In 1777, James Phipps (Phillips), born before 1759, and five other Phillips from Baltimore County, Maryland signed The Oath of Fidelity, a law requiring all Maryland free men, 18 and up to renounce the English monarch, King George III, swearing swearing allegiance to the revolutionary government of Maryland. Descendants of James Phillips have provided further documentation that he was an American Revolutionary Patriot. His service description was a Naval Commander on the Sloop, “General Lee”. (During the 1600 and 1700s, a ships’ commander was often referred to as “Captain”.) During the first Census of the United States in 1790, Capt. Phillips was living in Baltimore City with two unknown females. This could have been the Revolutionary war Sloop commander James Phillips.
On January 22, 1791, 33 year-old James Phillips married 25 year-old Catherine Frizzell in Baltimore City, Maryland. During the next 17 years, James and Catherine had seven children including William, Ruth Frizzel, Rebecca, Reuben, Nancy, Brice and James. The family is not found in the 1800 Census. James Phillips died in 1808. In the 1810 Census, Catherine Phillips is the Head of the household with her seven children in the Delaware Upper Hundred, Baltimore County, where many of Catherine’s Frizzel relatives were living. By 1820, the widow Phillips and family had moved to Ohio where Catherine purchased land. Her grant was signed by President John Q. Adams.
James Phillilps died 1808 in Baltimore County Maryland, the records, however, have not been found documenting where he is buried.
On January 22, 1791, 33 year-old James Phillips married 25 year-old Catherine Frizzell in Baltimore City, Maryland. During the next 17 years, James and Catherine had seven children including William, Ruth Frizzel, Rebecca, Reuben, Nancy, Brice and James. The family is not found in the 1800 Census. James Phillips died in 1808. In the 1810 Census, Catherine Phillips is the Head of the household with her seven children in the Delaware Upper Hundred, Baltimore County, where many of Catherine’s Frizzel relatives were living. By 1820, the widow Phillips and family had moved to Ohio where Catherine purchased land. Her grant was signed by President John Q. Adams.
James Phillilps died 1808 in Baltimore County Maryland, the records, however, have not been found documenting where he is buried.
In 1777, James Phipps (Phillips), born before 1759, and five other Phillips from Baltimore County, Maryland signed The Oath of Fidelity, a law requiring all Maryland free men, 18 and up to renounce the English monarch, King George III, swearing swearing allegiance to the revolutionary government of Maryland. Descendants of James Phillips have provided further documentation that he was an American Revolutionary Patriot. His service description was a Naval Commander on the Sloop, “General Lee”. (During the 1600 and 1700s, a ships’ commander was often referred to as “Captain”.) During the first Census of the United States in 1790, Capt. Phillips was living in Baltimore City with two unknown females. This could have been the Revolutionary war Sloop commander James Phillips.
On January 22, 1791, 33 year-old James Phillips married 25 year-old Catherine Frizzell in Baltimore City, Maryland. During the next 17 years, James and Catherine had seven children including William, Ruth Frizzel, Rebecca, Reuben, Nancy, Brice and James. The family is not found in the 1800 Census. James Phillips died in 1808. In the 1810 Census, Catherine Phillips is the Head of the household with her seven children in the Delaware Upper Hundred, Baltimore County, where many of Catherine’s Frizzel relatives were living. By 1820, the widow Phillips and family had moved to Ohio where Catherine purchased land. Her grant was signed by President John Q. Adams.
James Phillilps died 1808 in Baltimore County Maryland, the records, however, have not been found documenting where he is buried.
On January 22, 1791, 33 year-old James Phillips married 25 year-old Catherine Frizzell in Baltimore City, Maryland. During the next 17 years, James and Catherine had seven children including William, Ruth Frizzel, Rebecca, Reuben, Nancy, Brice and James. The family is not found in the 1800 Census. James Phillips died in 1808. In the 1810 Census, Catherine Phillips is the Head of the household with her seven children in the Delaware Upper Hundred, Baltimore County, where many of Catherine’s Frizzel relatives were living. By 1820, the widow Phillips and family had moved to Ohio where Catherine purchased land. Her grant was signed by President John Q. Adams.
James Phillilps died 1808 in Baltimore County Maryland, the records, however, have not been found documenting where he is buried.
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