Joseph Phillips 1815- 1893
Born Moreton/Adminstone- the latter near Athelhampton,Puddleton,~4 k NW of Moreton
From a humble beginning- given as a labourer on his 1843 m.c.- he became a Grocer and amassed £16990 by his death!
1815. a Joseph Phillips baptised Moreton 25/5/1815 to Joseph Phillips & Mary Sheppard ( Also a baptism Thorncombe, Dorset on 15/11/1815 to Thomas & Susannah) - FMP Dorset Baptisms. Moreton ~12 k E of Dorchester where a Joseph Phillips had married Mary Clark: but I do not think this -shown above - is the correct marriage
I am confident that this is the marriage of our Joseph's parents, in Cheselbourne in 1808
Parents Joseph Philps and Mary Sheppard had wed in Cheselbourne on 10/5/1808 , Martha Sheppard a witness- sister? Cheselbourne~13 k S of Okeford Fitzpaine & ~16 k N of Moreton . And son Joseph 1815 called his son Joseph Sheppard Phillips
Logically his parents must include Mary Sheppard
1841C.. Maybe the Joseph Philps, 23, in Okeford Fitzpaine . No occupation given
| Mary | Philps | Female | 91 | 1750 | Dorset, England | independent |
| Anthony | Philps | Male | 60 | 1781 | Dorset, England | yeoman |
| Joseph | Philps | Male | 23 | 1818 | Dorset, England | |
| Martha | Philps | Female | 50 | 1791 | Dorset, England | |
| Edward | Philps | Male | 10 | 1831 | Dorset, England | |
| Mary | Percy | Female | 19 | 1822 | Dorset, England |
The Martha here is Martha May Sheppard who married Simon Phillips 1783-1837. so thought must be our Joseph Phillips, as he calls a son Joseph Sheppard Phillips in 1850
. But now I am convinced his mother was a Mary Sheppard, and likely Martha & Mary were sisters .
1843 . Joseph Phillips marries Temperance Phillips Sturminster Sep 1843. She has a sister, Sarah, who marries a Benjamin Phillips in 1844 - but in 1868, the widowed Joseph marries the widowed Sarah. Witnesses Benjamin Phillips & Sarah Phillips: Benjamin a cousin, removed , of Temperance( see family chart on Temperance's page) who marries her sister, Sarah, in 1844
~1851. Joseph Shepherd Phillips born
1851C. Joseph Phillips, 36, grocer & dealer, is living Okeford Fitzpaine Sturminster
| Joseph | Phillips | Head | Married | Male | 35 | 1816 | Grocer And Dealer | Moreton, Dorset, England | |
| Temperance | Phillips | Wife | Married | Female | 33 | 1818 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Edward | Phillips | Son | - | Male | 4 | 1847 | Scholar | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Joseph | Phillips | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1851 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Georgiana | Cluck | Servant | - | Female | 15 | 1836 | House Servant | Dorset, England |
1861C. Joseph Phillips, 46, farmer 50 Acres employing 3 Men & 3 Boys, is living Okeford Fitzpaine Sturminster
| Joseph | Phillips | Head | Married | Male | 46 | 1815 | Farmer 50 Acres Employing 3 Men & 3 Boys | Admistone?, Dorset, England | |
| ...Temprance | Phillips | Wife | Married | Female | 44 | 1817 | - | Dorset, England | |
| Edward | Phillips | Son | Unmarried | Male | 16 | 1845 | Farmers Son | Dorset, England | |
| Temperance M | Phillips | Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1859 | - | Dorset, England | |
| Emily | Northern | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 22 | 1839 | House Servant | Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England |
Son Joseph away at school, 5 other boarders, at The Lodge, Alton Lane, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester
1867. His wife, Temperance Phillips, 50, dies Sturminster Mar 1867. Buried in St Andrews, Okeford Fitzpaine :Table tomb to her and sister, Sarah, Grave ref: C273 "1st wife of Joseph Phillips" -FMP. Her husband in the same grave in 1893
1868 . Joseph remarries Wincanton Jun 1868 . He marries Sarah Phillips, his widowed sister in law . Wincanton includes Kington Magna, which is only just to the north, ~14 k, of Okeford F.
1871C. Joseph Philps ( original miswritten, ) 56, dealer & farmes of 100 acres, employs 5 men & 3 boys, Pleydells Farm, Okeford Fitzpaine Sturminster.
| Joseph | Philps | Head | - | Male | 56 | 1815 | - | Admiston? Dorset, England | |
| Sarah | Philps | Wife | - | Female | 47 | 1824 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Joseph | Philps | Son | - | Male | 20 | 1851 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Anne | Phillips | Daughter | - | Female | 25 | 1846 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England |
Joseph 20 is his son, Anne, 25, her daughter
Pleydell's Farm, 87 Upper Street
1876. His second wife, Sarah Phillips, 52, dies Sturminster Jun 1876. . But she stated as a widow- but if she wrote her Will 1863-8 , this would have been true! Table tomb to her and sister, Temperance, in O. F. cemetery.
1881C. Joseph Phillips, 66, widower, Farm House, Okeford Fitzpaine Sturminster. Pleydells farm is at 87 Higher/Upper Street
| Joseph | Phillips | Head | Widower | Male | 66 | 1815 | Moreton, Dorset, England | Farmer 120 Acres (5 Men 2 Boys) | |
| Temperance | Phillips | Daughter | Single | Female | 22 | 1859 | Okeford Fitzpain, Dorset, England | Farmers Daughter | |
| Mary | Foot | Servant | Single | Female | 16 | 1865 | Kingston, Dorset, England | General Servant |
1891C. Joseph Phillips, senr.,76, widower, deaf, is living Upper Street, Okeford Fitzpaine Sturminster
| Joseph | Phillips Senr | Head | Widower | Male | 76 | 1815 | N K Dorset, England | Cheese & Butter Factor & Farmer | deaf |
| Jane | Ford | Housekeeper | Single | Female | 38 | 1853 | Dorset, England | - | |
| Louisa | Ford | Servant | Single | Female | 13 | 1878 | Dorset, England | General Domestic Servant |
1893. Joseph Phillips, 78, butter & cheese factor, died 22/1/1893 Probate to Edward Phillips, butter & cheese factor, and Joseph Sheppard Phillips, farmer, ( his sons). Effects £ 16990. Edward & Joseph Sheppard 1847 & 1851 sons.
. Buried- table monument " husband of Temperance Phillips",- St Andrew, Okeford Fitzpaine. Grave ref: C273 -FMP