Person:John Phillips (5)

"John (Phillips) (Col.) 5, Nephew of Thomas Parker of Arrowsick, the mate of the first ship at Plymouth from England; mariner; captain of the ship 'Ann and Katharine' for Cape Fear, Dec. 8, 1664; colonel; treasurer of the Province; judge &c.; adm. church June 11, 1676; m. (1) Katharine Anderson [1] July 19, 1655, who was adm. church 6 (3) 1660, and d. Feb. 24, 1698-9, ae. 59, monument; (2) Sarah Graves [3] between Oct. 30 and Nov. 6, 1701, who d. March 1, 1730-1; d. March 20, 1725-6, ae. 94, monument. … Will, May 8, 1721, lodged April 8, 1726, devised to wife Sarah, use of house; legacies to 'son Dr.Cotton Mother'; to gr.-chn Increase and Hannah M.; to gr.-chn. John, Anderson, Katharine and Sarah P.; to gr.-dau. Abigail Willard."

"John (Phillips), Charlestown, perhaps br. of Henry, was a master mariner, m. 19 July 1655, Catharine, d. of John Anderson, had Catharine, b. 30, bapt. 31 Aug. 1662; Samuel, 16, bapt. 21 Feb. 1664; both d. early; Mehitable, 1, bapt. 2 July 1668; Abigail, 19 June 1670; Catharine, again, 23, bapt. 25 June 1672; John, 18, bapt. 23 Mar. 1673, d. at 2 yrs.; Mary, bapt. 14 Mar. 1676; Anderson, 11 July 1680; and henry, 4 Dec. 1681. He was freem. 1677, ar. co. 1680, its capt. 1685, rep. 1683-6. of the Comtee. of safety on the revo. against Andros, nam. in the new chart. of the Council, but by pop. vote chos. bef. and so contin. to 1716, col. of the milit. treas. of the Prov. Judge of the County Ct. and such serv. were successiv. enjoy. by him. His w. d. 24 Feb. and was bur. 2 Mar. 1699, aged 59; and soon after he bec. h. of Sarah, d. of John Stedman of Cambridge. wh. had succesiv. been wid. of John Brackett, Samuel Alcock, and Thomas Graves; and she outliv. him, tho. he did not d. until 20 Mar. 1726, aged 93 yrs. 9 mos. Abigail m. 4 May 1686, Cotton Mather, and d. 28 Nov. 1702."

"10 Col. John (Phillips), mariner, Charlestown, commis. J. P. for York Co. by Bellomont, 1699. Related to the Kennebec Parkers, and had fisheries at Sagadahoe Rock and Isl. One J. P. wit. Ind. deed to Lawson, Spencer and Lake in 1653. … Wyman's 'Charlest.,' p. 740, states that he d. 20 Mar. 1725-6, ag. 90 [error for 94], and had two wives and ch., incl. Capt. John, who depos. in 1754, ±80 (d. 4 Nov. 1756 in 83d yr.), that when 12 yrs. old he went with fa. to Sagadahoc, alias Parker's Isl., named for Thos. Parker, mate of the first ship that came with the Plymouth people from Eng., uncle of his own fa., and fa. of Thos. Parker who then liv. on the Isl. (York Files Oct. 1754). … He and younger br. Henry, Esq., sold in Falm."

"The Honble. Collo. John Phillips, Esqr., 93 yr. 9 mo., d. Mar. 20, 1725/6."