Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Phillips, Charles
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   CHARLES PHILLIPS proprietor of Phillips' Mills, P.O. New 
Hope, was born in Solebury township, November 12, 1820, and 
is a son of Aaron and Sarah (Croasdale) Phillips.  His 
grandfather was Thomas Phillips, a son of Aaron Phillips.  
In 1756, Aaron Phillips, purchased of his half-brother, 
William Kitchen, an interest in the mill property now owned 
by Charles Phillips, and in 1779 became the sole owner.  He 
was succeeded by his son Thomas, who in turn was succeeded 
by his son Aaron.  These mills have been owned and conducted 
by Charles Phillips since his father's death in 1858, and 
for upward of a century have been known as Phillips' mills.  
Aaron Phillips married Sarah Croasdale, daughter of Jeremiah 
and Ann (Quinby) Croasdale.  Her father was a descendant of 
Thomas Croasdale, who came from Yorkshire, England, and 
settled in Middletown, Bucks county, at an early date. Aaron 
and Sarah Phillips had four children who grew to maturity:  
Anna (Mrs. Smith Trego), Mary (Mrs. Barclay Knight), Charles 
and Martha (Mrs. John S. Young).  Charles Phillips was 
married in 1847 to Sarah B., daughter of Joseph and Mary 
(Betts) Smith, of Upper Makefield township, by whom he had 
five children:  Fannie S. (Mrs. Martha Cunningham), Edward 
W., Frank A., Mary E. and Addie M.   Mr. Phillips and family 
are members of the Hicksite Society of Friends.  Politically 
he is a republican.  He has been township auditor and school 
director, and is now and has been for a number of years one 
of the directors of the Lambertville National bank.