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Philip Corlew

1756–1810 (Age 54)
Halifax, North Carolina, United States

The Life of Philip

When Philip Corlew was born in 1756, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Corlew III, was 31 and his mother, Hannah UNKNOWN, was 16. He married Hannah Sutton in 1777, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died in 1810, in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 54.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Philip Corlew

1756–1810

Hannah Sutton

1758–

Marriage: 1777

Phillip Corlew

1777–1856

Belford Corlew

1779–1799

James Corlew

1781–1827

Amanda Malvina Anne Corlew

1781–1894

Patsy Corlew

1781–

Ransom Corlew

1783–

daughter Corlew

1787–

daughter Corlew

1789–

Elizabeth "Eliza" Rebecca Corlew

1790–

Betsy Corlew

1803–

Anne Corlew

1783–

Corlew

1785–

Jackson Corle Corlew

1795–

William Corlew

1801–

Spouse and Children

Philip Corlew

Male1756–1810Male

Hannah Sutton

Female1758–Female

MARRIAGE
1777
North Carolina, United States

children

(14)

Phillip Corlew

Male1777–1856Male

Belford Corlew

Male1779–1799Male

James Corlew

Male1781–1827Male

Amanda Malvina Anne Corlew

Female1781–1894Female

Patsy Corlew

Female1781–Female

+9 More Children

Parents and Siblings

John Corlew III

Male1725–1783Male

Hannah UNKNOWN

Female1740–Female

siblings

(7)

Philip Corlew

Male1756–1810Male

John Corlew

Male1762–1843Male

Ann Corlew

Female1765–1780Female

Mary Corlew

Female1766–Female

Frances Corlew

Female1770–1821Female

+2 More Children

World Events (6)

1776

Age 20

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

Age 20

North Carolina is the 12th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 30

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

Corlew

Philip

English: nickname for someone thought to resemble a curlew in some way, Anglo-Norman French curleu, Old French corlieu. The spelling Corlew is recorded in Sussex in 1327 , but now appears to have died out in the British Isles, replaced by the modern form Curlew.

Sources (3)

Philip Corlew, "United States Census, 1790"
Phillip Corlew in entry for Adam Hoskins and Patsy Corlew, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
North Carolina, State Census, 1784-1787

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