Phineas Upham (1682 - 1766)

Born 10 Jun 1682 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Died Apr 1766 at age 83 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Phineas was born in Malden, Masschusetts on 10 June 1682. He was the son of Phineas Upham (1659-1720) and Mary (Mellen) Upham (1664-aft.1720). ^[1]

In 1700, Phineas received a land grant in North Malden, which is now called Melrose. In 1703, Phineas built a house for his bride, which is stilll standing today. ^[2]

"Phineas came to this house, then new, “on horseback with his new bride, Tamzen riding behind him on a pillion”. They had thirteen children in the “primitive dwelling on the wooded crest of Upham Hill” " Upham House 1703

Phineas Upham House - 1703

On 23 November 1703, Phineas married Thomasine (Hill) Upham (1685-1768) in Malden, Massachusetts.^[3]

Phineas wrote his will in 1751, and the probate case 23212 was dated 29 April 1766. ^[4] In his will he mentions:

• Tamsen my beloved wife
• granddaughter Hanah Upham
• son Timothy Upham
• son Isaac Upham
• son Jabez Upham
• son Amos Upham
• daughter Mary Goff
• daughter Tamzen
• daughter Sarah Rice
• son Jacob Upham
• daughter Tabitha Newhall

Phineas was buried in the Bell Rock Cemetery, in Malden, Massachusetts.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Upham, F. K. (Frank Kidder), b. 1841. The Descendants of John Upham of Massachusetts: Who Came From England In 1635 And Lived In Weymouth And Maldon : Embracing Over Five Hundred Heads of Families, Extending Into the Tenth Generation. Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell's Sons, 1892. Page 78-81 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t7mp5x313?urlappend=%3Bseq=83
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Phineas Upham House," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phineas_Upham_House&oldid=1015040597 (accessed May 18, 2021).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-PPB9 : 19 April 2021), Phineas Upham and Tamazen Hill, 23 Nov 1703; citing Marriage, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009681.
4. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/rd/14468/23212-co1/264034695
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 May 2021), memorial page for Phineas Upham (10 Jun 1682–1766), Find A Grave: Memorial #107864269, citing Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651).

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC92-YVY : 10 December 2014), Phineas Upham in entry for Tamesin Upham, 24 Apr 1768; citing Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference p 384; FHL microfilm 14,774.

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