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This particular branch of the PHILLIPS Phillips family has been seated in the Mohawk valley for more than a century. They descend from the New England family of Phillips, whose ancestors date back to an early period in the history of that section. The history of the
Schenectady branch begins with George Phil- lips, of Montgomery county, New York, who was born at Fort Plain about 1800, and died near that village aged sixty-five year . He married Miss Adams, who survived him, but a short time. He was a farmer and a Demo- crat. Children : 1. Robert, of further men- tion. 2. Winchell, lived and died at Little Falls, New York ; married Sarah Marsh, who survives him, a resident of Little I alls. 3. Julia, married Gottlieb Ludwig; children : Harry and Harriet. 4. Matilda, married, but left no issue. 5. Sarah Jane, unmarried, the only surviving child.
(II) Robert, eldest son of George Phillips, was born in Fort Plain, New York, June 27, 1823, died in 1885. He received a good edu- cation in the public schools and for several years was a teacher and instructor. He later engaged in mercantile life and was a merchant of Fort Plain. Later he engaged in the lum- ber business and removed to Bridgeville. He was a Democrat until the outbreak of the civil war, when feeling that his party was not liv- ing up to the promises of its platform, he voted the Republican ticket. He married, in Fort Plain, Sarah, born June 8, 1828, daugliter of Jonas and Wyncha A. ( Low ) Myer. Wyn- cha Low was of the Low family of Saugerties, Ulster county, New York, and was related to ex-Mayor Seth Low, of New York City. The Myer family were early settlers of U'Ister county ; Jonas died in Saugerties at the age of fifty-six, and Wyncha, his wife, at the age of sixty. Of their family, two daughters, An- gelina and Sarah, are the only survivors (1910). Robert and Sarah Phillips were formerly Presbyterians, but later connected with the Congregational church. They were brought into the latter communion through the preaching and teaching of Henry Ward Beecher, the eminent divine of Brooklyn, New York. Children: 1. Engene Wilson, born August 29, 1849, now a merchant of Sauger- ties, New York : married Martha J. Decker, and has a daughter Ella, married Edward Morgan. 2. George Wellington, of further mention. 3. Sarah Lavina, born March 8, 1856, deceased. 4. Henry Ward born April II, 1858, deceased. 5. Estelle, born June 27. 1860, deceased. 6. Ann Grace, born March 10, 1862; married David W. Tobinson, and resides in Saugerties, New York ; eight liv- ing children. 7. Ella Frances, born Septem- ber 22, 1865; married Sheppard Guise, of Camden, New Jersey, and now resides in Schenectady, New York ; three daughters, one of whom, Hazel, married Hiram Williams and has issue. Mrs. Sarah ( Myer ) Phillips sur- vives her husband, and is a resident of Sau-
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gerties, New York, with her son Eugene W. Phillips. She is now (November 27, 1910) eighty-two years of age, yet so well preserved in mind that she has contributed many of the dates and facts contained herein, but says she "is weak and feeble and cannot write as I once could."
(III) George Wellington, second son of Robert and Sarah (Myer) Phillips, was born in Saugerties, Ulster county, New York, Oc- tober 16, 1852. In 1865 his parents removed to Bridgeville, Delaware, where he completed his studies. His father was engaged in the lumber business until his death, at the age of sixty-two years. He worked with his father at lumbering, and later became his traveling salesman. An important feature of their busi- ness was the burning of charcoal, and George W. traveled among the leading users of char- coal, disposing of large quantities of their prod- uct. After the death of Robert Phillips, his wife and family returned to Saugerties. While in Delaware, George W. had become greatly interested in the fruit and nursery farms of that section, and after his return to New York started a nursery in Saugerties, which he con- tinued until 1897. Finding soil and climate not well suited to this enterprise, in Septem- ber of that year he removed to Schenectady, New York, where he established the coal bus- iness, which he has since successfully oper- ated. He has taken more than passing interest in local affairs, and when civic conditions were not satisfactory, organized and was secretary of the Taxpayer's Association, that brought about some needed reforms. He is a member of the Albany Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Republican in politics. He mar- ried, in Saugerties, Josephine Trought, born near New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 24. 1857, and came to Sangerties, New York, with her parents in 1865. She is a daughter of Robert, son of John Trought. Robert Trought enlisted in 1861 in Company S. 30th New Jersey Volunteers, recruited from New Brunswick, and served until the close of the war. He was a good soldier and made an honorable war record. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His daughter, Mrs. Josephine Phillips, is a mem- ber of the Dutch Reformed Church of Sche- nectady. Children of George W. and Jose- phine (Tronght) Phillips: 1. George H., born October 10, 1874; educated in Sauger- ties; now a photographer with a studio in New York City; he married Effie Bailey, of Glens Falls, New York. 2. Robert, died in 1876, aged ten months. 3. Lillian, born 1877, died aged twenty months. 4. Bertha M., born October 29, 1879, married Lawrence Kemp-
ton, manager of the Phillips Coal Company. 5. Maude, born June 16, 1884; married Wil- liam H. Pier, of Schenectady. 6. Mabel, born October 6, 1858, died aged seven years.
PHILLIP
The many forms of spelling this name is confusing when an attempt is made to trace from
the present to past generations. It is supposed that Philip, Phillip, Phillips, Philips, Phillipse and Philipps are families all owning a com- mon ancestor. The name Phillips is derived from the Greek and signifies "horse lover." Its use as a surname has continued in Wales and other parts of Great Britain for at least five centuries, perhaps longer. There are many branches of the family in the United States dating from 1630 at Watertown, Massachu- setts. "A Phillips crossed the water with John Winthrop and from him descended a long line of ministers, judges, governors and council- lors .- a sturdy race, temperate, just, and high- minded." From the address of Dr. Porter at the centennial celebration of the Claverack Church we find that the ancestor of the Phil- lip family in Columbia county was an early settler of Germantown. He had six sons, four of whom removed to Claverack : George, Wil- liam, Henry and David. Two sons remained in Germantown. Germantown was settled by the Palatines but not exclusively. In a list of heads of families reported as willing to re- main in Germantown, August 26, 1724, is the name of Hans Peter Phillip. He may be the ancestor referred to by Dr Porter. The vil- lage of Philmont, in the town of Claverack, is named in honor of George P. Phillip, who was the first to manufacture there on an im- portant scale. A branch of the Philip family settled in Mellenville, where George Philip and Stephen Miller were among the first to engage in trade. They were succeeded by their sons and afterwards by William Phillip, who was long in trade there. Captain George Phillip kept one of the first public houses there, which other members of the family continued. The branch of the family that settled in Ghent, Columbia county, were among the most num- erous in that town, where one of the name still owns the old homestead. Mellenville was or- iginally known as "Hard Scrabble," and the Phillip family were among the first settlers. George Phillip was a blacksmith. He served in the revolution and gained the title and rank of captain.
(I) William Phillip was long in trade in Mellenville, (Hardscrabble). He married Re- becca Ostrander, who bore him David, Aaron, (see forward) ; John, Gertrude, Catherine and Elizabeth Ann.
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(II) Aaron, second son of William and Rebecca (Ostrander) Phillip, was born in Claverack, Columbia county, New York in 1819, and died in Mellenville, January 26, 1905. He was quite young when his parents removed to Mellenville, where he obtained his education. His parents were religious people and trained the boy to read and study the Scriptures, which in later life gained him a reputation as a Bible scholar. He learned the carpenter's trade, worked for several years as a journeyman, later became a contractor, and in Claverack and Mellenville erected many buildings and dwellings. He was a most tire- less worker in the Dutch Reformed church at Mellenville, and was an elder and superintend- ent of the Sunday school for many years. He was charitable, generous and ever thought- ful of others. He married Ann Fowler of Mellenville, who survived him four years, dy- ing in August, 1909. . Children : Oscar W .; Harriet Elizabeth; Rebecca (see forward) ; James E .; Sarah E., married Frank Horton ; John H., married and has Fred W. and Cath- erine ; Emma, married Jacob Fassett ; Mary Augusta ; David Franklin ; Gertrude.
(III) Rebecca, third child of Aaron and Ann (Fowler) Phillip, was born in Mellen- ville, Columbia county, New York, where she received her education. After leaving school she removed to Troy, New York, where she entered the factory of William A. Harden; she was capable and ambitious, soon rising to the position of forewoman, becoming a trusted and valuable employee. She was generously re- membered in Mr. Harden's will.
BURDICK The first Burdick of record in America, and the ancestor of the Burdicks of Galway, Sara- toga county, New York, is Robert Burdick, of Westerly, Rhode Island, who died in 1692. He was a farmer of Newport, Rhode Island, 1655, and was of Westerly, November 1, 1661. He was a seceder from the Baptist church, join- ing with the Seventh Day Baptists. He was in the thick of the fight with Massachusetts over jurisdiction, and was arrested with To- bias Sanders and others, brought before Gov- ernor John Endicott, charged with "forcible entry and intrusion" into the bounds of Sou- thertown in the Pequot country. He admit- ted he was upon the lands mentioned and had built a small house there. He and Sanders were committed to prison, both refusing to give bail for their appearance at general court, denying that Massachusetts had any juris- diction over them or the territory in which the house was built. They were committed to the Boston jail and kept there two years, finally
being exchanged for two Massaelmisetts offi- cials taken in retaliation b. the Rhode Island authorities. May 8, 166g, he was on a list of the inhabitants of Westerly. May 17, 1671, he took the oath of allegiance. July. 1675. he and his family went to Newport on account of the Indian war, but later returned to West- erly. May 17, 1691, he and wife Ruth sold one hundred acres of land for ten pounds. March 8, 1692, he made an agreement with his son-in-law, Joseph Crandall, by which the latter was to take care of his father in law and "find him with suitable meat, drink, washing, lodging and apparel, etc., for life, in consid- eration of which Joseph Crandall was to have the dwelling house and land adjoining for- ever." He died October 25, 1692. He mar- ried, November 2, 1655, Ruth Hubbard, who was the first white child born in Springfield, Massachusetts, January 11, 1640, died 1691, daughter of Samuel and Tacy ( Cooper ) Hub- bard. Children : 1. Robert, married Dorcas Lewis. 2. Hubbard, died 1758: married Han- nah Maxon, died 1752: children : Hubbard (2), Nathan, John and Ezekiel. 3. A son, died 1683. 4. Thomas, married ( first ) Mar- tha ---; (second), February 9, 1738, Pene- lope Rhodes. 5. Naomi, married Jonathan Rogers; child, Content. 6. Ruth, married, in 1682, John Phillips. 7. Benjamin, died in 1741 ; married (first) Mary -: married (second) Mrs. Jane Shelley, a widow. died 1748. He was a deacon of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. By first wife he had eight children : Mary, Rachel, Peter, Benjamin, John, David, William and Elisha. 8. Samuel, died 1756; was one of the thirty who pur- chased five thousand three hundred acres of "vacant lands." Ile married Mary
and had five children. 9. Tacy, died 1747 ; married Joseph Maxon, born 1672, died 1750; children : Joseph, John, Tacy, Mary, Judith, Ruth and Elizabeth. 10. Deborah, married Joseph Crandall, died September 12, 1737; children : John, Joseph, and a daughter. From this sturdy, conscience-guided ancestor. Rob- ert, sprang all the Burdicks who claim an early Rhode Island ancestry. The history of the Saratoga county family herein recorded begins with Daniel, a descendant of Robert Burdick, of Westerly.
(VI) Daniel Burdick was born in Rhode Island, and settled in Saratoga county, New York. He married Nancy Lewis, in New London, Connecticut. Children : 1. Pardon, died young. 2. Lewis, went west, all trace lost. 3. Mary, married Josiah Gibbs, live 1 in Michigan, and is buried there. 4. William, married (first ) - Arnold, of Saratoga; married (second ) Mary Pulling, of East Gal-
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way, New York. 5. Truman, married Pa- tience Webb, of Greenfield, Saratoga county. 6. Frank, married Susan Tabor, of Benedict Corner, Fulton county, New York. 7. Peleg, see forward.
(VII) Peleg, youngest child of Daniel and Nancy (Lewis) Burdick, was born in the town of Galway, Saratoga county, New York, Sep- tember 30, 1826, died December 28, 1894, in the same town. He was educated in the town schools, and was still a young man when he ·engaged in agricultural pursuits in Galway. He owned a farm in the town which he opera- ted until seven years before his death, when he retired to the village of Galway. He was a prominent man of Galway; was an active Democrat, and a leader of that party in his town, holding many local offices. He married (first) August 26, 1849, Louisa Clark, of Gal- way, daughter of William V. and Mary J. Clark, who bore him a daughter, Mary Am- elia, November 4, 1851. She died in 1890 after her marriage to Allen S. Glenn, a sol- dier of the civil war. Peleg Burdick mar- ried (second) March 21, 1860, Clarissa More- house, born June 13, 1840, who yet survives him (1910). She is a daughter of William and Rhoda (Monroe) Morehouse, of Galway, and granddaughter of Caleb Morehouse, born February I, 1767; married, May 7, 1794, Rhoda Peck. Children of Caleb and Rhoda (Peck) Morehouse: 1. Ransom, born June 5. 1795, died November 24, 1824. 2. Carlton, December 1I, 1797, died April 7, 1855. 3. Erastus, October 19, 1800, died August 26, 1857. 4. Orrin, March 24, 1804, died April 24, 1804. 5. Henry, June 30, 1805, died Feb- ruary 2, 1875. 6. William, August 17, 1812, died March 22, 1884: married Rhoda, daugh- ter of Eliphalet and Rebekah (Nash) Mon- roe. Children of William and Rhoda More- house : Clarissa, born June 13, 1840, married Peleg Burdick. 2. Frances, November 30, 1842, married John Waring. Children of Pe- leg and Clarissa (Morehouse) Burdick : I. Carrie Louise, born April 5, 1861 ; married George Herrick West, then of Galway, now of Ballston Spa, New York. (See West VIII.) 2. Scott M., May 6, 1863, died April 12, 1865. 3. Frances, June 4. 1865, married, May 22, 1907, Thomas Chester Kelley, who died April 7, 1908. She survives her husband and resides at Ballston Spa, New York.
(Monroe Line).
Rhoda Monroe, wife of William Morehouse, descended from Thomas Monroe, who came from England to Plymouth, from there re- moved to Bristol, finally settling at Rehoboth, Mass. He married and had a son John.
(II) John, son of Thomas Monroe, was
born in 1702, died April 11, 1793. He mar- ried Hannah, a granddaughter of Benjamin Church. In his will, proved in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, John mentions his widow and children, Comfort Bowen, Nathan, Rosbo- tham, Benjamin and John.
(III) Rosbotham, son of John and Han- nah Monroe, was born 1731 or 1732, died in Galway, Saratoga county, New York, 1831. He was a farmer and land owner of Galway, his land lying in the northern part of the town. He married and had sons.
(IV) Eliphalet, son of Rosbotham Monroe, was born August 16, 1769, died September 26, 1848. He was a farmer of Galway, having the homestead acres. He married Rebekah Nash, born March 7, 1779, died 1853. Chil- dren : Clarissa, Willard, Fanny, Azor, John, Major, Rhoda, see forward, E. Lloyd and Hannah.
(V) Rhoda, daughter of Eliphalet and Re- bekah (Nash) Monroe, was born September 22, 1817. She married William Morehouse, August 8, 1839. Children : Clarissa and Frances.
(VI) Clarissa, daughter of William and Rhoda ( Monroe) Morehouse, was born June 13, 1840; married 1860, Peleg Burdick ( see Burdick VII).
The Morrows of Albany for
MORROW half a century have been prominent in the professions. The family descend from a Virginia settler who was also early in the settlement of Ken- tucky and Ohio.
(I) James Morrow was born in the north of Ireland, of Scotch and English parents. He was a young man when he came to America about 1770. He settled in Virginia. He mar- ried there Elizabeth Frame, born in Virginia where both died. They had issue including a son, James.
(II) James (2), son of James (1) and Elizabeth (Frame) Morrow, was born in Vir- ginia, October 22, 1774. He grew to man- hood and was commonly known as Colonel Morrow, probably obtaining his title from service in the militia. He was a printer by trade. Soon after his marriage he removed to Kentucky, settling near the present city of Lexington. He there purchased a small newspaper outfit and started a paper called The Columbus Herald. After a short time he sold his paper and removed to Ohio, settling in Green county between Xenia and James- town. Here he again acquired newspaper in- terest and became well known as a writer and debater. He was ruling elder in the Associate Presbyterian church and was the author of
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several tracts or addresses arguing and de- fending doctrinal points then under discus- sion. His home was at Massie's Creek near Xenia, Ohio, which included a large farm, well-improved and fertile. Ile married (first) in Virginia, Anna Kyle, born in Pennsylvania, November 27, 1779, died in Green county, Ohio, June 14, 1821, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Chambers) Kyle. He married ( second ) Margaret (Anderson) Fulton, widow of Rev. Andrew Fulton, of Indiana ; by her first husband she had children: Mar- garet, Mary, Rev. Andrew (2) Fulton. By her second marriage no issue. Children of Colonel Morrow by first wife: I. Kittie, born in Clark county, Kentucky, April, 1802, died June 21, 1822, accidentally drowned. 2. James C., born April 2, 1804. 3. Eliza, born in Green county, Ohio, September 20, 1805, the first child born to her parents in Ohio, died young. 4. Mary, born February 8, 1807, died March 23, 1883. 5. Ann, born Decem- ber 10, 1808, died young. 6. Isabella, born August 24, 1810, died February 17, 1875; married and had issuc. 7. Joseph, born April 25, 1812. married but had no issue. 8. Robert, born April 18, 1814, married and had Albert, Arthur and a daughter. 9. Margaret J., born April 12, 1816. 10. Rev. Samuel F., of whom further. 11. Ruth, born May 10, 1821, died June 21, 1821.
(III) Rev. Samuel F. Morrow, youngest son of Colonel James (2) and Anna (Kyle) Morrow, was born on the home farm in Green county, Ohio, January 29, 1819, died January 12, 1904. He was educated in the district schools and the Massie's Creek Academy, sometime called "Dogwood" Academy. He was reared and intended for the ministry and, in fulfillment of the plans of his parents, was sent to Hanover College where he was gradu- ated in September, 1836. His alma mater con- ferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1873. He was about eighteen years of age when he was graduated. After leaving college he taught for some years at Carmi, Illinois. In 1841 he began the study of theology under the private instruction of the Rev. Andrew Heron, D.D. In 1842 he entered Canonsburg Seminary at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, tak- ing the theological course, graduating in 1845. In June of that year he was licensed to preach and in November, 1845, was ordained a min- ister of the Associate Presbyterian church, July 1. 1846, he received calls at Cambridge. Florida and Albany, New York, accepting the last as its pastor, which church after- wards became a part of the United Presby- terian Church. (For the history of the con- solidation and establishment of the United
Presbyterian church in Many see Mansell's "Annals of Albany," in an article prepared by Rev. Samuel 1. Morrow. He was ettled over the Albany congregation from July, 1846, to July, 1886, a period of ferie years. his only pastorate. Ile was a faithful minister of the Gospel, a pulpit orator of pleasing ad- dress and convincing manner. Ile was strong on doctrinal points, yet mindful of the rights of others and courteous to an opponent. He was a well-beloved pastor and dear to the hearts of his parishioners. He was honored by the general synod of his church and re- ceived many flattering testimonials of the high appreciation of his brethren in the ministry. His long years of service rendered him well- known in the city outside his own church.
He married, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1848, Mary Roseburgh, born in Pitts- burg, June 22, 1827, died November 16, 1886, in Albany, New York. She was a well-cdu- cated woman and a devoted Christian, a daughter of Samuel Roseburgh, a contractor of Pittsburg, postmaster of that city, and a prominent member of the Presbyterian church of that city. He married Isabelle Mil- ler, also born in Pittsburgh, both died in the city of their birth, past fifty years of age. Samuel was son of -- , and Isabella Bruce (Miller ) Roseburgh, the latter of Scotch an- cestry, members of the Covenanter faith. Chil- dren of Rev. Samuel F. Morrow : I. Dr. Samuel Roseburgh, was born in Albany, May 6, 1849; graduated from Albany Academy in 1866; Yale University, A.B., 1870, receiving A.M. from same in 1874. He was a tutor at Yale in Greek and Mathematics 1873-76; graduate from College of Physicians and Sur- geons of New York City, M.D., 1878: on the house staff of Bellevue Hospital, October, 1877, to April, 1879 ; studied at London Hos- pital, Vienna Hospital and at Ilalle until 1880. He began the practice of medicine and sur- gery in Albany, 1880, and continues in his profession. He has been lecturer, adjunct pro- fessor and professor at Albany Medical Col- lege since 1881, subjects : Anatomy, surgery, general and orthopedic : surgeon to St. Pe- ter's Hospital for Incurables ; Albany Hospi- tal and Childs Hospital; a member of the State Medical and vice-president of Albany County Medical societies, and a contributor to leading medical journals. He married Eliza- beth Gwynne Hutchins, of distinguished rev- olutionary ancestry, (who served in both army and navy), daughter of Stephen C. (of Coop- erstown, New York), and Mary (Wiggins) Hutchins (of Albany), and sister of Walter L. Hutchins, secretary to Mayor McEwan of Albany. Stephen C. Hutchins was on the edi-
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torial staff at different times of the Albany Journal, Albany Argus and Rochester Chroni- cle and Democrat; he died in Albany, Febru- ary 22, 1883. Child of Dr. Samuel R. Mor- row : an adopted son, Sydney King, born Feb- ruary 8, 1892. 2. Anna, of whom further. 3. Isabella, born December 9, 1853, died Decem- ber 30, 1890, unmarried. A well educated woman of high character and a devoted Chris- tian. 4. Mary, born April 25, 1856, died March 27, 1858. 5. James Linton, born October 15, 1858; he is now in business in Pittsburg, and a man of education and promi- nence in that city. He married Anna Cope- land; children: James Douglas, Mary Ade- line. 6. Jeanette R., born May 17, 1861, died May 3, 1863. 7. Alice, born May 30, 1863, died April 17, 1895; married Esek Bussey Williamson, of Troy, now deceased, son of Rev. Robert D. and Phoebe (Cruikshank) Williamson. Esek B. Williamson was promi- nent Troy man of the firm of Alexander and Williamson, jewelers. He was lieutenant of the One hundred and second New York Regi- ment, raised for service in Spanish-American war. 8. William, born August 13, died Au- gust 23, 1866.
(IV) Anna, eldest daughter of Rev. Sam- uel F. and Mary (Roseburgh) Morrow, was born in Albany, New York, May 20, 1850. She was educated in the Albany Female Academy. She is a member of the United Presbyterian church over which her father was for so long the pastor. She is a woman of culture and refinement whose influence is always exerted for good, and one thoroughly appreciated by a large circle of warm friends.
KENYON The Kenyon family is of rec- ord in Rhode Island as early as 1687, when John Kenyon's name appears on the tax list of Kingstown. The family was numerous in the state of Rhode Island, and marriage of the sons and daughters of the various branches are of fre- quent note in the records.
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