Mary Allen Phillips

Brief Life History of Mary Allen

When Mary Allen Phillips was born on 11 March 1815, in Wakefield, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Jonathan Phillips, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Polly Allen, was 16. She married William Reynolds Terry on 20 December 1835, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 9 October 1898, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Reynolds Terry
1812–1868
Mary Allen Phillips
1815–1898
Marriage: 20 December 1835
Albina Terry
1836–1913
Dorcas Terry
1838–1913
Mary Abbey Terry
1840–1917
Joseph Terry
1842–1916
William Terry
1844–1844
Benjamin Franklin Terry
1845–1914
Sarah Maria Terry
1848–1917
Silas Allen Terry
1851–1853
Leah Ann Terry
1852–1913
Rosanah Phillips Terry
1856–1893
Minerva Deseret Terry
1859–1927

Sources (39)

  • Mary O Terry, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Allen Phillips - birth-name: Mary Allen Phillips
  • Mary Allen Phillips Terry, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

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 ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Ancestors of Velma Howard Who Came to Utah (North America) with the Mormon Pioneers

NOTE MANY INDIVIDUAL STORIES OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ANCESTORS UNDER MEMORIES ON FAMILYSEARCH: Samuel Lorenzo Howard 1840-1906, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England to Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah in 1856 with the …

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