, Nathaniel, Sergt., Lex. Al'm, Mil. Capt. Branch's Co.., '78; C.M.R. 20, 527
Daniel L. Phillips cited as his authorities:
C.M.R. - Connecticut Men in the Revolution, Adjutant General's Office
R.M.A.P. - Rev. Martyrs of Ancient Pachaug, based on North Preston Chh. Records.
R.R. - Random recollections, by Henry B. Stanton
O.P-R - Original Pay-Roll of Capt. Boardman's Co., in State Library
B-T.G. - Colonial Records Col. Rec. Blake-Torrey Genealogy
C.H.N. - History of Norwich, by F. M. Caulkins
S.L. & D. - Solomon Leonard & his Descendants
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VERMONT
In the early 1780s, Elijah Phillips and his young family left Connecticut to resided a few years in Halifax, Windham Co., Vermont. Two of their sons were said to have been born there, and Susannah's parents, Stephen and Hannah (Meech) Gates, also moved to Halifax, Vermont, where Stephen Gates died in December 1787. Their moves may have been precipitated by the British movements during the American War for Independence, as quite a few homes and businesses were burned by the British around New London County by 1781.
There was another Elijah Phillips in Bennington (about 35 miles northwest) and Daniel Phillips (probably not related) was in Pomfret, Bennington Co., VT in the late 1700s; there were also some other Phillips and Gates “cousins” from Preston, Connecticut who migrated westward through Windham and Bennington counties, Vermont.
Two vital records were located that record births of the two sons of Elijah Phillips and Susannah gates:
"Elijah Phillips, son of Mr. Elijah Phillips was born in Halifax ye 28th day of Febr'ry 1781."
"Elias Phillips, son of Mr. Elijah Phillips, born in Halifax ye 16th day of Jan'r A.D. 1783."
(Halifax Town Records, Vol. 1, p. 336, FHL Film 28362) Elijah Phillips of Halifax was also involved in a skirmish between New York and Vermont. In the early 1780s, there were great tensions between the Vermonters and the New Yorkers--with New York claiming authority over the province of Vermont, and some Vermonters (especially in the west) opting to organize their local governments under New York. On January 16, 1784, a company of “Yorkers” surrounded the Inn of Josiah Arms in Battleboro, where Commander-General Josiah Farnsworth and other Vermont officers had set up quarters, among whom was Ens. Oliver Waters, who the Yorkers particularly disliked. They ordered that Waters be turned over to them, and after an exchange of gunfire, from which two Vermonters were shot, Waters surrendered himself. He was taken south to Massachusetts where he was bound and fastened with heavy irons, and left in the charge of two men to take him to Poughkeepsie, New York. News of Waters’ capture reached Halifax, Vermont, the next day (January 17, 1784), where Lieut. John Noles of Guilford rallied a posse to prosecute a rescue. Joseph Tucker led fifteen men in pursuit, locating Oliver Waters and his captors on January 18th. The fifteen rescuers from Halifax included Elijah Phillips, Stephen Gates (perhaps his father-in-law, but more likely his brother-in-law), and Timothy Woodward (probably a cousin), along with Thomas Scott, David Williams, Gorham Noyles, Joel Sumner, Philemon Stacy, Daniel Walsworth, Rufus Fisk, Samuel Dennison, John Noyes, Caleb Owen, Thomas Farnsworth and Nathaniel Whitney--all according to Joseph Tucker’s petition describing the incident. (History of Eastern Vermont, by Benjamin H. Hall (1858), p. 510-511; also see Annals of Battleboro, ed. by Mary R. Cabot, (1921), Vol. I, p. 127; and Collections of the Vermont Historical Society, Vol. II (1871), p. 409, fn 1.)
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NEW YORK
The family moved sometime between 1786 and 1793 to "Up-State" New York.
The young Phillips family may have lived for a short time in Mohawk, Montgomery Co., New York, as the only Elijah Phillips I could find enumerated in “up-state” New York in the 1790 U.S. Census was in Mohawk. (see compiled census records below). This is a likely migration route to take west from Connecticut and Vermont, through the Mohawk-Hudson Valley, and into western New York. The census record shows Elijah Phillips with one male over 16 (himself), one male under 16, and three females. However, from what we know, the family would have included the parents and three young boys in 1790. I would speculate that perhaps the 1-1-3 was miswritten and should be 1-3-1, which would accurately represent our family in 1790. Otherwise, this is not the same Elijah Phillips. One fact in favor of this being “our” Elijah Phillips is that Mohawk is not far from Canajoharie where the Phineas Walker family lived in 1790—although we have no indication these families knew each other until the first decade of the 1800s when the Walkers moved from Utica to Manlius, after which Ezra G. Phillips married Tamar Walker.
According to a biographical sketch of Lyman H. Philips. the family moved to New York state in 1786 and lived for a short time at Painted Post --then on the frontier of southwestern New York. The 1927 letter from Grace (Phillips) Colby, preserved by the Rollin Phillips family, states that Grace’s father, Theodore Ezra Phillips (1841-1923), also remembered that the Phillips family first moved to Painted Post, New York, and then to Manlius Square. If accurate, the Phillips family would have been among the very earliest settlers to venture that far west at that early date. Painted Post is in the presewnt Town of Erwin, Steuben County, just west of Corning, New York. The first permanent settlers of the Painted Post neighborhood arrived in 1786, at which time it was still part of Montgomery County--but was set off as Ontario County in 1789. While historical accounts indicate that the Town of Erwin was not officially formed until 1826, the name Erwin was in use when the 1790 US Census was taken; however, the name Phillips does not appear among the 31 families that were enumerated in the District of Erwin in 1790. Only two men named Phillips were enumerated in all of Ontario Co. in 1790, and they were both in the district of Genesee: Nicholas Phillips (2 males 16+ & 2 females) and Jacob Phillips (1 male 16+, 1 male under 16 & 1 female). There was also an Ezra "Phelps" (2 males 16+) in the District of Canandaigua, Ontario Co., in 1790. It is possible that on the frontier (as it was at the time), a family might have been missed in the census, but it may be less likely that one would think, as there were so few families settled there at the time that these pioneers were familiar with and knew where each other lived. (Painted Post was so named for an enigmatic wooden monument, first reported by General Freegift Pachen in the 1780s, that had the figures of 28 men cut into it and painted red. It was a unique landmark for many years.)
And so we are left with the possibility that the Elijah Phillips family may or may not be the same found in Mohawk, Montgomery Co., New York, in 1790. They apparently lived a short time in Painted Post (now in the Town of Erwin, Steiben Co.), New York, and then settled in what would become Manlius Square, Onondaga Co., New York—likely by 1792, and certainly by 1793.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1889), pp. 239-240, claims, “Lyman H. Phillips was born at Manlius, Onondaga Co., N.Y., in 1788, his father, Elijah, and mother, Susannah Phillips, having moved there from Connecticut about 1786." This may or may not be quite accurate (because Lyman was actually probably born in 1795), but still, it suggests that the family moved to New York state, Painted Post, and present-day Manlius at very early dates.
The earliest definite record of Elijah Phillips in New York is 10 October 1793, when he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the militia for the western part of what was then Herkimer County (in that part that would become Onondaga County within the year). And so we can be confident that the Elijah Phillips family had settled in the area of Township No.7 of the Central New York Military Tract—what became the Town of Manlius, Onondaga County—by that time. Manlius was first known as "Liberty Square" but the name was soon changed to Manlius Square, and (after parts of the township were divided off to form Dewitt, Onondaga, Salina, and part of Syracuse) survives today as the Town of Manlius and Manlius Village, Onondaga Co., New York, south of present-day Syracuse.
Among the 134 men of Herkimer County joining Asa Danforth to petition the State to create Onondaga County February 5th 1794, two men named Phillips appear: "Ziba Phillips" and "Simeon Phillips" --from a transcription of the original, owned by the Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, New York.
Although Elijah Phillips took an active role in the public life of Onondaga County from the beginning, he is not on the list.
RE: "Ziba Phillips". It is unknown which Zeba Phillips this was. One Ziba Phillips was supposedly a Loyalist during the American War for Independence; he was an early trader at Oswego, New york, and this would suggest he may be the same who would have signed a petition for the creation of Onondaga County. One Ziba Phillips, of Hampshire Co., MA, was a Corporal in Capt. Joseph Stebbins's co., Col. David Wells's regt.; from 23 Sep to 18 Oct 1777; on expedition to Northern department (served at the Battle of Saratoga); roll sworn to at Deerfield. Also in the record of the battle: Simeon Phillips of MA Hampshire Co.; Private, Capt. Nathan Rowle's co., Col. John Mosley's regt.; from 21 Sep to 17 Oct 1777; on expedition to Northern department. (Ref. MA01)
RE: Simeon Phillips. He may be a Simeon Phillips from Mass. who appears to have gone to up-state New York at an early date, but apparently did not resided long in what became Onondaga County. Or the man who signed the 1794 petition may be the Simeon Phillips (1760-1826) who remained in Manlius and was very likley a younger brother of Elijah Phillips.
Elijah Phillips was a party in the first court case in Onondaga Co. It appears that Robert Bennett sued Elijah Phillips in May 1794. See: History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, journal, Vol. 2, pp. 13-16 (item dated March 14, 1894; WPA Index Record No. 37309). The scrapbook does not give a full description of the suit. Inquiring with the Onondaga County Courthouse, they were unable to locate any court records from the 1790s.--NMS)
Kathy Crowell, of Fayetteville, shared the following incident involving Elijah Phillips, Sr., in 1804 (which would indicate that he was a Fraternal Mason):
"From the initial meeting in June 1802 until May 10, 1804, Military Lodge #93, F & AM met at Libbeus Foster’s tavern in Eagle Village at which time they voted to move to Ralph Phelps’ tavern on the south side of Seneca Street in Manlius Village, lot 97. On May 10, 1804, the Masons walked in procession to Phelps’ tavern where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Sylvester Palmer. Phelps’ tavern was run by Sturgeon Sloan at that time. E. E. Clemons (1) describes a trial cited in “Early Trials” (State Library, Albany) that occurred at this tavern. “At the May term of the General Session, 1804, Judges Bradley, Earll and Van Cortlandt presiding, there occurred a case which excited wide interest in this part of the country, because of the notoriety of the persons concerned. Elijah Phillips, who in March of that year had been commissioned Sheriff of Onondaga County; Aaron Wood, a lawyer; Jonathan Danforth, a Justice of the Peace and Russell Furman, a blacksmith, all residents of Manlius, were indicted and tried on a charge of misdemeanor. The offense consisted of the performance of a mock crucification [sic] of Jesus Christ. The indictment was by District Attorney William Stuart, and alleges that the accused ’being persons of evil-disposed minds and not regarding the public morale, but maliciously intending to injure and corrupt the same, did on the 18th day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and four, at the house of one Sturgeon Sloan, innkeeper in the village of Manlius, in the County of Onondaga, with great indecency performed a mock crucifixion of our Savior, placing one of their number in a situation representing the person of the Savior, with one other on his right hand and another on his left, representing the two thieves in our Lord’s crucifixion impiously making use of our Savior’s words, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani (2), offering the one who impiously represented our Savior’s person wine as vinegar from a sponge, indicating the whole process of our Lord’s crucifixion in a manner calculated to bring into contempt things which in every Christian land are held sacred.’ “The trial brought together a concourse which filled the old Court House on Onondaga Hill to overflowing. Only two of the defendants were arraigned, the indictments against Furman and Danforth having been quashed. The case occupied considerable time and resulted in the acquittal of the defendants.” The Mason minutes reflect their concern over this trial, and Sturgon Sloan was not accepted for membership. By Fall 1804, the Masons went back to Foster’s tavern in Eagle Village which had been leased by Ephraigm Barrett, a lodge member.
(1) E. E. Clemons manuscript, Manlius Historical Society archives (2) Quote as printed; also referred to as "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which translates as "My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?" Matthew 27:45-46."
Deed records show that Elijah and Susannah Phillips appear together, selling property in Salina between 1800 and 1809, and selling land in Manlius in 1804 and 1810. Elijah Phillips (context indicates he was, Sr.) and Elias Phillips 9likely his son) sold property in Manlius, by Sheriff’s deed, to Elijah Phillips Jr. (his son) in 1811, but beyond these, it is difficult to determine which Elijah or "E. Phillips" in deed records referred which man from the deed index.
Onondaga, or, Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times, by Joshua Victor Hopkins Clark (1849), Vol. II, p. 209, states that Elijah Phillips was among the forty-two men to attend the first Manlius town meeting held 1 April 1794 at the tavern of Benjamin Moorhouse, where he was elected one of the Town Supervisors and a Fence-Viewer. In 1797, Elijah Phillips was a member of the committee to divide Manlius township into school districts.
History of Onondaga County, New York, by W. W. Clayton (1878), p. 364-365:
"… Col. Elijah Phillips was one of the early pioneers. He settled on the farm owned at a later day by Peter R. Reed, and held a distinguished position among the early settlers of the county."
(This fact might help determine the exact location of the original home--although I will note that it is possible the history book might have confused the homestead of Elijah Phillips, Sr. and Jr.) From the same volume, pp. 364-365:
"In 1793 Elijah Phillips leased the property known as the 'Old Mills,' of a Mr. Hamilton, of Albany, for a term of sixty years. Mr. Phillips, David Williams, Aaron Wood* and Walter Worden, erected here the first sawmill in town. ... In 1796, Butler and Phillips built a grist mill a little above the bridge. …
"In 1801, Manlius Village had six dwellings, one tavern, one store, a doctor, lawyer and a blacksmith. ... In 1804, the village contained about thirty houses, and continuing to grow, became by far the most prominent business place in the county."
(* Aaron Wood, partner with the Elijah Phillips in mills, was the father of Dorothy Wood who married John Phillips, and these three households were enumerated in sequence on the 1810 U.S. Census for Manlius.)
Onondaga's Centennial, Dwight H. Bruce (ed.), Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. I, pp. 769-801 & 805-806:
“EARLY SETTLERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF MANLIUS … "… Col. Elijah Phillips [Sr.] came to Manlius undoubtedly as early as 1792, for in that year or the next he appears to have leased the property known as the "old mills," at Edwards Falls, and adjacent land, etc., of a Mr. Hamilton, of Albany, for a term of sixty years. In association with David Williams, Aaron Wood and Walter Worden, he [Elijah Phillips, Sr.] at once erected a sawmill, which was the first one in the present town. Mr. Williams soon traded his one-fourth interest in the mill to Phineas Stevens for sixty acres of land. Around these mills were soon established other industries. Mr. Hamilton had already provided mill stones and gearing for a grist mill, and in 1796 Butler & Phillips built a [grist] mill. Deacon Dunham afterward established a cloth works and an oil mill; ...
"With the simultaneous erection of the county and the town in 1794, steps were taken to set in motion the simple machinery of the town government. The first town meeting was held at the house of Benjamin Morehouse on the 1st of April, 1794. Cyrus Kinne was chosen chairman, and Levi Jerome, secretary. It was resolved to choose a supervisor and a town clerk by ballot, and the remaining officers by holding up the right hand. Forty-two voters were present, probably very nearly every person entitled to a vote from the then large territory of the town. As a result of the balloting Comfort Tyler (the prominent citizen of the town of Onondaga after its later erection) was elected supervisor and Levi Jerome town clerk. In the further proceedings of the meeting the following officers were chosen: David Williams and Benjamin Morehouse, overseers of the poor; Charles Merriam, Elijah Phillips and Rial Bingham, commissioners of roads; Reuben Patterson, Ichabod Lathrop, Isaac van Vleck, William Ward, and Timothy Teall, assessors; Caleb Pratt and David Baker, constables and collectors; Libbeus Foster, William Ward, Ichabod Lathrop, Reuben Patterson, Cyrus Kinne, Rial Bingham, Jeremiah Jackson, Gershom Breed and Lemuel Hall, overseers of roads; Aaron Wood, Elijah Phillips, John Danforth and Jeremiah Jackson, fence viewers. ...
"The inhabitants of Manlius began early to provide means for educating their children. The first school commissioners were chosen in 1797 in the persons of Charles Moseley, Daniel Campbell, and Isaac van Vleck, the latter of whom was one of the very early and later a large salt manufacturer at Salina. To act with these in the division of the town into school districts a special committee was appointed, consisting of Gershom Breed, Elijah Phillips, Jeremiah Jackson (the prominent Jamesville pioneer and miller), and Caleb Pratt. The early school records, if any were kept, are not now in existence, and it is only known that an imperfect division of the town was first made in 1810, after Onondaga had been set off. But schools existed almost from the first. Samuel Edwards was teaching a school in the town in the building where Ebenezer Calkins sold goods to the settlers and the Indians before 1798, and in that year the first log school house in the town was built on the site of Manlius village. ...
"A local paper of 1809 gives account of a disastrous flood in this town, caused by long and copious rains. Not a bridge was left standing on Limestone Creek, and mills and dams were swept away. The account says that the dam and part of the grist mill of Mr. Sayles* were destroyed and the grist mill and saw mill of Clark & Jackson near Manlius village were partly wrecked."
* The "Grist Mill of Mr. Sayles" apparently refers to the mill that Elijah Phillips had operated. Kathy Crowell indicates that Bruce's source was the July 8,1809 issue of the "Herald of the Times" AKA "Manlius Times", but that remaining isued are not extant.
As mentioned, the 1809 flood of Limestone Creek caused significant damage, including damage to the mills at Edwards Falls. As is evidenced by newspaper advertisements, the mill was still in operation in 1814, but was no longer operated by Phillips by 1822. From compiled abstracts of early businesses mentioned in Manlius Village newspapers, 1809-1835, we find:
"Butler and Phillips, mills, Edwards Falls" (14 Jan. 1814) “A. B. Couch, distillery. 3/4 m s. of Red Mills & 1/2 m. west of Phillips old mills. Town of Pompey, Broadfield Rd.” (Feb. or March 1822)
This shows that the mill operated by Butler & Phillips was still in operation in 1814. The fact that it was referred to as Phillips “old” mill would seem to indicate the mill was no longer operated by Butler & Phillips in 1822.
The description of Couch’s distillery on Broadfield Rd. (which would be barely in Pompey, south of the Manlius town line), 0.5 mi. west of “Phillips’ old mill” confirms the location of Phillips’ mill at Edwards Falls. Broadfield Rd. runs west-by-southwest from Pompey Center Rd. just south of where Pompey Center Rd. crosses Limestone Creek, near Edwards Falls.
Past and Present of Syracuse and Onondaga County, by The Rev. William M. Beauchamp (1908), pp. 383-390:
“… Colonel Elijah Phillips came as early as 1792, and leased the property at Edwards' Falls. He at once built the first sawmill in town. In 1796 Butler & Phillips built a grist mill. …
“Other early settlers at Manlius village [included] Aaron Wood … “Charles Mulholland gave the place the name of Liberty Square in 1800, and the new post office received this name that year, Luther Bingham being postmaster. This name was soon changed to Manlius Square. In 1801 there were but six dwellings there, with one store and a few shops. Azariah Smith came in 1807, and for forty years was the foremost citizen, a merchant, manufacturer and legislator. He opened one of the many stores which John Meeker controlled in various places.
“A disastrous flood in 1809 took every bridge from Limestone creek, with some mills and dams."
Thrift News (Manlius, NY), 10 Feb. 1938, p. 4:
“History of Manlius
“By H. C. Durston
"… Old Mills
“The latter half of this decade [1790s] saw the ascendancy of Manlius Village as the first "metropolis" of Onondaga County--a position which she held until the opening of the Erie Canal in the third decade of the century. But before we go into this, we should say a few words about the "Old Mills," a little settlement which clustered around the water power incidental to the falls which later became known as Edwards Falls, inasmuch as the activities there contributed to the growth of Manlius Village.
In 1792 or 1793, Elijah Phillips leased this property for a term of sixty years. In 1793, he with David Williams, Aaron Wood and Walter Worden, built a saw mill there. A little later, Phineas Stevens traded sixty acres of land situated elsewhere, for Williams' share of the mills. Butler and Phillips erected, in 1796, a grist mill a little above the bridge. The absentee owner of the land, an Albanian [from Albany, NY] by the name of Hamilton, had previously provided the stones and gearing.
“Clothing works and an oil mill were put into operation by Deacon Daniel Dunham; not to be confused with Deacon Rufus Dunham of a much later date. Deacon Daniel Dunham lived in Pompey, having come there alone at the age of seventeen, sent by his father to clear up his new lot of land there.
“Before 1811 there were, or had been, two stores at "Old Mills”, the first kept by a man named Jones, probably John Jones, and the second (1811) by William Warner.
“To "Old Mills" also went the early Baptists of Manlius Village for Sunday worship.
“References: Clark, "Onondaga"; Bruce. "Onondaga Centennial"; E. E. Clemons and E. W. Ellis, Unpublished Notes; U. S. Census of 1S0O; Van Brocklin. et al, "Pompey Reunion of 1871.” …”
History of the Lumber Industry of America, Vol. II, by James Elliott Defebaugh (1907), p. 310:
“Elijah Phillips, Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York: first settlement 1790, first lumber mill 1793.”
Gazetteer of the State of New York, by J. H. French (Heritage Books, 2007), p. 484, footnote 8:
“Col. Elijah Phillips … came [to the Town of Manlius] previous to 1800. … Elijah Phillips and three others built the first saw mill, in 1792-93.”
David Sowl may have been a millwright at Elijah Phillips' lumber mill. A description of people buried at Christ Church Cemetery in Manlius includes:
"David Sowl (Lot 68) was a farmer and millwright who settled on the west side of the Edwards Falls millpond in 1802. In his Cazenovia history, Henry Severance mentioned a Mr. Sole, millwright, was in the Cazenovia area in 1793. This David Sowl may be the same person. A Revolutionary War marker was placed at his grave in 1950 by the Sons of the American Revolution. Sowl, a pensioner, passed away on February 6, 1840, aged 84. His wife, Mary, died May 13, 1829, aged 63. There is no stone."
A more recent description for "Old Dam and Edwards Falls, Manlius New York Waterfall Trails" by Rich & Sue Freeman (Footprint Press) states:
"Limestone Creek and this area around Edwards Falls was once a very active mill area. Colonel Elijah Phillips built the first sawmill here in 1792, followed by a gristmill in 1796. The Suburban Trolley Line once terminated here, bringing tourists to enjoy the impressive, 70-foot, straight drop waterfall. In 1809 a major flood wiped out bridges, dams, and mills along Limestone Creek."
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The land where Elijah Phillips operated his mills was initially leased by Aaron Wood, in 1793, from James Hamilton of Albany. By 1794, Elijah Phillips was operating the saw mill, and within a few years he also had an interest in a grist mill, oil mill and a carding machine, all driven by the water power around Edwards Falls.
Kathy Crowell and Al Vedder co-wrote A Guide to the Industrial Development of Manlius Village and the Nearby Area (1994), a bound manuscript at the Fayetteville Free Library with copy at the Manlius Historical Society. Page 7, on Edwards Falls, reads:
"The numerical description of industries at Edwards Falls is numbered on the following blowup of a 1942 aerial photograph from a survey of Limestone Creek by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
"James Hamilton purchased 600 acres in lot 98 at an early date. In January 1794, Hamilton leased Aaron Wood a sawmill at (1) [#1 shows Edwards Falls off Pompey Center Road on the map]. The mill was built for Hamilton by Phineas Stevens during the period April 1793 to December 1793. Wood signed the lease retroactive to February 1793, and was not allowed to take possession of a dwelling on his lease lands until May 1794. The agreement also specified that Wood, his heirs and/or assigns were to keep at least one sixth of the land for a wood lot and were to carefully preserve the timber on that lot except for the pine trees. The pine, however, was to be used only for fuel and buildings. The lease gave Wood the right to build additional mills on the east side of Limestone Creek and also mill rights on the west bank of the creek, but only after a survey by Moses DeWitt. I did not find a similar lease for Phillips.
"Road Book #1 of the Town of Manlius states that the Aaron Wood sawmill was in possession of Elijah Phillips in October 1794. A later road book entry mentions Ebenezer Butler, Jr. with Phillips operating the mill in September 1801. It is quite clear, however, that the Phillips/Sayles deed mentioned in the following paragraph that Phillips’ had a share in the mill with Wood in October 1794. In a July 1803 deed, the Phillips/Butler mills consisted of a gristmill, sawmill, oilmill and carding machine that were held by Phillips and Butler as tenants-in-common. These mills were on two acres of a 40-acre lot deeded by James Hamilton in February 1793 to Rosanna Johnson and her daughter, Lovisa Johnson Hamlin. There were six shares in the carding machine and two shares each in the other mills (sawmill, gristmill, oilmill). Later investors in the mills included Augustus Sayles (1806), Nathan Hawley (until 1807), and John Phillips with Ben Wood (1810). Joshua H. Clark says that “in ’93, Mr. Phillips, David Williams, Aaron Wood and Walter Worden, erected a saw mill here, the first built in the present town of Manlius. In 1796, Butler & Phillips erected a grist mill” (2). I did not find any deed that would support that Walter Worden or David Williams were involved with the sawmill as a four share operation, nor did I find any mention of these two in the town of Manlius road book..
"Deed data and Clark are clearly at odds here, for it would appear that the sawmill was not functioning until its completion by Phineas Stevens in December 1793 for owner James Hamilton. Whether the lease was retroactive or not for Aaron Wood is irrelevant.
"In December 1806, August Sayles subleased Phillips’ share in the mills and was to pay Elijah Phillips $1,250 plus interest over a three-year period. ..."
(endnote: 2. Onondaga, or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times by Joshua V. H. Clark. Syracuse: Stoddard and Babcock, 1849, Vol. II, p. 221)
Kathy Crowell, of Fayetteville, NY, also shared the following:
"[Deed records show that] there were two shares in the oilmill, gristmill and sawmill and six shares in the carding machine. Elijah Phillips would have had one share in each of these three in addition to one in the carding machine. The mention of four men which appears in the local histories (really only Clark) makes me suspect that the original investors in the carding machine may have been four and ultimately six.
"... The Hamilton lawsuit against the Mulhollands ... went on for decades. My sense is that a portion of the lawsuit arose from land that Charles and Daniel Mulholland acquired from James Hamilton in 1793 (Charles; revised deed, 1796) and 1798 (Daniel). In the revised 1796 deed, a proviso was inserted that Charles Mulholland “should not erect or build any mills” (at Whetstone gorge). The proviso also mentioned “the love [Hamilton] bore” for Charles Mulholland. Daniel Mulholland was not to build any mills either. It would appear that the mill proviso was a safety valve for the upstream Wood/Phillips sawmill which was built on the 40-acre property which had been deeded in February 1793 by James Hamilton to Rosanna Johnson and her daughter, Lovisa John Hamlin. Rosanna was the wife of John Johnson.
"In 1798, the Mulhollands sold Robert Wilson 265 acres west of Limestone Creek. In the sale to Robert Wilson, there was no caveat with regard to building mills. By 1802, there was a millpond and sawmill at Whetstone gorge on roughly 1 ¾ acres that included part of Robert Wilson’s land. According to one deed, the sawmill was owned and run by Lemuel Mayo, but there is no mention of the date of Mayo’s purchase. As I also recall, there was also no Mayo purchase deed, either."
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ONONDAGA CO., NEW YORK, MILITIA
Onondaga Historical Association "Flat File info." compiled the following military appointments:
Elijah Phillips
•1793, Oct. 10. Commissioned Lieut. Herkemer Co. Battalion, Majors were Witt & Danforth. Council Appt. 298
•1797, March 23. Commissioned Capt. Lt. Col. Asa Danforth's Reg't. Council Appt. 387
•1801, Jan. 22. Commissioned Lt. Col. 2nd of 4 Onondaga Co. Regiments. Council Appt. 550
•1802, March 11. His (irregular) resignation accepted; Nehemiah Earl, Lt. Col.; Vice Elijah Phillips. Council Appt. 599, 600
The Sunday Herald, Syracuse, NY, Sunday, 24 February 1884, printed a short article describing the early formation of the Militia in Onondaga County, and listing officers such as "Thaddeus M. Wood, Asa Danforth, Samuel Jerome and other well-known citizen soldiers."
"... In Col. [Asa] Danforth's regiment on the [21st or 24th--difficult to read] March 1797, the following officers were commissioned ... Asa Danforth, Jr., Second Major ... vice Danforth, promoted to Lieutenant Colonelcy ... Elijah Phillips, Captain ... vice Elijah Phillips, promoted." (This list was also printed in History of Onondaga County, New York, by W.W. Clayton (Syracuse, 1878), p. 81.)
"Asa Danforth was Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, April 11, 1798, and Captain of militia [in Onondaga Co., New York], whereof Elijah Phillips was Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, January 22, 1801." (Early Landmarks of Syracuse, by Gurney S. Strong (1894), pp.252-253)
"In 1801 there were four [Militia] regiments in Onondaga County. ... Elijah Phillips commanded the second, with six companies and one of light infantry." (Past and Present of Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York, by William Martin Beauchamp (1908), p. 230)
These 1797 to 1802 mentions all refer to Elijah Phillips, Sr. There are later records of Elijah Phillips, Jr., going up the ranks as Lieutenant in 1817, Major in 1819, Lt. Colonel in 1820 and Colonel in 1823, so we can be confident that a man who had been commissioned as Captain in 1797 and a Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant by 1801 was Elijah Phillips, Sr., since he would not have been commissioned up the ranks again from Lieutenant starting in 1817 (after Elijah Sr. died in 1815).
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SHERIFF OF ONONDAGA CO., NY
According to the list on the Onondaga Sheriff''s Office website and other historical sources, Elijah Phillips served as the sixth High Sheriff of Onondaga County, 1804-1808.
In March 1799, Elijah Phillips was appointed Justice of the Peace in Onondaga Co. (Albany Gazette, Albany, NY)
In March 1804, Elijah Phillips was appointed Sheriff of Onondaga Co. (E. E. Clemons manuscript, Manlius Historical Society archives)
In March 1806, Elijah Phillips was appointed sheriff of Onondaga Co. (Commercial Advertizer, New York, NY)
In 1807, he was listed as the Sheriff of Onondaga Co. (People's Friend, New York, NY)
"Onondaga County Sheriff - Since 1794" (Onondaga Co. Sheriff's Office, 2003), p. 16:
The timeline lists all sheriffs from 1794 through 1995 ("Note - Discrepancies between various sources do exist with regards to some of the early appointment dates and the spelling of some names. However, this list appears to be the most accurate to date."):
1794: John Harris
1796: Abaither Hull
1797: Comfort Tyler
1799: Elnathan Beach
1801: Ebenezer R. Hawley
1804: Elijah Phillips
1808: Robert Earll
1810: Elijah Rust ...
Elijah Phillips served as Sheriff prior to Robert Earll, who entered the office in 1809. (History of Onondaga County, by W. W. Clayton (Syracuse, 1878), p. 76; also Onondaga's Centennial, by Dwight H. Bruce (Boston, 1896), p. 310; and Onondaga, or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times, by Joshua Victor Hopkins Clark (1840), p. 395).
A long and detailed obituary for Judge Oliver R. Strong states: "In 1803 he was appointed Under Sheriff of the county (which then included what is Cortland and Oswego counties) by Elijah Phillips (father of Elihu, afterward Sheriff), and served four years under him, and three years under Mr. Rust, his successor." (Syracuse Daily Standard, Oct. 4, 1872) [Note: Robert Earll succeeded Elijah Phillips as Sheriff, and Elijah Rust followed.--NMS]
Memorial History of Syracuse, N.Y. : from its settlement to the present time, by Dwight H. Bruce (1891), p. 434: "Oliver R. Strong, the Onondaga pioneer, was born August 5th, 1781, in Lebanon, Windham county. Conn. ... In 1803, he was appointed under sheriff of the county, by the then sheriff, Elijah Phillips, and continued in the position under the next sheriff Robert Earll."
Onondaga, or, Reminiscence of Earlier and Later Times by Joshua V.H. Clark (1849), and History of Onondaga County, by W. W. Clayton (Syracuse, 1878), p. 276, each state: “Judge [Oliver] Strong … was a Deputy under High Sheriff Col. Elijah Phillips, four years, and Under Sheriff to Sheriffs Earl and Rust during their periods of office."
I have found deed records show Elijah Phillips as a grantor, by Sheriff's Deed, from 1807 through 1811 (but these may not all mean that he was acting as Sheriff). The earliest of these records I found was: "Elijah Phillips, Esq., Sheriff of Onondaga" conducted a Sheriff's sale for land Cicero Twp., sold to Thaddeus M. Wood and Geo. Hall, after a judgment of the New York Supreme Court, 3 August 1807 (Onondaga Co. Deed Book G, p. 398). If Elijah Phillips was actually issuing Sheriff’s Deeds as late as 1811, he apparently continued as an Under Sheriff or Deputy for at least a couple years--otherwise some of these deeds simply conveyed property that Elijah Phillips had owned. (Need to examine the original deeds.)
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DEATH
There is no will nor probate record filed in Onondaga County for Elijah Phillips. However, an 1822 Case in Chancery gives the fact that he "died insolvent, on the 10th of August, 1815 ..."
The decree of the 1822 case, Foster and others against T. M. Wood (being Thaddeus Wood, brother of Dorothy Wood who married John Phillips), was published in "JOHNSON'S CHANCERY REPORTS, Vol. VI; REPORTS OF CASES ADJUDGED IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF NEW-YORK BY WILLIAM JOHNSON, Counsellor at Law. VOL. VI. CONTAINING THE CASES FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1822, BOTH INCLUSIVE." (ALBANY : E. B. Clayton, 1829), pp. 87-91. The statement of Elijah Phillips' death appears on p. 88.
See: http://www.archive.org/stream/reportscasesadj01johngoog/reportscasesadj01johngoog_djvu.txt
See: http://books.google.com/books?id=a0sMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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PHILLIPS: A FAMILY OF INNKEEPERS
Several members of the Phillips family were innkeepers and owned hotels and taverns (see notes under later generations). The earliest mentions are in Manlius:
In 1814, Elias Phillips managed the hotel, and by 1815 was managing the Eagle Tavern, co-owned by Frederick and Polly Pratt and Joshua and Sarah Pratt, and situated on one acre in Fayetteville between Salt Springs and Genesee Street on the east side of the Fayetteville-Manlius Road. (Tavern Tales, by Kathy Crowell, p. 217)
Clark's 1849 account of Onondaga County states that Orson Smith, recalling events of the war of 1812, remembered Winfred Scott's Army in November 1813, shortly before the battle of Chippewa, going through the village of Chittenango. In Manlius, Winfred Scott himself, with his long white hat feather, read the local newspaper, Manlius Times, by candlelight in "Bicnal's Tavern" (referring to Col. Dearborn Bickford). Clark goes on to explain: "The tavern Orson Smith references was earlier run by Eli Parsons, a lieutenant, and later Commissary of Issues in the Revolutionary War. In 1786, Parsons was second in command in Daniel Shay's famous rebellion. During the War of 1812, the tavern was owned by blacksmith Sylvanus Tousley, a noted businessman of Manlius Village and Syracuse. Following the War [of 1812], the tavern was purchased by Col. Elijah Phillips, co-builder with Ebenezer Butler, of the mills at Edward's Falls."
The reference in Clark’s 1849 account supposes (erroneously) that the tavern keeper was the same Elijah Phillips (Sr.) who operated the mills with Butler. However, there is every reason to believe the tavern keeper was actually Col. Elijah Phillips, Jr.
After this, there is mention of a Phillips innkeeper in Salina, Onondaga Co., as early as 1813:
From compiled abstracts of early businesses mentioned in Manlius Village newspapers, 1809-1835, we find:
"Elijah Phillips, innkeeper, village of Salina" (14 Jan. 1814; ad dated 27 Dec. 1813.)
This 1813-1814 mention may, in fact, refer to Elisha Phillips, since the 1809 Tax List for Salina, Onondaga Co., New York, includes only one Phillips:
“Elisha Phillips, Jr. -- Valuation: $230 -- Tax: $1.44” It is curious that he is called “Jr.” The only Phillips I found in Salina in the 1810 U.S. Census was a Henry Phillips. There was an Elisha Phillips in Salina: besides the 1809 tax list and the 1813-1814 innkeeper, he was enumerated in Salina in 1820, and purchased land in the Village of Salina about 1829 (see notes under Elisha). There was also an Elijah Phillips in Salina in 1820—but this Elijah was probably the one (1795-1874), son of Asa & Anna (Work) Phillips of Marcellus, and was too young to be the man in the tax record in 1809 or keeping a tavern in 1813-14.
All of that being said, the tavern mentioned in the history books during the war of 1812 was in Manlius. It was Elijah Phillips, Jr., and his wife Amanda (Danforth) Phillips, who sold property in Manlius to D. B. Bickford (Col. Dearborn Bickford) in 1822. The original deed needs to be consulted to determine the details (see Onondaga Co. Deed Book AA, p. 382). Also see notes under Elijah Phillips, Jr., for the “Great Eastern Hotel” from Tavern Tales, by Kathy Crowell.
This building that housed this tavern still stands at 411 E. Seneca St., Manlius (immediately next to and east of Christ Church). The Eagle-Bulletin & DeWitt News-Times, April 18, 1974, p. 5, has an article, "Home Bought by ABC", that describes this historic tavern in Manlius (see notes under Elijah Phillips, Jr.)
Also note:
The former Manlius tavern owner, Sylvanus Tousley, was afterward a business partner and the father-in-law of Elihu L. Phillips--Elihu's first wife was Harriet, daughter of Sylvanus Tousley.
Moreover, Sylvanus Tousley’s second wife, Harriett, was the sister of Amanda Danforth who married Elijah Phillips, Jr. Hence Elijah Phillips Jr. and Sylvanus Tousley were brothers-in-law.
Dearborn B. Bickford was a colonel in the NY militia in Onondaga County. He married Anna Gates in Nov. 1815 (Onondaga Register, Nov. 29, 1815, p. 3, col. 4). Anna was the daughter of Nehemiah Gates (1768-1823) and his wife Phoebe (1765-1850) who appear in deed records of Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY. A death notice for Nehemiah Gates, age 55, was printed in the Onondaga Register, Aug. 20, 1823, p. 3, col. 2. An obituary for Mrs. Phoebe Gates, age 85, was printed in the Syracuse Standard, Mar. 21, 1850, p. 3, col. 1. Nehemiah Gates was not a brother of Susannah (Gates) Phillips (b. 1756), and it is unclear to me if he was any close relation.
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INSOLVENT DEBTORS IN ONONDAGA CO., NEW YORK
(From Vital Records of Onondaga County 1799-1913, collected by Lester Card for NYG&BS, LDS Film #1421102 items 3-6)
•Elijah Philips, of Manlius, was an insolvent debtor in 1811, assignees: James O. Wattles, Jared Luddington & Chas. B. Bristol
•Elijah Phillips (along with Lebbius Foster & Smith Weed) was an assignee of insolvent debtor Ebenezer Curtis in Onondaga County in 1811.
•Elias Philips, of Salina, was an insolvent debtor in 1811, assignees: Wm. H. Sabin & Simeon West.
•Elisha Phillips, of Salina, was an insolvent debtor in 1822, assignee: Henry F. Lockwood.
•Henry Phillips, of Salina, was an insolvent debtor in 1812, assignees: Henry Bogardus, Andrew Pharis &Benajah Byington.
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DEED RECORDS:
The area of Onondaga and surrounding counties was previously part of Montgomery County, which at one time included practically all of western New York State.
Herkimer County was created out of Montgomery County in 1791, and included a large part of central-western New York State.
Onondaga County was created out of Herkimer in 1794. It included present-day Cayuga County (formed 1790), Cortland County (formed 1808), and part of Oswego County (formed 1816) counties, leaving present-day Onondaga County.
So, looking for deed and other records for present-day Onondaga County, they should be at Montgomery County prior to 1791. The Montgomery County Clerk’s Office still holds deed records for this period, but brief inquiries turned up no deeds records for Elijah Phillips.
Records from 1791 to 1794 would be at Herkimer County. Staff at the Herkimer County Clerk said their oldest records were lost in a fire, and deed records that are extant start in 1804. (However, they still might hold some deeds from previous years if they were filed after 1804.)
Records for Onondaga County from 1794 to present are held by the Onondaga County Clerk’s Office.
LAND RECORDS -- ONONDAGA CO., NEW YORK
Newspaper mention: (Apr 1808) Elijah Phillips Esq. and Zephaniah Gates of Manlius sold for $1150 two pieces of property in lot #69 in Manlius. (The Albany Register, Albany, NY) [NOTE: Elijah Phillip and Zephaniah Gates were brothers-in-law.]
From a compiled Index, I copied all deeds found for: CASE, DANFORTH, GATES, PHILLIPS, PHILIPS, TOUSLEY, WALKER & WOOD:
* = (probably) Elijah Phillips (b. abt. 1755) who m. Susannah Gates
Grantee to Grantor, Year (Book, Page) Lot#
Property Sales in the Town of Pompey, 1790 - 1799: Danforth, Asa, Hannah to R. Hiscock 1797 (1CR,468) lot 27
Danforth, Asa to O. Sweet 1799 (A,8) lot 27
Phillips, Moses to J. Grant 1798 (1CF,341) lot 30
Bell, William to W. Wood 1796 (1CR,331) lot 52
Gould, Daniel, heir of John Gould to J. Wood 1795 (1CF,595) lot 84
Hull, Abather to W. Wood 1797 (1CR,455) lot 60
Wood, Israel, Olly et al. to C. Thompson 1799 (A,99) lot 87
Wood, Walter to A. Hull 1794 (1CR,152) lot 60
Wood, Walter to D. Clarke 1798 (1CR,540) lot 52
Property Sales in the Town of Pompey, 1800 - 1809: Annin, Joseph, Sally to C. Danforth 1801 (A,399) lot 75
Van Rensselear, Jeremiah to A. Danforth 1808 (H,318) lot 27
Gates, Zephaniah to D. Williams 1802 (B,542) lot 7
*Messenger, Samuel, Jr. to E. Phillips 1808 (H,374) lot 9
Phillips, Deborah E., Henry to J. Philips 1808 (G,405) lot 10
*Phillips, Elijah et al. to S. Sutherland 1800 (A,243) lot 10
*Phillips, Elijah et al. to P. Avery 1800 (A,266) lot 22
*Phillips, Elijah, Susanna to L. John et al. 1804 (C,324) lot 9
*Phillips, Elijah et al. to N. Baker 1804 (C,366) lot 10
*Phillips, Elijah, Susanna et al. to J. Skinner 1808 (H,138) lot 22
*Phillips, Elijah et ano. to D. Doud 1808 (H,345) lot 10
*Phillips, Elijah to J. Mills 1808 (H,373) lot 9
*Phillips, Elijah et ano. to C. Foster 1809 (I,223) lot 10
Butler, Alithiar, Mason to D. Wood 1809 (I,140) lot 65
Clark, Russel to D. Wood 1807 (F,503) lot 64
Jackson, David to T. M. Wood 1807 (G,283) lot 61
Wallace, Benjamin to T. M. Wood (A,331) lot 1
Wood, Patty, Thaddeus M. to D. Seager & ano. 1801 (B,112) lot 1
Wood, Patty, Thaddeus M. to E. Stillwell, Jr. 1804 (C,565) lot 1
Wood, Walter to E. Watson 1801 (B,10) lot 60
Property Sales in the Town of Pompey, 1810 - 1819: Bassett, Anna, John to A. Case, Jr. 1819 (W,35) lot 55
Bassett, Anna, John to R. Case 1819 (W,94) lot 55
Butler, Ebenezer, Jr., Mary to N. Case 1811 (L,282) lot 63
Danforth, Cyrus, Polly to D. Danforth 1818 (U,57) lot 75
Danforth, Lydia to D. Danforth 1818 (U,56) lot 75
Benedict, Gilbird, Mercy to Phebe Phillips 1818 (U,501) lot 97
Butler, Ebenezer, Jr. et al. to J. Phillips et al. 1811 (L,438) lot 10
Phillips, Dorothy, John to N. P. Randall 1817 (T,509) lot 10
Phillips, Elijah, Jr. et al. to J. Phillips et al. 1811 (L,438) lot 10
Phillips, John by Shff. to J. O. Wattles 1811 (L,514) lot 10
Phillips, Phebe to S. Chamberlain 1818 (U,500) lot 97
Starkweather, Asa, Adah to J. Phillips 1813 (N,141) lot 10
Butler, Jesse, Louisa to D. Wood 1817 (S,325) lot 65
Wood, Anson, Elizabeth to E. Wood 1819 (X,247) lot 68+
Property Sales in the Town of Tully, 1791 - 1819: Brockway, Russel to S. Case 1795 (1CF,454) lot 9
Case, Stephen to C. Loawremen 1795 (1CF,455) lot 9
Phillips, Deborah E., Henry W. to J. Berry 1808 (H,66) lot 12
Tousley, Sylvenus et al. to T. Owen 1815 (Q,44) lot 11
Hubbard, Solomon, Roxelena to C. Walker 1801 (A,279) lot 49
Pack, William, Jr., Susannah to R. Walker 1798 (1CR,602) lot 16
Potter, Nathaniel to T. Walker 1819 (W,331) lot 50
Walker, Benjamin, Mary to C. Bogert 1795 (2CF,152) lot 45
Walker, Robert to J. Banks 1798 (1CR,599) lot 16
Walker, Timothy to A. Carter 1809 (I,163) lot 50
Walker, Timothy to J. Babcock 1816 (I,164) lot 50
Allen, George, Rebecah to W. Wood 1806 (E,519) lot 23
Berrian, Peter, Jr. to M. Wood 1807 (G,200) lot 87
Cooper, William to W. Wood et al. 1795 (1CR,235) lot 98
Onondaga Co. to W. Wood 1799 Awards 56, lot 67
Smith, Thomas to W. Wood 1811 (L,237) lot 43
Watson, Elkanah to W. Wood 1808 (G,501) lot 22
Whaling, Elizabeth to W. Wood 1807 (1CR,9) lot 22
Whaling, Elizabeth to W. Wood 1807 (1CR,467) lot 22
Wood, Matthias to S. Bucklew 1801 (A,540) lot 97
Wood, Walter et al. to S. Hall 1808 (G,484) lot 22
Wood, Walter et al. to A. Freeman 1818 (U,126) lot 22
Wood, Walter to H. Howland 1807 (F,403) lot 52
Wood, Walter to J. Rainey 1810 (H,121) lot 23
Wood, Walter to J. Richardson 1795 (1CR,234) lot 98
Property Sales in the Town of Manlius, 1783-1799: Case, Stephen & ano. to S. Crane 1794 (1CF,207) lot 63
Danforth, Asa to G. Breed 1795 (1CR,210) lot 77
Danforth, Asa to T. Teall 1794 (1CR,136) lot 77
Danforth, Asa to J. Carpenter 1798 (1CR,546) lot 59
Marsh, Peter to Z. Gates 1797 (1CR,413) lot 90
Lower, Conrad to H. Phillips 1795 (2CF,202) lot 86
*Williams, Job to E. Phillips 1796 (1CR,403) lot 88
VanWagener, Gerrit H. & Sally to B. Walker 1799 (2CF,90) lot 53
Wood, Aaron to R. Loomis 1795 (1CR,208) lot 87
Property Sales in the Town of Manlius, 1800-1809: Carpenter, John by Admr. to Z. Gates 1809 (H,348) lot 69
Gates, Abigail & Zephaniah to C. Fillmore 1808 (H,20) lot 99
Gates, Abigill & Zephaniah to J. Rickard 1807 (F,620) lot 3
Gates, Zephaniah to D. Bennet 1800 (A,146) lot 90
Gates, Zephaniah to J. Cheesebrough 1800 (A,286) lot 90
*Merriman, Charles to E. Phillips 1803 (C,215) lots 89-90
*Phillips, Elijah to C. Moseley 1800 (A,337) lot 87
Roberts, Issabella to S. Philips 1808 (H,367) lot 76 rel. of dower
Roberts, John L. to S. Philips 1808 (H,366) lot 76
*Phillips, Elijah to I. Hamilton 1809 (I,98) lot 69
*Phillips, Elijah to S. Weed 1809 (I,131) lot 88
*Phillips, Elijah & Susanna to M. Merrian 1804 (C,353) 89/90
Mosley, Charlotte & Charles to R. Tousley 1809 (I,180) lot 87
Tyler, Comfort to T. M. Wood 1800 (A,370) lot 36
Owen, Luke by Shff. to W. Wood 1804 (C,448) lot 81
Sherwood, James to I. Wood 1803 (C,61) lot 85
Clarke, Eleanor, James B., Maria, Peter et al., to A. Wood 1803 (C,206) lot 87
Wileman, Daniel & Olive to J. Wood 1806 (F,309) lot 97
Smith, John by Shff. to T. M. Wood 1808 (G,416) lot 75
Delaney, Elizabeth & John to J. Wood 1809 (I,316) lot 86
Smith, Abijah & Gemimi to B. Wood 1809 (I,345) lot 85
Wood, Aaron to B. Wood 1808 (H,10) lot 87
Wood, Anna to J. Wood 1808 (H,290) lot 87
Wood, Elizabeth & Jasper to R. Oliphant 1809 (I,17) lot 97
Wood, Jemima to S. L. Wood & ano. 1803 (C,63) lot 86
Wood, Thaddeus M. to J. Allen 1802 (B,168) lot 60
Wood, Walter to D. Boardman 1803 (C,261) lot 39
Wood, Walter to J. Sherwood 1805 (E,4) lot 85
Wood, Walter to A. C. Ford 1806 (E,514) lot 84
Property Sales in the Town of Manlius, 1810-1819: Gates, Zephaniah, Abigail to E. Phillips 1810 (K,12) lot 69
Bittinger (Bettinger), Philip to J. Gates 1810 (K,186) lot 33
Eaton, Aaron, Triphena to J. Gates 1813 (M,629) lot 55
Forman, Joshua to E. Gates 1813 (N,395) lot 30
Gates, Joseph by Shff. to W. Gardiner & ano. 1813 (N,78) lot 54+
Gates, Joseph to J. Van Velser 1816 (R,514) lot 55
Gates, Joshua to B. Gates 1813 (N,210) lot 90
Gates, Zephaniah by Shff. to T. M. Wood 1810 (I,393) lot 69
Gates, Zephaniah to E. Stilwill 1810 (I,580) lot 89
Gates, Zephaniah by Shff. to Noah Palmer 1812 (M,63) lot 69
Gates, Zephaniah, Abigail et al. to T. Main 1810 (I,434) lot 69
Gates, Zephaniah, Abigail to E. Phillips 1810 (K,12) lot 69
Williams, Job to J. Gates 1813 (N,207) lot 90
*Phillips, Elijah, Susanna et al. to S. Main 1810 (I,434) lot 69
*Phillips, Elijah to O. Barns 1810 (K,154 1/2) lot 69
*Phillips, Elijah to E. Frink 1811 (X,54) lot 88
*Phillips, Elijah to E. Frink 1811 (X,56) lot 88
*Phillips, Elijah & Elias by Sff. to E. Phillips, Jr. 1811 (X, 130) lot 87
Phillips, Elijah & Nancy to C. B. Bristol & ano. 1811 (L, 450) lot 88
Phillips, Elijah, Jr. & Amanda to J. O. Wattles 1811 (L, 134) lot 87
Clark, Merritt M. & ano. by Shff. to E. Phillips, Jr. 1811 (L,130) l
Phillips, Dorothy & John to J. O. Wattles 1811 (X, 132) lot 87
Phillips, John et ano. to J. Vroman 1811 (X, 114) lot 97
Phillips, Elijah by Shff. to W. H. Sabin 1812 (M, 467) lot 86
Phillips, Elijah by Shff. to T. M. Wood 1813 (N, 106) lot 88
Phillips, Elijah by Mas. to T. R. Gold 1814 (O, 492) lot 88
Phillips, Noah H., Thankful to J. Gridley 1814 (P, 161) lot 97
Richards, Lemuel M., Ruth to L. K. Walker 1815 (Q,275) lot 97
Phillips, Elijah by R. Com. to E. Phillips 1817 (T, 491) lot 55
Caswell, Betsey & Jedediah Jr. to S. Tousley 1817 (S,531) lot ___
Caswell, Betsey & Jedediah to S. Tousley 1818 (U,494) lot 86
Cook, William & Samuel by Shff. to S. Tousley 1817 (T,518) lot 72
Crossett, William L. & Caroline to S. Tousley 1816 (S,91) lot 86
Davis, Nathan to S. Tousley 1819 (X,60) lot 97
Derbyshire, Thomas & ano. to S. Tousley 1816 (R,448) lot 98
Dexter, Arnold, Elizabeth to S. Tousley 1817 (S,464) lot 86
Dexter, Arnold, Elizabeth to S. Tousley 1817 (S,534) lot 86
Dunning, Lee, Hannah to S. Tousley 1816 (R,446) lot 86
Green, Jareb, Abigail to S. Tousley 1819 (I,233) lot 75 f. afft.
Morris, Charles et al. to S. Tousley 1818 (V,464) lot 72
Morris, Charles, Betsey et al. to S. Tousley 1818 (U,464) lot 72
Moseley, Harry to S. Tousley 1819 (X,109) lot 86
Mulholland, Eleanor & ano. to S. Tousley 1816 (R,448) lot 98
Oliphant, Martha, Robert to S. Tousley 1816 (R,450) lot 86
Oliphant, Martha, Robert to S. Tousley 1818 (V,117) lot 86
Potter, Bradford A., Sally A. to S. Tousley 1818 (U,492) lot 86
Raynor, Betsy, James to S. Tousley 1819 (X,63) lot 86+
Raynor, Betsy, James to S. Tousley 1819 (X,65) lot 97+
Sherwood, Althira, James to S. Tousley 1816 (R,449) lot 86
Shyers, Jacob H. to S. Tousley 1819 (X,58) lot 97
Wattles, Hannah, James O. to S. Tousley 1816 (R,452) lot 86
Wattles, James O. to S. Tousley et al. 1817 (T,51) lot 86
Willcox, Elijah to S. Tousley 1819 (X,57) lot 86
Willcox, Hannah, Lina to S. Tousley 1817 (S,412) lot ___
Wood, Benjamin to S. Tousley 1815 (Q,21) lot 85
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to J. Phillips 1811 (L,13) lot 87
Wood, Elizabeth, Jasper to J. Phillips 1811 (L,11) lot 87
Stilwell, Elias & ano. by Shff. to T. M. Wood 1813 (N,106) lot 88
Sutphen, Ann, Derick, John, Martha, Mary, Sarah by atty. to W. Wood 1811 (L,228) lot 35
Van Dorn, Mary, William et al. by atty. to W. Wood 1811 (L,234) lot 35
Wagner, Elizabeth, George et al. by atty to W. Wood 1811 (L,228) lot 35
Wattles, Hannah, James O. to T. M. Wood 1814 (P,131) lot 98
Whitehead, John, Susanna et al. by atty to W. Wood 1811 (L,228) lot 35
Wood, Aaron & ano. by Shff. to T. M. Wood 1813 (N,316) lot 87
Wood, Aaron to B. Wood et al. 1810 (H,158) lot 58
Wood, Aaron, Dorothy to J. Wood 1811 (L,330) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin to A. C. Hoar 1814 (P,175) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin to S. Tousley 1815 (Q,21) lot 85
Wood, Benjamin, et al. to W. A. Clark 1818 (V,397) lot ___ release
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to J. Phillips 1811 (L,13) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to J. O. Wattles 1814 (O,240) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to J. O. Wattles 1814 (O,242) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to J. Beardley 1814 (P,261) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to W. A. Clark 1815 (Q,261) lot 87
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to W. A. Clark 1815 (Q,262) lot 87
Wood, Dorothy to B. Wood 1816 (R,222) lot 87 R. of Dower
Wood, Dorothy to B. Wood 1816 (R,344) lot 87 R. of Dower
Wood, Elizabeth, Jasper to J. Phillips 1811 (L,11) lot 87
Wood, Jasper & ano. to J. Vroman 1811 (L,114) lot 97
Wood, Jasper & ano. by Shff. to W. H. Sabin 1812 (M,467) lot 33
Wood, Jasper by Shff. to A. Rice 1813 (N,247) lot 33
Wood, Jasper by Shff. to J. O. Wattles 1814 (O,243) lot 97
Wood, Jasper, Elizabeth to B. Wood 1811 (L,122) lot 87
Wood, Jedediah, Rebekah to J. Washburn 1816 (R,106) lot 88
Wood, Jedediah, Rebekah to R. Henry 1816 (R,364) lot 88
Wood, Patty, Thaddeus to E. Hickok 1816 (R,1) lot 97
Wood, Paulina, Walter to D. H. Leonard 1814 (P,200) lot 84
Wood, Paulina, Walter to R. R. Shoemaker 1812 (M,46) lot 35
Wood, Paulina, Walter to G. Hart 1816 (S,175) lot 84
Wood, Walter to J. Ketcham 1815 (P,439) lot 84
Property Sales in the Town of Manlius. 1820-1829: Danforth, Margret, Samuel to S. R. Mathews 1827 (II,263) lot 41
Matthews, Betsey, Samuel R. to S. Danforth 1827 (II,262) lot 41
Bender, Hannah, Jacob et al. to J. Gates 1829 (QQ,112) lot 58
Brown, Nathan, Polly to N. Gates 1824 (DD,350) lot 91
Cadwell, Abel, Clarrina to Nehemiah Gates 1824 (DD,350) lot 91
Gates, Nehemiah, Phebe to D. Seager & ano. 1827 (LL,269) lot 91
Marsh, Catharine, Nicholas et al. to J. Gates 1829 (II,112) lot 58
Thompson, Andrew to E. Gates 1820 (Y,347) lot 41
Phillips, Amanda & Elijah to D. B. Bickford 1822 (AA, 382) lot ___
Shoemaker, Margaret, Rudolph R. to N. Phillips 1822 (AA,224) lot 35
Ward, William by L. Comrs. to E. Phillips 1822 (BB,45) lot 62
Phillips, Elijah to J. Griswold 1825 (EE, 386) lot 69
Hardenburgh, Abram G., Mary to N. Phillips 1826 (II,46) lot 45
Phillips, Amanda & Elijah to C. Morris et ano. 1826 (GG, 277) lot 62
Phillips, Amanda & Elijah to N. P. Randall et al. 1826 (HH, 247) lot 55
Phillips, Peter et al. to J. McViccar 1826 (HH, 311) lot 75
Philips, Nicholas to H. Harter 1826 (HH, 152) lot 45
Philips, Nicholas to J. Barse 1826 (II, 2) lot 45
Phillips, Henry H. et al. to S. R. Mathews 1827 (KK, 285) lot 40
Phillips, Nicholas to L. Schults 1827 (PP, 268) lot 45
Rhinelander, William to J. Philips 1829 (PP,176) lot 53
Brackett, Levi, Mary to S. Tousley 1820 (Y,228) lot 86
Crossett, William L. to S. Tousley 1824 (DD,611) lot 86
Foot, Amos, Mary to S. Tousley 1821 (AA,197) lot 86
Green, Abigail, Jareb to S. Tousley 1820 (Y,327) lot 75
Grinnel, John, Sabra to S. Tousley 1821 (AA,157) lot 97
Grinnel, John, Sabra to S. Tousley 1824 (DD,306) lot 86
King, William M. to S. Tousley 1829 (OO,44) lot 71
Sabin, William H. to S. Tousley 1820 (Y,230) lot 86
Smith, Azariah to S. Tousley 1821 (AA,199) lot 86+
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to E. Phillips 1822 (ZZ,380) lot 86
Tousley, Betsey, Sylvenus to L. Dunning 1823 (BB,500) lot 86+
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to J. Peck 1820 (Y,88) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to S. L. Edwards 1820 (Z,97) lot ___
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to D. Tompson 1821 (Z,260) lot 75
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to E. Phillips 1822 (ZZ,380) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to J. Rowling 1822 (BB,59) lot 86+
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to J. Grinnil 1823 (CC,31) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to S. Williams 1826 (GG,402) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to G. Miller 1826 (HH,107) lot 72
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvenus et al. to A. Davis 1826 (HH,246) lot 55
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvenus et al. to U. H. Davis & ano. 1826 (HH,248) lot 55
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvenus to A. Thomas 1827 (KK,281) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvenus to Pomp. & Man. Bapt. Ch. & Soc. 1829 (PP,322) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvenus to F. Lasher 1820 (Y,12) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvenus to A. Smith 1820 (Y,35) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvenus to N. P. Randall & ano. 1820 (Y,94) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvenus to J. Raynor, Jr. 1820 (Y,429) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvenus et al. by Mast. to A. Smith 1822 (BB,130) lot 87
Beardsley, James to Benjamin Wood 1829 (PP,314) lot 87
Bon, Jon by Shff. et al. to T. M. Wood 1825 (FF,69) lot 92
Butler, Israel by Shff. &c. to T. M. Wood 1825 (FF,69) lot 92
Hamilton, James by atty. to A. Wood 1822 (BB,12) lot 98
Lasher, Frederick, Lucretia to T. M. Wood 1828 (R,464) lot 54 f. afft.
Wattles, Hannah, James O. to T. M. Wood 1826 (GG,596) lot 75+
Wattles, Hannah, James O. to T. M. Wood 1828 (MM,330 lot 97
Wood, Jedediah to P. R. Reed 1823 (CC,27) lot 88
Wood, Jedediah, Rebekah to C. Clark 1822 (AA,360) lot 88
Wood, Jedidiah to P. R. Reed 1829 (PP,509) lot 88
Wood, Jedidiah, Rebekah to A. Russ 1827 (II,486) lot 65
Wood, Patty, Thaddeus M. to R. Williams et al. 1821 (AA,207) lot 97+
Wood, Patty, Thaddeus M. to L. Badger 1825 (FF,68) lot 92
Wood, Patty, Thaddeus M. to M. Tuttle & ano. 1829 (PP,59) lot 86
Wood, Paulina, Walter to A. Shoemaker 1823 (CC,526) lot 35
Wood, Paulina, Walter to B. Smith 1823 (DD,355) lot 35
Wood, Thaddeus M. by Mas. et al. to A. Smith 1822 (BB,130) lot 87
Wood, William S. to J. Richards 1827 (LL,133) lot 36
Property Sales in the Town of Manlius. 1830-1839: Breed, Lydia (now wife of Jacob Strong) widow of Rensselear to Judson & Watson Case 1837 (67,195) lot 77
Cadwell, Elizabeth, Rowland et al. to Watson Case 1830 (QQ,175) lot 86+
Case, Darius, Sophia B. et al. to E. Boylston 1837 (65,434) lot 86
Case, Esther, Judson, Watson to J. McViccar 1832 (WW,353) lot 77
Case, Esther, Watson to A. Burt 1832 (YY,71) lot 65
Case, Watson to E. G. Kneeland 1834 (54,11) lot 86+
Starr, Thoams, Susannah to W. Case 1831 (TT,316) lot 65
Starr, Thoams, Susannah to W. Case 1831 (TT,316) lot 65
Strong, Jacob, Lydia & ano. to J. Case & ano. 1837 (67,195) lot 77
Wilkee, John, Mary, et al. to W. Case 1830 (QQ,175) lot 86+
Danforth, Samuel to S. R. Mathews 1830 (RR,215) lot 41
Burton, William to J. Gates 1832 (XX,33) lot ___
Chase, Mary to A. Gates 1834 (56,69) lot 30
Gates, Alson to M. Williams 1833 (51,119) lot 41+
Gates, Alson, Almira to A. VanWoert, Jr. 1839 (74,231) lot 3
Gates, Alva, Sophia C. to A. Smith 1834 (55,387) lot 87
Gates, Alva, Sophia C. to S. D. Randall 1838 (71,366) lot 87+
Gates, Hannah, Horace B. to A. Boughton 1835 (59,438) lot 92
Gates, Horace B., Hannah to W. Richardson 1836 (62,434) lot 92+
Gates, Jeremiah to J. Williams, Jr. & ano. 1831 (UU,202) lot 58
Gates, Jeremiah, Susanna to E. Stillwell & ano. 1836 (64,3) lot 88
Ostrom, Phebe, Zebulon to J. B. Gates 1839 (72,302) lot 29
Quackenbush, Jeremiah to J. Gates 1832 (XX,34) lot 88
Richardson, William to H. B. Gates 1834 (56,161) lot 93+
Stone, Harriet, William G. to H. B. Gates 1833 (51,456) lot 92
Sweet, Jonathan, Sarah A. to A. Gates 1838 (71,158) lot 3
Sweet, Juliann, Kneeland to P. Gates 1839 (72,443) lot 87
Cornell, Paul et al. to N. Phillips et al. 1833 (52,485) lot 35
Hainer, Lany, Petrus P. et al. to C. Phillips 1834 (55,175) lot 45
Hollenbeck, Obadiah by Atty to N. Phillips et al. 1833 (52,485) lot 35
Jennings, Levi to N. N. Phillips 1838 (70,442) lot 97
Phillips, Chloe, Peter et al. to J. Roberts 1830 (QQ,214) lot 48
Phillips, Nicholas et al. to D. Kerker (or Karker) 1831 (TT,297) lot 35
Phillips, Nicholas et al. to P. Cornell et al. 1838 (52,343) lot 35
Phillips, Nicholas to W. P. Hilten 1832 (XX,68) lot 45
Phillips, Nicholas to J. N. Phillips 1837 (67,384) lot 45
Phillips, Nicholas to J. N. Phillips 1837 (67,385) lot 35
Safford, Harriet, Sials B. to J. N. Phillips 1839 (73,284) lot 36
Smith, Barnabus, et al. to N. Phillips et al. 1833 (52,485) lot 35
Bangs, Reuben H. to S. Tousley 1838 (69,121) lot 72
Bickford, Dearborn B., Roxany to S. Tousley 1833 (53,150) lot 86
Cobb, Elnathan, Julia to S. Tousley 1832 (XX,204) lot 71
Cook, Samuel by Shff. to S. Tousley 1835 (58,253) lot 72+
Crossett, Jeremiah J. by Shff. to S. Tousley et al. 1835 (58,254) lot 97
Jackson, James, Mary A. To S. Tousley 1832 (XX,307) lot 86
Jackson, James, Mary A. to S. Tousley 1835 (58,255) lot 86
Lasher, Frederick by Shff. to S. Tousley 1833 (53,151) lot 86
Lasher, Frederick by Shff. to S. Tousley 1835 (58,256) lot 86
Miller, Anna, Gad to S. Tousley 1832 (XX,205) lot 71-72
Peck, John W., Phebe to S. Tousley 1833 (53,152) lot 86
Potter, David to S. Tousley et ano. 1835 (60,146) lot 83
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvenus to J. Gilmor 1830 (RR,256) lot 98
Tousley, Harriet Sylvanus to James P. DePuy 1831 (TT,77) lot 74
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvanus to J. Fleming, Jr. 1833 (53,40) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvanus to Isaac Hall 1838 (70,240) lot 97
Tousley, Harriet, Sylvanus to J. Richman 1831 (UU,339) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D, Sylvanus to A. Remington 1832 (VV,465) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to F. May 1833 (ZZ,347) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to A. Remington & ano. 1833 (51,436) l
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to E. D. Cobb & ano. 1835 (59,9) lot 71+
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to I. Hall 1836 (61,186) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to W. M. Williams 1836 (61,195) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to W. Shields 1836 (62,326) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to W. Shields 1836 (62,328) lot 86
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to G. Warren & ano. 1838 (69,204) lot 97+
Tousley, Harriet D., Sylvanus to J. G. Rowling 1839 (74,283) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvenus to M. Ells 1830 (SS,8) lot 96
Tousley, Sylvanus to A. Remington 1832 (VV,464) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvanus to W. Ward 1835 (60,146) lot 83
Tousley, Sylvanus to N. P. Randall 1836 (64,446) lot 86
Tousley, Sylvanus by Exrs. to J. Smith 1838 (71,90) lot 86+
Tousley, Sylvanus by Exrs. to J. Smith 1838 (71,91) lot 86
Wood, Jasper by A. Genl. to S. Tousley 1833 (53,155) lot 86
Knapp, Mary A., Walker to J. Seeley 1837 (68,343) lot 49
DePuy, Jacob R., Polly H. to H. Wood 1837 (65,75) lot 75
McViccar, John, Rhoda to H. Wood 1837 (65,477) lot 75
Neely, Alexander by Shff. to I. Wood 1830 (RR,325) lot 25
Sweet, Anson, Charlotte to H. Wood 1837 (65,73) lot 75
Sweet, Anson, Charlotte to H. Wood 1837 (65,74) lot 65
Thompson, Daniel, Sarah to N. Wood 1835 (58,497) lot 3
Williams, Nathan by Exr. to J. W. Wood 1837 (68,223) lot 97
Wilson, Angelina, John H. to H. Wood 1838 (70,204) lot 75
Wood, Adolphus to J. Sweet 1837 (68,216) lot 3
Wood, Augustus, Sophronia et al. to Syr. & Utica RR Co. 1838 (70,449) lot 36
Wood, Benjamin, Anna to J. B. Lowell 1831 (TT,358) lot 87
Wood, Hiram, Mary et al. to J. G. Reilay & ano. 1836 (65,465) lot 75
Wood, Hiram et al. to D. Thompson et al. 1837 (65,473) lot 75 agmt.
Wood, Jasper by A. Genl. to S. Tousley 1833 (53,155) lot 86
Wood, Noah, Pauline to A. Wood 1837 (67,78) lot 3
Wood, Pauline, Walter to J. Fleming 1833 (51,364) lot 84
Wood, Rebecca, et al. to L. G. Williams 1833 (ZZ,232) lot 88
Property Sales in the Town of Manlius. 1840-1849: Gates, Philander, Phebe to J. Gates 1844 (48,455) lot 87 f. afft.
Hall, George, Theodocia to H. B. Gates 1840 (76,196) lot 91
Harford, Anna, Harvey to J. Gates 1846 (54,158) lot 68 f. afft.
Caswell, Betsey, Jedediah to H. B. Phillips 1845 (87,220) lot 86
Clement, Frederick, Olive et al. to N. Phillips 1844 (86,494) lot 45
Eaton, Anna, Ephraim et al. to N. Phillips 1844 (86,494) lot 45
Mallory, Lucy, est. of Thomas B., et al. to N. Phillips 1844 (86,494) lot 45
Nims, Horace to N. N. Phillips 1845 (88,398) lot 86
Phillips, Catherine, Frederick, Jacob to A. H. Newcomb & ano. 1842 (80,84) lot 53
Phillips, Henry B., Mary to A. Duell & ano. 1845 (87,219) lot 86
Phillips, Henry B., Mary to J. Caswell 1844 (87,29) lot 86
Phillips, Jacob N. to M. Peck 1840 (77,118) lot 36
Phillips, Jacob N., Katharine to P. Harter 1847 (92,423) lot 36
Phillips, John to A. H. Newcomb & ano. 1842 (80,85) lot 53
Phillips, Nicholas by Mas. to H. C. VanSchaack 1847 (92,301) lot 45
Phillips, Nicholas to J. Harter 1845 (87,203) lot 45
Phillips, Nicholas to M. Suiter 1846 (91,196) lot 46
Phillips, William, Rebecca to J. G. Reilay 1845 (87,366) lot 75
Phillips, William, Rebecca to J. G. Reilay 1845 (87,368) lot 75
Reilay, John G., Sarah A. to W. Philips 1845 (87,367) lot 75
Rhinelander, William by Atty. to E. Philips & ano. 1841 (77,167) lot 53
Sherwood, Joseph et al. to N. Phillips 1844 (86,494) lot 45
Warren, Gorham, Parson, Hannah, Laura to H. H. Phillips 1840 (74,483) lot 86
Fleming, Robert to W. Tousley et al. 1843 (83,165) lot 86 Rel.
Otis, Elizabeth D., Newton to M. Wood 1849 (97,121) lot 62
Reilay, John G., Sarah A. to H. Wood 1849 (97,445) lot 75
Willcox, Asel to T. M. Wood 1842 (81,468) lot 75+ Agmt.
Wood, Abraham et al. to J. D. Ledyard 1848 (96,8) lot 65 R. of way
Wood, Alvah to S. J. Clark 1846 (91,175) lot 86
Wood, Alvah, Arvilla to J. Cross 1845 (83,133) lot 86
Wood, Alvah, Arvilla to W. L. Gregory 1847 (93,10) lot 86
Wood, Catharine, Junius, Patty D., Sarah M., August et al., heirs of Thaddeus M. to J. McViccar 1842 (81,469) lot 75+
Wood, Henrietta C., Thaddeus M., Edward A., John G., Martha M., Theodore I., Charles, Frederick L. by Gdn. to J. McViccar 1842 (81,470) lot 75+
Wood, Jedediah, Rebekah to J. Johnson 1841 (77,490) lot 88
Wood, Jedediah, Rebekah to P. Lenison 1845 (89,93) lot 88
Wood, Thaddeus M. by Adm. to A. White 1840 (75,384) lot 97
Wood, Thaddeus M. to Asel Wilcox 1842 (81,468) lot 75+
Wood, Timothy by Adm. to P. Austin 1842 (80,255) lot 36
Wood, Timothy by Adm. to W. M. Redfield 1842 (81,163) lot 54
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SOURCES & CITATIONS BY OTHER RESEARCHERS:
Records of the Second Church of Preston (now Griswold), New London Co., CT (original records lost in a fire, but some were copied or transcribed into town boks and compiled by historical reseaechers and published.)
The Records of Service of Connecticut Men, compiled by the authority of the General Assembly under the direction of the Adjutants General, Hartford: 1889.
Connecticut Men in the Revolution, by A.M. Johnson, pp. 20, 73, 507, 618.
Family records, old letters, from the 1850's-1930s, etc.
Cemetery inscriptions, LaGrange, Cass Co., and Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., MI
Probate Records of Fond du Lac, WI (estate of Elihu L. Phillips, d. 1884)
Records of Christ Church, Manlius Square, Onondaga Co., NY
History of Allegan & Barry Counties, Michigan, p. 333.
? “Ryegate, Vt., 454”
? “Hist. Call 2nd. se vol. 2, ph. 42”
(DAR) Nat. No.s; 67286, 67386, 29826, 14464, 201833, 207338, 207998, 402072
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CHURCHES
Some of our Phillips relation attended the Second Church of Preston (also known as Pachaug Church and is now the First Church of Griswold) which was a Congregational Church. Some of the Phillips family were members of Christ Church, Trinity Church, and First Church, in Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY.
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Local History/Genealogy
Onondaga County Public Library
447 So. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 435-1900
lhg@@onlib.org
In correspondence (Sept. 2007), a librarian at the Local history and Genealogical Dept. at the Onondaga Co. Library in Syracuse looked Phillips in their "pioneer index", but only showed two of this Phillips family:
Phillips, Col. Elijah, d. May 14, 1845, ae. 63
Amanda Danforth, wife, d. Nov. 1, 1831, ae. 42 (she was the first white child born in Onondaga Co.) Oakwood Cemetery 1800 census, NY Gen. & Biog. Record, v. 53, p. 358 Danforth Gen. p. 222 Phillips, Elihu L., Feb. 16, 1800 - Jan. 10, 1884
Eleanor D. wife, d. Oct. 26, 1840, ae. 35, Oakwood Cemetery ****
The Onondaga County Public Library in Syracuse, New York, has an index file on local history that was compiled by Work Progress Administration (WPA) workers during the 1930s. It is organized alphabetical, and includes a number of entries relating to this Phillips family. The “WPA Files” have been entered into a computer database and can be searched on the internet at:
http://www.onlib.org/dbtw-wpd/Textbase/wpaquery.html Each entry has a “Record Number” which is only for indexing purposes so that each item is unique; this “Record Number” will not help locate the original item. The items the WPA indexed included old records from the County Courthouse, old newspapers and other sources, such as scrapbooks held by the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA):
321 Montgomery St. Syracuse, NY. 13202 Phone 315-428-1864 (Research Center: Ext. 235, Hours: 10AM -2PM Wed.-Fri) Unfortunately, I am informed that since the OHA's move to a new building, much of their collections remain boxed and disorganized, and the current staff is not familiar with the scrapbook items cited in the WPA Index (most of which are cited by volume and page numbers as “Onondaga County History (General) Scrapbooks”). Some of these items were located by other means, and others probably refer to quips and quotes already cited in books, and newspapers. At any rate, here is a list for entires under “Elijah Phillips” in the WPA Index:
Col. Elijah Phillips: erected sawmill at Edwards Falls, Manlius. 1792.
History of Onondaga (Lysander, Manlius and Pompey) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, pp. 78, 79 : 1, 2.
Record No. 37269
Col. Elijah Phillips: had a room in Syracuse House. 1827.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, paper prepared by E.W. Leavenworth; Vol. 9, p. 56 (dated 20 Feb. 1890)
Record No. 37270
Elijah Phillips: beginnings of the salt industry, mentioned with Messers. Dolson, Mickles, Pool, Wentworth, Toles, Lamb & Danforth. 1797-1798.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, Vol. 19, pp. 60-61 & 5-8.
Record No. 37273
Col. Elijah Phillips: military commission. 22 Jan. 1801.
History of Onondaga Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, pp. 88, 89 : 0.
Record No. 37300
Elijah Phillips: meeting of Board of Supervisors. 21 July 1796.
History of Onondaga Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, 6 : 0.
Record No. 37301
Elijah Phillips: High Sheriff (from biographical information on Oliver Strong, Gov. George Clinton & Peter Outwater). 1807.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, Vol. 19, pp. 208, 1-2
Record No. 37302
Col. Elijah Phillips: home locations. 1827.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, paper prepared by E.W. Leavenworth; Vol. 9, p. 6-7 (dated 20 Feb. 1890)
Record No. 37303
Elijah Phillips, Elihu L. Phillips, Elisha Phillips: Canal Basin. 1829.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, paper prepared by E.W. Leavenworth; Vol. 9, p. 6-78 (dated 20 Feb. 1890)
Record No. 37304
Col. Elijah Phillips: early settlers of Manlius.
Syracuse Standard, p. 3 : 4,5 (dated 23 March 1868)
Record No. 37305
Col. Elijah Phillips: early Manlius settlers. c. 1800.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse Standard, Vol. 11, pp. 38-42 (dated 6 June 1894)
Record No. 37307
Elijah Phillips: built first saw mill. 1792-1794.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, Vol. 8, pp. 66-68
Record No. 37308
Elijah Phillips: first court case in Onondaga County (Robert Bennett and Elijah Phillips). 1794.
History of Onondaga (General) Scrapbook, Onondaga Historical Association, Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 13-16
Record No. 37309
Lt. Elijah Phillips: military appointment. 4 June 1817.
Onondaga Register, Onondaga Historical Association, p. 3 : 3 (4 June 1817)
Record No. 37310
Maj. Elijah Phillips: annual return of officers. 1819.
Onondaga County Courthouse, 0 : 0
Record No. 37311
Lt. Col. Elijah Phillips: military appointment. 3 May 1820
Onondaga Register, Onondaga Historical Association, p. 3 : 4 (3 May 1820)
Record No. 37312
Col. Elijah Phillips: 4th of July celebration at Manlius. 4 July 1823.
Onondaga Register, Onondaga Historical Association, p. 3 : 2 (9 July 1823)
Record No. 37313
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CENSUS RECORDS
X = illegible
1790:
1st No.-Free white males over 16 years 2nd No.-Free white males under 16 years 3rd No.-Free white females 4th No.-All other free persons 5th No.-Slaves 1790 Census; Mohawk Town, Montgomery Co., NY
Phillips, Elijah--1-1-3-0-X (possibly the Elijah from Preston, CT, who settled in Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY by 1792)
Phillips, John--1-1-2-0-X
Phillips, John--1-3-2-X-X
Phillips, John, Jr.--1-2-1-0-0
Phillips, Lewis--3-3-6-0-X
Phillips, Richard--1-0-2-0-0
Phillips, Thomas--3-0-1-0-0
Phillips, XXXX--1-4-4-0-0
1790 CENSUS; Town of Caughnawaga (near Mohawk) , Montgomery Co., NY
Philips, Abraham--1-3-2-0-0
Philips, Christian--1-3-3-0-0
Philips, Hermanus--1-2-5-0-0
Philips, Jacob--1-4-3-0-0
Philips, James--1-3-7-0-0
Philips, John--1-3-3-0-0
Philips, Philip--1-1-3-0-0
Philips, Philip--1-1-4-0-0
Philips, Philip, Jr.--1-1-3-0-0
Philips, Philip, Sr.--1-1-1-0-4
1790 CENSUS; Town of Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., NY
Philips, Abraham--1-0-1-0-0
Philips, Hermanus--1-0-4-0-0
Philips, John--1-0-2-0-0
Philips, John--1-3-2-0-0
Philips, John--4-1-3-0-0
Walker, George--1-0-2-0-0
Walker, Jeremiah--1-1-3-0-0
Walker, Phineas--1-2-5-0-0 (Phineas Walker who married Tryphena Hines; their daughter Tamar married Ezra G. Phillips in 1811.)
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1800 CENSUS, Village of Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY:
Philips, Elijah
three males 0-10 two males 10-15 * (compiled record says illegibe or damaged for males 16-26) * (compiled record says illegibe or damaged for males 26-45) one male 45+ (b. bef. 1755) one female 0-10 one female 45+ (b. bef. 1755) (This is the family of Elijah Phillips who married Susannah Gates in Preston, CT in 1779. Susannah was actually 44 in 1800.)
Immediately next after Elijah Philips the Village of Manlius in 1800:
John Philips
one male under 10 one male 16-25 one female 16-25 (I would think that this is John Phillips (b. 1779)--son of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips), who married Dorothy Wood, daughter of Aaron who was enumerated next.)
And immediately after John Philips the Village of Manlius in 1800:
Aaron Wood
one male under 10 four? males 16-25 one male 45+ one female under 10 one female 45+ Also in Manlius in 1800:
Phillips, Nicholas (probably no relation)
three or four males under 10 one? male 10-15 one? male 16-25 one male 45+ one female under 10 one female 45+ Also in Manlius in 1800:
Philips, Conrad (probably no relation)
one male under 10 one male 26-45 one female under 10 one female 26-45 **
1810 CENSUS, Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY
Philips, Noah
Philips, Phebe
1810 CENSUS, Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY
Elijah Phillips
one male 0-9 one male 10-15 five males 16-25 one male 45+ one female 16-25 one female 45+ three slaves (This is the family of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips.)
The line immediately above Elijah Phillips in Manlius in 1810:
Dan'l Phillips
one male 45+ 2 females 0-9 1 female 45+ (Not sure who this Daniel Phillips was, but he lived next-door to Elijah Phillips, Sr., and was in the same age bracket. He is probably the Daniel Phillips who died intestate in 1813, Simeon Phillips being granted letters for the estate.)
on the same page in Manlius in 1810:
"Elijah Philips, Jr."
one male 26-44 (b. 1766-1784) three females 16-25 (b. 1785-1794) one slave (This is Elijah Phillips, Jr. (b. 1781). His wife, Amanda Danforth (b. 1789) is one of the women enumerated. As such, the other two women, aged between 16 and 25 must be other relatives or boarders, as they could not be daughters. The only known children I found for Elijah & Amanda (Danforth) Phillips were born in 1811 and 1817, and so they would not show in the 1810 census.)
on the same page in Manlius in 1810:
Aaron Woods
Jasper Woods
Also in Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY in 1810:
Jno. Phillips
one male 0-9 one male 10-15 two males 16-25 one male 45+ one female 45+ (As he was 45+, he could not be John Phillips, b. 1779)
Also in Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY in 1810:
John Philips
three males 0-9 one male 26-44 one female 0-9 two females 16-25 one female one female 26-44 (This was John Phillips, b. 1779--son of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips--and his wife Dorothy (Wood) and family.)
On the same page as John Philips in 1810:
Sylvanus Tousley
1 male 0-9 2 males 16-25 1 male 26-44 2 females 0-9 1 female 16-25 (Sylvanus Tousley's daughter, Harriet (b.1808), married Elihu L. Phillips. Sylvanius Tousley's wife Elizabeth/Betsy died in 1817 and he married second Harriet Danforth, sister of Amanda who married Elijah Phillips, Jr.)
Also in Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY in 1810:
Philips, Simeon: 4 males - 1 female
Phillips, Nicholas: 5 males - 2 females
Gates, Nehemiah: 3 males - 2 females
Gates, Joseph: 3 males - 2 females
Joshua Gates
Cong??run Gates
Elizur Gates
Simeon Wood
Aaron Wood, Jr.
Benjamin Woods
1810 CENSUS; Marcellus, Onondaga Co., NY
Philips, Asa
three males 0-9 one male 10-15 two males 16-25 one male 26-44 one female 0-9 one female 10-15 one female 26-44 (This is Asa Phillips (1769-1813)--son of Elijah & Rhoda (Sayles) Phillips of RI & CT--who married Anna Work; he was probably a first-cousin of Elijah Phillips (b. abt. 1755) who married Susannah Gates.)
on the same page in Marcellus in 1810:
Philips, Solomon
one male 26-44 one female 0-9 one female 16-25 1810 CENSUS; Town of Salina, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Henry
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1820 CENSUS, Cicero, Onondaga Co., NY
Elijah Phillips
one male 0-10 two males 16-25 (b. betw. 1795-1804) one male 26-44 (b. betw. 1776-1794) one female 0-10 one female 10-16 two females 26-44 (b. betw. 1776-1794) 1 female 45+ (b. bef. 1775) one person was engaged in agriculture (This was probably Elijah Phillips, Jr. (b. 1781, hence 39), who married Amanda Danforth. As he was aged 26-45, this fits. I have only found mention of two children (son Nelson D. Phillips, b. 1811, and daughter Lucia Phillips, b. 1817), and so it is probable that the other individuals in his household in 1820 were not his children; in that case probably younger brothers, other relatives or boarders--or he had other children whose names were not preserved. Note also that the woman who was aged 45+ may have been a mother or mother-in-law. We don't know for sure when Elijah's mother, Susannah (Gates) Phillips, died, but it was probably a few eyars before 1820, when she would have been 64. Amanda's mother, Olivia (Langdon) Danforth, was abt. 53 in 1820, had been widowed in 1818 and died in 1842.)
1820 CENSUS, Salina, Onondaga Co., NY
Elijah Phillips
one male 0-10 one male 10-16 one male 16-26 one female 0-10 one female 16-26 one person was engaged in manufactures. (He is probably Elijah Phillips (1795-1874)--son of Asa & Anna (Work) Phillips of Marcellus--who moved to Hinmansville, Oswego Co., NY. He might have been the "Elisha Phillips" of Salina who was an insolvent debtor in 1822. He not old enough to be the "Elisha Phillips, Jr." who appears on the 1809 Tax list for Salina, nor the innkeeper at Salina in 1813-1814.)
Two lines after Elijah Phillips:
1820 CENSUS, Salina, Onondaga Co., NY
Asa Phillips
one male 16-18 five males 16-25 two females 0-10 one female 26-45 five people were engaged in manufactures. (This would be Asa Phillips (1794-1865)--son of Asa & Anna (Work) Phillips of Marcellus--who moved to Fulton, Oswego Co., NY. He was the brother of Elijah Phillips (1795-1874) who also lived in Salina in 1820.)
1820 CENSUS; Town of Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillio, Elijah (This name is clearly "Phillio" on the original page, but has been transcribed erroneously as Phillis or Phillip.)
1820 CENSUS, Town of Marcellus, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Joseph
1820 CENSUS, Town of Tully, Onondaga Co., NY
Philips, John, Jr.
one male 0-9 two males 26-44 one female 16-25 (one person engaged in manufacturing) **
1830 CENSUS; Town of Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Elihu (Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884), son of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips)
Philips, Nicholas
Phillips, Catharine
Phillips, Frederick
Phillips, Henry
Phillips, Irena
Phillips, Jacob
Phillips, John S. (?)
Phillips, Peter
1830 CENSUS; Town of Salina, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Elijah (probably the same who was there in 1820)
Phillips, Elisha (shows that there was a second man by this similar name, perhaps the son of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips)
Phillips, Elizabeth
Phillips, George
Phillips, Henry
Phillips, James
Phillips, Jonah
1830 CENSUS; Town of Onondaga, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Thomas
Phillips, Waterman
1830 CENSUS; Town of Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY
Philips, Phineas
Phillips, Abner
Phillips, Nicholas H.
1830 CENSUS, Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Mercy
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1840 CENSUS; Town of Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Benjamin
Phillips, Catherine
Phillips, Frederick
Phillips, Henry
Phillips, Hiram D.
Phillips, Jacob W.
Phillips, John N.
Phillips, Nathaniel N.
Phillips, Nicholas
1840 CENSUS; Town of Fabius, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Phineas
1840 CENSUS; Town of Dewitt, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Jacob
1840 CENSUS, Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY
Phillips, Jacob
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