1778 Samuel Phillips President, 1796-1802 1802
Son of Hon. Samuel Phillips (above) and Elizabeth Barnard;
born, (North) Andover, Feb. 5, 1752;
Duramer Academy;
Harvard College, 1771 (salutatorian);
town clerk of Andover;
delegate to Provincial College, Watertown, 1775, and representative in General Court till 1779; manufacturer of gunpowder for the American Army, in Andover;
member of convention to frame constitution of Massachusetts, at Cambridge, 1779;
judge of Court of Common Pleas for Essex County (appointed by Governor Hancock), 1781-98;
senator, 1781-1801, and president of senate, 1786-1801;
lieutenant governor, 1801-02;
removed to Andover Hill, 1777, and was principal founder of Phillips Academy, 1778;
built his mansion-house, 1782;
died Feb. 10, 1802.
Fellow of American Academy.
