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Abigail Phillips (Betts)

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Birthplace: Newtown, Suffolk County, Province of New York
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Daughter of Richard Betts, Jr. and Sarah Betts
Wife of Judge Theophilus Phillips, Ill
Mother of Mary Phillips; Joseph Phillips; Keziah Moore; Frances Bainbridge; Capt. John Phillips and 2 others
Sister of Frances Phillips; Mary Raymond; Robert Betts; Thomas Betts; Sarah Betts and 1 other

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About Abigail Phillips

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Judge Theophilus Phillips, son of Theophilus and Frances Phillips, was born in Maidenhead, about 1695, died there in 1762. He was burgess of Trenton under King George's charter, and judge of the Hunterdon county courts from 1723 to 1749. His first wife was Elizabeth Betts, and his second wife was her sister, Abigail Betts. The Betts family were from Newtown, Long Island, and were very prominent in the early history of Long Island.

His children were :

  1. John,
  2. William,
  3. Richard,
  4. Joseph,
  5. Frances (who married Edmund Bainbridge), and
  6. Keziah, who married Captain John Moore).

the Betts family may be mentioned in: Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1

author: Francis Bazley Lee Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 - Mercer County (N.J.)... indeed: there are 8 references including Abigail:


From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Judge Theophilus Phillips, son of Theophilus and Frances Phillips, was born in Maidenhead, about 1695, died there in 1762. He was burgess of Trenton under King George's charter, and judge of the Hunterdon county courts from 1723 to 1749. His first wife was Elizabeth Betts, and his second wife was her sister, Abigail Betts. The Betts family were from Newtown, Long Island, and were very prominent in the early history of Long Island.

His children were :

  1. John,
  2. William,
  3. Richard,
  4. Joseph,
  5. Frances (who married Edmund Bainbridge), and
  6. Keziah, who married Captain John Moore).
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Abigail Phillips's Timeline

1698
1698
Newtown, Suffolk County, Province of New York
1714
1714
1714
1715
1715
1717
June 8, 1717
Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, Province of West Jersey
1720
1720
Newtown, Queens County, New York
1721
November 18, 1721
Maidenhead, now, Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
1723
1723
Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
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