Spencer Phillips

1755 - 1840  (85 years)

• Name	Spencer Phillips
  Birth	6 May 1755	Ashfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 1840	Hartland, Huron County, Ohio
  Burial	Axe Factory Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio
  Person ID	I137767	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Richard Phillips,   b. 28 Sep 1728, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ruth Pitts,   b. 1728, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 Dec 1748	Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts
  	https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-H6CW?cc=2061550 Bristol > Dighton > Births, marriages, deaths 1713-1790 vol 1 image 80 of 159 Intention to Marry listed 19 November 1748 (Dighton).
  Family ID	F36392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas,   b. Abt 1757   d. Oct 1842, Hartland, Huron County, Ohio (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1783
  	Rev War Pension record stated marriage was on or about the 15th day of November 1782.
  Family ID	F51693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

• Notes

  1829 - per rev war pension request record, resided in Cayuga County, New York. This record stated he enlisted in the war in February 1776 in the State of Massachusetts (Lated stated by widow he enlisted in Northhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts).  He provided a life lease of about 30 acres of land (In Sempronius) to his son, also named Spencer Phillips.  He stated he had lived with his son since the 18 March 1818, and his occupation was that of a farmer.  He stated that his wife Dorcas was aged 72 in 1829 (born circa 1757). 1834 - Pension record stated Spencer and Dorcus moved with ther son Spencer Phillips to Huron County, Ohio. The pension record continued later in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio by the widow Dorcas, who stated her husband died on 24 December 1840. The record also stated that they resided in Ashfield, Hampshire County (Later Franklin), Massachuesetts.  Dorcus died in October 1842, both husband and wife died in Hartland, Huron County, Ohio. Dorcus also named her children and spouses in this document, with aprox ages given.