In this blog post I will begin to disclose and open the Completed File of the Philips/Phillips Family documentation out of the Eugenics Records Survey of Vermont. Most of the information is subjective, and not objective.
The Eugenics Survey was in fact pseudo-genealogical and is viewed today as a pseudo-scientific study.
When reviewing and studying this particular family, NOTICE that, while it is subjectively suggested that the Phillips family has Indian blood, there is no definitive documented validation that was objectively shown by anyone. Again, it was merely based on belief and perception of those interviewed.
Ok so that you have seen the VT Eugenics Survey's Final Summary of the Phillips
Let's look deeper ...
Spring of 1790
George
Sheldon, the youngest son of Col. Elisha Sheldon, accompanied by a sturdy old
Scotsman by the name of MacNamara and his wife, together with several
Negro servants, came to town (Hungerford, Chittenden (now Franklin Co.) County,
Vermont, later to become Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont) as “first
settlers;” by yoke of oxen and sled.
After the
crops were harvested the Negroes returned to
Burlington, Vermont to pass the winter of 1791. George also started
for home in Connecticut, returning later to Sheldon, Vermont.
(1791 Burlington, VT
Census)
Col. Stephen Keyes 1 Other Free Person
(Hungerford (a.k.a.
Sheldon), VT Census)
Col. Elisha Sheldon Sr. 4 Other Free Persons
Elisha Sheldon Jr. 1
Other Free Person
(1791 Highgate, VT
Census)
Michael Lampman 1 Other Free Person
May 03, 1790
Elizabeth (nee: Ely) Sheldon had
died in
Litchfield, CT, the wife of Colonel Elisha Sheldon (1709-1779).
Later in the
spring, Col. Elisha Sheldon Sr. and his sons: Elisha Sheldon,
Jr., Maj. Samuel Sheldon, and his
son-in-law, Elnathan Keyes [who had married to
Sarah Sheldon, daughter of Col. Elisha Sheldon and his wife Sarah Bellows –
Sheldon] together with their families and that of George Sheldon, and their Negro servants,
also James Herrick and James Hawley, arrived in Sheldon, VT. While on their
way, as near as can be ascertained, at the house of Daniel Stannard, in
Georgia, VT, the first town organization took place in 1791. Col. Sheldon,
Elisha Sheldon Jr., Mar. Samuel Sheldon, and James Hawley were appointed
Selectmen, and James Herrick, constable.
The first
birth in the town of Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont was a colored child;
its mother, “Old Mary,” was a servant of Col. Elisha
Sheldon who died March 1805, who
bought her in Connecticut where she was sold for the commission of some crime.
January 16, 1806
La Baie du Febvre - Paroisse Ste.
Antoine de Padoue, County Yamaska, P.Q.
Au Greffe De Sorel
"Le Seize Janvier mil huit
cent six par nous prêtre soussigné a été baptisé Marie
Louise, âgé d'un on ~ fille de Pitré
Philippé, nègre, et de Nancy
Philippé, bostonoise, demeurant en cette paroisse, le parrain a'ette Louis
Lapérle; le marriane Magdeleine Josephe Hyacinthe, dit Bellerose. Le n'ont
déclaré avec le pere et la mere ne savoir signer."
Baptismal Translation into
English from Quebec French:
"On January
16, of 1806 Marie Louise Philippé
at the Catholic Parish of Ste. Antoine de Padoue, in Baie du Febvre, Yamaska
County, Quebec, Canada, age one year, daughter of Pître Philippé, nègre (Negro),
and of Nancy Philippé, Bostonians,
residing in this parish, and the Godfather to this child Louis Lapérle (or
Laporte), and the Godmother is Magdeleine Hyacinthe dite Bellerose. And the priest
(and or his assistant) has declared this with the father who could not sign
(his signature or name)."
August 15, 1808
'Black Jack' in Elisha Sheldon Jr.'s Probate Record
Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont
April 04, 1809
Black Jack 13
Samuel Peckham 9
Elnathan Keyes, Esq. 31
John Dutcher 1.67
Daniel Smith 11
William M. Keyes 97
Thomas Marsh 40
Noah Janes 81
Chester Jones 3
House & Hutchins 1.05
Administrators of Hubbard Barlow
August 07, 1811
Black Jack, in Ste. Armand, Quebec, Canada per the Ledger Book of Joseph Burley (Archives 1V-73-1-14)
1850 Highgate, Franklin County, VT Census
Antoine Phillips Sr. Household
Antoine Phillps Sr. Age 36 [Identified as B (for Black or Dark Complexioned)] Born in Canada, Cannot Read nor Write.
Antoine Phillips. b. ca. 1814 Black Canada
Katherine [Coderre] b. ca. 1820 Canada
Children:
Peter Phillips b. ca. 1829 Mulatto Canada
Antoine Phillips Jr. b. ca. 1834 Mulatto Canada
Michael [Matthias] Phillips b. ca. 1836 Mulatto Canada
Melnas Phillips b. ca. 1838 Mulatto Canada
Favine Phillips b. ca. 1846 Mulatto Canada
Janett Phillips b. ca. 1848 Mulatto Canada
January 21, 1859
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
Affray and Almost Murder
A drunken row, resulting in the dangerous and perhaps fatal injury of an Irishman named Goldin, occurred on the Williston road, near the corner of Dorset Street, Thursday night. It appears, from the information gathered by us concerning the affair that a low grocery is kept at the place indicated, by a man named Wheeler. Here an Irish teamster and a Frenchman [the ‘Frenchman’ was Peter Trueheart] named Peter Phillips Sr., known by the sobriquet of “Black Jack,” (given him, doubtless, from his complexion, which is very dark) after getting well primed with fighting rum, fell into an altercation, which they continued after leaving Wheeler’s place, and finally came to blows in front of Goldin’s house, which is nearly opposite the grocery shop. Goldin went out bare-headed, and mixed in the affray, probably to separate the combatants, when he received a terrible blow from Peter Phillips Sr., given with a cart-rung, fracturing the skull into which a man’s thumb might be laid.
Peter Phillips Sr. was arrested Friday morning by officers Flanagan and White, and lodged in jail. He is represented to us as an ugly fellow, and has been “hauled up” once before, for biting a man’s nose nearly off, in some similar affray.
January 21, 1859
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
Affray and Almost Murder
Alleged Assault with Intent to Kill –
The examination of the parties concerned in the recent assault on an Irishman named Goulding, took place before Hollenbeck, Wednesday forenoon. The testimony of the witnesses went to show that the principle criminal was
Peter Phillips Sr. – (a son of Antoine Phillips, otherwise known as “Black Jack”) who made a violent and unprovoked attack, having attacked first upon Mr. Patrick Cassidy, an Irishman, whom he assaulted with a bottle, an ax, a sled stake, besides giving him divers kicks, blows in the face with the fist and other “gentle reminders” of his
[Peter Phillips] presence, and next upon Goulding, who interfered to preserve the peace, and who received a blow from Peter Phillips Sr. which fractured his skull, and placed his life in jeopardy.
Antoine Phillips Jr. and a young Frenchman named Peter Trueheart, appeared to have been participants in the outrage, by keeping the bystanders from interfering with the more violent operations of Peter Phillips Sr., and by telling him, at one stage of the affray, to “kill” Cassidy. All three were, probably, under the influence of liquor.
The three were bound over for trial at the next term of the County Court, in the sum of $500.00 dollars each, for breach of the Peace, and Assault with Intent-to-Kill.
A sobriquet (pronounced SOH-bri-kay) is a nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another. [See Elisha Sheldon Jr. Probate file in May 31, 1808.]
January 22 1859
Two colored men, father [Antoine Sr.] and son [Peter Sr.], named Phillips and a Frenchman [Peter Trueheart], nephew of the elder [Antoine Sr.] Phillips, were committed to jail at Burlington on Friday, for a murderous assault upon Peter Goulding of Hinesburgh, fracturing his skull with a cart rung and otherwise bruising him in a shocking manner. Peter Phillips Sr. has been dealt with once before, for biting a man’s nose nearly off. Vermont Phoenix Brattleboro, VT Newspaper
April 11, 1859
Peter Phillips Sr. age 26 years old, at 5’9” in stature, having blue eyes, black hair and a dark complexion,
identified as a mulatto, being born in Franklin County, Vermont, was convicted of the assault with the intent to kill, on
April 09, 1859 in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont, was admitted to the Windsor, Vermont State Prison, on
April 11, 1859 for two years being his sentence. He was discharged from that sentence on
April 09, 1861.
Peter Phelps, a colored man, who has lived in St. Albans for nearly a half century, died recently at the advanced age of 111 years.
The Burlington Weekly Sentinel Newspaper Friday, November 24, 1865
November 17 1865
Peter Phelps, a colored man ...
who lived at St. Albans for nearly half a century, died on Friday at the age of 111 years.
The Caledonian Newspaper
(He wasn't actually 111 years of age; rather he was b. ca. 1780)
In the St. Albans Vital Records Book wherein Peter Phelps' death was records, it is merely indicated that he died of 'Old Age'
November 10, 1865
St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont Vital Record for Peter Phelps
January 16, 1873
The Times Argus & Patriot Newspaper
Arrested for Intoxication.--Michael
and Peter Phillips, of Burlington, were arrested for being
intoxicated, last Sunday night, and taken to jail. Monday they were brought up in Court, and
Michael was fined $5 and costs.
January 16, 1873
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
Michael Phillips, SR. colored French man, was brought up in
the City Court this forenoon for gross intoxication on Saturday evening.
Himself and brother Peter
Phillips SR. had been about town all
day, and were "how came you so" when evening came on.
About 8 o'clock they emerged from the saloon of Peter Rivard on
Church Street, when brother Peter endeavored to get Michael, who works at Alderman Shedd's farm in South
Burlington, to go home.
Considerable difficulty ensued, in placing Michael in his sleigh,
and there was a great outcry, which soon brought together a crowd of
spectators.
Policeman Bliss interfered, and the brothers were taken to jail
where they spent the Sabbath in sobering off.
Michael was fined $5 and costs by Judge Noyes. He testified to purchasing his "poison" of Peter Rivard,
who will doubtless be brought up when found by the officers.
The Burlington Independent Newspaper September 11, 1885
SOUTH BURLINGTON.
Antoine Phillips, (colored) last week in this town, was undoubtedly the oldest man in this neighborhood. As near as can be ascertained his was, at the time of his death, 100 years.
He has been a resident of this town for about sixteen or seventeen years.
October
19, 1896
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 05
Municipal Court – St. Albans, VT
Mike
Phillips [Jr. or Sr.?] was up before
the municipal court Saturday on the dual charge of ‘breach of the peace’ and
‘intoxication’, to both of which charges he pleaded guilty. He was fined $2.00 dollars and costs for breach
of peace, which was committed at the “Blocks,”
and $5.00 dollars and costs for intoxication.
He disclosed on E. C. Wood. Wood pleaded not guilty to this charge
but on examination was fined $20.00 dollars and costs. He appealed from the
decision of the court.
Daniel
Profit Jr. pleaded not guilty to a charge
of petty larceny of stealing ‘babbitt’ metal [also
known as “bearing metal”] from the railroad company. He was tried by the
court, found guilty, and sentenced to two months in the House of Correction.
Several breach of the peace cases will be tried by the court
tomorrow. Clovi Longway, Samuel Longway, and Mike Senecal are the respondents.
October
19, 1896
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
There was a drunken row at
the Blocks Friday night, and Mike
Phillips, Clovi Longway, Sam Longway and Mike Raspberry faced Judge Flinn for a review of the case.
Mike Philips was found
guilty of a drunk and breach of the peace and it cost him $22.66.
He disclosed on the Elm
Tree House and for the third time within two weeks Mr. Brennan was caked on
to pay $25.00 and costs. The Longway and Raspberry cases were continued until
Tuesday and the respondents were out on bail.
Young Daniel Proffit
[Prophet] was found guilty of having stolen
a quantity of brass from the Central Vermont railroad and got two months in the
House of Correction.
Peter Phillips Sr. (c.a 1834-1906) Death Record
Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont
Certificate of Death – State of
Vermont
Death of
Death: June 27, 1911
Cause of
Death: Carcinoma of the Liver, of 6 months duration
Hinesburgh,
Chittenden County, Vermont
Virginia Peters
Colored
Widowed
Born: 1841
Canada
72 years of
age
Occupation:
Housewife
Father:
Anthony Philipps – Born: Canada
Mother:
Katherine Cadaire [Coderre] – Born: Canada
Informant:
Clarence Peters of Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vermont
December 20, 1911
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.) Newspaper, Page 01
Michael [Mathias] Phillips, who said he was 102 years old has been ordered out of the city by Judge C. M. Merrill.
Michael Phillips was taken into custody with William Bessette, a former resident of Glens Falls, who has lived
in Granville, since he was given his
walking papers by the police.
Peter Phillips Jr.
(b. 1869- ?)
1m. 1883 Poméla Pamela Emélie Melinda D. Mary (nee: Dinel dit Dinelle)
2m. 1914 Ida Ethel (nee: Champagny)
3m. 1927 Laura Mae (nee: Colbeth)
December
03, 1913
The man hunt
in process in Orleans and Caledonia counties for the ten days previous ended
Thanksgiving Day when Sheriff Hill of Newport received word from Mansonville.
P. Q. that Peter Phillips, a large Negro, 52 years of age
[born 10 Jul 1873 allegedly in Quechee, Windsor
Co., Vermont to Peter Phillips Sr. and 1m. Delia Benoit dit Benway dit Bone],
wanted on the charge of assault on Ernest
Miles, a neighbor in Walden, was there. Sheriff Hill took deputies and went
to Mansonville. The Canadian officials deported the man and as he crossed the
line was arrested by Hill's men without resistance. He was lodged in the county
jail at Newport and taken to St. Johnsbury Friday. Peter Phillips lives at Walden Four Corners and the trouble of
which this is the outcome occurred Nov. 6, when it is claimed Phillips struck
Miles, whom he had accused of stealing some chickens.
The wound
was not at first considered danger us, but later blood poisoning developed and
the man died. The matter was brought to --the attention of State's Attorney W.
A. Dutton and about that time Phillips disappeared.
He is known as "Gypsy Phillips", has led rather a roving life
and it is claimed has had rather a checkered career. He is about 52, has a wife
[Ida Champagny] less than half his age and
five little children. They are in destitute circumstances.
Miles was 24 and leaves a wife and one child.
Phillips
returned to his home sometime in the night a week ago Friday. His feet were
bare and he had his wife find an old pair of tennis shoes for him.
He took also
a dollar in money with which he said he would buy rubbers. R. N. Baldwin, D. A.
Brahana and W. M. Fuller, all of Irasburg, who later were injured in an
automobile accident, accompanied Sheriff Hill. Deputy Sheriff Ladd of Holland
came in late Thanksgiving afternoon with Willie Westover, who has been wanted
for a year on a charge of breaking and entering some cottages at East
Charleston.
Westover has been hiding in Canada the past year
and made bold to come over for Thanksgiving. He was promptly arrested and
brought here and placed in the county jail.
Peter Phillips Sr. (died 1906) on the Cemetery Pauper's Stone
Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont
VT Eugenics Survey Summary Page 11 of Phillips Family
As was said, it is recorded on the Peacham, VT Cemetery Monument that "Old Pete" "Black Jack" Phillips was 97 years old when he died. Pete's real age can not be proved as the Phillips family have the habit of primitive people in the nomad stage before the invention of writing, of being very indefinite as to ages. For example, they tell tell of some member of their tribe living to be 111 years old etc. ...
Now how did Harriett Abbott a.k.a. H.E.A. detect that Peter Phelps was the oldest ancestor of the "tribe" (meaning LARGE FAMILY ... not as in 'Native American Tribe') ?
H.E.A. nor any other person had identified the Phillips family as Indian(s) and definitely not Abenaki whatsoever.
FACT and REALITY:
EUGENICS SURVEY INFORMATION
References to Negro Ancestry
1.
“Their
oral conditions are extremely inaccurate.”
2.
“Many
members of the family today have no idea as to their own ages, much less as to
the dates and places of their own births.”
3.
“It
is not known whether “Old Antoine” had Negro
blood or not” but there is no question that most, if not….
4.
“…
all of his children had Negro
blood.” It is of course possible that it was his wife who brought the…
5.
“
… Negro blood into the family.”
6.
“Antoine Phillips Jr. was commonly known
as ‘Black Phillips’ …”
7.
“
… a mulatto family by the name of
Prince … looked upon as colored
people …”
8.
“Jane
(nee: Phillips) Peters, daughter of Antoine Phillips and Catherine Emery dit
Coderre on her Death Record she is recorded as being ‘colored’ …”
9.
“Ruth
Peters, having stayed with her grandmother Jane (nee: Phillips) Peters. In the
Vermont Industrial school record, it is recorded that Ruth’s father, is ‘colored.’”
10.“Peter Phillips Sr. was part Negro. On his Death Certificate in Peacham, VT he is recorded
as ‘colored.’ He was very distinctly
Negroid in appearance.”
11.“ … “Old Pete” Phillips was part Negro …”
12.“As to race, they were originally part French and Negro
…”
13.“ … Peter Phillips,
[son of Peter Phillips Sr.] when interviewed in 1926 he was a large,
stout fellow, big broad shouldered, with a round face and Negroid … characteristics.”
14.In Williston it is recorded that a child
Celia Phillips was born to Peter Phillips Sr. in 1859, and her color was recorded
as black.
15.“In 1926 Selina, [Peter
Phillips Sr.’s daughter], was dark
and swarthy. She had a soft voice and as she says, “Yes, missis,” her voice
and intonation remind one of the southern Negro.”
16.“After her marriage Melinda Phillips Myers
settled down and has become an unusually fine citizen. She has the good qualities of the better
class of colored people.”
17.“Melinda has a number of daughters who have
married well and she has a number of nice grandchildren. The visitor thought
that possibly she did not wish the husbands of her daughters to know about the colored blood in the family.”
18.“In 1926, Mrs. Melinda Phillips Myers was a
stout, healthy-looking woman. She was very swarthy and showed her colored blood to some extent.”
19.“In 1926 Louis and Matilda and their children
and grandchildren were living in Bald Mountain, near Greenwich, N.Y. In the
house were Louis, Matilda, all of their children, and three grandchildren. Also
Irene Phillips, daughter of Peter Phillips the second, was visiting there.
Peter the third had lived there a great deal and Peter the second made that
house his headquarters. On the day that Agent H.E.A. arrived, Peter Phillips
the second had just left there for Vermont.
a.
There
was a great variety in the color of the children. Some of them were very dark and unquestionably Negroid.
There were all grades of color. Some of those who are most apparently Negroid have gray eyes.”
20.“Jacob Phillips [son
of Peter Phillips Sr. and Eliza Way] was the first person from whom any
information of value was obtained in regard to the Phillips Pedigree … Agent
H.E.A. saw Jacob Phillips early in 1926. He is quite dark, shows his colored
blood slightly, but most people would not recognize it … The people in the
village rather laugh at Jake, take it for
granted that he is part Negro …”
21.“Mary Agnes Phillips who married Harrison
Jerome and who manifestly has colored
blood.”
22.“Mrs. Fred Mansfield of Stowe, Vt., (a
maternal cousin of Agnes although Mrs. Mansfield is a grandmother) has seen
Agnes. She says that she is very dark, has thick lips and looks as if she had Negro blood.”
23.“Stephen Bissette was born in Winooski, Vt.,
December 21, 1887. His name is given
variously as Stephen, Stanley, and George Stephen Bissette … In the birth
record of one of his children, Stephen is recorded as being colored.”
24.On page 11 of the Eugenics, "For example, they tell of some member of their tribe [meaning
family] Antoine Phillips Sr.' father Peter Phelps living to be 111 years old” [See November 1865 Newspaper clipping] etc,
when there is no good evidence of that the age was as far advanced as
that."
EUGENICS SURVEY INFORMATION
References to ‘Native American’ Ancestry
1.
“There
seems to be an indication that some of the Phillipses came from the
Indian Reservation of Caughnawaga [Kahnawake] near
Montreal, Canada, and not far from Malone, New York.”
2.
“Antoine
had French and Indian blood.”
3.
Matilda
(nee: Leoporte / Leopard) Phillips also known as Young Matilda, said
“that Antoine Phillips had Indian blood and had something to do with the Kickapoo
Indians.” [Harriet Abbott thought that the statements made by Matilda were rather
suspect; except for the fact [how
were the implied statements ‘factual’?] that Old Antoine did have Indian
blood [where was or is this
substantiated as a fact?] and probably was related to some
of the inhabitants of an Indian Reservation in Southwestern Canada.]
4.
“Old
Matilda (nee: Phillips) Bissette was a little confused in her statements.”
5.
The
Peters family were half French and half Indian.
They had also married into a mulatto family by the name of Prince. In Hinesburg the family were looked upon as
colored people, although they were very light in color.
6.
Peter the first was part Indian, part French, part Negro.
7.
Delia Bone was part Indian and part French. She
came from an Indian reservation near Montreal.
8.
“We
have been looking up a Phillips family in Vermont that has cost the State a
great deal of money. “Old Pete” Phillips
was part Negro, part French and part Indian.
His first wife is said to have been Delina Bone
who came from the Indian Reservation Caughnawaga, near Montreal.
9.
“We
have not been able to trace the Phillipses to their home in Canada.”
10.“As to race, they were originally part
French, part Negro and part Indian.”
11.“The family is for the most part illiterate
and has for the most part been absolutely without any sense of truth.”
12.“I think that old Pete Phillips known as
“King of the Gypsies,” originally came from Canada. At any rate his wife is said to have come from an
Indian reservation near Montreal.”
13.Catherine Cadaive: “We know little of this
individual. All our information comes either
from the vital statistics of her
children or from Matilda Phillips Bissette, (also known as “Old Matilda”).”
14.“Old Matilda, however, is a little mixed in
the information that she gives. She
mentions a certain Margaret Codaire as Antoine Phillips’s first wife. It is not clear whether Catherine Cadaive and
Margaret Codaire are one and the same or not.” [If
Harriett E. Abbott did not know who Antoine Phillips Sr.’s wife was, how could
she determine whether or not Catherine had Negro ancestry? And or Indian
ancestry? The same question applies to her awareness or lack thereof; regarding
Antoine Phillips Sr.’s allegedly having “Indian blood” ancestry. Harriett
Abbott did not know his ancestry came from Canada, nor who his parents were,
let alone grandparents, for neither Antoine nor Catherine!]
15.“Matilda (nee: Phillips) Bissette said that, “Old Antoine’s
grandmother or great-grandmother was a Trueheart and that her great—great-grandfather
came from St. Regis [Akwesasne], Canada.
16.“Cora (nee: Stark) Phillips says
that Lemas [Delia (nee: Benoit)] Bone was
part Indian and part French. She came from an Indian Reservation Caughnawaga,
sixteen miles from Montreal. The same informant says that Lemas Bone had a
sister living at that reservation.
17.Chief Russell of Burlington, Vermont,
remembers Old Pete Phillips who looked like an Indian.
18.“Peter
Phillips and ‘all his tribe’ were constantly traveling.”
19.“For a great many years and probably until his
first wife Delia Bone died, the
‘headquarters of the tribe’ was South Burlington.”
When Raymond Joseph Brow Jr. IMPLIES that the research is invalid, he is operating out of 'Cognitive Dissonance'. Because EVERYTHING SHOWS that the paternal Philips/Phillips ancestral lineage IS in fact, derived from an African ancestor.
The yDNA for direct male Philips is B-M181 (from Africa)
The yDNA for the direct male Metallic is C-M216 (from Asia/ Native North
America)
Now we can look at the
first 12 markers for each tester:
Luie
Metallic: C-M216 > C-P39
12-23-16-09-15-15-11-13-11-13-11-29
Antoine
Phillips: B-M181
12-24-16-11-12-14-11-15-11-13-14-29
Just on the first 12
yMarkers, there are six differences between Phillips and Metallic.
Therefore, Donald W.
Stevens Jr. and most of his Phillips descendant family relatives, along with
Frederick M. Wiseman Ph.D. are WRONG in their claims and assertions (in
implying that Antoine Phillips (Sr.), the known progenitor of the Phillips
family with VT, NY, and ME etc were RELATED in any way, to Louie Metallic of
ca. 1796 at all, and also RELATED to “Philip”, the Upper Coos Chief of that
same time period of the late 1700's either).
Don Stevens Jr. IMPLIES the Phillips are of Abenaki descent. I doubt he even bothers to validate his claims, assertions, beliefs and perceptions.
So PLEASE imply that 'paper genocide' this leads anyone to believe that is this documentation is invalid ... because its not invalid. It is validation that Antoine Phillips Sr. was in fact born ca. 1814 and died in 1885. That his son Peter (Sr.) was born ca. 1833 and died in 1906. That Antoine Sr.'s wife, Catherine, was in fact FRENCH and born in 1806. And that the PHILLIPS PATERNAL LINEAGE was in fact, and reality, Black, Negro, Colored ... NOT ABENAKI.
Now IF one looks beyond what they believe, and their perceptions ... one begins to 'see' beyond what appears as a distortion, and the dots begin to connect ...
Ronald Wayne Collins Ancestral Connection to Antoine Phillips Sr.
One must develop the ability to look through the 'distortion(s).
If one is unable to open their eyes and mind, one cannot grasp the reality/truth.
Ron Collins (author) of the above pages (in 1997) through his grandmother mother and her husband John William Leppard that "Peter Phillips [Phelps?] had been born [or staying the winter?] in Burlington, VT. Ron's got seemingly Peter PHELPS, then Anton (Antoine) Phillips Sr., his son Mathias (Michael) Phillips Sr, to "Old" Matilda (nee: Phillips), to her son John William Leppard, to his daughter Leona Matilda (Leppard) Collins, to himself, Ronald Wayne Collins.
February 03, 2017
From: Douglas Lloyd Buchholz
To: Ronald Wayne Collins
"Were you ever able to SOURCE the information within your Collins book about Peter Phillips being born in 1792 Burlington, Vermont as to WHO provided this information etc?"
Ron's Answer: "Yes, the source was my grandmother Geneva (nee: LaFarr) Leppard/ LaPorte. I’m sure her only source could only have been my grandfather John William Leppard (aka LaPorte) or his mother the young (?) Matilda Phillips. My aunt Dorothy, daughter of Geneva and John has, at 81 years old, a nearly photographic memory when in come to family data. She verified the source for me saying, ”Yes, we were living on Oak Street when you ask Ma that question, and I remember her telling you. And that is how I learned it from Dad before he died.” Gotta love her. I hope I’m as sharp when I get her age."
Now, evaluating the genealogical ancestry of Ron Collins, and so on, we see from his book that he is aware that Ernest Francis Phillips (1909-1983), descendant of Mathias "Michael" Phillips (1935-1912) ... married to his second cousin Margaret May (nee: Phillips), descendant of Peter Phillips (ca. 1833-1906) ...
The awareness of Peter Phillips [Phelps?] is particularly interesting, and I surmise it was transmitted through the generations down through to Old Matilda (nee: Phillips) Leppard.
How would she KNOW about Peter Phelps (ca. 178-1865) ?
Because for her to have been born in St. Albans, VT on October 17, 1864, her mother and father had to be IN St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont at the time of "Old" Matilda's birth!
Right along with her younger brother Michael Phillips birth in 1865.
Antoine Phillips Jr., his brothers Michael (Mathias) Phillips Sr. (and his son Jr), as well as Peter Phillips Sr. (and his sons Peter Jr. and Antoine II) were in St. Albans, Vermont.
Particularly we can place Antoine Jr. and his brother Michael Phillips Sr. IN St. Albans at the time of when Peter Phelps (ca. 1780-1865) residence in St. Albans. They all would have had awareness and knowledge of, and or attending, the funeral of Peter Phelps, their father, Antoine Sr.'s father.
We also can discern that in the 1880's and 1890's that the Phillips family had a draw to St. Albans, VT. They weren't standing out in the snow and rain, going hungry, without a dry place to sleep. They must have had relatives there, from the Phelps side.
June 01, 1897
The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 06
Town Affairs Section
"Henry Switzer,
one of the denizens of the Blocks,
was arrested yesterday on a writ of mittimus for an old drunkenness charge."
Even Henry Sweetser/Switser (who married 1m. Ada Wetherbee 2m. Helen Way) was staying at "the Blocks" ...
Phillips and Phelps Chronology of those in St. Albans VT
Fred Peter Phillips Death Record
