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Note: osephine Philips of Youngstown, New York) say that Elias Phillips; birth date was 16 January 1783, and that he was born at Halifax, Windham Co., Vermont.
"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)
There is supposedly a baptism record for Elias PHILIPS, son of Elijah PHILIPS (mother not named) in Halifax, Vermont. The date is 5 September 1783--I am not sure if that is the birth or baptismal date. (Vermont. Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870--Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Some other researchers have claimed that this was Elias Phillips, son of Elijah & Rhoda (Sayles) Phillips; however, this family lived in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut shortly before and during the American revolution, and I have never seen any indication that this other Elijah Phillips ever went to Vermont.
There is a some confusion because the IGI also shows an Elias Peyton Phillips with the same (birth or baptismal) date, 5 Sept. 1783, born at Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, the son of Elijah & Cynthia (Goodwin) Phillips.
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Tuttle's Pioneers of Madison County, New York, pg 195:
"Phillips, Elias - In county court 1807. Sullivan juror in 1810." This is almost certainly is the Elias, son of Elijah & Susannah (Gates) Phillips. Sullivan, Madison Co. is immediately east of Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
Other people named Phillips are also in Tuttle's book, but the only name that looked familiar (perhaps Elias’ brother Elijah) was on p. 195:
"Phillips, Elijah - lived in Sullivan 1808. Commissioner of horse racing Oct. 17, 1809."
I do not find an "Elias Phillips" in the 1810 US Census in New York, but the name might have been abbreviated or mis-transcribed, or he was living in another person’s household.
The only Phillips enumerated in Sullivan, Madison Co., NY in 1810 was:
(Series: M252 Roll: 28 Page: 166)
"A. Phillips"
two males 0-9 one male 10-15 one male 26-44 one female 0-9 one female 10-15 one female 26-44 Elias Phillips married Thursa, widow of Henry Mathews, between 1809 and 1814. Her first husband died in 1809 in the Town of Sullivan, Monroe Co., leaving a young son, William Henry Howells Mathews (1808-1846); since Elias & Thursa Phillips apparently had no children together, I have included W.H.H. Mathews as an adopted son of Elias in the Phillips family tree. Elias, Thursa and her son moved to Manlius, Onondaga Co., by 1814.
Tuttle's Pioneers of Madison County, New York, p. 158, states:
"Mathews, Henry H. W. -- Lived in Sullivan. Veteran Rev. War. Served in Captain Babcock's Company Vermont Militia 1781. Died 1809. Wife Thursa sometimes spelled Thressa."
The fact that Tuttle mentions Henry Mathew's wife, Thresa, and that her name was variously spelled, makes me wonder where he found her name variously spelled. I inquired with the Madison County Clerk, and they said there were no deeds for people named Mathews or Matthews in Sullivan in the first couple decades of the 1800s.
A probate record for Henry H. W. Matthews is on file at the Madison County Surrogate's Court; his initials are clearly H. W. in the original record, but the index has "R.W." There is no will, only one page granting Letters of Administration to Thursa Mathews for the late Henry H. W. Mathews (no details other than names), signed and dated 16 June 1809 by Thomas H. Hubbard, Surrogate of Madison Co., and recorded 17 June 1809 (case # 46; Book AX, p. 74).
Secondary research shows that Henry Mathews (d. 1809 Sullivan, Madison Co., NY) was the son of John & Mary "Polly" (Bell) Mathews. John was b. abt. 1734 in MA, and d. 27 Aug. 1807, Sullivan, Madison Co., NY. He apparently owned land in Bernardston, MA, part of the Hubbard farm, and 250 acres of Calf farm, bought between 1770 and 1780, and finally sold 1791. He was a soldier in Capt. McClellan's company of Minutemen.
Onondaga Co., NY, Appointment of Guardians Book #3 (1803-1815), p. 10:
To: Thirza Phillips, Manlius, guardian For: Henry H. W. Mathews, son of Henry F.W. Mathews, of the town of Sullivan, Madison Co., state of N.Y., and who was 6 yrs of age on the 6th day of Feb last. [hence b. 6 Feb. 1808]
Date: April 21, 1814 [Note the discrepancy with the middle initials.] (This record book is something of an enigma, as neither the original nor a microfilm of it can be found. However, it was abstracted at one time.)
The next guardianship case recorded in this same book, p. 11:
To: William Pratt, of Manlius, guardian For: Chas. Matthews, son of David Matthews, late of the town of Sullivan, Madison Co. State of N.Y., and who was 8 yrs of age on the 15th day of March last.
Dated: April 18, 1814 And three records below that:
To: William Pratt of Manlius, guardian For: Polly B. Matthews, dau of David Matthews, late of the town of Sullivan, Madison Co., N.Y., dec'd., and who was 11 yrs of age on the 23rd of Sept last and is entitled to real and personal property in the county of Madison.
Dated: April 18, 1814 (The late David Matthews and the late Henry Mathews were apparently brothers.)
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Elias Phillips, of Salina, was an insolvent debtor: Commissioner Victory Birdsey discharged the debts of Elias Phillips, and appointed assignees William H. Sabin and Simeon West, dated 18 Oct. 1811, and recorded 15 Jan. 1812.
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Kathy Crowell, of Fayetteville, NY, shared the following from her manuscript, Tavern Tales:
Elias Phillips, page 217: Refers to the Eagle Tavern in Fayetteville between Salt Springs and Genesee Street on the east side of the Fayetteville-Manlius Road
"In 1815, the one-acre tavern property was co-owned by Frederick and Polly Pratt and by Joshua and Sarah Pratt. The manager was Elias Phillips who had also managed the hotel the year prior."
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Three men named Elias Phillips were enumerated in New York in 1820, but as Elias was born in 1783, he would have been 37, and so there only man by this name enumerated in 1820 who could fit, but it is not clear if he is the same or not.
1820 US Cesnus (Roll 62, p. 172)
Palmyra, Ontario Co., NY
Elias Phillips
one male 10-15 one male 26-44 [b. betw. 1776-1794] one female 16-25 one female 26-44 (two persons engaged in agriculture) 1820 US Census
Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY
Elias Phillips ... (Given the location, I think we can safely rule out the possibility that this was the same Elias Phillips, son of Elijah, Sr. of Onondaga Co.)
1820 US Census (Roll 72, p. 92)
Leichester, Genesee Co., NY (Leichester Twp. became part of Livingston Co. in 1821.)
Elias Phillips (age 45+) with a wife and four apparent children He is apparently the same man in Leichester, Livingston Co., NY in 1830:
Elias Phillips (age 60-70), with wife and six apparent children And again in Leicester, Livingston Co., NY in 1840:
Elias Phillips (age 70-80) with wife and five apparent children By 1850, the only Phillips in Leicester Twp. was Luther F. Phillips (b. abt. 1820) with his wife and daughter.
(The Elias Phillips in Leicetser Twp. was probably the same, b. 27 Feb. 1766 in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA, son of Joshua & Mary (Heaton) Phillips, who married Lois Thayer, 27 Feb. 1766 in Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA. According to on-line family trees, their children were born in NH, Milford, Worcester Co., MA, and Stafford Twp, Tolland Co., CT. Elias Phillips is said to have died 16 April 1849 in "Perry/Leicester, Wyoming, NY"--Perry Twp., Wyoming Co. is adjacent to Livingston Co., where Leichester Twp. is located.)
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Elias and Thursa Phillips moved to Clarkson, Monroe Co., New York, where he purchased land from H. Le Roy 4 December 1824. Clarkson was created out of Murray Twp. (now Orleans Co.) in 1819, and Monroe Co. was created out of Genesee Co. in 1821. Also note that Elias' brother, Lyman H. Phillips, married Celestia W. Case in Clarkson in 1824; their brother John Phillips also lived in Clarkson in 1820, and their brother Ezra Phillips lived in adjacent Parma in 1820.
Elias Phillips died intestate 30 January 1828. ("See DAR Will Index / Shixon" --from an index card form Vital & Records, Town of Hamlin & Clarkson, etc., Monroe Co., NY, FHL microfilm #1432350)
I found a mention of Elias Phillips' estate in an old Monroe Co., NY probate index on microfilm at the Family History Library, citing Book 2, p. 510. However, I couldn't locate this record book in other microfilm, and the administration was not mentioned in another mss. abstraction of early wills of Monroe Co., NY. Another microfilm of an old (original) index of probate records in Monroe Co., NY, shows:
1828-41 (apparently the case no.)
Elias Phillips
1828, Feb. 21, Letters of Administration rec. L.B. A, 150
1828, Aug. 19, Inventory
1829, Jan. 3, Proceedings in Sale of Real Estate rec.
Elias Phillips was buried at Garland Cemetery, located on the south side of Ridge Road (Rt. 104) approximately 1.5 miles east of the hamlet of Garland in the Town of Clarkson, Monroe County, NY. A transcription of gravestones there shows:
Phillips, Elias; "In memory of" (rest of stone buried), 1829, Section 1, Lot 42
Another (older) compiled transcription shows "Eliza" (probably Elias) Phillips, d. 1828.
Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, (abt. 6 Jan. 1829):
(This notice ran in more than one issue)
Monroe Co., NY Surrogates’ Office notice, dated 6 Jan. 1829, for interested persons to show cause, if any, why real estate should not be sold to pay debts; names “Thurza Phillips, administratrix of the estate of Elias Phillips, late of Clarkson, in the said county of Monroe, deceased …”
Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, 13 March 1829, p. 1:
(This notice also ran 21 March 1829 and in other issues)
Monroe Co., NY Surrogates’ Office notice, dated 12 Feb. 1829, for interested persons to show cause, if any, why real estate should not be sold to pay debts; names “Thurza Phillips, administratrix of the estate of Elias Phillips, late of Clarkson, in the said county of Monroe, deceased …”
Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, (abt. 1 June 1829):
“Public Sale of Real Estate … by order of Orrin E. Gibbs, surrogate of County of Monroe …” auction to be held 7 July on the property “of Elijah Phillips, deceased, and to be sold for the payment of his debts … Being parts of lots numbers one and two in section number 17,--in township No. 4, on the triangular tract, so-called, in the town of Clarkson, [Monroe Co., NY] … containing one hundred forty-one & 57-100ths acres of land, as by reference to a deed … [dated] 4th Dec. 1824, executed by H. Le Roy to said Elias Phillips. … [excluding] twelve acres, having been previously sold … to Isaac Houston … Thurza Phillips, Administratrix. L. H. Phillips, Administrator. june 1, 1829”
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FHL microfilm # 1432350:
T. Phillips was a member, by confession, of the Clarkson Congregational Church, Monroe Co., NY. "Dismissed July 6, 1824." (citation: "sm. church book")
Thurza Phillips was listed on a membership list of the Clarkson Congregational Church, "prof. bef. 1833 ... Dis. to Holly, Jan. 1842."
"Thersa" Phillips was enumerated in Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY in the 1830 US Census, p. 264:
1 male 5-10 1 male 10-15 2 males 20-30 1 female 10-15 1 female 15-20 1 female 20-30 1 female 30-40 (While the index shows "Thersa", the original page reads "Thirsa" Phillips. If she was born in 1790, she would have been 40 in 1830. I don't know who the other people in the household were. The only other Phillips houshold in Clarkson in 1830 was that of John D. Phillips, p. 272.
I could not find Thursa in 1840 census records (and searched for all spelling variations). The only people named Phillips in Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY in 1840 were Abel Phillips (age 40-50) with a wife and two daughters, and Wilbur Phillips (age 40-50) with a wife, son and daughter. There was an Ira Phillips in nearby Murray, Orleans Co., and other people named Phillips in neighboring towns.
In 1850, Thursa Phillips was enumerated with her daughter-in-law, grandchildren and a number of boarders, living in Buffalo, New York:
1850 US Census (Roll M431_501, p. 167, image 336)
2nd Ward, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
Betsey Mathews, 41, b. NY
Helen Mathews, 17, b. NY Julia Mathews, 10, b. NY Sarah Mathews, 8, b. NY Thursa Phillips, 63, b. NY [sic] ... the household included many boarders (36 total in the household), including:
Lewis C. Butts, 23, lumber dealer, real estate $3,000, b. NY Edward Coleman, 22, engineer, real estate $3,000, b. NY Elizabeth Betts, 13, b. Germany Andrew C. Case, 23, clerk, b. OH (note: Betsey Mathews was Thursa Phillips’ widowed daughter-in-law. Helen, Julia and Sarah were Thursa’s granddaughters. Lewis C. Butts would later marry Helen Mathews. Edward Coleman would later marry Susan Phillips, daughter of Lyman H.)
"Thurza" Phillips was enumerated in the 1860 US Census, living in the household of her brother-in-law, Lyman H. Phillips and his wife Celestia, in Empire Twp., Fond du Lac Co., WI (Roll: 1407, p. 413, enumerated 21 July 1860):
Thurza Phillips, 70 [b. abt. 1790], real estate $1,000, personal property $1,000, b. CT
After this, Thurza Phillips moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she died by 25 September 1862.
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There is a probate record (# 644) for "Thurza" Phillips in Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin, which gives the following details:
The will of Thurza Phillips, of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, was dated 25 June 1860.
It was admitted for probate in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, 25 September 1862. (Need to obtain record there.)
It was admitted for probate in Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin, 1 December 1862.
$100 each to William M. Butts and Mercia Helen Butts, children of Lewis C. and Helen M. butts. (Helen M. (Mathews) Butts was Thurza's granddaughter.)
All personal property was to be divided equally between her three grandchildren, Helen L. Butts, Julia E. Mathews and Sarah A. Mathews.
All real estate--specifically located in Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin--also to be divided equally between her three grandchildren, Helen L. Butts, Julia E. Mathews and Sarah A. Mathews.
The will also mentioned the mother of her grandchildren, Betsy Mathews (widow of Thursa's only son), stipulating that income from said real estate may to be used to assist their mother, not to exceed the net income of the property.
Executor was Lewis C. Butts (husband of Thurza's granddaughter, Helen L. (Mathews) Butts).
Witnesses: Joseph Lyman and Wyllys S. Stetson
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There was a different (probably younger) Elias Phillips in Murray, Orleans Co., NY, directly east of Clarkson, Monroe Co., NY:
PIERCE-SMITH PIONEER CEMETERY, Town of Murray, Orleans County, New York
PHILLIPS, REBECCA b. APR 22, 1815 d. JUL 12, 1844, WIFE OF ELIAS PHILLIPS
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There are two records of a man named Elias Phillips patenting land in Wisconsin, but he is certainly a different man:
Elias Phillips, of Clinton Co., Indiana, patented 80 acres in Richland Co., WI, dated 2 oct. 1854 (GLO Document Nr.: 15730; Accession/Serial Nr.: WI2120__.497).
Elias Phillips, who had served as a Corporal in Capt. Van Voorhies' Company of New York Militia during the War of 1812, assigned a Land Warrant for 120 acres in Pierce Co., Wisconsin, to Charles H. Roberts, warrant dated 1 Sept. 1859 (Document Nr.: 29041; Accession/Serial Nr.: MW-0156-305).
Note: Old family notes (said to come from a Bible register in possession of J
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