William Phillips married Hannah Gregory in 1813 at Boldre church. Comyn's notebooks show the couple lived in Beaulieu Rails with sons William and George where the property now called The Saeter is sited.

 

William and Hannah subsequently had another ten children together. John was born in 1822, their fourth child. He was christened at Boldre church by the Rev Charles Shrubb on 19th March 1826 when he was four years old.​

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In 1841 the census list William, a farmer, and Hannah living with 8 children at East End. John, aged 19, has left the family home.

 

We were unable to find census records that definitely relate to this John Phillips. There are no records of him remaining in Beaulieu/East Boldre/Exbury area so he clearly moved away. There were two other John Phillips born locally of a similar age. One was born in Lymington to a Charles and Elizabeth Phillips who became a shoemaker in Hordle, married Sarah Pack and then lived in Fareham and worked in a 'lunatic asylum'. The other was born to Benjamin and Jane Phillips in Hordle. There was also another couple called William and Anna/Hannah Phillips living in Beaulieu Rails (E Boldre) in 1841 who had a son John but he was born in 1833 so was 10 years younger.

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​John was buried by the Rev John Bartlett Burt at the chapel on 10th July 1873. ​

The epitaph is a verse from a hymn written in 1707 by Isaac Watts.​​​​​​​

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By 1901, aged 65, Sarah his widow is living alone in East Boldre.