Family: Philip Syng Physick, MD / Elizabeth Emlen (F2488)

• Male Philip Syng Physick, MD

  
  

  Birth	7 Jul 1768
  Death	15 Dec 1837
  Burial		Christ Church Burial Ground, Phialdelphia, PA
  Marriage	19 Sep 1800
  Father	Edmund Physick | F2487 Group Sheet
  Mother	Abigail Syng | F2487 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Elizabeth Emlen

  
  

  Birth	1773
  Death	19 Jun 1820
  Burial		Christ Church Burial Ground, Phialdelphia, PA
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Female + Sarah Emlen Physick

  
  

  Birth	6 Nov 1801
  Death	7 Dec 1873
  Burial		Christ Church Burial Ground, Phialdelphia, PA
  Spouse	Jacob Fitz Randolph | F2491
  Marriage

  
  

  Female Susan Dillwyn Physick

  
  

  Birth	22 Jun 1803
  Death	30 Nov 1857
  Burial		Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

  
  

  Male Philip Syng Physick, Jr.

  
  

  Birth	1808
  Death	7 Feb 1848
  Burial		Christ Church Burial Ground, Phialdelphia, PA

  
  

  Male + Emlen Physick

  
  

  Birth	1812
  Death	24 Apr 1859
  Burial		Forest Hills Cemetery, Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery Co., PA
  Spouse	Frances Mary Parmentier | F2489 (probably common law)
  Marriage

  
  

• Notes

  Divorced: Legally separated in 1815 [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Leavitt, Judith Walzer, Women and health in America, (University of Wisconsin Press), 71, 88. The father of two daughters and two sons, Philip Syng Physick was legally separated from his eife Elizabeth Emlen in 1815, a highly unusual circumstance at this time.[endnote 13] Note 13: The reasons behind the legal separation of Philip Syng and Elizabeth Emlen Physick remain s mystery. Family legend suggests the she held undue affections for her nephew Dr. John Syng Dorsey, while he was involved in a relationship with the family maid [personal communication,Hill-Physick Keith House staff, summer 1987] Elizabeth Physick's mental condition, or irreconcilable differences within the couple seems more likely causes for the separation.