Zachariah Phillips (1607 - 1675)

Born 1607 in Bideford, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1675 at about age 68 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

b. 1607, Bideford, Devonshire, emigrated to New England c. 1630, age 23 or 1660, age 53. He m. Elizabeth Skipper when he was 45. He was a butcher. He d. 8 Feb 1675 at Boston, killed by Indians recorded Aug 2 1675.

Research Notes

He was almost certainly not the son of Sir John Phillips, 1st Baronet Philipps, of Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire and his first wife Dame Ann Perrott. Along with his birth place and surname spelling he's cited as 'Zachariah Phillips, butcher', which is a pretty lowly profession for the son of a baronet, 2x High Sheriff and Member of Parliament .^[1]

I have not consulted Anderson's Great Migration but usually Anderson asserts parents if they are known - I've disconnected his parents until they are cited. The orginal bio has him emigrating twice 1630 and 1660 - put both in - if he's in PGM he emigrated c. 1630.

To confuse matters further, John Phillips from Warwickshire, not Devon, was his father, and that appears wrong to me too.

Sources

1. ↑ The crooked & narrow streets of the town of Boston : 1630-1822, p. 207

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

3 citations provide evidence for Name, Death

• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

2 citations provide evidence for Name

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Arrival

• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Marriage

* The American Genealogist, Whole No. 78 Vol. XX No. 2 Oct 1943 p. 83-84