Hannah Phillips (1754-1834) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of William Cushing. William Cushing was a judge whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Hannah Phillips to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in Middletown, Connecticut and later dying in Scituate, Massachusetts, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Hannah Phillips in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.