Henry Phillips Jr., born in 1843, was the seventh of nine children of Henry Phillips Sr. (1801-1877) and Mary Kinnaird (1801-1868). Sarah Phillips, who had married William Hedley three years earlier, was the youngest of the nine Phillips children.

 The Phillips had built a nine-foot dam on their property on Lot 12, Concession 9 of Ashfield  and built a sawmill where many feet of hemlock and pine were sawed in the spring when the rivers were full. In July 1868 Henry
Phillips Jr. and Ann bought the neighbouring Lot 13, Concession 9, West Wawanosh (Information from Reflections of West Wawanosh, p. 297 )

In 1874 Ann and Henry Phillips Jr. sold their property in West Wawanosh and moved with their three daughters, then ages 1, 3 and 7 to Ashfield Township. Ann and Henry had six children before Henry was killed in 1877 at age 34: (iv)

1 - Margaret Ann Phillips, b. Jan. 25, 1867, married Franklin George Edgar Laur,
    b. March     13, 1868, died Dec 6, 1946. Margaret Ann (Phillips) Laur died in
    1928 at age 61. They had a son: (v)
        (1) John Franklin Laur, born October 23, 1907 (died June 20, 1987). He
            married Vera Ilene Martin. They lived in Aylmer and had two daughters: (vi)
                [1] Lauralee (Rays) born in 1941
                [2] Deanna Lee Laur,  born in 1943, m1 Allmendinger,
                                                                          m2 Fletcher
2 - Nicholas Phillips, born Nov. 11, 1869, died at age three on Nov. 11, 1872 in
     Wingham, buried in Dungannon Cemetery.
3 - Theresa Adeline Phillips, b.  either June 1 or July 12, 1871, died at age 22
     on July 12, 1893 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London.
4 - Sarah Jane Phillips, b. May 23, 1873, was married in 1898 to Rev. Leonard
     Bartlett of London who was born Feb. 21 1871 (or 1873). He was a Methodist
     minister in many communities in Ontario, including Dungannon from 1909 to
     1912 when the new United Church was built there. When Sarah Jane died on
     April 1, 1935 at age 62, her obituary in the London Free Press said of Sarah
     Jane "She became widely known for her cheerful disposition and devotion to
     the service of the church."  It went on to state, "Through overwork in church
     activities her health failed and last June she came to London with her
     husband who retired from the Brownsville charge."  Sarah Jane and Leonard
     Bartlett had five children: (v) Grand Bend circa1904
                                                  Brownsville U.C. Parsonage, 1932
        (1) Dr. Leonard 'Sheldon' Bartlett was born Dec. 15, 1899 in Midland, Tiny
             Twp., Simcoe Co. He was ordained in 1926 and preached in rural
              Manitoba. In 1935 he resigned and trained as a medical doctor at McGill
              University in Montreal. On graduation he worked at Children's Hospital
              in Ottawa. He died on Aug. 11, 1957 in St. Thomas and is buried in
              Barton Stone Church Cemetery in Hamilton.
        (2) Russel Oliver Bartlett (1904-1993) worked as a bank accountant in
             Canada, then as an accountant for Chryslers in Detroit. In 1931 he
             returned to Canada and sold insurance until 1934, when he returned
             to the University of Western Ontario, where he received his medical
             degree in 1941.  He practiced medicine in Bothwell until 1944, when he
             left to specialize in anaesthesia, eventually practising in the three
             Windsor hospitals until declining health forced his retirement. Russel
             was married to Freida Maude McClary, who was born Oct. 8, 1904 and
             died in Ottawa on April 26, 1994.
             Frieda had a second marriage to Daniel Kingston Boam.  Her grave
             is in Bothwell, Ont.  Russel  and Freida had one son:
                 [1] Donald McClary Bartlett was b. Oct. 16, 1927 in Highland Park, a
                      suburb of Detroit, Michigan.
                      m1 to Elana Nikita, b. Jan. 4, 1930 in Chatham, m. Nov. 14,
                      1953 in Thamesville. Divorced.  Three children:
                          {1} Donald Russel Bartlett, b. Jan. 14, 1955 in Paget,
                                Bermuda, now lives in Ottawa.  Single.
                          {2} Sandra Freida Bartlett, b. June 27, 1957 in Paget,
                               Bermuda, m1 to Daniel Thibault in Paris, France,
                               One daughter:
                                   1- Jennifer Samantha Thibault, b. in 1978 in Paris.
                               m2 to Michel Rotteler in June 1994 in Paris.  One son:
                                   2- Duncan Rotteler born in March, 1996 in Paris.
                          {3} Leonard Sheldon Bartlett, b. March 18, 1962 in  Vancouver,
                                B.C., was married to Bonnie Pierce on June 25, 1988 in
                                Packenham, Ont. The family now lives in Ottawa.  Two sons:
                                    1- Wesley Bartlett was born in Nov., 1989 in Ottawa.
                                    2-  Brendon Bartlett was born Sept. 13, 1991 in Ottawa.
                     m2 - Donald Bartlett married Denise Boucher on Dec.1, 1978
                     in Ottawa, where Don and Denise still reside.  Denise was born
                     Feb. 4, 1943 in Thetford Mines P.Q. They have one daughter:
                          {4} Melanie Chantale Bartlett was born Oct. 8, 1982 in Ottawa.
        (3) Wallace Howard Bartlett, born Aug. 10, 1903, in Perth County became
              a teacher on the staff of Runnymede Collegiate in Toronto. He married
              Edith Lillian Lowry on July 28, 1933 in Brownsville, Ont . Two
              daughters:
                  [1] Marilyn Joanne Bartlett b. May 28, 1933 in Toronto
                         m1 to John Randell Fisher in Toronto (divorced) One son:
                             {1} Ian Randell Fisher b. Jan. 23, 1970 in East York, Ont.
                         m2 to Sam Meden, born in Sweden. They were married May
                              19, 2002 and live in Hope, B.C.
                 [2] Sharon Bartlett b. Feb. 3, 1943 in Toronto m.
                      (unknown)  Hillier (divorced).
        (4) Vera Irene Bartlett, b. Jan. 30, 1907 in Woodham, Ont. d. Sept. 18,
             1975 in London, Ont.  She married, married Floyd Haight, London.
             b. Feb. 1905 in Sparta, Yarmouth Twp.  Floyd was an OPP S/Sgt i/c
             Traffic in London,Ont.  They had three children:
                  [1] Viola Marie Haight b. Nov. 16, 1927 in Thamesford d. April 17,
                       1996 in Hamilton. m1 to Edward H. Smyth who d. Sept. 7, 1978.
                        Three children:
                            {1} Lyndell Smyth b. Jan. 26, 1950
                            {2} Shari Smyth b. March 11, 1952
                            {3} Rowena Irene Smyth (Wendy) b. Jan. 31, 1958
                       m2 to Alfred Gravefell on Nov. 13, 1976.
                       Alfred was born Dec. 10, 1927.
                  [2] Leonard Charles Haight b. Nov. 8, 1929.  He died Aug. 19, 1961
                       when his plane crashed at Port Stanley. He is buried at Forest
                       Lawn Memorial Gardens in London.
                  [3] William John Haight b. March 5, 1935 in London.  He married
                       Valerie Stead on Feb. 17, 1962. One son:
                      {1} William Haight Jr. b. Nov. 19, 1962 in London.  William Jr.
                            married Kimberley McGrenere on Feb. 9, 1985.
        (5) Mary Ida Vivian Bartlett, b. Dec. 27, 1910 in Dungannon married George
             Wellington Sims on Oct. 28, 1933 in Brownsville.  He was born Jan. 30,
             1906, died Dec. 7, 1977.  Mary died about  1999. Two   sons:
                   [1] Thomas Bartlett Sims was born Sept. 26, 1935 in Kitchener.
                         M1 to Dorothy D. Schaff on Oct. 16, 1955 in Arlington, Virginia.
                         Dorothy was born Sept. 2, 1937  in Washington, D.C.
                         Four children:
                              {1} William Franklin Sims b. June 30, 1957 in Windsor, Ont.
                              {2} Mary Susan Elizabeth Sims b. Nov. 8, 1958
                                   in Marlette, Michigan
                              {3} Sharon Lynn Sims b. Dec. 24, 1960 in Marlette, Michigan
                              {4} Thomas Russel Sims b. Feb. 18, 1963 in Saginaw,
                                    Michigan. M2 to Velma Jean Sherman on Aug. 9,
                                    1975 in Saginaw, Michigan
                   [2] Thomas Lavergne Sims b. April 17, 1940 m. Sandra Lynn McNeil
                         on Dec. 23, 1967 in Chatham, Ont. Sandra was born Nov. 20,
                        1946 in Winsor.  Three children:
                              {1} Trinette Leigh Sims b. April 26, 1969 in Chatham
                                    m. Micheal Peter Lindley on Nov. 7, 1992  in Chatham.
                                    Micheal was born Dec. 2, 1968 in Ancaster.
                              {2} Shelby Lynn Sims b. Nov. 26, 1970
                              {3} Jeremy George Sims b.  March 12, 1973

             After Sarah Jane's death on April 1, 1935 at age 62, Leonard Bartlett
             married twice more: m2 to Ida Weldon, Belmont and m3 to Rowena
             Winnifred Oliver-Owen (1888-1980). Leonard lived in Thamesville
             during the last eleven years of his life. He died July 4, 1963 at age 92.

5 - Henry W. Phillips, born in 1875, was the second son of Ann and Henry
     Phillips to die in childhood. He died sometime between the ages of 6 and 16.
6 - Eliza Etty Phillips, born March 6, 1877 in Ashfield, died in infancy.

Shortly after Eliza's birth Henry was killed by horses on May 18, 1877. Four years after Henry's death the 1881 Census shows the family living in the Village of Wingham, Huron County.
 

 

SECOND MARRIAGE OF ANN (HEDLEY) PHILLIPS

MARRIAGE - December 27, 1887 at Teeswater

ANN PHILLIPS, 40, widow	GEORGE B. SCOTT, 50,  widower
RES:           Wingham, Ont.	RES:   Turnberry Twp. Huron County
BIRTHPLACE:      March Twp.                               Carleton Co	BIRTHPLACE:          Scotland
RELIGION:          Episcopalian	RELIGION:          Presbyterian
PARENTS:   Nicholas and Jane Hedley	PARENTS:         James and Ellen Scott
WITNESSES:             Susan C. Potter, Teeswater           Blanch Fairbairn, Teeswater	CLERGY:             Rev. Porter

One of Ann's great grandchildren, Donald Bartlett, recalls that Ann, whom the family always
referred to as "Grandma Phillips" lived the latter part of her life with her daughter, Sarah Ann
Phillips and her husband, the Rev. Leonard Bartlett of London, Donald's grandparents. He
recounts, by e-mail, a childhood memory of his ageing, but still feisty great grandmother: "My
cousin, Viola, was her pet and got peppermints from her, but she would chase young Len and I
out with a cane".

Ann (Hedley) (Phillips) Scott died in London on Dec. 18, 1934 at age 88. Her grave is also in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.