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Catherine Phillips, born Payton (1727–1794) was a Quaker Minister, who travelled in England, Wales, Scotland, Holland and the American colonies. Her Christian name is sometimes spelt "Catharine".

Catherine Payton was born on 16 March 1727 at Dudley, Worcestershire, daughter of of Henry Payton (1671–1746), and his second wife, Ann (c.1673–1774), daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Fowler of Evesham. She did not attend school until her late teens but studied and read widely, at home. She spent much time reading to her paralysed father.

She was recognised as a Minister at Dudley Meeting around 1748, and soon started her many travels, which included a long period in the American colonies.

Catherine Payton met copper agent and widower, William Phillips in 1749 but did not marry him until 1772, when she moved to his home in Redruth, Cornwall. She died on 16 August 1794 and was buried at the Quaker Burial Ground at Kea (now known as Come to Good) near Truro.

Publications

 * An Epistle to Friends in Ireland [on vital religion], Dublin, 1776 
 * To the principal inhabitants of the County of Cornwall ... about to assemble at Truro, ... on the mining concerns of this county [urging the formation of “a code of moral stannary laws,” etc.]. (Redruth, 6th of the 12th month, 1791.).
 * An address to the principal inhabitants of the county of Cornwall who are about to assemble at Truro ... on the mining concerns of that county.pp. 8. J. West: Stourbridge, 1792


 * Considerations on the Causes of the High Price of Grain . . . with occasional remarks 1792.
 * Reasons why the People called Quakers cannot so fully unite with the Methodists in their Missions to the Negroes in the West India Islands and Africa as freely to contribute thereto London, 1792.
 * To the lower class of people in the western part of the county of Cornwall, J. Phillips: London, 1793.
 * The Happy King, a Sacred Poem, with occasional remarks. Respectfully addressed to George III privately printed, 1794 [against Slavery].
 * Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips, to which are added some of her Epistles London, James Phillips, 1797.
 * Some of her discourses are appended to those of Samuel Fothergill in Some Discourses, Epistles and Letters by ... S. Fothergill, etc. London, James Phillips, 1803, at pp.147 to 195.
 * Some letters are printed in John Kendall's Letters on Religious Subjects by divers Friends deceased 1805, Volume 2.
 * According to the Gentleman's Magazine obituary (1795), "Mrs. Phillips is said to have had considerable knowledge in medicine and botany, and to have published something on planting and beautifying waste grounds,’ but no such work appears to be known" For Gentleman's Magazine reference, See Sources above..