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Baker-Rouse Genealogy
Thomas Branch [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 25 Dec 1698 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . He married 5 Zeporah Kinni on 9 Nov 1726 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Zeporah Kinni 1 died . She married 2 Thomas Branch on 9 Nov 1726 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
They had the following children:
F i Eunis Branch 1 was born 2 on 7 Dec 1727 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . M ii Thomas Branch 1 was born 2 on 3 Jul 1729 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . F iii Zeporah Branch 1 was born 2 on 25 Feb 1730/1731 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . M iv Moses Branch 1 was born 2 on 13 Mar 1732/1733 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died .
The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Services During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783. Henry P. Johnston, AM. Hartford, 1889.
p 20 Respondents to the Lexington Alarm from the town of Preston, CT:
Peter Branch, Serjeant, 3 days in service
Nathaniel Phillips, private, 3 days in service
p 482 Major Sheldon's Regiment Light Horse which accompanied Washington on his retreat through New Jersey in December of 1776. Captain Skinner's Company:
Jonathan Phillips, marched October 23, discharged Dec 4 (1776)
p 527 Col Johnson's Regiment, militia service during 1778, Captain Moses Branch's Company:
Moses Branch, captain, commissioned Jan'y 1st, AD 1778
Nathaniel Phillips, serjeant, entered service Jan 8
p 587 Captain Averill's Company, 1782 (pay roll for his "Company for marching in an alarm to Fort Griswauld on Groton Heiths".)
Peter Branch, serjeant, entered service June 6, 1781, served 3 days
Jonathan Phillip, private, entered service June 6, 1781, served 3 days
p. 627 Officers and Soldiers in the 3d militia company in the town of Preston and inhabitants of said town:
Jonathan Phillips
Esquier Phillips
Supplement to the above p 362, Volume II; Connecticut Historical Society; Clearfield Press, referencing State Library, Drake Papers, 32.
"A Pay Roll of Capt Moses Branch's Company in Col Johnson's Regiment of Militia from the State of Connecticut now in Servie in the State of Rhode Island from the First of February 1778 until the 15th of March 1778 both Days Inclusive....
Nathaniel Phillips, Serjeant, Feb 1st through March 15th"M v Daniel Branch 1 was born 2 on 15 Dec 1737 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . F vi Hannah Branch 1 was born 2 on 15 Jan 1741/1742 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . M vii Stephen Branch 1 was born 2 on 1 Apr 1744 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . M viii Nathan Branch 1 was born 2 on 26 Jun 1746 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . F ix Esther Branch 1 was born 2 on 21 Nov 1748 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died .
Samuel Branch [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 2 Sep 1701 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . He married 5 Anne Lamb on 23 May 1728 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Anne Lamb 1 died . She married 2 Samuel Branch on 23 May 1728 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
They had the following children:
M i Samuell Branch 1 was born 2 on 6 Aug 1729 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . M ii Solomon Branch 1 was born 2 on 13 Oct 1730 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died 3 on 9 Nov 1749 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. M iii Cyprian Branch 1 was born 2 on 5 Jun 1732 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died 3 on 13 May 1748 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. F iv Anne Branch 1 was born 2 on 17 Feb 1733/1734 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . M v Isaac Branch 1 was born 2 on 27 Aug 1737 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . M vi Vine Branch 1 was born 2 on 21 Feb 1742/1743 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died .
Benjamin Morgan 1 was born 2 on 8 Aug 1714 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . He married 3 Sarah Branch on 21 Jan 1734 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Sarah Branch [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 16 Sep 1704 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died 5 on 16 Oct 1791 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She married 6 Benjamin Morgan on 21 Jan 1734 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Morgan 1 was born 2 on 11 Dec 1735 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . F ii Mary Morgan 1 was born 2 on 13 Apr 1738 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died 3 on 15 Aug 1742 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. F iii Hannah Morgan 1 was born 2 on 2 Mar 1739/1740 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . M iv Benjamin Morgan 1 was born 2 on 25 Oct 1742 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . F v Lucy Morgan 1 was born 2 on 8 Jan 1748/1749 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died .
Joseph Branch [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 20 Sep 1707 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . He married 5 Zurviah Tracy on 27 Jan 1731/1732 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
Zurviah Tracy 1 was born 2 on 12 Sep 1714 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died . She married 3 Joseph Branch on 27 Jan 1731/1732 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
They had the following children:
M i Joseph Branch 1 was born 2 on 16 Dec 1732 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died 3 on 14 Jan 1733 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. M ii Joseph Branch 1 was born 2 on 7 Apr 1734 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . M iii Asa Branch 1 was born 2 on 18 Jan 1735/1736 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died 3 on 25 Sep 1743 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. F iv Zurviah Branch 1 was born 2 on 15 Apr 1738 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. She died 3 on 19 Sep 1743 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. M v Rufus Branch 1 was born 2 on 5 Feb 1739/1740 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died . M vi Masa Branch 1 was born 2 on 6 Oct 1745 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. He died .
Attwood Phillips [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 14 Apr 1792 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. He died . He married 3 Sally Chapman on 28 Nov 1816 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut.
Sally Chapman 1 died . She married 2 Attwood Phillips on 28 Nov 1816 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut.
They had the following children:
M i Attwood Williams Phillips 1 was born 2 on 29 Sep 1817 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. He died . F ii Rebecca Matilda Phillips 1 was born 2 on 19 Feb 1819 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. She died . F iii Nabby Elizabeth Phillips 1 was born 2 on 27 Nov 1820 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. She died . M iv Amos Chapman Phillips 1 was born 2 on 13 Aug 1822 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. He died 3 on 2 Jul 1823 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. F v Mary Ann Prudence Phillips 1 was born 2 on 19 Mar 1824 in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut. She died .
Attwood Williams [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on 16 Apr 1723 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He died . He married 4 Elizabeth on 3 Aug 1749 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Elizabeth 1, 2 was born 3 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She died . She married 4 Attwood Williams on 3 Aug 1749 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
Other marriages:Gallup,
They had the following children:
M i Samuel Williams 1 was born 2 on 19 Mar 1754 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He died . M ii Isaac Williams 1 was born on 7 Nov 1756 in Plainfield, New London, Connecticut. He died . M iii Attwood Williams 1 was born 2 on 13 Oct 1759 in Plainfield, New London, Connecticut. He died . F iv Wealthy Williams
Christopher Phillips [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 17 Jun 1565 in Stoke In Teignhead, Devon, England . He died 3 on 3 Feb 1620/1621 in West Rainham, St Martins, Norfolk, England . He married 4 Agnes Abram on 26 Oct 1587 in Chichester, Sussex, England; Saint Peter The Great Or Subdeanery Of Chichester .
Other marriages:Rice, Agnes
According to "The Roads Taken"
Christopher Phillips was born about two years after William Shakespeare and died about two years before Shakespeare. Christopher and Shakespeare were born during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, last of the Tudor monarchs. There is no relationship between Christopher and the Queen; the detail is included for historical reference only. The Elizabethan Era in England produced much of value and beauty. Handel composed his music; Newton defined gravity; Sir Francis Drake destroyed the much more powerful Spanish fleet; William Shakespeare wrote his plays; Methodism and other Christian branches began to organize; and on it goes. There is, however a Phillips involvement with the Shakespeare family. Elizabeth Phillips married Richard Quinney, and they had a son, Thomas Quinney (1589-1662). Thomas married Judith Shakespeare on February 10 1615. Judith was a daughter of William Shakespeare. All of these details and connections may be found in this family tree. It is worth noting that the Hathaway family found in small numbers in this family tree, due to their marriages and relationships with the Phillips family of New England, descend from the same lineage as Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare. This lineage will be added to this family tree at some point. The family of Christopher Phillips is steeped in the lore of the founding of America. His son Thomas is found on the list of people who were to sail on the Mayflower in 1620. Thomas, for some reason, did not make the journey, and stayed the rest of his life in England. Two other sons, John and George, made the passage 10 years after the Mayflower, on ships of the Winthrop Fleet. Son William came to America, apparently not on the Winthrop 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 early America. Several of Christopher's descendants married direct descendants of Mayflower passengers, as noted as you work through this tree. At least one married a descendant of the namesake of the Winthrop Fleet, the first Governor of Massachusetts, John Winthrop. While descendants and cousins of Christopher Phillips eventually spread throughout America, and can be found fighting in the Revolutionary War on the side of the new Republic, and others distinguishing themselves in the Civil War, a number maintained their original values, and remained loyal to England and their king. It should be remembered that loyalty to the King was a hallmark of the Phillips family. Picton Castle, the Phillips home, held out against Oliver Cromwell, who deposed and executed King Charles 1. This dates from the 1640s. More detail is found in the family tree; see notes in the file of Sir Erasmus Phillips. In the later Loyalist role after 1776, they undertook military and other roles, and were subjected to the mass expulsions of Loyalists which occurred when the new republic defeated England. With just a few possessions, they headed with their friends and cousins for Canada, where barren wilderness and hardship awaited them. Several family members were born during the actual days of exodus. One, John Phillips, was born on a ship, a private vessel accompanying the Apollo, captained by his father in 1783, in a hasty exit made from New York to Nova Scotia. It would be very sad if descendants hung their hats on a political pole. It is very important to some to prove that they were descended from patriots, and so be eligible to join DAR and other such organizations. To others, it is important to show that they were descended from loyalists, and thus make them eligible to join UEL. These past loyalities were of interest, and the organizations have generated many useful (and some dubious) records. With the Phillips family and others, the key to ancestry is not political affiliation. It is membership in this vast and very important family. As the Phillips cousins whose chose loyalty to England made their ways through America, they paused along the way, thinking that they had reached safe haven - for eaxmple in upstate New York. No one could know what the final borders would be. The strong and unbending pressures placed upon them by the Continental Army, noted several times in documents as you work through this family tree, made their lives miserable. Some family lines paused in Pennsylvania and others in upper New York State. But this was not sufficient. They had to eventually cross the lines of what became the modern borders of Canada. Once in Canada, they had to start over, pulling out the pioneering spirit and determination which had led them to America from England 150 years earlier. Phillips on both sides of the Canada/US border gave their lives in World War I and World War II. I have the musket owned by my great great grandfather, George Rex Phillips (born 1812). A look at it reminds me of what he stood for, and of what the Phillips quest has brought to North America. Descendants of this Phillips family perished in the bombing of the World Trade Centre. To some extent, this happened because people lost track of ancestral values, and replaced these with Political Correctness - one thinks of the ISO 9000 series which has resulted in so many job losses, or the Enron case, where there was a complete absence of values. To make our New World a better place, we should discover the beliefs, values, and dreams, of our ancestors. We should discuss these with our children, and try to bring our New World back up to its status when it was created and developed. As the tree has developed, I have realized the enormous and prodigious and fascinating growth of the many branches of the Phillips family which remained and flourished in America, and spread from border to border. These family lines have been added to this family tree, in order to develop a skeleton from which many living cousins and descendants can add their own descent. For me to fully develop it here, would entail the addition of more than a million names.
Agnes Abram was born 1 on 17 May 1562 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. She died 2 about 1613 in Bardney, Lincoln, England. She married 3 Christopher Phillips on 26 Oct 1587 in Chichester, Sussex, England; Saint Peter The Great Or Subdeanery Of Chichester .
They had the following children:
M i Thomas Phillips M ii William Phillips M iii Christopher Phillips M iv Reverend George Phillips F v Mary Phillips F vi Elizabetha Phillips M vii John Phillips M viii Jacob Phillips was born 1 on 12 Feb 1607/1608 in St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, London, England. He died .
According to "The Roads Taken"
The birth of Jacob in London (and his brother John, a year earlier, in the same location) may indicate that the family had moved there from the Norfolk/Devon area. London was a staging area for Puritans. London also offered more religious freedom than the farm country they left behind. The vitality and importance of the religious quest of these Puritans cannot be over-emphasized. Some (individuals and families) left London and travelled to Holland, to the city of Leyden and vicinity (home of William of Orange), long known for its religious tolerance. Others remained in London. The Mayflower began its trip in Holland, but picked up half or more of its passengers from London, at a stop there. For more detail on this dual embarkation, visit Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages, or other Mayflower, Holland, and early New England web sites. At this time I have no further information on this Jacob Phillips (RR, June 2001). He may have died young, or may have remained in England.
Christopher Phillips [Parents] was born 1 on 13 Aug 1589 in Kirton In Holland, Lincoln, England. He died . He married 2 Agnes on 9 Oct 1613 in Withycombe Raleigh, Devon, England .
According to "The Roads Taken" While his namesake father is progenitor of many Phillips of early America, this Christopher appears to have remained in England for the rest of his life. His daughter, Eleanor, marries in America, and may have travelled there with other family members on the 'Lyon' (1631-1634), captained by cousin, Master Michale Pierce.
Agnes was born 1 about 1594 in Devon, England. She died . She married 2 Christopher Phillips on 9 Oct 1613 in Withycombe Raleigh, Devon, England .
They had the following children:
M i Henry Phillips was born 1 on 25 Apr 1613 in Bardney, Lincoln, England. He died . F ii Eleanor Phillips was born 1 on 18 Nov 1627 in Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England. She died .
William Phillips [Parents] was born 1 on 12 May 1588 in Kirton In Holland, Lincoln, England. He died 2 on 13 Nov 1683 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married 3 Elizabeth Phillips on 30 Jul 1612 in Bridstow, Hereford, England .
Other marriages:Parker, Elizabeth Rose
Elizabeth Phillips was born 1 on 7 Aug 1597 in Watton At Stone, Hereford, England. She died . She married 2 William Phillips on 30 Jul 1612 in Bridstow, Hereford, England .
They had the following children:
M i Thomas Phillips was born 1 on 5 Sep 1613 in Chedgrave, Norfolk, England. He died . M ii John Phillips was born 1 on 30 Jun 1615 in Chedgrave, Norfolk, England. He died . M iii William Phillips was born 1 on 23 Jun 1616 in Cowbit, Lincoln, England. He died .
John Branch [Parents] was born about 1628 in High Holden, Kent, England. He died on 7 May 1711 in Marshfield, MA. He married 1 Mary Speed on 6 Dec 1652 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
According to reeveskr@pacbell.net:
John came to America in 1638 aboard the ship Castle with his father who became sick and died at sea. John, at the age of 11, was bound to Thomas Wiburne, late of Tenterden, Kent, England, to provide for and oversee him for 11 years. Peter's whole estate was to be kept by Thomas Wiburne from which he was to pay all of Peter's debts, and to receive eight pounds (per year?) for keeping John. Peter's will was probated in Suffolk County, MA.
Mary Speed 1 was born 2 about 1631. She died 3 after 1659. She married 4 John Branch on 6 Dec 1652 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
They had the following children:
M i John Branch 1 was born 2 in 1653/1654 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died 3 on 26 Mar 1697 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The cause of death was King Phillip's War.
According to reeveskr@pacbell.net:
John Branch Jr. was killed in King Philip's War at the Rehoboth fight under Captain Michael Pierce, near Rehoboth, MA.F ii Elizabeth Branch 1 was born 2 on 14 Oct 1656 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died . M iii Peter Branch M iv Thomas Branch F v Mercy Branch was born 1 on 28 Nov 1664 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died . F vi Experience Branch was born in 1668. She died .
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