Benjamin Phillips1

#5135, (circa 1654 - 13 February 1687/88)
Relationship7th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Deacon Nicholas Phillips1 (1611 - )
Mother*Elizabeth Jewson1 (c 1613 - )

Family

Anne _____ b. s 1658
Children 1.Benjamin Phillips Jr.+5 (1680 - )
 2.Hannah Phillips5 (1682 - )
 3.Joshua Phillips5 (1685 - )
 4.Abiel Phillips5 (1688 - )
Birth*circa 1654He was born circa 1654 at Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MassachusettsG.2 
2 June 1671In Deacon Nicholas Phillips's will dated 2 June 1671 at Norfolk Co., MassachusettsG, Benjamin Phillips was named as an heir "third son."3,4 
Marriage*circa 1679He married Anne _____ circa 1679 at MassachusettsG.5,6 
3 April 1680He was admitted to the First Church of Charlestown.5 
1681He was a ship-carpenter in 1681 at Charlestown, Massachusetts.7,5 
3 April 1681He and Anne _____ were admitted to the First Church at Massachusetts.7 
Death*13 February 1687/88He died on 13 February 1687/88 at Massachusetts.2,5 

Citations

  1. [S576] History of Weymouth Massachusetts (Weymouth, Mass.: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol. 4, pp. 464ff.
  2. [S571] Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jepson, online http://www.peculiarpress.com/genealogy/soule/…, 10 ix. Benjamin Phillips was born in 1654 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. He died on 13 February 1687.
  3. [S576] History of Weymouth (WHS), 4:465, Phillips Genealogy.
  4. [S575] New England Families, online nefamilies.com, Will: Dated 2 June 1671: “Nicholas Phillips of Weymouth, “age Sixty yeares or thereabouts having a very weake body,” made his will which was proved 3 October 1672. To eldest son Richard Phillips the marsh which is now in his possession. To his three sons Richard Joshua & Benjamin Phillips his wearing apparel. To second son Joshua Phillips £6. To third son Benjamin Philips £6; To eldest daughter Alice Shaw £l10; to my six younger children, viz., Joshua Phillips, Benjamin Phillips, Alice Shaw, Experience King, Hannah White, and Abigail Phillips, the rest of his estate to equally divided. Overseers; sons: Richard, Joshua and Benjamin Phillips. Son Richard Phillips, exeitor. “my loving brother Henry Phillips and my loving friends Thomas Dyer and Jonas Humphrey” mentioned; Witnesses: Elizabeth Shaw and Thomas Dyer, Jr.
    [Nicholas Phillips mentions Alice as his eldest daughter because his little daughter Elizabeth, who was actually his eldest daughter, was deceased prior to the family coming to America; Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas is not named in his will. She preceded him in death.]
  5. [S576] History of Weymouth (WHS), IV:466.
  6. [S729] C. Arthur Phillips, Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672 (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, 1976), p. 13. Hereinafter cited as Deacon Nicholas Phillips.
  7. [S729] C. Arthur Phillips, Deacon Nicholas Phillips, p. 12-13.