He is married to Anne Unknown.
They got married
==Biography==Benjamin Phillips was born in 1654, in Weymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is the son of [[Phillips-140|Nicholas Phillips]] and [[Jewson-3|Elizabeth Jewson]].[[#Will-Phillips-140|Will-Phillips-140]] This profile is, by definition, the "third son Benjamin" from Nicholas' will.
Benjamin grew up next door to his [[Phillips-4055|uncle Martin]] in the "Old Spain" area. John King and Joseph Shaw were neighbors living in the same area.[[#Phillips|Phillips]] His father and uncles were involved in pioneer farming and town building and he grew up doing the same.
His father died before October 3, 1672, when his will was proved in Weymouth. Benjamin inherited £6 and a one-sixth share of her father's residual estate after specific bequeaths. He and his two brothers, [[Phillips-209|Richard]] and [[Phillips-208|Benjamin]], also inherited his father's wearing apparel.[[#Will-Phillips-140|Will-Phillips-140]]
Benjamin married Anne ? in 1679.
He apparently learned the carpenter's trade as he is found in Charlestown records in 1681 employed as a ship's carpenter. Both he and Anne were admitted to the First Church in Charlestown April 3, 1681.
=== Children of Benjamin and Anne ===
#Benjamin, b. 2 Oct 1680
#Hannah, b. 24 Sep 1682
#Joshua, b. 4 Apr 1685
#Abiel, b. 18 Aug 1688
== Footnotes ==
== Sources ==*Will-Phillips-140: Will of Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham, Dated 2 Jun 1671, Proved 2 Oct 1672. Abstracted in Chamberlain but still looking for facsimile of original.*Chamberlain: Chamberlain, George Walter. ''[[Space:History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts|History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts]]'', Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.), 1923 [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067881399;view=1up;seq=50 On Hathitrust.org]*Phillips: Phillips, C. Arthur. ''[[Space:Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672|Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672]]'', Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1976. [https://archive.org/stream/deaconnicholasph00phil#page/n5/mode/2up On Archive.org] - Available by joining Internet Archive Library (free).
External link: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Phillips-208
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