Watertown in 1634 subscr. towards build. the gallery for secur. of the harbour, and was made freem. 14 May of that yr. yet was one of the first sett. at Yarmouth, and mem. of the earliest assemb. of Plym. Col. in 1639 and 40 for Y. as Baylies I.305 and 7 shows. But he was aft. at the Vineyard, and thence went 1651 to New London and in 1656 I find him among the freem. of Portsmouth, R.I. and not long aft. at Providence, of wh. he was rep. 1661. He lived later in Tiverton. Prob. he was progenit. of a num. race; tho. I find not how; but he had John, bapt. at Barnstable, 8 Nov 1940; Philip; Thomas, Feb 1646; and Job or Joseph. In the will of John Masters, of Cambridge, 1639, he names his d. Lydia T. wh. may well be thot. w. of Philip, and he prob. was f. of Lydia, wh. bec. sec. w. 16 Feb 1665, of the first Pardon Tillinghast.197, v4p248
Philip immigrated to America in the early 1630s. He resided in Watertown MA 1634. He held the position of commissioner and married (1) Lydia Masters December 21, 1639 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of John Masters and Jane Cox. They moved to Yarmouth Massachusetts 1640 where all his children were born. Lydia died before 1650, when all her children were under 10 years of age. Philip remarried (2) Jane Latham c.1650 and moved the family to Marthas Vineyard 1653, New London Connecticut 1654, Portsmouth Rhode Island 1654, Providence Rhode Island 1659, and finally Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. (then a part of Dartmouth) 1667, where he stayed until his death on December 21, 1672. 46 |