An American Family History

The Phillips Families of Leeds County, Ontario

The first European settlements in Ontario were after the American Revolution when 5,000 loyalists left the new United States.

John S. Phillips was born about 1764 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. His parents were John Phillips and Eva Barheyt.

He married Catherina Henrietta Meyer.

Lucinda Phillips (1785),
Elizabeth Phillips (1786),
John Phillips (1789),
Philip Phillips (1789, married Rebecca Towsley),
Mary Phillips (1793, married Seth Cornell),
Cornelius Crowley Phillips (1796), and
Nancy Phillips (1800).

Philip Phillips was born about 1747 in Schenectady, New York.

He married Nancy Kelsey. Nancy was born about 1772 in Albany, New York.

William Phillips (1793, married Sarah Elizabeth Shadford),
Daniel Phillips (1794, married Charity Lasher),
Samuel Phillips (1798),
Sarah Phillips (1798, married William Wiltse),
James Phillips (1800, married Salome Brown), and
Hannah Phillips (1808, married Charles Dawson).

A Daniel, Philip and Goerge were in the 1805 assessment of Yonge.

from A Record of Marriages Solemnized by William Smart

1823 March 19th.—James Phillips and Salome Brown, both of Yonge, banns,
wit. Nathan C. Brown, Daniel Phillips.

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