Abilena Phillips1

#5019, (1776 - 1854)
Relationship2nd great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Vespasian Phillips1 (1748/49 - b 1822)
Mother*Abilene Belding2 (c 1755 - c 1854)

Family

John Ellis Jr b. 1771, d. 1848
Children 1.Vespasian Ellis10 (1797 - 1818)
 2.Sylvia Ellis10 (1798 - 1937)
 3.Azel Ellis10 (1799 - 1863)
 4.Harriet Ellis10 (1801 - 1801)
 5.Tamer Ellis+10 (1802 - 1855)
 6.Hiram Ellis10 (1804 - 1874)
 7.Elisha Ellis+10 (1805 - 1880)
 8.Richard Ellis+10 (1806 - 1853)
 9.Pitts Ellis10 (1808 - 1876)
 10.John J Ellis+10 (1810 - 1887)
 11.Charles Ellis10 (1811 - 1812)
 12.Benjamin Ellis+10 (1813 - 1881)
 13.Ebenezer Ellis+10 (1815 - 1898)
 14.Ruth Ellis+10 (1818 - 1899)
 15.Anthony Wayne Ellis+3 (1820 - 1901)
Her married name was Ellis.3 
Birth*1776She was born in 1776 at Ashfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.3 
1790She appeared on the census of 1790 in the household of Vespasian Phillips and Abilene Belding at Ashfield, Hampshire Co., MassachusettsG, [b. 1776]; (unk. m <16; neis. Richard Phillips, Spencer Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Samuel Anabel; Smith, Yeoman, Alden, Gay, Whittemore, Wait.)4
Marriage*30 December 1795She married John Ellis Jr, son of Lt. John Ellis and Molly Dimick, on 30 December 1795 at Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.5,3 
1800She and John Ellis Jr appeared on the census of 1800 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; neis. Asahel Phillips ln. 20; Edward Ellis p. 674, ln. 1; Vespasian Phillips p. 670, ln. 25. The.6 
1810She and John Ellis Jr appeared on the census of 1810 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; poss., ages wrong; nei. Benj. Ellis.7 
1830She and John Ellis Jr appeared on the census of 1830 at Sempronius, Cayuga Co., New YorkG; (nei. Matthew Vanderbilt.)8 
17 August 1850She appeared on the census of 17 August 1850 in the household of Anthony Wayne Ellis and Hannah Van Etten at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG, age 74, b. MA; neis. Andrew Vanderbilt (36); Peter (69) and Mary (60) Selover; img. 38 Hiram (48) and Martha Ellis.9 
Death*1854She died in 1854 at Niles, Cayuga Co., New YorkG.3 

Citations

  1. [S571] Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jepson, online http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…, "Sixth Generation: 134. Vespasian Phillips was born on 5 March 1749 in Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died before 10 May 1822 in Sempronious, Cayuga Co., New York.

    Vespasian Phillips and Abilene Belding were married on 7 May 1772 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Vespasian and Abilene (Belding) Phillips had eight children: Abilena, Vespasian Jr., Ebenezer, Pitts, Ruth, Samuel, Elisha, and Deliah. Abilene Belding was born about 1751 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts."

    source: http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…
  2. [S571] Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jepson, online http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…, "Sixth Generation: 134. Vespasian Phillips was born on 5 March 1749 in Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died before 10 May 1822 in Sempronious, Cayuga Co., New York.
    Vespasian Phillips and Abilene Belding were married on 7 May 1772 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Vespasian and Abilene (Belding) Phillips had eight children: Abilena, Vespasian Jr., Ebenezer, Pitts, Ruth, Samuel, Elisha, and Deliah. Abilene Belding was born about 1751 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts."
    source: http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…
  3. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), 69. Abilena Phillips was born in Ashfield in 1776. She was a daughter of Vespasian Phillips, of Ashfield. After the death of her husband [John Ellis Jr.] in 1848 she lived with her son Anthony W. Ellis in Niles, where she died in 1854. For sketches of her children see Nos. 206 and 231. (p. 111).
  4. [S268] 1790 U.S. Federal Census, image viewed online Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.com. Vespatian (16+); 2 m (16+) [Vespasian and Samuel or Vespasian Jr], 3 m <16 [Elisha and Vespasian Jr or Samuel, ____]; 3 f [Ruth, Abilena and Deliah].
  5. [S989] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Ashfield 1750–1895, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Town Records, Intentions, img 102/122; 29 Nov 1795, John Ellis Jr. and Abilene Phillips, both of Ashfield.
  6. [S269] 1800 U.S. Federal Census. John (26-44); F (26-44) [Abilena]; 2 m (<10) [Vespasian, Azel]; f (<10) [Sylvia].
  7. [S238] 1810 U.S. Federal Census. M (45+) "[Jonathan"], F (45+) [Ruth]; 2m (16-25); f (16-25).
  8. [S116] 1830 U.S. Federal Census. John (50-59); F (50-59) [Abilena]; 2 m (15-20) [Benjamin, Ebenezer], m (10-14) [Anthony]; f (10-14) [Ruth].
  9. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Anthony W (30), b. NY, farmer; Hannah (24), b. NY.
  10. [S265] E.R. Ellis, Richard Ellis, p. 22.