Sarah Phillips 1823- 1876

Sister of Temperance Phillips, another 3 x g grandmother to Richard. After being widowed in 1863, Sarah remarries her widowed brother in law, Joseph Phillips, in 1868. Her grandfather, Benjamin Phillips 1733 was his ggrandfather
Pross, Applin, Ancestry trees: thanks for the above chart!
1823. Sarah Phillips was baptised Okeford Fitzpaine to Edward Phillips, 1782-1847, cooper, & Ann Galpin, 1783-1844/5?
Her parents had married in Marnhull, Dorset on 1/5/1806, he of the parish of Shillingstone - <2 k E of Okeford Fitzpaine . Marnhull ~5 k N of Okeford F.

1841C. Sarah Phillips, 17, is living Okeford Fitzpaine with her parents and 3 siblings. Her father a farmer.
| Edward | Phillips | Male | 55 | 1786 | Dorset, England | |
| Ann | Phillips | Female | 55 | 1786 | Dorset, England | |
| Benjamin | Phillips | Male | 30 | 1811 | Dorset, England | |
| John | Phillips | Male | 28 | 1813 | Dorset, England | |
| Sarah | Phillips | Female | 17 | 1824 | Dorset, England | |
| James | Phillips | Male | 14 | 1827 | Dorset, England |
1845. Her mother, Ann Phillips, nee Galpin, 61, is buried on 2/5/1845 in Okeford Fitzpaine - FS . Sturminster Jun 1845
1844.Sarah Phillips marries Benjamin Phillips , yeoman, on 20/11/1844 in Okeford Fitzpaine. His father John Phillips, hers Edward Phillips .Both yeomen Witnesses Benjamin Phillips , Anne Phillips and Henry ? Sturminster Dec 1844

1846. Ann Galpin Phillips born Okeford Fitzpaine Sturminster Mar 1846 to Benjamin Phillips & Sarah Phillips. Galpin comes from her maternal grandmother
1847. Her father, Edward Phillips, dies Sturminster Dec 1847 - Buried Okeford Fitzpaine on 23/11/1847 , aged 65 - image on Ancestry, Dorset burials
1851C.Sarah Phillips , 27, is living Stroud farm, .Okeford Fitzpaine, Sturminster
| Benjamin | Phillips | Head | Married | Male | 27 | 1824 | Farmer | Dorset, England | |
| Sarah | Phillips | Wife | Married | Female | 27 | 1824 | - | Dorset, England | |
| Anne | Phillips | Daughter | - | Female | 5 | 1846 | - | Dorset, England | |
| Mary | Phillips | Daughter | - | Female | 3 | 1848 | - | Dorset, England | |
| Ann | Watkins | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 17 | 1834 | House Servant | Dorset, England | |
| George | Hunt | Servant | Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1834 | Farm Labourer | Shillingstone, Dorset, England |
1861C.Sarah Phillips , 37, is living Okeford Fitzpaine, Sturminster
| Benjamin | Phillips | Head | Married | Male | 37 | 1824 | Farmer 58 Acres Employing 2 Men 2 Boys | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Sarah | Phillips | Wife | - | Female | 37 | 1824 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Ann G | Phillips | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 15 | 1846 | Scholar | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Mary S | Phillips | Daughter | - | Female | 13 | 1848 | Scholar | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England |
1863. Her husband, Benjamin Phillips , ~39, dies Sturminster Mar 1863 . No probate
At one stage thought BELOW DUBIOUS. Dies 1876 as a widow, yet 'new' husband Joseph still alive! But, Pleydells stays in the family!!. But, if she wrote her Will 1863-1868, then it would say widow, so problem solved!!
1868. Sarah Phillips marries Joseph Phillips Wincanton 1868, he the widow of Temperance, so her brother in law
1871C.Sarah Phillips , 47, is living Pleydells Farm, Okeford Fitzpaine, Sturminster
| Joseph | Philps | Head | - | Male | 56 | 1815 | - | Cadmiston Dorset, England | dealer & farmer of 100 acres |
| Sarah | Philps | Wife | - | Female | 47 | 1824 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England | |
| Joseph | Philps | Son | - | Male | 20 | 1851 | - | Okeford FitzpaineDorset, England | |
| Anne | Phillips | Daughter | - | Female | 25 | 1846 | - | Okeford Fitzpaine Dorset, England |
1876. Sarah Phillips,52, widow, dies Okeford Fitzpaine on 16/5/1876. Sturminster, Jun 1876. Probate to Ann Gilpin Phillips, spinster, her daughter. Effects < £300

Buried in Okeford Fitzpaine cemetery, grave C273.
"Sacred to the memory of Sarah second wife of Joseph Phillips, died 16th May 1876" - Applin Ancestry tree
This tombstone also commerorates Temperance, the 1st wife of Joseph Phillips, died 1867, and the grave contains the body of her husband, Joseph, died 1893
