John Phillips, of Dorchester & Boston

John Phillips, born about 1605, based on age at death. A biscuit baker who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1630. First settled in Dorchester; then moved to Boston. Died in Boston 16 December 1682, aged seventy-seven. Married: (1) By 1633 Joanna _____. She died Boston 22 October 1675, aged eighty. (2) By 1676 Sarah (_____) Maynard. She survived him. Source Anderson's Great Migration Begins. The book The Graveyards of Boston, First Volume, Copp's Hill Epitaphs by William H. Whitmore through archive.org. has this listing for him: Deacon John Phillipes Aged 77 yeares Deceased the 16 day of December 1682. (Findagrave.com).

Children:

(All by first wife, no children by second wife):

1. Mary b Dorchester Apr 1633; d Dorchester Jun 1640
2. John b Dorcheter Apr 1635; no further record; not named in father's will
3. Mary b/d Dorchester April 1636 (but see comments below)
4. Mary, b say 1638; m1 abt 1653 George Munjoy; m2 by 1684 Robert Lawrence;; m3 in Boston 23 Jan 1692/3 Stephen Cross.
5. Israel, b Dorchester 3 Jun 1642; d Dorchester Sept 1643.

"The birth and death records for this family at Dorchester are open to suspicion. Note that several of the events are placed in April, without a day of the month stated; this suggests that when in 1644 a member of the Phillips family was questioned about events that had taken place some years earlier, the answers were rough estimates taken from memory. There are two Marys with recorded dates of birth and death, which would require third Mary to be born to this family, but not recorded, and this Mary could be no more than about fifteen when she married George Munjoy. Since there is a son John born in 1635, who is not seen in any later record, but who does not have an early record of death, it may be that the death recorded in April 1636 for the second Mary should actually apply to this John and then the Mary born in 1636 would be available at age about seventeen to marry Munjoy. Also, the death date for the first Mary would seem to be wrong."

Biography

John Phillips, origins unknown, born about 1605, based on age at death; emigrated in 1630, settling initially in Dorchester, then Boston (by 1652? certainly by 1656). Anderson suggests that he might have been a passenger on the Mary & John.

He was a biscuit maker and occasionally served as recorded at Wells court. He was also referred to as a millwright. He died in Boston 16 Dec 1682. He married first by 1633 Joanna ____; she died in Boston 22 Oct 1675, age 80. He married second by 1676 Sarah (____) Maynard who survived him.

According to Richard Ripley whose information is often unreliable, John Phillips and Joan arrived at Massachusetts Bay Colony 1623-1630, prior to the arrival of the Winthrop fleet, and were in fact the first of the Phillips family to arrive in America.

Timeline

• 7 Aug 1632: made freeman.
• 17 Apr 1635: granted two acres
• Nov 1635: Dorchester selectman (also 27 Jun 1636, 30 Oct 1638)
• 1 Feb 1635/6 given 3/4 acre at Squantum Neck
• 18 Feb 1635/6 received six acres of fresh marsh
• 7 June 1636: Constable (Dorchester)
• 27 June 1636: received six acres of fresh marsh
• 5 July 1636; relinquished marsh acreage in exchange for another six acres.
• 2 Jan 1637/8: received an additional grant to his homelot and one acre.
• 18 Mar 1637/8: received two grants of eight acres and 17 rods.
• 2 May 1649, court ordered that since Mr. John Phillip was unwilling to take the son of Christopher Young, as Young had requested in his will, they were to place the boy somewhere in the country to the good of the child.
• 1658: started acquiring land in Casco Bay.
• 1670: ordained deacon of the Second Church of Boston.
• 5 July 1673: John Phillips of Boston and Johanna Phillips his wife sold property to Capt. Christopher Clark of Boston.
• 12 Feb 1674/5: John and Joanna sold Boston property ot Nathan Raynsford.
• 19 Jan 1675/6: John Phillips of Boston, yeoman, made deed that identifies the spouse and children of his daughter Mary: my loving son-in-law George Munjoy of Casco... and unto my daughter Mary, wife of said George Munjoy, and unto their children...
  • Mary...
  • Hephzibah Munjojy...
  • George Munjoy second son
  • Josiah Munjoy third son
  • Phillips Munjoy, fourth son...
  • Benjamen Munjoy fifth son..."
  • Pellatiah Munjoy sixth son...
  • Gershom Munjoy seventh son...
• 6 Jan 1675/6: John Phillips of Boston, yeoman, and Sarah Minor[sic] of Boston, widow, "in consideration of a marriage already agreed upon and shortly b God's grace to be had and solemnized between" the two. (Sarah signed the document Sarah Maynard.)

Will

Dated 15 Mar 1680/1; proved 27 Dec 1683:[4]

• references deed gift to son-in-law George Munjoy, dau Munjoy and their children
• my loving wife (now in being) Sarah Phillips...
• to Huldah daughter of my grandson John Munjoy deceased (she's under 18 and unmarried)
• my grandchildren now extant
• grandson George Munjoy
• 5 pounds to the military company "of the north end of the town of Boston... now under the command of Major Thomas Clarke"
• daughter Mary Munjoy sole executrix

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From: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2029526&...

Sources: Title: Parish register transcripts, 1557-1837, Devon Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dean-Prior Note: Microfilm of original records in the Exeter Public Library, England.

Baptisms 1557-1837 Marriages and burials 1561-1837 Repository: Call Number: Media: Church Record Text: Birth record from the original parish register courtesy Church of LDS, film # 0917195. Title: Parish registers, 1558-1878 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ferring (Sussex) Note: Microfilm of original records in the West Sussex Record Office, Chichester.

Includes church records, 1558-1894; church accounts, 1607-1689.

Baptisms 1558-1877 Marriages 1558-1877 Burials 1558-1878 Banns 1756-1812 Repository: Call Number: Media: Church Record Text: Marriage data courtesy Church of LDS, films 0919116

Sources

• Findagrave.com: John Phillips.
• WikiTree: John Phillips (Boston).