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The Abner Phillips Family of New Jersey to Surry County, NC.

Lineage submitted: Phillips DNA Family Group 20.

Research

Abner Phillips b. 15 Sep 1737 in New Jersey, married Elizabeth (said by some to be a Phillips cousin) Abner died 18 Nov 1813 in Surry county, North Carolina. Some believe his brothers included Elias & Ezekiel. The only children explicitly named in Abner's Will were Cornelius and Philip, who was to give thirty dollars in trade to "each and every" of Abner's children except Cornelius after his wife's death.

See also

• http://www.moonzstuff.com/phillips/abner1737.html

Possible children

i. Ephraim Phillips, b. BEF 1766 in New Jersey.

ii. Cornelius b. ABT 1767. He married Rhoda Shores. Cornelius died 1834 in Kentucky.

• {Children: Alfred, Ephraim, George, Pleasant, Micajah, Mary, James, Abner, Hiram, Nancy, John, and Lucinda. Added by: Tom Hutchison 00:04, 2 October 2010 (EDT)}

iii. Prudence b. ABT 1768. She married Gideon Woodruff.

iv. George Phillips. Maybe in 1810 KY? No further info.

v. Micajah. May have settled in KY, then Ohio and/or New York?

vi. Philip b. ABT 1774. He married Susannah Spencer.

vii. Abigail b. ABT 1774. She married Abel Nicholson.

viii. Sarah b. ABT 1776. She married (1) Moses Woodruff, Jr. She married (2) William Bagby.

ix. Richard b. 15 Aug 1777 NC. He married Susannah Chambers. Richard died 6 Sep 1851 Marion county, TN.

• Richard and Susannah Phillips had 14 children, including 3 sets of fraternal twins. His children were Rebecca, Elizabeth, Abner, Sarah, Ephraim, Margaret, James Fletcher, Mary, Gideon, William, Nancy, Prudence, Cornelius, and Richard. Some of the older ones were b. NC and KY, but most were b. TN. After Richard's death, his widow and children live in AL, TN, AR, and MO. A lot of these same given names reappear for the next couple of generations.

x. Rebecca Phillips. Maybe married a Phillips. No further info.

xi. Mary/Polly. Maybe m. Fletcher. No further info.xii. Elizabeth b. ABT 1784. She married Robert King Hurt.