Mary (Packard) Phillips (abt. 1637 - 1684)

Born about 1637 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Phillips — married 1656 in Boston, MA

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1684 at about age 47 in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary (Packard) Phillips immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Mary Packard was probably born about 1636 in England at or near Wymondham, Norfolk, England. She is the daughter of Samuel Packard andElizabeth Unknown.

Mary moved to Weymouth with her parents in 1653.

Mary married Richard Phillips, in 1656/7.^[1]

They had lot #78 in the settlement and 16 acres near the town in 1663.^[1]

From Find a Grave : Daughter of Samuel Packard and Elizabeth Washburn

Per Richard Phillips’ will, his first wife Mary had died and he married second Elizabeth Edson (widow of John Kingman). Elizabeth survived Richard Phillips.

Mary died before Richard, and he married the widow Elizabeth Kingman. Richard made his will Oct. 27, 1695, and it was proved Dec. 19, 1695. In it were mentioned his wife Elizabeth, grandon Caleb Phillips, his wife's daughter Susannah Kingman, eldest son Caleb Phillips and his wife Elizabeth of Roxbury.

Children of Richard and Mary

All of the children were born in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1. son (twin), b. 7 Dec 1657, d. in infancy
2. Mary (twin), b. 7 Dec 1657, d. after her twin but also very young
3. Caleb, b. 1659, lived in Roxbury, m. Elizabeth ____
4. Mary, b. 21 May 1660, d. in infancy
5. Mary, b. 24 May 1661, m(1) abt. 1678 Jonas Humphrey (son Jonas Humphrey and Martha), b. 1655, d. 1689, m(2) Peter Newcomb of Braintree
6. Joshua, b. 1 Mar 1661-2, d. abt. 1690, m. Amy ____
7. Nicholas, b. 30 Mar 1664, d. Weymouth 11 Mar 1750-1, m(1) abt. 1686 Amy ____, m(2) Mary ____, b. abt. 1666, d. Weymouth 11 Feb 1748-9
8. Elizabeth, b. 27 Nov 1665, d. before 27 Oct 1695
9. Richard, b. 20 Oct 1667
10. Samuel, b. 7 May 1670
11. John, b. about 1672, d. Easton, MA 17 Nov 1760, m. abt. 1690 Elizabeth Drake, d. Easton 24 Jun 1748

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Phillips Page 10

• Chamberlain, George Walter. History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts, Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.), 1923 On Hathitrust.org
• Phillips: Phillips, C. Arthur. Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672, Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1976. On Archive.org - Available by joining Internet Archive Library (free).
• Dedham, Mass and Worthington, Erastus, The town of Dedham. 250th anniversary. 1636-1886 Proceedings at the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, September 21, 1886, pg 157. Cambridge, J, Publisher, 1887. On Archive.org
• Massachusetts (Colony); Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England. Printed by order of the legislature, Volume 1, pg 377. http://archive.org/stream/recordsofgoverno01mass#page/376/mode/2up/search/nicho
• New England Families: RICHARD PHILLIPS & MARY PACKARD <http://nefamilies.com/fam/history.aspx?x=146/> (Broken link Mar 2024, not archived. Replacement available?)