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A history of the Phillips family published in the Guardian said that Samuel Phillips, a brass-finisher from Devon, and his wife Mary Ann Greenslade emigrated with their children Robert, Hannah, and twins William and James. A son Henry was born after their arrival on the Island. Other sources tell the same story, but say the first Mr Phillips was named Robert.

A descendant, Albert Phillips, said that the Phillips family travelled with the family of Humphrey Dyment.

Samuel - or Robert - died about three years after their arrival, and his widow married Neil Ramsay from Lot 14. William Phillips, on the 1901 census, said the family emigrated in 1832.

Name Robert Phillips
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 21 Aug 1822
Event Place Tiverton, Devon, England
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Mary Greenslade
Spouse's Gender Female
Citing this Record "England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M3-ZH7Q : 16 February 2016), Robert Phillips and Mary Greenslade, Tiverton, Devon, England; citing Marriage, The Devon Record Office, Exeter.