52 Ancestors - Week 409: #632 Andrew Phillips (1661-1717) of Charlestown, Massachusetts

Andrew Phillips (1661-1717)  is #632 on my Ahnentafel  List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #633 Sarah Smith (1661-1737) in 1683 in Charlestown, Suffolk County,  Massachusetts Bay Colony.

I am descended through:

* their son #316 Ebenezer Phillips (1695-1746) who married #317 My Smith (1698-1746) in 1717 .

* their son #108 John Phillips (1722-1800) who married #109 Hannah Smith (1725-1774) in 1749.

*  their #79 Martha Phillips (1757-1830) who married #78 Isaac Buck (1757-1846) in 1791.

* their daughter #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) who married #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834)  in 1817.

* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) who married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

*  Name:                       Andrew Phillips[1–5]

*  Sex:                          Male

*  Father:                      Andrew Phillips 1630-????

*  Mother:                    Elizabeth  1635-????

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                       about 1661, probably Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]

*  Baptism:                  6 February 1686/7 (about age 25), "age 25, son of Andrew;" First Church in Charlestown, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]

*  Death:                     10 December 1717 (about age 56), Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]

*  Probate:                  17 December 1717 (about age 56), will proved; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:               Sarah Smith 1661-1737

*  Marriage 1:            11 November 1683 (about age 22), Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]

*  Child 1:                 Andrew Phillips 1687-1755

*  Child 2:                 Ebenezer Phillips 1695-1746

*  Child 3:                 Joanna Phillips 1697-1726

*  Child 4:                 Samuel Phillips 1699-1722

                   

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

The family records for Andrew Phillips are included in Volume 2 of the book by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Genealogy and Estates of Charlestown", New England History Press, Somersworth NH, 1869

Andrew Phillips was born in about 1661, probably in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (--?--) Phillips of Charlestown[1].  He was baptized in the First Church of Charlestown on 6 February 1686/7 at age 25, after his marriage, and admitted to the church on 24 August 1687[1].

Andrew married Sarah Smith (1661-1737), the daughter of Michael and Joan (Best) Smith of Malden, on 11 November 1683 in Charlestown[1-3].   They had four children, all born or baptized in the Charlestown records:

*  Andrew Phillips (1687-1755), married 1706 Mary Covell (1686-1734).

*  Ebenezer Phillips (1695-1746), married about 1717 Mary Smith (1698-1746).

*  Joanna Phillips (1697-1726), married 1723 Jonathan Lawrence (1696-1773).

*  Samuel Phillips (1699-1722).

Andrew and wife Sarah were deeded 10.5 acres of land in the 2nd Division in Malden, near Reading, by her father Michael Smith in 1686.  The land was bounded northwest by Peter Tufts, southwest by John Smith, northeast by John Tucker, and northwest by Samuel Phipps[1].

Andrew Phillips bought 20 acres of land in Charlestown from Joseph Phipps, bounded west by Eleazer Phillips, east by Samuel Carter, north by John Fosdick, and south by Lieutenant Waters.  The deed was dated 1699, and recorded in 1704[1].

Andrew Phillips bought 16 acres of land in Charlestown from Jonathan Tufts, bounded north by T. Millard, west by Samuel Smith, and south and east by land of Andrew Phillips.  The deed was recorded in 1701[1].

Andrew Phillips bought ten acres of land in Charlestown from Edward Wilson, bounded north by P. Hay, south by Thomas Wesson, and east and west by land of Andrew Phillips.  Also, two acres of land in Charlestown, bounded north by Sergeant Carter, east by F. Willoughby, south by Jonathan Cary. The deeds were dated 1703, and recorded in 1718[1].

Andrew Phillips sold lots to S. Gould in 1712, recorded in 1715. He also bought 30 acres of land from N. Dunton in 1714.  He sold this property to P. Hay in 1714, and then bought it again in 1715. and he sold 14 acres of it to W. Bryant in 1715, recorded in 1718[1].

Andrew Phillips died 10 December 1717 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, at age 56[1,4].  His burial location has not been found.

Andrew Phillips of Charlestown died testate, and his probate papers are in Middlesex County Probate Court Records, Packet #17,297[5]. The will of Andrew Phillips of Charlestown was written on 5 December 1717, and proved 17 December 1721.  The will transcription is:

"In the Name of God Amen.  Ye fifth Day of December 1717:  I Andrew Phillips of Charlestown in ye County of Midalsix in New England Husbandman being very sick & weak of Body But of perfect mind & memory Thanks be to god for It.  Therefore Calling to Mind ye Mortallity of my Body & knowing yt it is appointed for all Men Once to Dy, Doo Make & Ordain ys My last will and Testament yt is to say principally & first of all I Give & recomend my Soule into ye hands of God yt Gave it and my Body I Recomend to ye Earth to be Buried in a Decent Buriall at ye Discression of my Executor nothing Doubting but at The General Resurection I Shall Receive ye same Again By ye Mighty power of god, & as Touchiong Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life:  I Give Demise & Dispose of ye Same in ye following Manner & form:

"Imprimus I Give & Bequeath to Sarah my Dearly Beloved Wife One third of ye Income of my Estate Dureing her naturall life & all ye Moveable Goods within My house & Ten Cord of Wood yearly Cut & brought to her house & ye Best Room in my house as long as she remains my widow.

"Item  I give to my Well Beloved Son Andrew Phillips ye Summ of forty pounds;  Ten pound of the sd forty to be paid Two years after my Decease & Ten pounds a year yearly after Sarah my Dearly Beloved Wives Decease till ye whole be paid.

"Item  I give to my Well Beloved Son Ebenezer Phillips thirty thre acres of land lying & being in Charlestown Butted & Bounded Northwardly by Peter Hay & Ebenezer Damon, Southwardly by the highway and Andrew Phillips & ye highway Eastwardly by ye land of Henery Phillips, Westwardly by Peter Hay & part of a lot I Bought of Elias Brigden Butted & Bounded Northwardly be ye land of Thomas Miller, Southwardly by ye land of Andrew Phillips, Eastwardly by ye land of Thomas Miller, Westwardly by ye highway And Henery Phillips Togeth with all Timer and Standing lying or Being yt on, to him & to his heirs forever, & one third part of ye moveables upon my place without Doors I alsoe Doe give to my son Ebenezer Phillips.  I Doe also will yt my son Ebenezer Doth Cut and Bring to ye house of Sarah my wife five Cords of wood  yearly So long as she Remains my Widow.  I Doe also Will yt my Son Ebenezer Shall pay to his Brother Andrew Phillips ye Summ of Twenty pounds to Be paid five pounds two years after my Decease & five pounds a year after Sarah My Wives Death yearly till ye Whole Summ of twenty pounds be paid to ye sd Andrew Phillips or his heirs or assigne.  Also to pay to my Daughter Johanna Phillips ye Summ of fifty pounds & also to be paid Twenty five pounds at my Decease & ye Cow & ye Rest part of ye fifty pounds, Ten pounds a year yearly after Sarah my Wives Decease till ye Whole Summ of fifty pounds in Mony be paid.

"Item  I Give to my Son Samuell Phillips Twenty two Acres of Land wth a house Orchard & all ye Buildings upon Bounded Southerly by Kendal Parker & Peter Hay Northwardly by ye highway Eastwardly by ye land of James Taylor Westwardly by ye highway, & Seven Acres I Bought of Thomas Eaton Butted & Bounded Eastwardly by ye highway Westwardly by ye Land of James Hay Southwardly by ye land of Peter Hay, also Six Acres of land Butted & Bounded by ye land I gave to my son Ebenezer Phillips before mentioned & expresed, westwardly by Peter Hay Northwardly (Eastwardly) by Ebenezer Phillips Southwardly by ye highway, also five Acres offe yt lott I Bought of Elias Brigden also one third part of ye moveables without Doors Belonging to my Estate. I Doe also Will yt my Son Samuell Phillips shall pay to Sarah my Wife five Cords of wood a year yearly to be Cut and brought to her house as long as She Remains My Widow & if She be maried to again yt Utterly to faill, & alsoe Samuel Phillips my son Shall pay to his Brother Andrew Phillips twenty pounds wch is to be payd five pounds Two years after my Decease & fivep ounds a year after Sarah my Wives Decease till ye whole summ of twenty pounds be payed, also to pay to my Daughter Johanna Phillips ye Summ of fifty pounds, & also (to be payed) twenty five pounds & ye cow at my Decease & ye Rest part of the fiftie to be paid Ten pounds a year yearly after Sarah my Wives Decease till ye whole be paid.

"Item  I Give to my sons Ebenezer Phillips & Samuell Phillips ye Summ of fourtenn pounds Mony yt is Due by a Bond to me from Ebenezer Knight Bearing Date May 1715 Togather with all other Debts Due and oweing to me to be Equally Divided Betwen them.

"Item  I Doe give to my Well Beloved Daughter Johanah Phillips ye Summ of One Hundred pounds in Mony & Two Cows to be paid to her by my sons Ebenezer Phillips & Samuell Phillips as it is afforementioned & Specified in this will.  The Reasons why I Doe Not Give to my son Andrew Phillips no more is, first Because he hath Received thirty eight pounds in mony already, also ye help of Building of his house & Breaking up of land & also the Selling of Wood & Timber of off my land & also his goeing away from me at ye Age of Nineteen years.

"Item  I Give to my Well Beloved Son Ebenezer Phillips Whom I likewise Constitute Make & Ordain My Only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.  I furthermore Will yt ... monie is in the House Doe Not pay the funerall charges & yt my Sons Ebenezer Phillips & Samuell Phillips Shall pay Equally ye part of yt funrl Charges & I Doe hereby utterly Dissallow, Revoke & Disanull all and every Other former Testament, Wills & Legasies Bequests & Executors by Me in Any Ways Before ye Time Named Willed & Bequeathed Rattifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament In Witness Whereof I have Set My hand & Seallo ye Day & Year Above Written.

"Signed Sealed Published & Pronounced &

Declared by ye sd Andrew Phillips as his last

Will & Testament in ye Presence of us ye

Subscribers...Andrew Phillips

Daniel Gould

Thomas Miller

Nathaniel Cowdrey"

The will was proved at Cambridge on 17 December 1717, with Ebenezer Phillips posting a 500 pound bond, and with the consent of Samuel Phillips, the widow Sarah Phillips, and Joanna Phillips[5].

5.  SOURCES

1. Thomas Bellows Wyman, Genealogy and Estates of Charlestown of the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, Two Volumes  ( Boston, Mass. : David clapp & Sons, 1879),, Volume 2, page 746, Andrew Phillips family sketch.

2. Roger D. Joslyn, Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984), 3 Volumes, Volume 1, Marriages, page 119, entry for Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith of Malden, 11 November 1683.

3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 23 July 2013), Charlestown > Archives Births Marriages Deaths > 1629-1800, Marriages, page 381 (image 250 of 385), Andrew Phillips and Sarah Smith entry, 11 November 1683.

4. Roger D. Joslyn, Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to 1850, Volume 1, page 250, Deaths, Andrew Phillips entry, 10 December 1717.

5. "Probate Records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts),"  Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 886 FHL US/CAN Microfilms, Probate Packet Packet #17,297, Andrew Phillips of Charlestown, 1717, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,421,489.

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NOTE: In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 Weeks. The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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