Thomas Weld Philbrook (1760 - 1841)

Born 9 May 1760 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 2 Aug 1841 at age 81 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Son of Jonathan Philbrook or Philbrick and Dorothy Weld, daughter of Habijah Weld.

Married Abigail Mason, 28 August 1782. she was the daughter of Noah Mason and Lydia Lancaster. Children: Mary K and Harriet.

Private Thomas Philbrook served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Thomas Philbrook is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A090333.

Thomas served in the American Revolution for both Massachusetts and Connecticut. Was on the Sloop "Providence." Was a Private on the Penobscot Expedition and Ticonderoga.

Sources

• "Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Swan Point Cemetery Records, ca.1846-ca.1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZWK5-FWMM : 29 April 2020), Thomas Philbrook, 1841.
• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-L2QC : accessed 10 March 2022), Thomas Philbrook, 04 Mar 1831; citing Rhode Island, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 9, 2022), "Record of Thomas Weld Philbrick", Ancestor # A090333. Accessed through the DAR GRS
• Stone, Edwin M. (1875). Written January 20 1875 for the Rhode Island Historical Society. Compiled into the Proceedings of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Volume 1. Pages 73 - 81. Accessed through Google Books.