Philip James (bef. 1601 - aft. 1638)

Born before 17 Sep 1601 in Rockland St Peter, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (UNKNOWN) Russell — married 1627 in England

Descendants

Died after 10 Aug 1638 after age 36 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Philip James migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 182) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Phillip James was likely born between 1595 and 1605 in Hingham, Norfolk, England^[1].

• His age and place of birth are based on his family members, and his contemporaries. He was a member of a group of well-off inhabitants of Hingham, England, such as Francis James, James Buck and Matthew Cushing who founded Hingham, Massachusetts. For example, on May 2, 1638, these men shipped wheat aboard the Rebecca from Great Yarmouth to New England^[2][1]. These same men travelled aboard the Diligent, and they were all among the first settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts Bay^{[1] [3]}
• Philip may have been the brother^[4], or the son^[1] of Francis James, who travelled with the same group and died in 1647.

Philip's wife was Jane^{[5] [1]}, some sources provide a maiden name of Davenport, and their children included:

1. Ann, born circa 1629, who married John Turner Jr of Scituate, ^[6][1]
2. Francis, born circa 1632, who married Elizabeth Hiland^{[1] [4]}
3. Jane, born circa 1634, who married John Adams^{[7] [1]}
4. Sarah, baptized March 13, 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk, England^[8], who married Robert Parker of Barnstable^[9][1]

Philip died in 1638, shortly after the family arrived in Hingham^[1], however his family and estate participated in land grants until 1647^[1]. He was buried High Street Cemetery Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ^[10].

On February 14, 1640, his widow, Jane married George Russell^{[1] [5]}. She died 22 February, 1688, at age 83^{[1] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} A New Look at the Family of Francis and Philip James of Hingham: Immigrant Ancestors by Marya Meyers and Donald W. James, Jr, published in Volume 151, page 61 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.). This article reviews the records for the James family of Hingham in order to set out answers to some questions, such as the relationship between Francis and Philip James. See page 66 for Philip
2. ↑ The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660 by Peter Wilson Coldham, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1987. See page 197
3. ↑ Daniel Cushings Record Volume 15, page 25 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) on page 26 it states 1638 Philip James his wife and four children and two servants viz William Pitts and Edward Michell came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham. Philip James dyed soon after he came
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.379
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Tingley, Raymon. Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers (The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1935), see pages 325-326
6. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1976), Vol. 2:303 or 161; also on AmericanAncestors.org. JAMES (see Jams), Ann and John Turner Jr., Apr, 25, 1649
7. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). See Marshfield, Volume 1, page 1, which states John Adams and Jane James was maried .27. december 1654
8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J318-4QY : 12 February 2018, Sarah James, ); citing 38, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,526,135.
9. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Barnstable Volume 1, page 54 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states Robert Parker married with Sarah James 28 January 1656
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #173622690

• Robert Battle, "The English Ancestry of Philip1 James of Hingham, Massachusetts: With the James Ancestry of the Gilmans of Hingham, Norfolk" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 177 (Spring 2023): 101-118, esp. 111-112

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