Philip Taber, IIl

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke and John Cooke

family

He was the son of Philip TABER and Mary COOKE.

He married Margaret WOOD.

Children of Margaret WOOD and Philip TABER are:

1. Philip TABER was born 4 OCT 1702, and died 8 MAR 1763. He married Ruth SHAW 12 NOV 1721. He married Phebe BROWNELL 1 OCT 1724. She was born 19 JUN 1708.
2. William TABER was born 18 Feb 1704/05 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, and died APR 1758. He married Meribah SOULE 2 SEP 1727 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. She was born 10 JUN 1709. He married Hannah WHITE 27 DEC 1730 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. She was born ABT 1711
3. Jonathan TABER was born 5 OCT 1712 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, and died BEF 1 MAY 1792 in Westport, Bristol Co., MA. He married Robe BROWN 29 JUN 1735 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA. She was born 10 Mar 1714/15 in Swansea, Bristol Co., MA, and died 1755.

biography

Philip TABER II & Mary COOKE's oldest son Philip TABER III born: Feb.29, 1675 in Dartmouth was a selectman of Dartmouth who was distinguished by supporting the town's peoples refusal to pay an unjust tax imposed by the Massachusetts Bay Province authorities for support of a Presbyterian town minister sent by the Puritan authorities. The province rulers could not overlook the bold and defiant attitude taken by the town. The refusal of the selectmen to assess the tax was followed by their imprisonment in Bristol jail, where they remained about eighteen months. The persons who were imprisoned were Philip Taber and John Akin, selectmen of Dartmouth, and Joseph Anthony and John Sisson, selectmen of Tiverton, a part of whom were Baptists and a part Quakers.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taber-576

Philip Taber was born at Dartmouth on 29 Feb 1675/6.[1]

Philip married [Wood-6515|Margaret Wood] between 10 Mar 1697/8 and 29 Jan 1699/1700.[2] They were the parents of ten children born in Dartmouth.[3]

1. Martha Taber, b. 6 Oct 1700.
2. Philip Taber, b. 4 Oct 1702.
3. William Taber, b. 18 Feb 1704/5.
4. Comfort Taber, b. 3 Aug 1707.
5. Mary Taber, b. 25 Feb 1709/10; d. prob Newport after 2 Jul 1756; m. Dartmouth 3 Apr 1735 Abiah Hathaway. (He was also a descendant of Francis Cooke, see Wood p. 115); no known children.
6. Jonathan Taber, b. 5 Oct 1712.
7. Josiah Taber, b. 4 Jun 1715; d. before 1788; reputedly mar. abt. Mar 1740 Hannah (Taber) Chapman, wid. of Gideon Chapman; no known children.
8. Rebecca Taber, b. 18 Apr 1719.
9. John Taber, b. 7 Feb 1723.
10. Margaret Taber, b. 8 Apr 1727; d. aft. 16 May 1755; m. Dartmouth 26 Apr 1744 David Bowers; no known children.

Philip died in Dartmouth between 14 Jul 1749, when his will was written, and 29 Oct 1751 when his estate was probated.[4]

Philip's will, dated 14 Jul 1749 and proved 5 Nov 1751, names his wife Margaret; eldest son Phillip; sons William, John, Jonathan and Josiah; five daughters Martha Sheffield, Comfort Bowers, Mary Hathaway, Rebekah Bowers, and Margret Bowers.[5]

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=royharper...
• Resources: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132464577
• http://e-familyhistory.com/content/TABOR_ANNEX.htm Rev. Philip Taber, III