William and Mary Phillips
Family of William Phillips & Mary Ann Presdee, 1793 (1763-1871)
Residence: Worcestershire, England; Gloucestershire, England; Worcestershire, England; Hancock County, Illinois; Davis County, Utah
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Parents' Childhood
William Phillips was born in 1763 to William and Judith Phillips in Oxenhall, England, the first child in a large family.
Mary Ann Presdee was born in 1773 to James and Mary Presdee in Leigh, England, also the first child of a large family.
William and Mary Phillips
William and Mary were married in 1793 and raised their family in the villages of Leigh, Oxenhall, and Suckley.
| 1793 | Married, living in Leigh, England |
| 1797 | Thomas born |
| 1800 | William born |
| 1802 | Elizabeth born |
| 1804 | Mary born |
| c. 1806 | Moved to Oxenhall, England |
| 1807 | Richard born & died |
| 1808 | Richard born |
| 1810 | Harriet born |
| 1811 | Ann born |
| 1812 | James born |
| 1813 | Edward born |
| 1816 | Susannah born |
| c. 1818 | Moved to Suckley, England |
| 1819 | Thomas married Harriet Jones |
| 1825 | William Jr. married Elizabeth Lloyd |
| 1825 | William died, age 62 |
Mary's Later Life in England
| 1831 | James died, age 19 |
| 1832 | Ann married John Burrup |
| 1833 | Harriet married Jonathan Farmer |
| 1834 | Richard married Harriet Shepherd Freeman |
| 1835 | Susannah married John Hyrum Green |
| 1836 | Ann died |
| 1840 | Conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Mary worked as a midwife after her husband died.
Edward was a preacher for the local United Brethren church. In 1840, Wilford Woodruff arrived in the area as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and taught the church. As Edward was going to hear Wilford speak a second time, he says Mary told him "I should think you will not come back without being baptized." Over 1000 members of the United Brethren and others in the area converted in 1840, including Edward, Susannah and her family, Mary, and Ann's mother-in-law Susannah Burrup.
Migration to Illinois and Utah
Mary, Edward, and Susannah immigrated to the United States in 1841 with members of the Green and Burrup families. They lived with the Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois, before their eventual migration to Utah.
| 1841 | Immigration to Nauvoo, Illinois |
| 1842 | Edward married Hannah Simmons |
| 1846 | Evacuated Nauvoo to Douglas County, Nebraska |
| 1848 | Relocated to Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
| 1849 | Traveled to Utah |
| 1850 | Settled in Davis County, Utah |
| 1871 | Mary died, age 97 |
Mary continued working as a midwife in Illinois and Utah. She was also actively involved in farm work until age 82, when she had a fall and broke some bones.
Descendants
- Thomas and William settled with their families in Suckley.
- Richard settled with his family in Leigh.
- Harriet and her family lived in a few different villages in Worcestershire.
- Ann's son, James, traveled to Utah, married, and settled in Weber County, Utah.
- Edward and Susannah settled with their families in Davis County, Utah.
- Few details about Elizabeth's, Mary Jr.'s, and James's later life are known.
