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Note: ork, executors of the estate of Thomas Phillips, signed a receipt, dated 29 July 1889, that they received $119.47 from the estate of Elihu L. Phillips (1800-1884). This indicates that Thomas Phillips was a nephew of Elihu L. Phillips (see notes under the latter).
Thomas' middle name was probably Aaron.
In an e-mail to the list "PADUTCH-LIFE-L@@rootsweb.com, dated 19 April 2000, Vee Housman wrote:
"Thomas Phillips lived on Main Street in Youngstown, NY,--as early as the 1840s--probably right on the Niagara River, right across from Canada. ... he showed up on the local 1840 census with a Free Colored male in the household between the ages of 24 and 36. Wow! That was the subject of a speaker at our [Town of Porter] historical meeting this past Monday! [We] wondered if [Thomas Phillips] played a part in the Undergorund Railroad. ... in the early records of the town [of Porter], it showed that on of [Thomas Phillips'] neighbors was Olaf Hathway, and in an old newspaper aritcle that I read, Olaf had used his row boat to transport runaway slaves across the river to freedom in Canada."
Vee Housman noted numbers next to each person in this family; these numbers may refer to Town of Porter vital records or ??:
Phillips, Thomas (4536)
Merinda (4537) Albertine D. (4538) Elihu J. (4539) Josephine M. (4540) Rollin T. (4541) She cites a source as "Presby Cem." -- apparently a Presbyterian Cemetery, but where? There is apparently a cemetery behind a Presbyterian Church in Youngstown. But from what I gathered, the old church building was no longer used by the Presbyterians.
Thomas Phillips appears in the records of School Dist. 3, Town of Porter, Niagara Co., NY. (VH)
p. 25, Oct. 1839
p. 50, Oct. 1845
p. 56, Oct. 1847
p. 63, Oct. 1847 -- 1 child in school
May 1848, Thomas had moved out of the district [to Lot 31] ***
property/ deed records cited by Vee Housman:
grantee/grantor books -- 1848 -- Andrus, Benejiah B.--T. Phillips. Lot 25
Riemer property--Title Search--Lot 25: to Thomas Phillips & wife Merinda (signed "Miranda"), Nov. 1841, to Benejah R. Andrews, 10 April 1848.
120 Lockport -- 9 May 1848, to Thomas Phillips
28 Dec. 1848, Thomas & Merinda (Miranda) to ---- 358 Main (Ontario House) -- 9 May 1848, to Thomas Phillips -- same
"L 31 -- 49 1/2 A"
"50 A" "1869 Directory
"Thomas A. Philips "L31 -- 50A" ***
An original Niagara Co., NY land records index (on microfilm) shows the following entries for "Thomas Phillips":
Niagara Co., NY
(year) Deed Book, page
GRANTEE
(1843) 30, 448 -- from John Phillips (presumably his father)
GRANTOR
(1848) 43, 355 -- to B. R. Andrews
(1851) 49, 24 -- to William Decatur
(1866) 110, 165 -- to John W. Parks
(1875) 137, 365 -- to John Cahill
(1887) 183, 590 -- to Elihu Phillips (presumably his son)
Niagara Co., NY
(year) Mortgage Book, page
MORTGAGOR (purchaser/borrower)
(1841) 24, 48 -- from W. Hunt
(1856) 61, 396 -- from Niagara Co. Bank
(1864) 91, 268 -- from W. N. Doyle
(1864) 91, 270 -- from W. N. Doyle
MORTGAGEE (seller/lender)
(1841) 23, 209 -- 50 ac. to S. B. Joslin
(1875) 136, 149 -- "Middleford" to R. Slaff
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1840 US Census (Roll 311, p. 104)
Porter, Niagara Co., NY
Thos. Phillips
1 male 30-40 1 female 30-40 (These are the ages I transcribed, but if they were correct, they are at least 10-years too old to be the same Thomas Phillips.)
The next line is:
George Phillips
1 male 5-10 1 male 30-40 1 female 0-5 1 female 30-40 1850 US Census (Roll M432_561, p. 428)
Porter, Niagara Co., NY (enumerated 13 Aug. 1850)
Thomas Phillipps (sic), 30, m, Farmer, b. NY
Merinda, 30 f, b. NY Albertine L., 8, m, b. NY Elihu J. (? 6 or 4), m, b. NY 1860 US Census (Roll 822, p. 293)
Porter, Niagara Co., NY (enumerated 3 Aug. 1860)
Postoffice: Youngstown
Thomas Phillips, 37, M, Farmer, real estate $1,560, personal property $1,297, b. NY
Merinda, 35, F, Domestic, b. NY John, 15, M, Farm Laborer, b. NY Josephine, 8, F, b. NY 1870 US Census (Roll 1055, pp. 480 A-B)
Porter, Niagara Co., NY (enumerated 31 July 1870)
Post Office: Ransomville
Thomas Phillips, 50, M, Farmer, real estate $5,000, personal property $1,000, b. NY
Melinda (sic), 48, F, At Home, b. NY, Blind Elihue, 25, M, At Home, b. NY Joseph M. (sic), 18, F, At Home, b. NY Rolland, 10, M, At Home, b. NY (Note: the mark for "Blind" might have been meant to refer to Elihu Phillips.)
1880 US Census (Roll 901, p. 283)
Porter, Niagara Co., NY (enumerated 21 June 1880)
Thomas Phillips, 60, M, Farmer, b. NY, both parents b. NY
Marinda (sic), 58, F, wife, Keeking House, b. NY, both parents b. NY
Elihu, 30, M, son, Broommaker, b. NY, both parents b. NY Rolla, 19, M, son, At Home, b. NY, both parents b. NY (NOTE: Compiled census indexes have mis-transcribed some of the sames, e.g.: "Albertine" for Josephine (these were apperently two different daughters), "Raleigh" for Rolland and Rollin, and "Bolla" for Rollo or Rolla.--NMS)
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Town of Porter death records, (183) "4338"? (VH):
Thomas A. Phillips, 67, Farmer
d. 24 Aug. 1887
cause: heart disease (Dr. Wm. J. Falkner, attending)
buried: Youngstown
born: Clarkson, NY
father: John Phillips
mother: Dorothea Moore (sic), b. Mass.
***
From an original index of Niagara County Surrogates Court records (on microfilm at the FHL):
Thomas Phillips
Box 16
petition filed 16 Dec. 1888
probate decree: vol. 6, p. 95
will: vol. 34, p. 481
decree, letters testimony: vol. 26, p. 96
letters testimony: vol. 8, p. 1
***
Attached to the 1927 letter from Grace (Phillips) Colby, is a note written by Rollin Park Phillips, which mentions how his grandfather, Thomas A. Phillips, had to go to Rochester, N.Y., with a bag of wheat astraddle a horse, to have it ground into flour, and was only given one week to make the round tip back to Youngstown. He also mentions something about (John or Thomas ? Phillips) operating a store about 1844, after which the 50 acre farm on East Avenue was purchased from the "Fischer Interests", Low & High Fischer, who had purchased the property from the Holland Land Company.
Note: Josephine M. Phillips and Samuel Shipper, of Porter, Niagara Co., New Y
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