NC Record 029

Date

10 Nov 1776

Names in record

Bennett Phillips, Joseph Phillips, William Phillips, James Glen, Andrew Philips, William Robinson, Robert Tate, Mary Phillips, Andrew Phillips

Phillips DNA group

Attributed to: Phillips DNA group 29

Record type

Will or Probate

Text of Record

Will of Bennett Phillips, planter, very sick. Children, all under age, not named except son Joseph. Exrs: son Joseph Phillips, brothers Joseph Phillips, William Phillips. Wit: James Glen, Andrew Philips, William Robinson, Robert Tate. Recorded August Court 1777. Surry Co Book 1, pg 82.

Comments

(Note: Loose estate papers at NC archives. Bennett, Joseph and William Phillips were the sons of Joseph and Mary Phillips from Orange Co, VA. Bennett Phillips was only 42 years old when he died. His brother Joseph was 38 and his brother William was 36. Bennett’s son Joseph was born June 26, 1757 so he was 19 in 1776. Andrew Phillips was probably also the son of Bennett, because Joseph Phillips identified him as his brother in his Will which was probated in Williamson County, TN in 1833. Andrew Phillips appears on the Surry County NC tax list in 1784, but disappears after that. He appears to have died in Pickens Co, AL in 1833. Several descendants of Bennett Phillips of Surry Co NC have been DNA tested and their DNA indicates they belong to Phillips Family DNA Group 29.)
Credit transcription and/or comments to: Nancy Kiser

County of record

Surry County