James Paul Phillips (abt. 1686 - 1756)

Born about 15 Sep 1686 in Taunton, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hopestill (Babbitt) Phillips — married 31 Jan 1717 in Dighton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1756 at about age 69 in Berkley, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

• James Phillips was born to James and Abigail (Hathaway) Phillips on 15 September 1686 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony. James was the third of the name in his line (III), though he was styled first as Jr. and later as Sr. in his records as an adult.
• James married Hopestill Babbitt (a.k.a. Bobet), daughter of Elkanah and Elizabeth (Briggs) Babbitt/Bobet, on 31 January 1717 in Dighton ^[1][2]
• Elkanah Babbit of Berkley executed his last will on 2 December 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 James Phillips and Gershom Crane of Berkley to be overseers in all matters real and personal of his son Joseph Babbit.^[3]
• James Phillips of Berkley executed his last will on 15 May 1756, witnessed by John Briggs Jr., Jacob Briggs Jr., and John Crane, leaving legacies to: ^[4]
  • wife Hopestill Phillips
  • 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)
  • daughter Abigail Briggs, wife of James Briggs Jr.
  • daughter Hopestill Paul, wife of Ebenezer Paul
  • daughter Mary Phillips
  • daughter Sarah Phillips
  • daughter Elizabeth Phillips
  • Hannah Phillips, widow relict of my son James Phillips late deceased

Executor: son Ebenezer Phillips.

The will was proved on 7 September 1756.

James was born about 1695.

Sources

1. ↑ "January 31: 1717 James phillips married to hope bobet boath of Tanton." "Massachusetts Vital Records, Dighton 1695-1890," p. 32; "Dighton Births, Marriages and Death,"
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z1-6DM : 9 February 2018), James Phillips and Hope Bobet, 31 Jan 1717; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0899099 IT 2.
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. ↑ 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.

• Reed, E. H., "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass.," The New England Historical And Genealogical Register, Vol. XVII Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1863.

• Last Will & Testament of James Phillips - James Philips’s will is image 410 of 648, “Bristol County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Probate Record, Vol 15, 1756-1758.” The probate date is 15 May 1756.