Johann Conrad Phillips (1756 - 1818)

Born 29 Jan 1756 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Husband of Barbara (Weaver) Phillips — married about 1778 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1818 at age 62 in Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Solomon and Catherine Phillips came from Rotterdam by way of Cowes on the ship “Phoenix” arriving in Pennsylvania on 28 Aug 1750.

On 29 Jun 1756, Conrad Phillips was born to Solomon and Catherine Phillips. By 1769, they live in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania next door to Leonard Weaver. It looks like Conrad marries Barbara Weaver, Leonard’s daughter. Solomon and Catherine have 5 sons: Conrad, Jacob Frederick, Solomon, and John Phillips; and 3 daughters: Catherine, Elizabeth, and Mary.

After a while Conrad with his family and his father and father in law move to Frederick County, Virginia. They are living there when the Revolutionary War breaks out. Conrad joins as a soldier and he also pays taxes and does things that qualifies him as doing Patriotic Service with the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Solomon writes a will in 1785 making Conrad the administrator. In 1802, Catherine Phillips, Conrad’s mother, dies.

At the end of the 1700s Conrad and Barbara and their 11 children moved to Shelby County, Kentucky. Their children were: John Phillips married Catherine Ribble; Catherine Phillips married Joseph Ribble; Solomon Phillips married Rebecca Boothe; Elizabeth Phillips married Dabney Miller; Mary Phillips married William Clark; Sally Phillips married John Hawes; Barbara Phillips married Jacob Street; Abraham Phillips; Nancy Phillips married Edward Mountjoy; Aggy Phillips married John Mitchell; Amy Phillips married John Floyd; Becky Phillips was blind and deaf and her brother, John, took care of her the rest of her life.

Aug 1818 Conrad has a will where his oldest son is the administrator. Conrad died in Shelby County, Kentucky after Aug 1818.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records

Name: Johann Conrad Phillipps

Baptism Age: 0

Event Type: Baptism

Birth Date: 29 Jan 1756

Baptism Date: 18 Jul 1756

Baptism Place: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Denomination: Lutheran

Organization Name: St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown

Father: Solomon Phillipps

Mother: Catharina Phillipps^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records
2. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2451&h=2021555630&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=lmU5108&_phstart=successSource