The Family Line

How to read the labels. DOCUMENTED an original or contemporary record · SUPPORTED a credible published source or sourced tree; original not yet seen · FAMILY TRADITION a handed-down story, not yet proven · HYPOTHESIS a reasoned idea still to be tested · DISPROVEN-CORRECTED shown to be wrong, with the correction. “Potts” means Thomas Maxwell Potts, Bi-Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah Carter (1883); “Court Record” means Record of the Courts of Chester County (1910).

Eleven generations, from the immigrants to a living descendant. Living people are not named.

Generation 1: Jeremiah Carter (d. 1736/7) and Mary SUPPORTED

Came to Pennsylvania in 1682 as servants; linen weaver; land in Chester Township by 1687; will signed 17 Jan 1734/5, proved 6 Jan 1736/7.

Potts pp.26–33; Court Record pp.117–166

Generation 2: Abraham Carter (b. 1700?, d. 1789) m. Lydia (Clayton) Spruce SUPPORTED

Inherited the home plantation and his brother Edward’s Chester Creek land. Lydia (1716–1796) was a daughter of William Clayton Jr. and Mary (Marten) Clayton of Chichester.

Potts pp.31–32, 43, 46, 48

Generation 3: Edward Carter (c.1743–1821) m. (1st) Eleanor Dod SUPPORTED

Farmer, Chester Township; his 1819 will left his plantation of about 50 acres to his daughter Ann.

Potts pp.60–63

Generation 4: Ann Carter (1771–1863) m. (2nd) John Roberts SUPPORTED

Married three times: Samuel Johnson (1791), John Roberts, coppersmith, and John McMichael.

Potts p.84

Generation 5: Hannah Roberts (b. 1807) m. 1826 Israel Coppock (b. 1802) SUPPORTED

Israel was a farmer, son of Abner and Mary Coppock; they lived in Chester Township.

Potts p.110

Generation 6: Margery-Ann Coppock (b. 1835) m. 1851 Samuel Phillips SUPPORTED

Samuel served in the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He died at Shepherdstown in September 1862 and is buried in Antietam National Cemetery, grave 3590. His company (A or B) and exact date of death (17 or 20 September) are still being checked.

Potts p.169; Antietam National Cemetery

Government headstone of Samuel Phillips, grave 3590, Antietam National Cemetery — Grave 3590, Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland. Photo: Kevin Timothy family collection.

Generation 7: William H. Phillips and his sister Lavinia Phillips SUPPORTED

Brother and sister, children of Samuel and Margery-Ann. William married Josephine Johnson in 1880; Lavinia married Edward W. Phillips in 1883.

Potts p.169; family tree

Generation 8: Bessie Mae Phillips (1884–1960) m. Howard Edward Phillips (1884–1945) SUPPORTED

First cousins, both born in May 1884: Bessie was William’s daughter and Howard was Lavinia’s son. They married before 1912.

Potts p.169; family tree

Generation 9: Alice Virginia Phillips (1915–2002) m. 1935 Lewis George Burke (1914–1987) SUPPORTED

Born in Chester; died in Boothwyn.

Family tree

Generation 10: Virginia Alice Burke (1937–2009) m. John Joseph Timothy Jr. (1936–2010) SUPPORTED

Born in Upland; died in Upper Chichester.

Family tree

Generation 11: Living descendant LIVING — PRIVATE

Details are kept private.

Note. Edward Carter (d. 1777) was Jeremiah’s son but is not in this line; he was Abraham’s brother. DISPROVEN-CORRECTED