Walter PHILLIPS[1]
1614 - Aft 1704 (90 years)-
Name Walter PHILLIPS Birth 9 Apr 1614 Barnstable, Devon, England 
[2] Gender Male Death Aft 21 Oct 1704 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Person ID I15640 kirkpatrick Last Modified 4 Jul 2006
Father John PHILLIPS, b. 8 Mar 1589, Dean Prior, Devon, England d. 16 Dec 1682, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 93 years) Mother Joan Mary DYER, b. 6 Jun 1592, Ilfracombe, Devon, England d. 22 Oct 1675, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 83 years) Marriage 5 Aug 1611 Thakeham, Sussex, England Family ID F5278 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Elizabeth ELLY, b. 13 Mar 1611, Algarkirk, Lincoln, England d. Aft 1705, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 94 years) Marriage 12 Nov 1633 Aveton Gifford, Devon, England Children 1. Jane PHILLIPS, b. Abt 1673, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 7 Nov 1711, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 38 years)Family ID F5277 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
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Notes - Walter, born in England 1619, was at Wicasset, Maine sometime before1655. He lived first at the Winneganee end of his land, later up theriver at Damariscotta, on the east side. John Pearce deposed that thePhillipses lived near the Salt Water Falls and that John Taylor's fencewas about 1/4 mile below the Falls. He received Indian deeds in 1661,1662, 1668 and 1671.
Walter succeeded his son-in-law, James Smith, as the second Recorder ofthe Court for York County, Maine, and he served in that post from 1665until 1676. Walter was probably driven away by Indian raids in "the firstwar". Christopher Toppan bought the Damariscotta land in 1702.
He doposed in June 1678 and claimed residence in Marlborough,Massachusetts, and was in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts by November of thatyear. He later built at Salem Village, where he ramained until his deathin 1704.
He is called senior when made Freeman in Salem Village on April 18, 1690,at which time he was residing at the village now called Danvers. On Dec.18, 1689, and again in 1691, Walter was "licensed to keep a house ofentertainment in Salem Village for strangers and other travelers".
Being a Quaker, he refusing to perform military duty, had a fourth of anacre of his land seized and sold for the payment of his fine. (1703)
His will is dated October 21, 1704. Then sick, he gives "all for life towife Margaret, exec(utrix)". The family of deceased son, John, of Lynn,is not mentioned in the will (John's will was administered July 22,1695, and mentions widow Hannah and 3 children). James, of Salem, isgiven all housing and land after his mother's death. Walter, of Lynn, isalso mentioned in the will, as are daughters Tabitha, Margaret, Sarah andJane.
Walter signed the document disagreeing with the accusations made againstRebecca Nurse during the Salem Witch Trials
- Walter, born in England 1619, was at Wicasset, Maine sometime before1655. He lived first at the Winneganee end of his land, later up theriver at Damariscotta, on the east side. John Pearce deposed that thePhillipses lived near the Salt Water Falls and that John Taylor's fencewas about 1/4 mile below the Falls. He received Indian deeds in 1661,1662, 1668 and 1671.
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Sources - [S71] Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers, (Boston, 1860-1862), Maine & New Hampshire, Surnames, O-P, Page 548 (Reliability: 3).
- [S86] Wainwright, Thomas, editor, Barnstaple parish register of baptisms, marriages, and burials 1538 A.D. to 1812 A.D., (Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
- [S71] Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers, (Boston, 1860-1862), Maine & New Hampshire, Surnames, O-P, Page 548 (Reliability: 3).