Capt. John Phillips1

#5119, (26 January 1667/68 - 14 November 1760)
Relationship6th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Ens. Richard Phillips1 (c 1634 - 1695)
Mother*Mary Packard1 (c 1636 - 1684)
Vital Records of Easton Mass.

Family 1

Elizabeth Drake b. 1670, d. 1748
Children 1.John Phillips Jr+10 (1692 - 1758)
 2.Richard Phillips10 (1693 - 1712/13)
 3.William Phillips+11 (1695 - )
 4.Experience Phillips12 (1699 - bt 1712 - 1713)
 5.Samuel Phillips+12 (1702 - c 1783)
 6.Jonathan Phillips12 (1704 - )
 7.Caleb Phillips12 (1707 - )
 8.Jane Phillips+13 (1709 - c 1760)
 9.Thomas Phillips+13 (1711/12 - 1792)

Family 2

Bridget Bosworth d. 1764
The record here reflects a consensus of the sources.
1. History of Weymouth (Weymouth Historical Society 1923) 1:464 ff has John as the son of Ens. Richard, birth not recorded, named in will of his father as "son"; marr. ca. 1690 Elizabeth _____, two sons: John (b. 18 Feb 1692) and Richard (b. 25 Nov 1693), both b. at Weymouth [births concur with Weymouth Births 1641-1824. p. 147].
2. Easton MA Births, Deaths and Marriages by family has Capt. John Phillips with six children b. there (Experience, Samuel, Jothan [sic], Caleb, Joan [sic] and Thomas) (no John or Richard), and Richard, son, d. 30 Jan 1712/3 (no b. recorded) and dau. Experience (b. Dec 1699) d. Jul 1712/13 [sic]. First wife Elizabeth d. 24 Jun 1748, second wife Bridget d. 17 Mar 1764; Capt. John d. 14 Nov 1760.
C. Arthur Phillips in "Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth (Unigraphic 1976) has John, son of Ens. Richard, b. 1672 ("but not recorded") in Weymouth, marr. Elizabeth Drake, with two sons, John Jr. (b. 1692) and Richard (b. 1693) b. in Weymouth; rem. to Easton ca. 1696 where he was to be known as Capt. John Phillips. John and Elizabeth had seven more ch. in Easton (William, Experience, Samuel, Joshua, Caleb, Jane as Joan in (2. above) and John. In this volume, John's wife Elizabeth d. 1748 and he marr. (2) Bridget Southworth. 
Birth*26 January 1667/68He was born on 26 January 1667/68 at MassachusettsG; "Deacon Nicholas Phillips" has 1672.1,2,3 
1690He was soldier in the expedition against Quebec in 1690.4,5 
Marriage*circa 1691He married Elizabeth Drake, daughter of Thomas Drake and Jane Holbrook, circa 1691 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MassachusettsG.6 
27 October 1695In Ens. Richard Phillips's will dated 27 October 1695, Capt. John Phillips was named as an heir.7 
Marriage*19 April 1749He married Bridget Bosworth on 19 April 1749 at Easton, Bristol Co., MassachusettsG; "Widow Southworth."8 
Death*14 November 1760He died on 14 November 1760 at Bristol Co., MassachusettsG, at age 92.9 

Citations

  1. [S571] Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jepson, online http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…, 2. RICHARD Phillips was born about 1634 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England. He died between 27 October 1695 and 22 November 1695.
    RICHARD Phillips and MARY Packard were married about 1656 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA.
    MARY Packard was born about 1637 in England. She died between 26 Oct 1684 and 1691 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA

    RICHARD Phillips and MARY Packard had the following children:

    12 i. (son) Phillips was born on 7 Dec 1657. He died young.
    +13 ii. Caleb Phillips.
    14 iii. Mary Phillips was born on 21 May 1660 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. She died young.
    +15 iv. Mary Phillips.
    +16 v. JOSHUA Phillips.
    +17 vi. Nicholas Phillips.
    18 vii. Elizabeth Phillips was born on 27 Nov 1665 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. She died before 27 Oct 1695.
    19 viii. Richard Phillips was born on 20 October 1667 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. He died before 27 Oct 1695.
    +20 ix. (Capt) JOHN Phillips.
    21 x. Samuel Phillips was born on 7 May 1670 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. He died after 27 Oct 1695.
  2. [S576] History of Weymouth Massachusetts (Weymouth, Mass.: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), John, b. 12 Mar 1658-59. As "Thomas" [error] in Weymouth Vital Records (Holbrook). In father's will though birth record not found.
  3. [S729] C. Arthur Phillips, Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672 (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1976), p. 16, "born in 1672". Hereinafter cited as Deacon Nicholas Phillips.
  4. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), p. 10 ff: "Capt. John Phillips of Easton, was one of the soldiers in the expedition against Quebec in 1690, and consequently was among those who became entitled to "rights" of land mentioned in another part of this work. This fact probably was what led Richard and family, and his brother-in-law, Thomas Phillips, to settle in Ashfield, (then called Huntstown) which he, Richard, did about 1745. (Richard's son John, born in Deerfield, 1742, said his father removed to Ashfield when he was three years of age.) Ashfield was then a wilderness and Richard was the first settler."
  5. [S732] Frederick G. Howes, History of the Town of Ashfield Franklin County, Massachusetts from its Settlement in 1742 to 1910 (Ashfield, Mass.: Town of Ashfield, 1910), p. 49 ff. citing the Act of the Provonce of Massachusetts (5 Dec 1735) "A Petition of Ebenezer Hunt & Others who were Officers & Soldiers (or their Descendants) in the Expedition Against Canada under the Command of Capt. Ephraim Hunt deced in the year 1690, Praying for a Grant of land for a Township in consideration of their hardships & Sufferings in the said Expedition" which was the establishing Act for the town of Ashfield (originally Huntstown).
    p. 18 ff gives the names of the earliest settlers as Richard Ellis (immigrant from Ireland), Thomas Phillips (whose sister was the wife of Ellis) and family (from Easton), Chilcalb Smith and family (from South Hadley); then Dea. Ebenezer Belding and Samuel Belding (from Deerfield).
    p. 57: "Those who came here did not often settle on the lots drawn by their relatives." As the veterans of King William's War in 1690 were now (in the 1739) aged, their lots were drawn by relatives or (if they were deceased) their heirs.
    Among the "Proprietors" at the drawing of lots (which took place in Weymouth) were Capt. John Phillips (for his father Richard), drawing Lot 13, and in his own right drawing Lot 6; Joshua Phillips "For his Father Joshua viz in his Joseph" [sic], Lot 46; Joseph Drake "for Wm Drake viz in his Right, Lot 60.
  6. [S183] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (GPC) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), Phillips, John & Elizabeth [Drake?] (?1670-1478); b 1692. P. 578. Online Ancestry.com.
  7. [S576] History of Weymouth (WHS), 4:465-6. Suffolk Probate, 13: 705, 706: Will of Ensign Richard Phillips made 27 October 1695 and proved 19 December 1695. To his wife Elizabeth, according to a contract made before marriage, £10 and pewter marked R. & P. To his grandson Caleb Phillips a ewe. To his wife's daughter Susannah Kingman another ewe. To his eldest son Caleb Phillips, if he be living, or if not, to his widow Elziabeth Phillips, now dwelling in Roxbury, a double portion. To his three sons and two daughters, viz, nicholas Phillips, Samuel Phillips, John Phillips, his daughter Mary Humphrey, and his daughter-in-law Amy Phillips the remainder. The andirons which my Father Packer gave me I give to my son John Phillips. Sons Nicolas, Samuel and John to have his wearing apparel. Sons Nicholas and Samuel to have £3 each and be executors. Witnesses: John Bicknell, Nathaniel Ford and William Chard. Inventory of the estate of Ensign Richard Phillips taken by Joseph Green, James Richards and Nathaniel Ford, 22 Nov 1695; mentions fowling piece musket and sword.
  8. [S729] C. Arthur Phillips, Deacon Nicholas Phillips, p. 17; see also Vital Records of Brockton, Plymouth Co. to 1850 and Marriages in the North Parish of Bridgewater, named as Widow Bridget Southworth.
  9. [S571] Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jepson, online http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…, 2. RICHARD Phillips was born about 1634 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England. He died between 27 October 1695 and 22 November 1695. RICHARD Phillips and MARY Packard were married about 1656 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA.
    MARY Packard was born about 1637 in England. She died between 26 Oct 1684 and 1691 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA

    RICHARD Phillips and MARY Packard had the following children:

    12 i. (son) Phillips was born on 7 Dec 1657. He died young.
    +13 ii. Caleb Phillips.
    14 iii. Mary Phillips was born on 21 May 1660 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. She died young.
    +15 iv. Mary Phillips.
    +16 v. JOSHUA Phillips.
    +17 vi. Nicholas Phillips.
    18 vii. Elizabeth Phillips was born on 27 Nov 1665 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. She died before 27 Oct 1695.
    19 viii. Richard Phillips was born on 20 October 1667 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. He died before 27 Oct 1695.
    +20 ix. (Capt) JOHN Phillips.
    21 x. Samuel Phillips was born on 7 May 1670 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. He died after 27 Oct 1695.
  10. [S574] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Weymouth 1633-1900, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, p. 147 (Holbrook); sons of John and Elizabeth.
  11. [S729] C. Arthur Phillips, Deacon Nicholas Phillips, p. 17, named as b. 1695 without date or location; not in VREM or VRWM.
  12. [S728] Film images of 1880 transcription of original records: Easton MA, by Douglas A. Smith; Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, UT; Online https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061550; MA Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1579-2001, Easton, Bristol Co.; Photographed 10-11 Oct 1973, p. 1 "[Captain] John Phillips of Easton's Family Registered."
  13. [S728] Easton MA Film images of 1880 transcription of original records, by Douglas A. Smith, p. 1 "[Captain] John Phillips of Easton's Family Registered", as "Joan."