Sarah APPLETON

Sarah married Rev Samuel PHILLIPS in Oct 1651 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Samuel was born in 1625 in Plymouth, co. Devon England; was christened on 24 Dec 1624 in Plymouth, co. Devon; died on 22 Apr 1696 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dorcas PHILLIPS was born in Rowley, Massachusetts; was christened on 6 Jan 1666/7; died on 18 Jan 1719 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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He was of royal and noble descent from Henry I Beauclerc, King of England from 1100-1135. Samuel was apprenticed on 16 July 1604 to Samuel Doughty of the Drapers' Company, London. He and Judith lived in the family home at Holbrook Hall, where their first five children were baptized. They moved sometime after 1625, possibly in Groton or Combs or Milden or Monks Eleigh, where they held lands in each of these locations. He became interested in the Puritan community and had planned to leave England in 1630 with the Winthrop fleet, but came later. Samuel became a freeman 25 May 1636 and was Deputy at the General Curt on 17 May 1637. Samuel served on the Grand Jury in 1641. He was a deputy to the General Court from 1656 to 1664 with the title of "Lieutenant," and thereafter as "Captain." He was a member of the Armory and was a gentleman and amiger (one entitled to bear heraldic arms.)

Samuel married Judith EVERARD on 24 Jan 1615/16 in Preston, co. Suffolk, England. Judith was born about 1597 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: ab 1587
• Fact: Daughter of John Everard and Judith Bourne

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She was of royal and noble descent from Louis IV d'Outremer (over the seas), known as "the Simple," King of the Franks from 936-954.