Person:William Phips (1)
Sir William Phips
b.2 Feb 1650/51 Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
d.18 Feb 1694/95 London, England
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  1. Sir William Phips1650/51 - 1694/95
  2. John Phips
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Name Sir William Phips
Alt Name Sir William Phipps
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Feb 1650/51 Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
Marriage to Mary Spencer
Military[1] 19 May 1690 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada Combatant of Port Royal (1690)
Death[1] 18 Feb 1694/95 London, England
Burial[1] London, EnglandSt Mary Woolnoth
Reference Number? Q1896325?


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Sir William Phips (or Phipps; February 2, 1651 – February 18, 1695) was born in Maine in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was of humble origin, uneducated, and fatherless from a young age but rapidly advanced from shepherd boy, to shipwright, ship's captain, and treasure hunter, the first New England native to be knighted, and the first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Phips was famous in his lifetime for recovering a large treasure from a sunken Spanish galleon but is perhaps best remembered today for establishing the court associated with the infamous Salem Witch Trials, which he grew unhappy with and forced to prematurely disband after five months.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William Phips, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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