Captain John PHILIP b. ca 1813, son of James PHILIP and Elizabeth LYELL, was a merchant sailor and early squatter around Victoria Lake, Miga Lake, Spring Bank and St Mary's Lake near Harrow in south-western Victoria. He was married (probably in Scotland) to Margaret ROBERTSON, b. c1821, daughter of Thomas ROBERTSON and _____.

John & Margaret PHILIP had the following family:

1. Elizabeth PHILIP b. 1842, Aberdeen, Sct, mar Alexander DONALD;

2. Thomas PHILIP b. 1845, mar Margaret LAIDLAW;

3. James Robertson PHILIP, b. 1847, mar Margaret Cameron (INNES or McQUEEN);
   1. Margaret Robertson PHILIP, b. 1874, Harrow, Vic, mar ? RODWELL;
   2. Jessie Beatrice PHILIP, b. 1875, Harrow, Vic, mar...
      
      • John Cecil Drury REID, b. 1876, Eaglehawk, Vic, d. 1917, Belgium
      • WW1 1st AIF Lt. [MC], 4th Aus Pioneers
      • DOW, Belgium, 10-06-1917
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 65. planted by Mr Gavin SHAW
   3. James Robertson PHILIP, b. 1877, Lowan, Vic, mar Lucy FIDLER;
   4. Catherine Jane PHILIP, b. 1879, Digby, Vic, mar Cecil James READ;
   5. Elizabeth Alice PHILIP, b. 1880, Digby, Vic, mar John Thomas CLARKE;
   6. Lyell John PHILIP, b. 1882, Digby, Vic;
   7. Annie Maud PHILIP, b. 1883, Digby, Vic, mar Archibald Charles READ;
   8. Isabel Clare PHILIP, b. 1886, Digby, Vic, mar William Henry Vines READ;
   9. Mary PHILIP, b. 1888, Digby, Vic, d. 1912.

4. Margaret PHILIP, b. 1849;

5. John PHILIP, b. 1855, Victoria Lagoon, Vic, mar Catherine SWAN;
   1. John Robert PHILIP, b. 1882;
   2. William Swan PHILIP, b. 1883, Harrow, Vic, d. 1963
      
      • WW1, Capt Royal Field Artillery [MID]
        
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 59;
   3. Alexander Stuart PHILIP, b. 1885, Dartmoor, Vic;
   4. Isabel Jean PHILIP, b. 1887, Merino, Vic, mar ? McKECHNIE;
   5. James Duncan PHILIP, b. 1890, Dartmoor, Vic;
   6. Kathleen Margaret PHILIP, b. 1892, Dartmoor, Vic, mar JOHNSTONE;
   7. Edgar Thomas PHILIP, b. 1894, Ascot Heath, Dartmoor, Vic, d. 1917, France
      
      • WW1, Lt Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps
        
      • KIA, 1917 Paschendale, France
        
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 3;
   8. Miles Wallace PHILIP, b. 1898, Dartmoor, Vic;
   9. Eric McMurrick PHILIP, b. 1900, Dartmoor, Vic.

6. William PHILIP, b. 1857, Hamilton, Vic, m. Amelia Frances Jane HAMILTON;

7. Alexander PHILIP, b. 1861, Harrow, Vic.

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