Display Patriot - P-283222 - Philip/Phillip Moses RUSSELL

Philip/Phillip Moses RUSSELL

SAR Patriot #: P-283222

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Surgeon's Mate
DAR #: A098514

Birth: 1740 Portsmouth / / England
Death: 11 Aug 1830 Germantown / Philadelphia / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. SURGEON'S MATE, CONTINENTAL LINE, 2nd VA Regt under Colonel Robinson
  2. Appointed Sep 1777. Commended by George Washington for his work at Valley Forge during the winter 1777-78
  3. Resigned Aug 1780 due to impaired vision

Additional References:
  1. Pension file #: S*W4792
  2. DAR Patriot Index, pg 587
  3. SAR RC 99544 cites Family Bible

Spouse: Esther Mordecai
Children: Judith; Isaac/Isiah; Samuel; Moses Milton; Edmund; Rachel; Sarah; Rebecca;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1942-06-12 PA Unassigned Edmund Philip Steel (61411) Judith   
1960-04-19 PA Unassigned Courtney Valentine Franklin Jr (85371)   
1961-05-24 PA Unassigned Philip N Steel Jr (87551) Judith   
1961-05-24 PA Unassigned Richard D Steel (87552) Judith   
1961-05-24 PA Unassigned Roger K Steel (87553) Judith   
1970-01-09 FL Unassigned Rufus Lester Coleman Jr (99544) Judith   
1979-12-14 IL Unassigned John Whitlock Kessler (116378) Judith   
2022-11-04 WI 104168 Matthew William Sonnenburg (224268) Judith   
Burial:
Mikveh Israel Spruce Street (aka First Mikveh Israel, Hebrew Spruce Street Burial Ground, Portuguese Hebrew Congregation Burial Ground) Cemetery (C-0373148)
Location:
Philadelphia / Philadelphia / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
45414
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
19255302
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Horizontal Stone Slab
  • Gravestone photograph available in FInd-a-Grave record


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


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Additional Information:
  • Pension file W4792 contains information about wife Esther, 13 children (only 6 were named) and his service
  • Entered 14 Nov 1777 as Surgeon's Mate and attached to 2nd VA Reg
  • Resigned 8 Oct 1778 deafness from camp fever
  • Received pension for himself and wife


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