Researching Jan Philips
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5546 people with the Philips surname? In that year Philips was ranked number 769 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Jan Philips on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jan Philips and the Philips Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1532 people with the Philips surname in the UK? Philips is now ranked number 2662 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Jan Philips
Jan Caspar Philips
Jan Caspar Philips (1690–1775), was a German engraver who settled in Amsterdam.
He was born perhaps in Trebur, like a younger brother. His father was Hendrik Philips (-1748), a wigmaker, his mother Anna Elizabeth Kraft (-1753). The family settled at NZ Voorburgwal. In 1725 he became the teacher of the engraver Simon Fokke and his nephew Caspar Philips. He contributed engravings to Jan Wagenaar's Hedendaagse Historie and made the engravings in 1743 for Kornelis de Wit's Verzaameling van Afbeeldingen van Doopsgezinde Leeraaren. He died at Egelantiersgracht.
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