Samuel Phillips

1702 - 1773  (70 years)

• Name	Samuel Phillips
  Birth	17 May 1702	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Apr 1773	Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I102582	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John Phillips,   b. Abt 1660, Of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1760, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 100 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Drake,   b. 6 Jun 1668, Of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 14 Jun 1748, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1690	Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F13438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Damaris Smith,   b. Abt 1706, Of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 13 Mar 1795, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1724
  Children	1. Samuel Phillips,   b. 1 May 1726, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 10 Apr 1773, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)   2. Elizabeth Phillips,   b. 11 Dec 1727   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Eliakim Phillips,   b. 10 Jul 1731, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 7 May 1736, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 4 years)   4. John Phillips,   b. 21 May 1734, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 14 Feb 1805, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)   5. Seth Phillips,   b. 13 Oct 1736, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 22 Oct 1736, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   6. Elijah Phillips,   b. 20 Jul 1738, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 28 Jul 1738, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   7. Bathsheba Phillips,   b. 26 May 1740, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 24 Jun 1740, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   8. Damaris Phillips,   b. 5 Dec 1741, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 11 Sep 1793, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F39371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  SAMUEL PHILLIPS [#44], b. Taunton, MA May 17, 1702, d. between 1781 and1784, m. abt. 1724 DAMARIS SMITH (dau. of Samuel Smith andEstherCaswell), d. March 13, 1795. Samuel Phillips lived in Taunton and Easton his entire life and wasmostlikely a farmer. He was one of eight men who in 1724 built a damandsawmill in the north part of the area that became the town ofEaston in1725.[2/281] He also worked on the construction of a gristmill on thesame site. In 1757 Samuel was on a list that contained thenames of thosewho were not training soldiers but were obliged to serveduring anemergency.[2/509] Most of his eight children died prior tohis death asonly three were mentioned in his will, which was datedMarch 13, 1781.Samuel's son John received most of the property. Alsomentioned in thewill were his wife, daughters Elizabeth Turner andDamaris Pratt,daughter-in-law Sarah Phillips, grandsons Silas and AsaPhillips, andgrand daughter Sarah Phillips. The will was witnessed bySarah Lathrop,Molly Mitchell, and Seth Pratt.[1/28:135] REF: [1] Bristol County Probate [2] The History of Easton, Massachusetts - William L. Chaffin, 1886 [3] The History of Taunton, Massachusetts - Samuel Emery, 1893