His new bride, Sibella Glover, was ten years younger than he and came from a well-off Somerset family.
According to one obituary notice Sibella Phillpotts had borne a total of 24 children;[4] registration details have been found for 15.
Thomas Phillpotts (1785–1862), the third surviving son, became a West Indies merchant with property in Gloucester Quays.
[2] After the death of the elder John Phillpotts in 1814 his widow Sibella and the two surviving daughters remained living at their house in Parker's Row (now Brunswick Road) in Gloucester.
[2] John and Sibella Phillpotts, Susanna and Isabella are all buried in the family vault inside St Mary de Crypt Church, Southgate, Gloucester.