Jacob Phillips^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1750 - Abt 1820  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Jacob Phillips  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	Abt 1750	London, Middlesex, England   [3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1760  [6]
  Alt. Death	1796  [6]
  Reference Number	90
  Residence	London, Middlesex, England
  Residence	St. Eustatius
  Residence	Newport, Newport, RI   [9]
  Residence	New York, New York (Manhattan), NY
  Residence	Charleston, SC
  Died	Abt 1820	Charleston, SC   [1, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Person ID	I90	aojd
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2012

  
  

• Notes

  Revolutionary War Ancestor (Research):Some say jacob was involved in the porcelin or "china" trade in the UK. The following citation offers an explanation of confusion between two different Jacob Phillips: Modern Christianity and Cultural Aspirations by Clyde Binfield, D.W.Bebbington, Timothy Larsen N.P., Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003, pg 51 ISBN: 0826462626 Also: http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999876&workid=8874&searchid=9433&tabview=text The Tate Gallery "Mrs Phillips, Wife of the China Man, Oxford Street 1814" ========================================= From: http://www.serve.com/rim/biograph.htm by Judith Shanks Biographical Notes on Rebecca Phillips Moses Rebecca's birth was recorded by her father, Jacob Phillips: "My dear daughter Rebecca was born March 19, 1792." The words were written in Phillips's Haftarot, a collection of holy writings read in Jewish services. Jacob Phillips had emigrated from England to St. Eustatius as a youth, and then, in 1780, still young, to South Carolina, where he joined the militia to fight with the Patriots in the American Revolution. Jacob Phillips traveled the Atlantic seaboard as a cargo merchant. His work took him as far north as Newport, Rhode Island, and down to New York, Charleston, and the West Indies. His wife, Hannah Isaacks--her family also in trade and shipping--lived in Newport until a business decline during the Revolutionary War prompted a family move to New York. Hannah's parents, Jacob and Rebecca Mears Isaacks, returned to Newport after the Revolution. Hannah, Jacob, and their children lived at times in New York, Rhode Island, Saint Eustatius (in the West Indies), and South Carolina. Hannah sometimes traveled with Jacob to visit family along his route. Because of this mobility, and because Jacob Phillips did not note the location of Rebecca's birth, we do not know where she was born. Family historians agree on the West Indies, but they disagree as to precisely where. One story puts Rebecca's birth at sea, a version of events picked up by Jewish genealogist Malcolm Stern. South Carolina historian James Hagy, in enumerating the origins of the Jews of South Carolina, reiterates this in his listing "born at sea," one person.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] . [S285] . [S3] SECTION 3, PG 16 (Reliability: 3). [S18] 61. (Reliability: 3). [S165] ISAACKS, JACOB: VOLUME 258; SAR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER 51503 (Reliability: 3). [S165] APPLICATION OF GRABER, TOURO MORDECAI: NAT# 53661. MISSOURI SOCIETY STATE # 636. FILED 2 SEP 1936, APPROVED 29 SEP 1936. (Reliability: 3). [S4] PG. 247 PHILLIPS IV (Reliability: 3). QUAY 3 [S4] PG. 247 PHILLIPS IV (Reliability: 3). [S3] I:7 (Reliability: 3).