Phillips Payson
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Phillips Payson | |
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| Born | February 29, 1704 Samuel Phillips Payson (1736–1801) |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Payson, Mary Wiswall |
Congregations served | Dorchester, then Walpole |
| Title | Reverend |
Phillips Payson (1704–1801) was an American
History
Rev. Phillips Payson was born 29 February 1704 and baptized 12 March 1704 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Rev. Samuel Payson (d. 24 November 1721) and his wife Mary, the daughter of Elder Thomas Wiswall.[1] The Payson family originated from Nazeing, England, first settling in the Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1635.[2]
The Reverend is not the same person as his first cousin Phillips Payson who died young, the son of his uncle Rev. Edward Payson (d. 22 Aug 1732) and Elizabeth Phillips (b. 2 August 1665, dau. of Rev. Samuel Phillips, m. 7 November 1683, d. 1 October 1724).[3][1]
He received an A.B. from
The people of the town of Walpole were integral to the
By his wife Anne Swift, his children included:
- Phillips Payson aka Samuel Phillips Payson, H.C.1754, D.D.
- Seth Payson, H.C. 1777, D.D., who was father of:
- Edward Payson, H. C. 1803, D. D., minister of Portland, Maine. In 1834, twenty-two of his name, says Farmer, had been graduates at Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth. Seven of the thirteen from Harvard were clergy.
Rev. Phillips Payson is buried in the Rumney Marsh Burying Ground in Revere, Massachusetts.[5]
References
- ^ a b A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692. Volume #3: Patch-Peacock. By James Savage. Retrieved 30 April 2017
- ^ Stearns, Ezra S. (1875). History of the town of Rindge, New Hampshire, from the date of the Rowley Canada or Massachusetts charter, to the present time, 1736-1874, with a genealogical register of the Rindge families. Boston: Press of G. H. Ellis. p. 210. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692. Volume #3: Phillips-Phips. By James Savage. Retrieved 30 April 2017
- ^ History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. By Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society (Dorchester, Boston, Mass.). Page 296. Accessed 29 April 2017
- ^ Rumney Marsh Burying Ground
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