WILLIAM PHILLIPS

IN

Memory of

WILLIAM PHILLIPS

Died Jan 3 1868

Aged 73.

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Mortals weep not for me,

Your tears are all in vain.

I know the Redeemer lives,

And I shall rise again.

 William Phillips was born in 1795 in Beaulieu Hampshire; his father, Benjamin, was 31 and his mother, Hannah (nee Jones), was 20. He was the oldest of their 12 children.

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William married Hannah on 23rd October 1813 at Beaulieu church and together they had 13 children.

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A William Phillips was baptised and became a member of the chapel's congregation on 28th August 1841. This is most likely William's eldest son (aged 25) as East Boldre's chapel records show this WIlliam Phillips moved to the Ringwood and joined the congregation of the Baptist church on 1st June 1862.

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The 1841 census lists William's occupation as a farmer and he lived in East End with Hannah and 8 of their children. In 1851, the couple have 5 daughters and 2 grandchildren living with them but by 1861 the household on Scrubs Hill, East End has shrunk to William, Hannah and 20 year old daughter Jane, their youngest child.

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William was buried at the chapel by the Rev John Bartlett Burt on 9th January 1868. The location of his grave within the chapel site is unknown.