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A Short Account of the
| 4. Fredric Bancroft Hoff, b. Washington, D. C., 14 April, 1882. | |||||
| 5. John Bustard Ormsby, b. Louisville, Ky., 5 February, 1837; d. Pittsburgh, 11 June, 1845. | |||||
PHILLIPS.
| 2. Sarah Mahon Ormsby (Oliver2 John1), b. Pittsburgh, 8 July, 1803[errata 1]; d. Hasell Hill, Pittsburgh, 22 October, 1885; m. to Major Asher Phillips, U. S. A., b. Lawrenceville, N. J., 19 April, 1790; d. Louisville, Ky., 21 May, 1843; eldest son of Major John Phillips (who served as private, non-commissioned officer and ensign in the New Jersey continental line during the Revolutionary war, subsequently commissioned captain and major in the New Jersey militia and was sheriff of Hunterdon county; he belonged to a family distinguished for their military services and descended from the Rev. George Phillips [son of Christopher Phillips of Lainham, St. Martins, near Longham, county Norfolk, England], who graduated from Cambridge 1613, became a clergyman, joined the Puritans and emigrated to America 1630, settling at Watertown, Mass.,) by his wife Mary Phillips.
Asher Phillips entered the volunteer service in the war of 1812, was afterwards commissioned in the regular army and was appointed major and paymaster; resigned in 1832. Issue: | |||||
| 1. Mary Phillips, d. Hasell Hill, Pittsburgh, 1 January, 1882; m. Pittsburgh, 22 November, 1849, to Hill Burgwin, b. at The Hermitage, near Wilmington, N. C, 21 February, 1825; son of George William Bush Burgwin by his | |||||
