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Lot Phillips, box manufacturer of
West Hanover, Plymouth Co., Mass, is a well known business man and a
descendant of an old Plymouth county family. He was born in the
town of Hanson, Feb. 13, 1841.
This Phillips family is descended from John
Phillips, Lot Phillips tracing his line through Samuel, Thomas, Blaney,
Lot and Ezra.
(I) John Phillips (accepting Pope as
authority), of Duxbury, was a volunteer for the Pequot war in 1837; a
proprietor, 1640; on the list of those able to bear arms, 1643.
He bought Oct. 19, 1639, a house in Duxbury of Robert Mendall, for
which annual payments were to be made at Boston. He married
(first) at Marshfield, July 6, 1654, Grace Holloway, and (second) March
15, 1666, Faith, widow of Edward Doten. She died Dec. 21, 1675;
made will Dec. 12, 1675, giving her estate to her daughters Mary,
Elizabeth and Desire. he had one child, Joseph, born last of
March, 1655. He made his will Oct. 20, 1691, aged about
eighty-nine years; bequeathed to son Samuel and son Benjamin and each
of their sons.
(II) Samuel Phillips, of Taunton, perhaps son
of the above, married in 1676 Widow Mary Cobb, and their children were:
Mehetabel, born in 1676; Samuel, born in 1678; and Thomas.
(III) Thomas Philips, of Marshfield,
perhaps son of Samuel (above), married in 1702 Rebecca, daughter of
John Blaney, of Charlestown, and their children were: Rebecca, born in
1704 (married Philip Chandler); Thomas, born in 1705; John, born in
1707; Samuel, born in 1709; Blaney, born in 1711; and perhaps Mary (who
married Reuben Carver).
(IV) Blaney Phillips, of Duxbury, and
Pembroke, Mass., born in 1711, married in 1733 Christian, daughter of
Christopher Wadsworth, of Duxbury, and their children were:
Samuel, born in 1734; Blaney, born in 1736; Samuel, born in 1734;
Blaney, born in 1736; Samuel, born in 1738; Christian, born in 1740
(married (Philip Chandler); Mercy, born in 1744 (married Mark
Phillips); Alice, born in 1747 (married David Beal); Seth, born in
1749; Christopher, born in 1753; Lot, born in 1755; and Betty, born in
1757.
(V) Lot Phillips, of Pembroke, born in
1755, married in 1779 Diana, daughter of Rouse Howland, and their
children were: Ezra, born in 1779; Mehetabel, born in 1783; Lydia, born
in 1786; Sally, born in 1788; Diana, born in 1791; Christian Wadsworth,
born in 1793; and Blaney, born in 1797.
(VI) Ezra Phillips, of Hanson, Mass., son of
Lot and Diana (Howland) Phillips, born Oct 2, 1779, in the town of
Hanson, there grew to manhood. He owned a tract of land in that
town and followed farming, making his home there throughout life.
He lived to a ripe old age, dying July 6, 1857; he was buried in
Hanson. He was a man well known and respected, a good citizen in
every way. He married (first) in 1808 Mehetabel, daughter of
Joseph, Allen, of Bridgewater, Mass., and two children were born to
that union: Ezra, born Oct. 10, 1810, and Mehetabel, born in 181, who
married Charles Beal and resided in Turner, Maine. Mr. Phillips
married for his second wife, in 1814, Lucy, daughter of Josiah
Chamberlain, and they had three children: a son, born in 1815, who died
in infancy, un-named; Lucy Pratt, born in 1821; and George, born in
1824. For his third wife Mr. Phillips married, in 1833, Nabby
Pratt, widow of Jonathan Pratt, and daughter of Mark Phillips, of East
Bridgewater. She died May 6, 1863, at her home in Hanson, leaving
one son, Lot, who was born Feb. 13, 1841.
(VII) Lot Phillips, son of Ezra and
Nabby (Phillips) Phillips, was born in Hanson, Mass., and until
twenty-two years of age remained on the home place attending the
public schools and working on the farm. Of a mechanical turn of
mind, and with a taste in that direction, he learned the trade of
millwright, becoming proficient in that occupation, at which he
continued until 1871. Feeling now like doing business on his own
account, he became associated with E.Y. Perry & Co., of South
Hanover, this firm being composed of E.Y. Pery and Mr. Phillips's half
brother, Ezra Phillips, who built for him a plant for the manufacture
of wooden boxes and the grinding of grain, their location being in West
Hanover, Mass.; the business was conducted under the firm style of Lot
Phillips & Co., Mr. Phillips being given a half interest in the
business which he was to pay for out of the profits of the
business. When Mr. Phillips began business in West Hanover it was
a mere hamlet. But owing to the extensive business this concern
has brought to the place the point has become one of th busiest
sections of the town; and all this through the efforts of enterprise
and public spirit of Lot Phillips & Co., for they have been
wide-awake, industrious and progressive men. The mill business
still continues to be the principal industry there and the employees
reside in comfortable homes in the immediate vicinity, erected
principally through Mr. Phillips's energy.
Mr. Phillips started in business in a modest
way and by his own sheer pluck and good business methods has increased
the capacity of the original plant many times, until it is now one of
the largest box mills in this part of Massachusetts. In addition
to the mill and box business at West Hanover he has acquired by
purchase a number of other smaller mills in Hanover and surrounding
towns, including the old Alahab mill, at West Hanover, and others, in
West Duxbury, East Pembroke, and elsewhere. In 1904 the business
was incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, with the following
officers: Lot Phillips, president; Fred Phillips, secretary; J.W.
Hinkley, treasurer.
As required in his business, Mr. Phillips
deals quite extensively in real estate. He is an experience
woodman and knows that branch of the buisness thoroughly. He
superintends personally the cutting of lumber on his woodland, and in
storm and sunshine makes his regular trips to the woods all through the
towns in the vicinity of Hanover and elsewhere. He conducts his
business in an up-to-date and modern manner. He is ever looking
for new improvements and few in business are more progressive than
he. His success in business is due to this careful and open in
all his business dealings and his work is as good as his bond. He
has in his employ in the neighborhood of eighty to one hundred hands
and this number is greater at certain seasons of the year.
Mr. Phillips has become one of the most
prominent men in Hanover. He is always interested in anything for
the benefit of the town of his adoption and can be relied upon to be
upon the right side of the question. His business judgment is
often sought by people in other lines of industry. He takes much
interest in town meetings, and it is rarely indeed that he misses a
meeting.
Mr. Phillps has served as a member of the
cemetery committee in Hanover for several years and it is largely
through his efforts that the cemetery at Center Hanover has become one
of the handsomest in this section. He is a member of the Rockland
Commercial Club and has served on many important committees, having
served on the executive committee for the past several years. He
attends the First Congregational Church at Center Hanover, is a member
of the parish and has acted as treasurer of the parish for many
years. He is a director of the Abington & Rockland Electric
Light & Power Company, and a director and vice president of the
Rockland Trust Company, of Rockland, of which he was one of the
incorporators.
Mr. Phillips is a stanch Republican, and
while he has never held any office he has served as a member of the
Republican town committee and was for some time an officer o f the
Plymouth county Republican Club, doing much to bring that organization
to the front as one of the political powers of the State. He has
traveled extensively through this country and has a wide acquaintance
among public men. His friends and fellow citizens, believing the
people of the district were in want of a business man to represent them
in the General Court of Massachusetts, and believing him to be just
such a man as wanted, urged him, in 1906, to become a candidate for
representative of the Rockland, Hanover and Hanson district at the
party caucus held in September of that year, and, yielding to their
wishes, his name was there presented; he was defeated by but three
votes.
On March 6, 1862, Mr. Phillips married Sarah
E. Barker, who was born in Livermore, Maine, May 26, 1842, daughter of
Lot P. and Elizabeth (Soper) Barker, of Hanson, Mass. To this
union were born children as follows: (1) George W., born Feb. 9, 1864,
died Oct. 13, 1889. He married June 28, 1888, Edith E. Wheeler,
who was born July 9, 1868, daughter of L.F. Wheeler, of Rockland,
Mass., and they had one child, George W. Jr., born Nov. 13, 1889.
(2) Mabel G., born Dec. 11, 1866, married Edwin T. Whiting. (3)
Fred W., born Jan. 10, 1870, married Aug. 18, 1896, Jane F. Drew,
daughter of Thomas Drew, and they have had three children: Elizabeth,
born June 26, 1897; Evalina D., July 24, 1900; and Lot (2), Sept. 11,
1903. (4) Flora E., born Nov. 20, 1871, married Frank S.
Alger, editor of the Rockland Standard. (5) Ezra Burt, born
Oct. 18, 1873, married Dec. 23, 1894, Mabel F. Turner, daughter of
Walter F. Turner, and they have had two children, Reta L., born July 7,
1900, and Ezra W., born March 6, 1906. (6) Lee, born April
8, 1879, married April 19, 1906, Elizabeth W. Curtis, daughter of
Albert J. Curtis, and they have two children: Elizabeth, born May 11,
1907; and Hannah Curis, born Jan. 27, 1909. (7) Hugh, born Feb.
1, 1882, resides at home. The mother of this family passed away
in Hanover, Mass., Jan. 9, 1907.
Mitchell.
The Mitchell family of Bridgewater, intermarried with the Hoopers, is
one of the oldest and best known in southeastern Massachusetts.
(I) Experience Mitchell, the first of
the name in the New World, is entitled to be classed amonth the
"forefathers" a name teachnically applied to those who came over in the
first three ships. He came over in the third ship, the "Ann", in
1623. He sold his place in Plymouth to Samuel Eddy in 1631, and
removed to Duxbury, where he bought a house and farm in 1650. He
was an origianl propietor of Bridgwater, but sold his share of
porprietary right to Thomas Hayward, and did not come to Bridgewater
till late in life, when he was accompanied by his son, Edward. He
located at a place called Joppa, where many of his descendants made
their home. He died in 1689, aged about eighty-one. He
married for his first wife, it is supposed, Jane Cook, daughter of
Francis Cook. His second wife was Mary (last name not
known). He was the father of eight children, four of whom were
sons.
(II) Jacob MItchell, third son of Experience,
was married in 1666 to Susanna Pope, of Plymouth, daughter of Thomas
Pope. He was a carpenter and an ensign, and he settled in
Dartmough, now Fairhaven. In 1675, at the commencement of King
Philip's war, he and his wife were both fatally wounded by the Indians
in the early morning hours as they were on their way to the garrison to
join their children, who had been sent on the evening before. The
lived to reach the fort, but died of their wounds. Their
children, Jacob, Thomas and MAry, came to Bridgewater and were cared
for by their uncle Edward. In 1696 Mary married Samuel Kingman,
her two borther marrying his sisters.
(III) Thomas Mitchell, son of Jacob, married
Elizabeth Kingmans, and became the father of eight children, five sons
and three daughters. He died in 1727, and his wife in 1733.
(IV) Timothy Mitchell, son of Thomas,
was born in Bridgewater in 1700. He married Deborah Packard,
daughter of Nathaniel, and she died in 1744, the mother of five
children, of whom Timothy was lost at sea. The father died in
1733-the same year as his mother.
(V) Thomas Mitchell, son of Timothy was
born in Bridgewater. He married Keziah Swift, of Plymouth.
He was a soldier in the Revolutiion, holding the rank of major among
the officers belonging to General THomas's regiment, who were
commissioned May 19, 1775; also was first major, Col. John Thomas's
regiment, list of officers (year not given-probably 1775). HIs
name appears on the pay roll as major with Col. John Thomas's list of
staff and field officers of Capt. Josiah Hayden's company, for
September and October, 1775, dated "Camp at Roxbury, engaged April 19,
1775." He died in 1776, on account, perhaps, of exposure in his
army life. He was the father of seven children, and his eldest
son, Timothy, took quite an active part in the Revolution, serving to
the close. He was known as Capt. Timothy Mitchell, and he settled
in Vermont.
(VI) Thomas Mitchell, son of Maj.
Thomas, was born in Bridgewater in 1765. In 1797 he married
MEhitabel Alden, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Bethiah (Carver) Alden,
the former a captain in the Revolution and a direct descendant of John
Alden, the "Mayflower" Pilgrim, and the latter a daughter of Eleazer
Carver, a sister of Dr. Eleazer Carver, a surgeon in the Revolutionary
army. Mr. Mitchell located in Enfield, Mass., where he
died. Jane Mitchell, daughter of Thomas and Mehitabel (Alden)
Mitchell, married (first) a Hayward and (second) Mitchell Hooper,
becoming the mother of his children, mentioned elsewhere; she died Dec.
30, 1891, aged eighty years, and was laid to rest in Mount Prospect
cemetery.
Snow. (I) Nicholas Snow, a native of
England, came to the country in 1623 in the ship "Ann," locating in
Plymouth, where he had a share oin the division of land in 1624.
In 1634 he removed to Eastham, where he became a prominent
citizen. Hi shome was on the road from Plymouth to Eel river, on
the Westerly side. He was admitted a freeman in 1633, and was
elected town clerk at the first meeting of the town of Eastham, holding
that office sixteen year. He was deputy to the General Court from
1648, three years; selectman from 1663, seven years. He and his
son Mark signed the call to Rev. John Mayo to settle as their minister
in 1655. He was one of Gov. Thomas Prence's associates. He
married at Plymouth, constance, daughter of Stephen Hopkins, who came
over in the "Mayflower". Constance herself came in the
"Mayflower." She died in October, 1677. Mr. Snow died Nov.
15, 1676, in Eastham, Mass. Their children were: Mark, born May
9, 1628; Mary, born about 1630; John, born about 1638; Elizabth, born
about 1642; Ruth, born about 1644; hannah, born probably at Eastham,
about 1646; and Rebecca, born about 1648.
(II) Stephen Snow, son of Nicholas, born about
1636, probably in Plymouth, mrried (first) Dec. 13, 1663, in Eastham,
Susanna (Deane) Rogers daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring)
Deane. She was born before 1634 in Plymouth; mrried (first)
Joseph Rogers, Jr. son of Lieut. Joseph Rogers, who came as a boy in
the "Mayflower". Susanna died before 1701, and Stephen married
(second) April 9, 1701, Mary Bigford. He resided in what is now
East Orleans, Mass. He died Dec. 17, 1705, in Eastham.
Children, born in Eastham: Bathsheba, born July 25, 1664; Hannah, born
Jan. 2, 1666; Micajah, born Dec. 22, 1669; Bethiab, born July 1, 1672;
Mehetabel, born about 1674; and Ebenezer, born about 1677.
(III) Micajah Snow, son of Stephen, born Dec.
22, 1669, married Nov. 21, 1697, Mary Young, daughter of John and Ruth
(Cole) Young. He died in 1753-54, and by will, dated Dec. 5,
1753, and proved in 1754, gives to Jonathan Snow, grandson, and to
grandsons Moses and Heman; to sons Micajah, John, Jesse, David, and
daughters Phebe Paine, Mary Sears and Rugh Arey. Their children
were" John, born May 26, 1700; Stephen, born May 19, 1702; Jonathan,
born Jan. 16, 1704; Phebe, born July 17, 1707; Jesse, born Oct. 27,
1709; David, born Oct. 30, 1711; Mary or Mercy, born Sept. 16, 1713,
Micajah, born in December, 1716; and Ruth, born March 11, 1718.
(IV) Jesse Snow, son of Micajah, born Oct. 27,
1709, married Louisa Freeman. Among their children was Edmund,
born in 1752.
(V) Edmund Snow, son of Jesse, born in
1752, lived in the south parish of the town of Eastham, which in 1797
became the town of Orleans, Mass., of which he was one of the
founders. He married Mary Clark, of Brewster, Mass. Among
their children was Joel, born March 17, 1788.
(VI) Maj. Joel Snow, son of Edmund and
Mary (Clark) Snow, born March 17, 1788, in that part of Eastham that
became the town of Orleans, married (intentions of marrying published
April 6, 1811) Phebe Snow, born April 17, 1788, in Eastham, daughter of
Joseph and Susanna (Horton) Snow. He was both a farmer and
carpenter. He died Jan. 12, 1861, his wife, who survived him
several years, passing away Dec. 20, 1869. Their children, all of
Eastham town recod, were: Harvey, born Sept. 22, 1811, who died in
Brockton, married (first) Thankful Knowles and (second) Kathering
Shepardson; Joel, born April 30, 1814, married (first) Ruth Collins,
(Second) Harriet Clark and (third) Sarah Jane Hickman; Betsey F., born
Sept. 10, 1815, died Aug. 18, 1816; Barnabas, born June 8, 1817, is
mentioned below; Betsey F. (2), born Feb. 12, 1819, married Solomon
Doane; Jesse W., born Oct. 10, 1820, who died in Boston, Mass, married
Sarah; Rozilla, born Dec. 17, 1821, married Dean Sparrow; Phebe A.,
born July 22, 1823, married Robert Jennison; Joshua, born, July 9,
1825, married Rebecca K. Collins; Joseph, born June 13, 1827, who died
in California, married Sarah P. Snow; and Susan, born July 25, 1830,
who died Dec. 20, 1851, married Josiah M. Knowles.
Benjamin Tower, a descendant of thomas, an early settler in
Hingham, came hither from Weymouth 1716, and lived on the east margin
of Accord Pond. He married Berthia Woodworth 1718 children,
Deborah born 1718, Bethia 1720, James 1722, John 1724.
James married Margaret Day and Lucy
Dunbar. He was a soldier at Fort Willima Hnery in the French
war. Matthew, his son, born Dec. 1, 1755 (see Israel Smith)
married Rusha Hatch of Marshifield 1781. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, and deceased March 1831. His children, Rusha the wife of
Samuel Eells ofHanover, Betsey the wife of Capt. Isaac Whittemore 1811,
and of Ebenezer T. Fogg, Esq. 1820, and Benjamin Hatch Tower, Harvard
Col. 1806, died 1808. Horace, an intelligent and enterprising
young man, was lost at sea 1820, mate of a ship from Salem, George
Hodges, Master.
John married Lydia Hollis of Weymouth 1746-his
son Jonathan Hollis died at Watertown, leaving sons, James and Jonathan
Hollis.
Samuel Tuell, a descendant of Daniel, of
Boston, married Mehitabel James 1700, and left Thankful born 1701,
Mehitabel 1703, and removed to Marshfield.
Benjamin Tuell, brother of the above, married
Joanna Caswell of Hingham 1707. His son Caswell was born in
Scituate 1716. This family removed early.
Robert Thompson was in Scituate 1712.
His house was on the lane which leads north-west from Hobart's landing
gate. Mr. Cushing Brggs now owns the place. He married Ann,
daughter of John Barker, Esq. 1713. Children, Robert 1715,
Barnabas 1717, Ann 1719, John 1720,Thomas 1721. This family soon
removed.
James Till was in the family of Isaac
Stedman 1639. He had a grant of Marsh land at Till's creek, which
received its early name from that circumstance, (now Dwelley's creek,
opposite Gravelly beach west-side of North river). He left no
family here, and probably removed to Boston with Stedman.
Thomas Totman came from Plymouth 1660.
He resided south side Church hill. He son was Stephen, whose
children were Samuel born 1693, Stephen 1695, Mary 1696, Christian
1699. Of these, Stephen had a son Eenezer born 1720, who left two
sons, Thomas, who removed, and Stephen born 1756, a Revolutionary
soldier; and who deceased 1830, leaving descendants in Scituate,
Weymouth and Boston. Ebenezer married Grace, daughter of Hawkins
Turner: she is said to be living now at Brookfield. She was born
1732.
William Brooks was a householder in
1644. His farm was south of Till's creek, latterly called
Dwelley's creek, and his house near that of Capt. William Brooks, his
descendant of the sixth generation. The spot seems to have been
selected on account of the sweet spring of water near it. His
wife was widow Susanna Dunham of Plymouth. His children were
Hannah born 1645, Nathaniel 1646, (who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Richard Curtis, 1678, and secceeded to his father's residence), Mary
born 1647, Sarah born 1650, (who married Joseph Studley), Meriam born
1652, (who married John Curtis, son of Richard Curtis), Deborah born
1654, (who married Robert Stetson, Jr. son of the Cornet), Thomas born
1657, who married Hannah Bisby 1687, and Joanna born 1659.
The people of this name in Scituate have all
descended from Nathaniel. His sons were William, Gilbert and
Nathaniel. William's poterity remain on the ancient seat of the
family.* Gilbert had a son William, born 1714, (wo removed or
died early), Gilbert 1718, and Benjamin 1720. Nath'l, 2d. married
Mary Taylor 1717, and purchasedlands of Michael Wanton, a half mile
west of Hop-pole hill, where the fifth Nathaniel Brooks now
resides. His children are of the seventh generation.
Nathaniel, 3d. married Elizabeth Benson 1744, Nathaniel, 4th. married
Deborah Brooks 1783, and Nathaiel, 5th. married Charlotte Lapham 1821.
**
Thomas, the son of William, sen. had one son
Thomas, born 1688, and a daughter Joanna born 1695. Thomas had no
family. Joanna married John Ruggles, who secceeded to the farm of
Thomas Brooks. It lies a half mile east of the residence of
William above described. It was the farm of William Richards 1640.
* The late Capt. William, wo deceased 1821, on the paternal spot, was his grandson, (and son of William, who married Mary Braman 1737). His childen are Capt. William, who lives on the the paternal farm, Sarah, (wife of Dea. Loring of Duxbury), Philenda, (wife of Capt. Luther Tilden), Temperance, (wife of Capt. Reuben Drew of Duxbury), Betsey, (second wife of Capt. Johnathan Tilden), Gilbert of Medford, Lucy, Seth and Nathan of Duxbury. Their mother Betsy Stodder.
**Nathaniel,
2d. had also a son Taylor, who married Miriam Curtis 1740. Capt.
Noah was his son, born 1744, and died at sea. His son is Capt.
Nah of South Boston, and his daughters the wives of William Bradford of
Kingston, Samuel Kent, late of Scituate, and Hon. John Holmes of Maine.
Gilbert (son of Gilbert) was fatehr of late Samuel of
Hanover, born 1742.
Nathaniel, 2d. had sons Noah, Michael, Simeon and Stephen,
who died early or removed, born from 1723 to 1737.
Gilbert Brooks was the brother of William Brooks, sen. and came into
Scituate at the same time. His residence was on the south of
Colmans's hills. He sold his house to Robert Crossman of Taunton,
1652. It was afterward the residence of Jospeh Otis, Esq.
The earliest notice which we have seen of him, is, that he was in the
family of Mr. William Vassall 1638. He married Elizabeth, the
daughter of Gov. Edward Winslow. He had sons Gilbert and John,
porbably born in Marshfield. His children born in Scituate were
Elizabeth, born 1645, Sarah 1646, Mary 1649, Rachel 1650, Bathsheba
1655, Rebecca 1657, Hannah 1659, all baptized in the second Church.
In 1675, he kept a garrison at Gov. Josiah
Winslow's house in Marshfield. we observe that John, son of
Gilbert Brooks, had a legacy in the will of his uncle, Gov. Josiah
Winslow.
Gilbert was in Rehoboth 1683, and one of a
committee "to treat with the Rev. Samuel Angier, concerning his
settlement in the ministry there." (Colony Records).
Richard Goff,
of Barringotn, and Martha Toogood, of that same town; daughterof
Nathaniel and Martha Toogood, were married, July 19, 1722, and their
children of Rehoboth town record were: Sarah, born October 19, 1723;
Joseph,December 12, 1725; Squire, June 18, 17127; Bethia, January 31,
1729-30; Rachel, July 28, 1731; Rebecca, May 11, 1733; Dorothy, August
4, 1735;Richard, July 31, 1741.
Source: Cutter, William Richard. New England
Families Genealogical and Memorial. Vol. I-IV. New York, USA:
n.p., 1915. p. 2292
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