Rev. Samuel Phillips

1625 - 1696  (71 years)

• Name	Samuel Phillips  [1]
  Title	Rev.
  Born	1625	Boxford, Suffolk, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1650	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA   [2]
  	He graduated from Harvard University.
  Occupation	1651	Rowley, Essex, MA   [3]
  	Ordained Teacher, First Church of Rowley
  Occupation	1682	Rowley, Essex, MA   [3]
  	Pastor, First Congregational Church of Rowley. This church played a role in the famed "witch hunt trials" of the 1690s. "When the witch hysteria broke out, Rowley had its share of accused including John Howard, John Jackson, Sr., John Jackson, Jr., who were thought to have been related to Elizabeth Jackson Howe of Topsfield, who had been found guilty and hanged July 19, 1692. Also accused was Mary Post, who was the daughter of Mary Tyler Post Bridges, of Andover, who had also been accused of witchcraft. But, Rowley’s saddest loss was Margaret Stevenson Scott, an impoverished woman in her 70’s, who was hanged on September 22, 1692." Source: Legends of America
  Religious denomination	Puritan  [1, 3]
  Died	22 Apr 1696	Rowley, Essex, MA   [2]
  Buried	Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex, MA   [2]
  Person ID	I947	Allison
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	George Phillips,   b. Abt 1593, Rainham, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1 Jul 1644, Watertown, Middlesex, MA  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Sargeant,   b. Sept 1580, Bath, Somerset, England ,   d. 1630/1, , Essex, MA  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Appleton,   b. 1629, England ,   d. 15 Jul 1714, Rowley, Essex, MA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt Oct 1651  [4]
  Children	1. George Phillips,   b. 3 Jun 1664, Rowley, Essex, MA ,   d. 1739, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age 74 years)   2. Elisabeth Phillips,   b. s Aug 1665, Rowley, Essex, MA ,   d. 1 Oct 1724  (Age ~ 59 years)   3. Mary Phillips,   b. 1668,   d. 25 May 1727  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Samuel Phillips Beneath this stone are buried the remains of Samuel Phillips, the second pastor of the Church of Rowley. He was born in Boxford, England, A.D. 1625, Came to America, with his father, George Phillips, first minister of Watertown, Mass., In 1630; was graduated at Harvard College, In 1650, and was settled in the Christian ministry, in this place, in June, 1651, where he served God and his generation faithfully for 45 years, and died April 22, 1696. Near this spot are buried the remains of his wife, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Appleton, of Ipswich; she died 15, July, 1714 aged 86 years. From them have descended among others, George Phillips, minister of Brook Haven, L.I., New York; who died 1739, aged 75 years. Samuel Phillips, minister at Andover, Mass. died June 5, 1771, aged 81 years. Samuel Phillips, one of the founders of Phillips Academy, Andover, died August 21, 1790, aged 76 years. John Phillips, founder of Phillips Academy, Executor, N.H., died April, 1795, aged 76 years. Plot: 4 Row, East (Marble) North front

  
  

  Histories		Historical delight: Long-lost Rowley church records found in a bank vault offer rare details of daily life for early Colonists By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent, July 22, 2007
  		"Phillip's Diary" preservation efforts Beacon Street Diary blog entry, 28 Jan 2010.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] History of Richard and Francina (Hart) Phillips, Henry Hackenbracht, (West Lafayette, Ohio : H. Hackenbracht, 1951). [S5] Find A Grave. [S53] Beacon Street Diary Blog, (Congregational Library & Archives). [S69] History of Rowley, The, Thomas Gage, (Boston, F. Andrews, 1840).