John Phillips b. Abt 1660 Of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1760 Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts: Ingram and Related Famiies

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Name	John Phillips
Birth	Abt 1660	Of Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Gender	Male
Death	14 Nov 1760	Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts
Person ID	I34683	Ingram-Related
Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

Father	Richard Phillips, b. 22 Nov 1638, Wendover, Buckingham, England d. 17 Oct 1695, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
Mother	Mary Packard, b. Between 1636 and 1642, Wymondham, Suffolk, England d. 7 Jun 1697, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 61 years)
Marriage	1656	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Family ID	F13342	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 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

Children

	1. John Phillips, b. 18 Feb 1692, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 18 Jan 1758, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
	2. Richard Phillips, b. 25 Nov 1693, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
	3. William Phillips, b. 1695, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 1743 (Age 48 years)
	4. Experience Phillips, b. 16 Dec 1699, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Samuel Phillips, b. 17 May 1702, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 10 Apr 1773, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)
	6. Joshua Phillips, b. 3 Nov 1704, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 13 Jul 1792, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
	7. Caleb Phillips, b. 14 Apr 1707, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Jane Phillips, b. 1 Jul 1709, Probably Weymouth, Massachusetts d. Abt 1760, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
	9. Thomas Phillips, b. 25 Jan 1712, Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 11 Aug 1800, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts (Age 88 years)

Family ID F13438 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 May 2015

Family 2	Bridget Southworth, b. Abt 1672 d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	10 Apr 1749
Family ID	F13439	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	3 May 2015

Notes

JOHN PHILLIPS (Capt.) [#88 & #94], d. Easton, MA Nov. 14, 1760, m(1)abt.1690 ELIZABETH DRAKE (dau. of Thomas Drake and Jane Holbrook), d.Easton,MA June 24, 1748, m(2) Bridget Southworth.

John Phillips was a captain and took part in an expedition undertakenbythe Colonies in 1690 for the reduction of Quebec (see below forsomehistory of this expedition). For this service he became entitled,about40 years afterwards, to "Rights" of land in what is now Ashfield,MA.Undoubtedly this fact is what led his son Thomas and hisson-in-lawRichard Ellis to seek homes in this then wilderness region.It was saidof Capt. John Phillips that he was a man of unusual abilityand integrityof character. He removed from Weymouth to the part of theeast end of theTaunton North Purchase that later became Easton wherehe was one of theearliest settlers in 1694. Capt. Phillips was aprominent man in theearly town history and was the first town clerk,serving for 12 years.[2]He is noted as the first person in Easton whoheld a commission ascaptain.[3/41]

At the first town meeting of Easton March 2, 1725-6 John Phillipswaschosen town clerk for the year ensuing.[3/84] He served in thisofficefor the years 172632, 173439, and 1753.[3/640] He was aselectman in1726, 1734, 1744, and 174649.[3/641] John was alsomoderator of townmeetings 173334, 1737, 174041, 1744, and 1751[3/636]and was the Eastonrepresentative to the General Court in 1754.[3/645]Inventory of hisestate was taken Feb. 4, 1761 by Robert Randall,Zephraim Keith, andJoseph Fobes and amounted to 224.06.03.[1/18:43]

In May 1689, England, under its new Dutch king, William III, enteredtheWar of the Grand Alliance against France. The war was known asKingWilliam's War in this country. That summer in America an Iroquoisraidingparty struck hard at the French settlement of Lachine nearMontreal. Soona new French governor, the comte de Frontenac, arrivedin New France andinitiated a counteroffensive against the Englishfrontier, carried out in1690 by mixed parties of French and Indians.Their ferocity anddestructiveness did much to establish a pattern ofsavagery in borderwarfare for the next century. Serious losses weresuffered by the Englishat Schenectady, Salmon Falls, and Falmouth (nowPortland, Maine).Recognizing that Quebec on the Saint Lawrence Riverwas the heart to NewFrance, English leaders decided to attempt itscapture. A land army wasto advance down the Champlain Valley towardMontreal, while a fleetcommanded by Sir William Phips was to proceedfrom Boston to the SaintLawrence and up to Quebec. The failure of theland army to get within onehunderd miles of Montreal enabled Fontenacto shift troops from that townto Quebec. Phips took Port Royal, but bythe time he reached Quebec inOctober 1690, that city was too stronglydefended to be taken. Phipsdemanded the city's surrender, butFrontenac sent back a comtemptuousreply, and the English left after aharmless bombardment.

REF: [1] Bristol County Probate [2] Richard Ellis and His Descendants - E.R. Ellis, 1888 (pg.377) [3] The History of Easton, Massachusetts - William Chaffin, 1886