Benjamin was born on June 18, 1761 in Harwich. He was the Son of Joseph Phillips and Mercy Small. He married Naomi Nickerson before Jan 6, 1781. He passed away in 1835.
Birth: The only source for his birth comes from his pension file for the Rev. War. Marriage: Intention to Marry, Harwich VR's, Volume II, p. 169, [p. 280]
Death: Notice from the Columbia Centinal
U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
Name Benjamin Phillips Birth Year 1758 Event Death Death Date Abt 1835 Death Place Harwich Age at Death 77 Newspaper Columbian Centinel Publication Date 1 Jul 1835 Publication Place Massachusetts, USA Call Number 485704
Benjamin Phillips, son of Joseph and Mercy, married Naomi Nickerson, dau. of Phineas, in January 1781. He settled upon a piece of land given him by wid. Knowles of Chatham His house was standing a few years since. The land laid in the twelveth lot, and is south of J Y. Paine's. He was a sea faring man. Of a singular turn of mind, not always temperate. He died Aug 22,1842 [This date crossed out and "June 16,1835" [underlined]. In 1840 Naomi Phillips aged 77 was a pensioner. {He died 1835, Pension office records say June 16,1835.} His widow, Naomi lived to be over ninety. She died Feb 12,1854 aged 93. Funeral by M. Hale Milderash [?, unreadable] (Ch R.)} From her the writer obtained much information relative to some of the old people whom she remembered in her youth. She was quite intelligent. Her life was one of bitterness, after her marriage with "Uncle Ben", as he was familliarly called, he being of roving turn of mind During the Revolutionary War he was in active service both upon the land and sea. He entered Capt Godfrey's Co, and was on duty at Newport two months in 1776. {"Aunt Naomis" house is still visible (1933) J.H.P.} He was a seaman on board the Ship Putman, Capt Waters, from May to Sept, 1779. He drew a pension. {He went into the Navy, and was absent when his son Jacob was born. Ben and Naomi Philips in 1783 sold to Timothy Davis a piece of land across the road from Sam. Cash, bounded on west by Flax Pond. Upon this tract Timothy Davis built his house. See deed in possession of May Underwood in 1904 who has all of Timothy Davis' deeds.}
[p.218] The Phillips Family - Harwich
found on 1810 MA census in Harwich
Benj 1st had 5 sons, Benj II, Freeman, Jacob, Phineas and Jacob and 6 dau Mercy Patience Reliance Naomi Bathsheba and James. Mercy married Jonathan SMALL IV. Benj II died aged 75. from Bobbie Hall on MABARNST Sept 15, 2002
found on Pension Roll of 1835, age 73, private and seaman, annual allowance 33 67, sum received 101 00, MA Militia and State Navy, placed on roll and pension commenced on Mar 10, 1834 The Pension Roll of 1835 Volume I NE States Genealogical Publishing Company
Benjamin Phillips, of the South Precinct, was a seaman on board the Ship Putnam, commanded by---Waters. He served from May to September. The Putnam carried 20 guns ans one hundred and twenty man and was in the Saltonstall expedition. Mr. Phillips upon the dispersion of the fleet returned home suffering much from the journey through the wilderness. History of Harwich by Josiah Paine 1971 Parnassus Imprints Chapter 33, p. 332
"Nevertheless, Saltonstall still had the opportunity to engage the British, damage some of their ships, and perhaps allow part of his own force to escape. At first, that appeared to be what he might try to do, as the American forces formed a defensive crescent across the bay. However, as the British moved closer, Saltonstall and his captains concluded that they could not overcome the enemy force. The entire American fleet turned tail and fled up the Penobscot River. Most crews ran their ships aground and set them afire. Lovell's men fared little better. At word of Collier's approach, they evacuated their positions and reembarked their transports. These vessels ultimately joined their warship counterparts on the banks of the Penobscot. What was left of the American expedition - soldiers and sailors - had to travel overland through the dense wilderness to make their way back to Boston. In all, the Americans lost 43 ships and approximately 500 men. Massachusetts, which incurred a heavy debt outfitting the expedition, also suffered a major financial blow." http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/index.htm
HARWICH REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. There are now living in this town, only two persons whose fathers were engaged in the Revolutionary war. They are Mrs. Bathsheba Snow, aged ninety-one, and Deacon Sidney Underwood, aged eighty-seven. Mrs. Snow's father was Benjamin Phillips, who was born in Harwich in 1761, and served as a soldier in the French and Indian war. and who died in is:'.".. aged seventy-four. Mr. Phillips first enlisted to serve in Capt. Benj. Godfrey's Co., for the defense of Newport, in 1776, and was on duty several months at that and other places. He afterwards enlisted for Service in Capt. George Webb' s Company. He went to Cambridge with the company, where he was inoculated with small pox. He was notable to go out with his company in consequence of weak eyes , brought on by the disease which he had somewhat severe, and was discharged from further service by the order of Gen. Glover. In 177!'. he was impressed in Boston for naval service in Saltonstall' s expedition to the Penobscot. He served on hoard of the ship Putman, carrying twenty guns and one hundred and twenty men, under Capt. Waters. Upon the dispersion of the fleet, Mr. Phillips returned home on foot, in the month of September, suffering much from the journey. After this date be rendered further service, but the particulars regarding it have not been given. His widow, for his services, received a pension up to time of her death, which happened in February, is-,:;, at the age of ninety-three. Mr. Phillips's son, Benjamin, was at Tripoli in IS08, in the naval service.in the .same ship in which was Lieut. Stephen Decatur, and afterward was with Hull in the Frigate Constitution when the Guerriere was taken. Deacon Underwood's father. Rev. Nathan Underwood, was born in Lexington in 1753. and died, aged eighty-eight, in Harwich, May 1st. 1841. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was one of the last who left the ground after English began to take possession. He was at Cambridge when Washington took command of the army. He served throughout the war. He was in engagements at Long Island, Trenton and Princeton, besides others. At the close of the war. he went to college and prepared himself for the ministry. He settled in Harwich in I79S as pastor of the Congregational Church of Harwich, July, 1891. Yarmouth Register, Saturday, August 01, 1891; Section: Front page, Page: 1
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