Person:John Phillips (108)

John Phillips, LL.D.

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m. 4 Aug 1743

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Name	John Phillips, LL.D.
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	27 Dec 1719	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	4 Aug 1743	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United Statesto Sarah Emery
Death^[2]	21 Apr 1795	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

References

↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
1:304.

Phillips, John, s. Rev. Samuel and Hannah, Dec. 27, 1719.
↑ "Family Registers from the Exeter Records", in Bell, Charles H. (Charles Henry). History of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. (Exeter, New Hampshire: The Quarter-Millennial Year, 1888)
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John Philllips [sic] d. 21 April 1795, aged 75 yrs. 3 mos.
[Birth about Jan 1720.]
TRUSTEES. 1778-1830, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
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1778 John Phillips President, 1791-94 1794
Brother of preceding [Samuel Phillips];
born, Andover, Dec. 27, 1719;
fitted for college by his father;
Harvard College, 1735;
taught and preached a short time, though not ordained;
removed to Exeter, N. H., 1741;
merchant;
colonel of militia;
ruling elder of the new church (" Phillips Church ");
representative;
judge of Court of Common Pleas;
one of the founders of Phillips Academy;
founder of Phillips Exeter Academy, and of the Phillips professorship of Divinity, Dartmouth
College ;
died April 21, 1795.
LL.D., Dartmouth, 1777;
trustee of Dartmouth and Phillips Exeter Academy.