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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 10: civil History. (search)
Hampshire, attended by the honorable the Lieut.-Governor and several of the chief gentlemen of this and that Province, and on this side of the river was met by Spencer Phips Esq., with his Troop of Horse, the Sheriff of Middlesex, and other gentlemen of that County, and by them conducted to Harvard College in Cambridge, where he waattle and Ash streets, and became a resident in Cambridge. He was born in the West Indies, inherited a princely fortune, married (in 1734) a daughter of Lieut.-gov. Spencer Phips, became at once a very popular citizen, and was elected Selectman and Representative in 1739, and again in 1740. Shortly after his second election, someThe Boston News Letter of September 19, contained this paragraph. On Tuesday last, a Bear, that had wandered down to Cambridge, was discovered on Lieut. Govr. Phips' farm, This farm embraced East Cambridge, and extended westerly nearly to Columbia Street. Five years later, in September, 1759, Dr. Belknap, then a student in
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 11: civil History. (search)
struction of tea in Boston Harbor. Boston Port Bill. donations to Boston. Councillors appointed by mandamus. Powder removed from the Magazine. concourse of people in Cambridge. resignation of Judge Danforth, Judge Lee, and Col. Oliver. Sheriff Phips promises that he will not act officially under the New establishment. Gen. Brattle's Letter and explanation. Provincial Congress. preparations for resistance by force of arms. Cambridge pledges persons and estates to maintain a declaratio David Phips. A true copy. Test, Nath. Cudworth, CL. Which was accepted as satisfactory. Notwithstanding his satisfactory declaration, Col. Phips adhered to the Royal cause, left the country, and never returned. He was son of Lieutenant-governor Spencer Phips. About 8 o'clock, his Honor Lieut. Governor Oliver set off from Cambridge to Boston, and informed Governor Gage of the true state of matters and the business of the people;—which, as his Honor told the Admiral, were not a mad mo
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
s originally assigned to John Talcott, Matthew Allen, and Mrs. Mussey, before 1642, when it was described as containing 267 acres. Subsequently the 63 acre lot of Governor Haynes was added, and when the estate was purchased, Aug. 15, 1706, by Spencer Phips (afterwards Lieut.-governor), it was said to contain 300 acres more or less; but it actually contained 326 acres, when measured for division after his decease. In his inventory, this tract is called two farms, with a house and barn on each. extended in the direction of the Great Dam, which is still visible, to Charles River, crossing Third Street near its intersection with Munroe Street. (See the Plan.) This estate was divided in 1759 between the children and grandchildren of Lieut.-gov. Phips, namely, Col. David Phips; Sarah, wife of Andrew Bordman; Mary, wife of Richard Lechmere; Rebecca, wife of Judge Joseph Lee; and the children of Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Col. John Vassall. Lechmere soon afterwards purchased the shar
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 13: civil History. (search)
hould maintain its half part of the whole structure at its own expense. Mass. Spec. Laws, XI. 280. In June, 1738, a petition of Edmund Goffe, William Brattle, and others of Cambridge, for liberty to establish a ferry between Cambridge and Boston, of which the profits should be paid to Harvard College, also a similar petition of Hugh Hall and others of Boston, and a petition of John Staniford of Boston for liberty to construct a bridge from a point near the copper works in Boston to Col. Phips' farm (now East Cambridge) were severally referred to the next General Court, Printed Journal House of Representatives. and both enterprises were abandoned. Nearly fifty years afterwards, Feb. 11, 1785, the town appointed a committee to support in behalf of the inhabitants of this town the petition of Mr. Andrew Cabot to the General Court, now sitting, praying leave to erect at his own expense, a bridge over Charles River, from Lechmere's Point in this town to Barton's Point, or such o
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
apt. Gookin Sheriff of Middlesex, and son of Gen. Gookin. and Capt. Phips to be sent to for riding officers. June 22, Mr. Sheriff Gookin and Capt. Sam Mass. Arch., LXXI. 368.. Phips accepted to ride the circle for hastening the troops (Gookin commanded a company in this expeada, 1745 and 1746, containing the following names: Capt. [William] Phips, Lieut. [Spencer] Phips, Lieut. Moore, Sergeant Gee, Sam uel AndrewPhips, Lieut. Moore, Sergeant Gee, Sam uel Andrew, William Barrett, Jr., John Batherick, W. Brown, Nathaniel Chad ick, Downing Champney, Solomon Champney, John Clark, Abraham Colfrey, Benjamother government of New Hampshire, Oct. 15, 1716, he was met by Spencer Phips, Esq., with his Troop of horse, the Sheriff of Middlesex, and oollege in Cambridge, etc. Boston News Letter, Oct. 22, 1716. Colonel Phips was Lieut.—governor from 1732 until he died in 1757. It is not pany; but I find no definite designation of officers succeeding Colonel Phips until 1771, when his son David Phips was commissioned Captain,
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
these offices every year, residing elsewhere, until he died, July 31, 1653. Thomas Danforth, 1679-1692. Except during the administration of Andros. Spencer Phips, 1732-1757. He was acting Governor during the absence of Governor Shirley, from Sept. 11, 1749, to Aug. 7, 1753, and from Sept. 25, 1756, until he died, Aprnder the second Charter. Thomas Danforth, 1693-1699. John Leverett, 1706. Thomas Oliver, 1715. Died in office, October 31, or November 1, 1715. Spencer Phips, 1721-1723, 1725-1732. Jonathan Remington, 1730-1740. Francis Foxcroft, 1732-1757. Samuel Danforth, 1739-1774. William Brattle, 1755-1773. Nega9, 1700, 1706. Speaker in 1700. Jona. Remington, 1714, 1715, 1717, 1718, 1722-1728. Edmund Goffe, 1716, 1720, 1721. Andrew Bordman, 1719, 1720. Spencer Phips, 1721. William Brattle, 1729-1733, 1735, 1736, 1754, 1755, 1770. Samuel Danforth, 1734, 1735, 1737, 1738. John Vassall, 1739, 1740, 1747. Samuel Bo
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
s living in 1732. 7. Andrew, s. of Andrew (4), grad. H. C. 1719; m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut.-gov. Spencer Phips, 25 Feb. 1731-2, and had Ruth, b. 28 Jan. 1732-3, d. 23 June 1740; Andrew, b. 15 Ap. 1 resided in Boston, and sold the farm in 1699, to John Langdon, who sold the same in 1706 to Spencer Phips, Esq., for £ 1273. Atherton H. Stevens, Esq., who d. at East Cambridge 8 Ap. 1875, aged nears born in the West Indies 7 Sept. 1713, and grad. H. C. 1732. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Lt.-gov. Spencer Phips, 10 Oct. 1734; she d. 22 Sept. 1739, and he m. Lucy, only daughter of Jonathan Barron ofecutors of the last will and testament of the said John Vassall, Esq. Nov. 7, 1752. I, Spencer Phips, Esq., guardian to John Vassall (son of Col. John Vassall abovenamed), do hereby acknowledgemerated for and on behalf of the said John, my pupil, and shall account with him for the same. S. Phips. his w. Lucy m. Benjamin Ellery 22 Nov. 1749, and d. 19 Oct. 1752. 2. Henry, s. of Major L
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, B. (search)
us important committees. He d. 21 Jan. 1750-51, aged nearly 75; his w. Abigail d. Oct. 1752, a. 75 years 8 months. 6. Aaron, s. of Aaron (3), m. Elizabeth Parker 14 Oct. 1708, and had Aaron, b. 6 May 1711, a tin-plate worker in Boston, 1737; Zechariah, b. 24 Oct. 1713. Aaron the f. was a saddler, and inherited the homestead, on Harvard Square. He d. 24 Jan. 1718-19, a. 32; his w. Elizabeth was living in 1732. 7. Andrew, s. of Andrew (4), grad. H. C. 1719; m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut.-gov. Spencer Phips, 25 Feb. 1731-2, and had Ruth, b. 28 Jan. 1732-3, d. 23 June 1740; Andrew, b. 15 Ap. 1735, d. 24 June 1740; a son (twin with Andrew), d. 18 Ap. 1735; Elizabeth, b. 30 Mar. 1742, d. 16 Nov. 1749; Andrew, b. 31 Aug. 1745. Andrew the f. inherited the homestead on Harvard Square, east of Dunster Street, and succeeded his father as Steward of the College, in 1747, which office he held about three years; thus nearly if not entirely completing a century of Stewardship by the same family.
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, H. (search)
uch to his farm that it contained two hundred and sixty-seven acres. He early removed to Boston, and resided at the southerly corner of Washington and School streets, where he died 11 Sept. 1650. His son Samuel was pastor of the Church at Reading, and d. 30 Mar. 1662, leaving a son Samuel, who d. before 15 Oct. 1679, leaving wid. Anna and sons Samuel, a goldsmith, and Atherton, a tailor, who both resided in Boston, and sold the farm in 1699, to John Langdon, who sold the same in 1706 to Spencer Phips, Esq., for £ 1273. Atherton H. Stevens, Esq., who d. at East Cambridge 8 Ap. 1875, aged nearly 88 years, was a lineal descendant from the first Atherton Haugh of Cambridge, and for many years resided on a part of the original homestead. Haynes, John, came to New England 1633, from Copford Hall in Essex, in company with Rev. Thomas Hooker, was admitted freeman in 1634, elected an Assistant in 1634 and 1636, and Governor in 1635. He rem. to Connecticut in 1637, settled at Hartford, was
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, V. (search)
V. Vassall, John, s. of Major Leonard Vassall, was born in the West Indies 7 Sept. 1713, and grad. H. C. 1732. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Lt.-gov. Spencer Phips, 10 Oct. 1734; she d. 22 Sept. 1739, and he m. Lucy, only daughter of Jonathan Barron of Chelmsford. His chil. were Ruth, b. 14 July 1737, m. Edward Davis of Bostonll and testament of the said John Vassall, Esq. Joshua Henshaw, (Executors of the last will and testament of the said John Vassall, Esq. Nov. 7, 1752. I, Spencer Phips, Esq., guardian to John Vassall (son of Col. John Vassall abovenamed), do hereby acknowledge that I have received of the executors before named the several articles above enumerated for and on behalf of the said John, my pupil, and shall account with him for the same. S. Phips. his w. Lucy m. Benjamin Ellery 22 Nov. 1749, and d. 19 Oct. 1752. 2. Henry, s. of Major Leonard Vassall, was born in the West Indies 25 Dec. 1721, m. Penelope, dau. of Isaac Royall, 28 Jan. 1742, and had Eliz
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