Teresia Constantia Phillips

[5] On 11 November 1722 she married Francis Devall, a bigamist at the Anglican church of St Benet's, Paul's Wharf.

On 9 February 1724 she married at the same church a rich merchant/banker Henry Muilman (Amsterdam, 27 August 1698- Marylebone, 4 May 1772) and an uncle of Trench Chiswell.

[1] Muilman refused to pay her the money that had been agreed as part of the separation and a dispute began.

[10] Michael Mascuch notes that the tone changes from a self-effacing apology to a proud justification for her victory over adversity and ill treatment.

It has been speculated that the books may have been published in serial form to encourage blackmail of her previous lovers.

[13] The book described her five marriages and affairs with seven well-known men and the double standards that applied to her own life and bigamy.

[9] In 1751, Teresia Constantia Phillips settled in Jamaica with her lover, the wealthy Clarendon planter Henry Needham.

Upon the instigation of Needham's friend, governor Henry Moore, she became singular as the only woman to be given an official government post when she was appointed by the governor with the office Mistress of the Revels, an office with the task to supervise and organize the official celebrations and entertainments in the colony, a task she performed and for which she was given a salary from the government.

Phillips' first two marriages took place at St Benet's, Paul's Wharf in 1722 and 1724.
Published from 1748