When Samuel Phillips was born on 20 March 1766, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, John Phillips, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Rose, was 28. He married Elizabeth Gifford about 1790, in Toms River, Toms River Township, Ocean, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States in 1850. He died on 7 December 1849, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Winder Phillips Grave Yard, Mount Airy, West Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
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English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
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Possible Related NamesHere is some information taken from the Phillips Booklet, which is one of many booklets sold by the Ocean County Historical Society in Toms River, NJ. Richard Kuntz, the author of these booklets provi …
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