This web site records the history of a PHILLIPS family which has
lived in South Devon since the 17th century. They can be traced to a
Jacob PHILPS of Dittisham. The site mainly concerns a branch which
moved from Dittisham to Brixham at the start of the 18th century, but
also includes information on a branch which moved to Stoke Gabriel at
about the same time and two
branches which did not leave Dittisham until the end of the 19th
century.
The family name has been spelt in many ways, gradually changing from
PHILPS to PHILLIPS by the start of the 19th century. The convention has
been adopted here of spelling each person's surname in the
first available form¾usually the one on
their
baptismal or birth record. Also, where more than one person
has the same first name or names, they are distinguished by numbers
in brackets.
Information reported here has come from church and civil registers, censuses, newspaper reports and oral history. Details of sources are available on request.
For privacy reasons, vital statistics are given only for persons known to be deceased¾except where living persons have given their explicit consent. Further details may be available to bona fide enquirers on request. Please contact the compiler if you have any more information to share about anyone in this family history.
This site has been compiled by Michael Mitchelmore.
Thanks to all those who have assisted me in uncovering or confirming
details. Thanks also to Personal Ancestral
File for providing the database software and Geocities
for hosting this website.
