When Joshua Philips was born on 14 October 1744, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Jeremiah Phillips Jr, was 40 and his mother, Martha Bishop, was 37. He married Dorcas Cook about 1769, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1744. He died on 10 January 1829, in Unadilla Forks, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Unadilla, Otsego, New York, United States.
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English, Scottish, North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Italian Filippi , Polish Filipowicz , and Slovenian Filipič (see Filip ). Compare Phillips .
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