12th of June, where, shortly afterwards, his wife died and was buried by
the side of Lady Arabella Johnson.

Mr. Phillips was admitted "freeman," May 18, 1631; this being the
earliest date of any such admission. For fourteen years he was the
pastor of the church at Watertown, a most godly man, and an influential
member of the small council that regulated the affairs of the colony.
His share in giving form and character to the institutions of New
England is believed to have been a very large one. He died on the 1st of
July, 1644, aged about fifty-one years.

The son of the foregoing, born in Boxted, England, in 1625, and
graduated from Harvard College in 1650, became in 1651 the Rev. Samuel
Phillips of Rowley, Mass. He continued as pastor over this parish for a
period of forty-five years. He was highly esteemed for his piety and
talents, which were of no common order; and he was eminently useful,
both at home and abroad.

In September, 1687, an information was filed by one Philip Nelson
against the Rev. Samuel Phillips, for calling Randolph "a wicked man;"
and for this "crime" (redounding to his honor) he was committed to
prison.

He was married in October, 1651, to Sarah Appleton, the daughter of
Samuel and Mary (Everhard) Appleton of Ipswich. He died April 22, 1696,
greatly beloved and lamented. His inventory amounted to nine hundred and
eighty-nine pounds sterling. In November, 1839, a chaste and handsome
marble monument was placed over the remains of Mr. Phillips and his
wife, in the burial-ground at Rowley, by the Hon. Jonathan Phillips of
Boston, their great-great-great-grandson.