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Subject: [GM-L] Rev. George Phillips - Bond's Watertown
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 20:08:57 EST


Subject: Rev. George Phillips of Watertown
Source: Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early
Settlers of
Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond, M.D.,
Boston,
1860.

p.404

Rev. George Phillips, the first minister of Watertown was born at Raymond in
Norfolk, ENG
A.B. Gaius College, Cambridge, 1613, A.M., 1617, came to America with Gov.
Winthrop and
Sir Richard Saltonstall. He arrived June 2, 1630 and his church in Watertown
was organized
or gathered July 30, 1630. He was admitted freeman May 18, 1631 and died
1st, buried 2d,
July, 1644. His noncupatory Will was witnessed Sept 6, 1644, by Simon Eyre
and Apphia Free-
man. Inventory dated July 22, 1644, 553 pounds, 2 shillings & 9 pence. [see
Geneal. Reg.
III., p. 78]; Allen's and Eliot's Biographical Dictionary; Mather's Magnalia,
etc.

His first wife died in Salem soon after his arrival and he m. (2) Elizabeth
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[Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 reports:
p.577
George Phillips (1593-1644) & 1st wife ?Elizabeth (Sargent) (-1630), "w.
Robert Welden;
?Boxted, Co. Suffolk, in England, b. 1625, b. 1622; Watertown.

George Phillips (-1644) & 2d wife Elizabeth Stewart [Welden?] (-1681), w.
Robert; b. 1632
Watertown.
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[his 2d wife died Jan 27, 1681. Her Will dated Oct 20, 1674, mentions son
Samuel to whom
she gave "all the Latin, Greek and Hebrew books now in the house" - Job
Bishop; James
Barnard, "who m. daughter Abial" sons Zerobabel, Jonathan and Theophilus.

Children:

1. Samuel Phillips b. in Boxford, Eng. 1625; grad. Harvard College, 1651;
became the
colleague of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers of Rowley, where he died April 22, 1696,
aged 71.
He m. Sarah, dau of Samuel Appleton of Ipswich. She d. July 15, 1713,
aged 86.
(see History of New Ipswich, p. 299.) Children:
1. Sarah Phillips.
2. Samuel Phillips b. Mar 23, 1658; a goldsmith of Salem; m. Mary, dau
of John
Emerson of Gloucester. Children:
1. Samuel Phillips b. Feb 13, 1713; grad. Harvard College
1734; a
counsellor of Mass; d. Aug 21, 1780; father of Lieutenant
Governor,
Samuel Phillips.
2. John Phillips b. Dec 27, 1719; grad. Harvard College 1735;
a counsellor
of New Hampshire; founder of Phillip's Exeter Academy.
3. William Phillips b. June 25, 1722, father of the late
Lieut. Governor
William Phillips.
3. George Phillips grad. Harvard College 1686; minister of Brook Haven,
Long Island,
where he died 1739 aged 75.
4. Elizabeth.
5. Dorcas.
6. Mary.
7. John.

2. Elizabeth Phillips m. Job Bishop of Ipswich.

3. Abigail Phillips (Abial), m. Oct 8, 1666, James Barnard and died in
Sudbury.

4. Zorobabel Phillips b. April 5, 1632. He was living on Long Island in
Oct. 1684, and
Joseph Tainter of Watertown was his attorney in regard to his parent's
estate.

5. Jonathan Phillips b. Nov 16, 1633. Will dated Feb 7, 1703/4; and he died
soon after.
He was a Justice of the Peace and m. Jan 26, 1680/1, Sarah Holland
[Holand]. His
widow Sarah m. Feb. 27, 1716/17, John Bemis, Sen'r. Children:
1. Sarah b. Sept 14, 1682; d. Nov. 1688.
2. Elizabeth b. Nov 27, 1684; m. Mar 22, 1704/5, John Ormes.
3. Ruth b. Mar 28, 1687; m. Aug 12, 1771, Ebenezer Hastings.
4. Sarah bap. Aug 4, 1689; m. John Barnard.
5. Abigail b. April 22, 1693, died young.
6. Jonathan Jr. bap June 20, 1697; m. Feb 27, 1716/17, Hannah Parker.
7. Hannah bap April 23, 1699; m. Sept 7, 1727 Nathaniel Dewing and had
1. Jemima Dewing b. April 18, 1728.
2. Hannah Dewing b. Oct 19, 1731.
3. Nathaniel Dewing b. Dec 18, 1739; m. (published Sept 3) 1763
Mary
Collar of Needham.
8. George bap Feb 23, 1700/1 - Daniel Harrington of Watertown,
Guardian.
9. Nathaniel bap May 2, 1703 - John Fiske, Guardian.
10. Benjamin bap April 8, 1705 - died young.

6. Theophilus Phillips b. May 28, 1636; m. Nov 3, 1666 Bethia Kedall (?
Kettle).
She died Mar 15, 1668/9 and he m. (2) Nov 21, 1677, Mary Bennet. She, a
widow,
made her Will in Hop., Dec 3, 1730.
1. Bethia b. Dec 21, 1678; d. young.
2. Samuel b. Feb 20, 1679/80; of Weston; d. Nov 9, 1752; m. Feb
12,
1710/11, Deborah Dix. Children:
1. Deborah b. Dec 15, 1711; m. 1737, Daniel Warren.
2. Samuel b. Sept 14, 1713; m. July 25, 1735 Abigail Gale of
Watertown and had:
1. Abigail b. Mar 7, 1736/7; was dismissed to
Framingham
Mar 5, 1747/8.
3. Mary, bap Sept 23, 1716, died young.
4. Lydia b. June 27, 1719; m. Mar 7, 1754, David Sherman of
Sudbury.
5. Ebenezer b. Feb 19, 1721/2; m. April 27, 1749, Mary
Warren
of Waltham and had:
1. Ruth b. May 27, 1750.
2. Mary b. May 21, 1752; m. Aug 5, 1773, Samuel Poole
of
Boston.
3. Samuel b. May 15, 1754.
4. Eunice b. Mar 20, 1756.
5. Ebenezer b. Feb 18, 1758.
3. Benjamin of Waltham with wife Mary. He d. 1740, s.p.
4. Mary b.Sept 16, 1684; died next June.
5. Mary 2d, b. Nov 15, 1685; m. ____Cook; was a widow 1740 (?of
Andrew).
6. Theophilus, b. June 24, 1688; m. May 28, 1723, Alice Cook and
settled
in Hop.
7. Jonathan bap July 13, 1690.
8. John b. Dec 10, 1692; m. Oct 29, 1719, Rebecca Livermore and
had:
1. John b. Jan 23, 1720/1. 2. Rebecca b. Nov 8, 1722. 3.
Priscilla,
bap. Nov 26, 1724. 4. Mary, bap June 4, 1726. Soon
after this
he moved to Worcester. He died July 20 and she died Dec 29,
1780.
9. Elizabeth m. Nov 7, 1716, Benjamin Eddy.
10. Lydia b. June 20, 1695; m. 1725 Jonathan Pratt of Oxford and
died,
leaving one child, Kezia Pratt.
11. Obadiah b. Feb 22, 1697/8; his estate administered by his
brother, John,
Jan 23, 1726.
12. Joseph b. Dec 4, 1702.
13. David b. Dec 15, 1707; d. in Hop., Nov 1740; non comp; under
guardianship
of his brother Theophilus.

6. Annabel buried April 11, 1638 aged 4 months.

7. Ephraim b. and died June 1640.

8. Obadiah, buried April 5, 1641.

Hannah Phillips of Watertown m. Sept 1, 1638, Joseph Morse of Medford. (Morse
Memorial p.
40.

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
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