Joseph Phipps
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Joseph Phipps (1640 - bef. 1716)

Joseph Phipps
Born in Reading, Berkshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Englandmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 76 in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)
Joseph Phipps was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community.

Joseph Phipps was born 19 July 1640. Place: Reading, Berkshire, England.

Joseph Phipps died 16 October 1716. Place: Abington, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.

Marriage:

Husband: Joseph Phipps
Wife: Sarah Benfield
Marriage: Date: 1665 Place: Reading, Berkshire, England

Land Transactions: Joseph appears in the Commissioners Meeting Minutes for Board of Property, Province of Pennsylvania as early as the 15th day, 1st mo., 1689/90.[1]

Last Will and Testament: On May 1, 1709, Joseph Phipps, of the Township of Abington, County of Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, executed his Last Will and Testament leaving his estate as follows: first, to his wife Sarah Phipps, specific personal property and annuity to be paid out of his estate; second, to his son Joseph Phipps, 6 shillings; third, to his son Isaiah Phipps, 6 shillings; fourth, to his son John Phipps, a tract of 174 acres of land in the Township Abington and the rest and residue of his estate. Nominated as Overseers of the Estate where Samuel Cart and Thomas Canby and as Executor John Phipps. Witnesses: Morris Morris, Tyson and William Powell. The Will was proven October 13, 1716.[2]

Research Notes

Extensive unsourced biography on Joseph Phipps (1640-1716)

Sources

  1. Early Pennsylvania Land Records, Minute Book D, pp. 30 & 40 Ancestry Record 48381 #322041
  2. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Will Book D, p. 58 Avaialble here




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Phipps-917 and Phipps-491 appear to represent the same person because: Wife, death date, and places match; birth date on Phipps-917 matches one of the alternate dates in the bio of Phipps-491.
posted by Sharon Casteel