Family Group Record for Mary Leigh and David Phillips

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Submitted by: Wendell Phillips 

General Comment: The accepted spelling is now Llanelli, even though it was spelled differently in the past.

Husband: David PHILLIPS (AFN: CSD7-68) Born: 1794 Place:Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales Died: 5 Aug 1874 Place: London, Ontario, Canada Buried: Carlisle, Ontario, Canada

Married: 11 Jul 1825 Place: Swansea, St. Mary's Church, Glamorganshire, Wales

Wife: Mary LEIGH (AFN: 4PNC-1B)
Born: 20 Jul 1801 Place: Llanedi, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Died: 21 Oct 1878 Place: Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Carlisle Presbyterian Church, London, Ontario, Canada
Father: Daniel LEIGH (AFN: BBMJ-C3)
Mother: Mary REES (AFN: 4PNC-05)
 
Children
1. F Anne PHILLIPS
Born: 11 Feb 1826
Chr: Llanrhystyd, Cardiganshire, Wales
Died: ca 1900 (Most likely in the early 1900’s)
Buried: Wheatly, Ontario, Canada
Spouse: John BELL (1834-1867) 

2. M Edmond PHILLIPS
Born: 1831 Place: (Either in Wales or New York State)
Died: ca 1900 (Most likely in the early 1900’s)
Marital Status: single

3. M Griffith PHILLIPS
Born: 1832 Place: NY, USA
Died: 28 May 1897
Spouse: Elizabeth SIDDALL (1834-1901)
Buried: Carlisle, Ontario, Canada
 
4. M Daniel PHILLIPS
Born: 1835 Place: NY, USA
Died: 1918
Spouse: Elizabeth HASKETT
Died: 1936
Buried: Clandeboye, Ontario, Canada 

5. M William PHILLIPS
Born: 1838 Place: NY, USA
Died: 1934
Spouse: Catherine McCANDLESS
Died: 1954
Buried: Carlisle, Ontario, Canada

6. M Joseph PHILLIPS
Born: 1840 Place: London, Ontario, Middlesex, Canada
Died: 1912
Spouse: Phoebe GRANT (1842-1932)
Buried: Carlisle, Ontario, Canada
 
7. F. Mary PHILLIPS
Born: 1845 Place: Lobo Farm, London, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1923
Spouse: William Graham

8. M Benjamin PHILLIPS  
Born: 1847 Place: Lobo Farm, London, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1921
Spouse: Esther WALKER (1853-1932)
Buried: Croswell, MI, USA

Sources: A family bible has an entry that states that David Phillips married a Mary Leigh who was the grand daughter of Edmund Leigh, a reverend in the Church of England. The marriage record for David Phillips and Mary Leigh is at the St. Mary's church, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. (IGI, Sheet: M022181, Call #104493, 104494 and 104495). David, Mary, and most of his family are listed in the 1851 census for Lobo Township, Middlesex County of Ontario, Canada. His age was given as 58 on his next birthday. The 1871 census for London, Ontario gave David's age as 76. Both censuses support a birth year of 1794. The "Welsh Settlement" document listed David's birth year as 1794. David's will, signed 13 Dec 1867, listed his residence as the Township of East Williams in Middlesex county; all eight children and his wife, Mary, are listed.

Mary Leigh descendant data compiled by Mr. Griffith M. Marshall, Mrs. Ernie Phillips, Mrs. Alfred Noyes, Mrs. Robert Rowe, Mrs. George Griffith, Mrs. Lawrence Gregory, Mrs. Sidney Fraleigh, Mrs. G. Harold Frank, Mrs. Wm. Marshall, Mrs. J. Milton Brown, and Mr. Wendell Phillips.