Hopestill (Babbitt) Phillips (1695 - aft. 1756)

Born 11 Sep 1695 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of James Paul Phillips — married 31 Jan 1717 in Dighton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Hopestill Bobit (Babbitt) was born on 11 September, 1695, in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to parents Elkanah Babbitt and Elizabeth Briggs.^[1]

Timeline

• 1717 Marriage Record: Hopestill Babbitt, age 22, married James Phillips, age 31, on January 31, 1717, in Dighton, Massachusetts Bay Colony. "January 31: 1717 James phillips married to hope bobet boath of Tanton." ^[2]

• 1735 Father, Elkanah Babbit of Berkley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, executed his last will on December 2, 1735. He left his daughter, Hopestill Phillips forty shillings, to be paid after his wife's decease, and one fifth share of the residuum of his moveable estate after debts. He also appointed Hopestill's husband, James Phillips, and Gershom Crane of Berkley, to be overseers in all matters real and personal of his son Joseph Babbit.^[3]

• 1756 Hopestill's husband, James Phillips of Berkley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, executed his last will on May 15, 1756, witnessed by John Briggs Jr., Jacob Briggs Jr., and John Crane, leaving legacies to:^[4]

1. Wife Hopestill Phillips
2. Son Ebenezer Phillips, (land incl. a tract bounded by my brother Nathaniel Phillips, John Briggs, Jr., and David Briggs, and share in old iron works of Taunton, now in Raynham)
3. Daughter Abigail Briggs, wife of James Briggs Jr.
4. Daughter Hopestill Paul, wife of Ebenezer Paul
5. Daughter Mary Phillips
6. Daughter Sarah Phillips
7. Daughter Elizabeth Phillips
8. Hannah Phillips, widow relict of my son James Phillips late deceased

Executor: son Ebenezer Phillips. The will was proved on 7 September 1756.^[4]

Hopestill was in a family history or pedigree in 1756.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Reed, E. H., "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass.," The New England Historical And Genealogical Register. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1863, 17:234, citing Taunton proprietors' records.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Vital Records, Dighton 1695-1890," p. 32; "Dighton Births, Marriages and Death," image 20.
3. ↑ Browne, William B. The Babbitt Family History, 1643-1900. Taunton, Massachusetts: C.A. Hack & Son, 1912, pp. 32-4, citing Bristol Co. Probate Records, 8:316.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} James Phillips, last will and testament, 1756. Bristol County Probate Book 15:111-113. Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts; Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Bristol Probates, Vol 14-15, 1754-1758, images 410-11.
5. ↑ Family History Or Pedigree: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
   Book Title: The Babbitt family history : 1643-1900
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #491372 (accessed 25 May 2023)
   Name: Hopestill Bobet; Gender: Female; Age: 61; Birth Date: 11 Sep 1695; Birth Place: Berkley, Mass; First Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1717; First Marriage Place: Dighton; Death Date: 1756; Father: Elkanah Bobet; Mother: Elizabeth Briggs; Spouse: James Phillips; Child: Ebenezer Phillips Abagail Phillips Hopestill Phillips Mary Phillips Sarah Phillips Elizabeth Phillips James Phillips.