Genealogy Wylie » Christopher Phillips (1565-????)

Personal data Christopher Phillips 

• He was born on June 17, 1565 in Stoke in Teignhead, Devon, England.
• He died on February 3, 1620/1621 in West Rainham, St Martins, Norfolk, England, he was 54 years old.
• A child of John Phillips and Johann Watters
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of Christopher Phillips

He is married to Agnes Abram.

They got married on October 26, 1587 at Chichester, Sussex, England (St Peter the Great or Subdeanery of Chichester), he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Thomas Phillips  1587-????
2. William Phillips  1588-1683
3. George Phillips  1592-1644
4. John Phillips  

Notes about Christopher Phillips

----The following is copied from Richard Ripley, World Connectdb=verdego, rootsweb.com----
----who researched/developed the ancestry for Michael Phillips andBarbara Pierce---------------

Christopher Phillips was born about two years after William Shakespeareand died about two years before Shakespeare. Christopher and Shakespearewere born during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, last of the Tudormonarchs. There is no relationship between Christopher and these twoindividuals; the detail is included for historical reference only. TheElizabethan Era in England produced much of value and beauty. Handelcomposed his music; Newton discovered gravity; Sir Francis Drakedestroyed the much more powerful Spanish fleet; William Shakespeare wrotehis plays; and on it goes.

The family of Christopher Phillips is steeped in the lore of the foundingof America. His son Thomas is found on the list of people who were tosail on the Mayflower in 1620. Thomas, for some reason, did not make thejourney, and stayed the rest of his life in England. Two other sons, Johnand George, made the passage 10 years after the Mayflower, on ships ofthe Winthrop Fleet. Son William came to America, apparently not on theWinthrop ships, but by some other similar means, and raised his family,and died, in New England.

The Phillips name appears throughout the records and chronicles of earlyAmerica.

Several of Christopher's descendants married direct descendants ofMayflower passengers, as noted as you work through this tree. At leastone married a descendant of the namesake of the Winthrop Fleet, the firstGovernor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop.

While descendants and cousins of Christopher Phillips eventually spreadthroughout America, and can be found fighting in the Revolutionary War onthe side of the new Republic, and others distinguishing themselves in theCivil War, a remarkable number maintained their original values, andremained loyal to England and their king. In this role, they undertookmilitary and other roles, and were subjected to the mass expulsions ofLoyalists which occurred when the new republic defeated England. Withjust a few possessions, they headed with their friends and cousins forCanada, where barren wilderness and hardship awaited them. Several familymembers were born during the actual days of exodus. One, John Phillips,was born on a ship, a private vessel accompanying the Apollo, captainedby his father in 1783, in a hasty exit made from New York to Nova Scotia.

As they made their exits, they paused along the way, thinking that theyhad reached safe haven. No one could know what the final borders wouldbe. The strong and unbending pressures placed upon them by theContinental Army, noted several times in documents as you work throughthis family tree, made their lives miserable. Some family lines paused inPennsylvania and others in upper New York State. But this was notsufficient. They had to eventually cross the lines of what became themodern borders of Canada. Once in Canada, they had to start over, pullingout the pioneering spirit and determination which had led them to Americafrom England 150 years earlier.

Phillips on both sides of the Canada/US border gave their lives in WorldWar I and World War II.

This family tree is mainly aimed at uncovering the roots and values ofthe Loyalist Phillips who carried with them their principles andpioneering spirit. I have the musket owned by my great great grandfather,George Rex Phillips (born 1812). A look at it reminds me of what he stoodfor, and of what the Phillips quest has brought to North America.

- Richard Ripley ****note**** Richard is the source ofinformation on ancestors of Michael Phillips
Phillips Loyalist Descendant (Jim Weber, USALoyalist)
Kitchener, Ontario
March, 2001

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