When Mary Phillips was born on 29 March 1765, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, her father, Capt John William Phillips, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Jane Foster, was 30. She married James Savage on 25 December 1787, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lewis, Kentucky, United States in 1810.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
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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