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Continued: Savage, James. Genealogical Dict. of New England Settlers, Vol. 3, p.415:
[Jonathan Phillips] "Birth not recorded in the Watertown Records, but his baptism reportedly is."
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William H. Powers, in Powers-Banks Ancestry (1921), pp. 114-124, gives an account of a Phillips line from Jonathan and Esther (Ayer) Phillips; pp. 114-117 specifically detail the supposition that Jonathan was probably the son of Theophilus Phillips (1636~1725), which is probably correct.
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Prinamry research by the compiler (Nick Sheedy) found that Jonathan Phillips, third son of Theophilus Phillips, received £4 from his father's estate, according to a division of the estate dated 24 April 1719. (Middlesex Co. probate Probate no. 17346)
The will of his mother, Mary Phillips, dated 3 Dec. 1730 and probated 22 October 1733, bequeathed "To son Jonathan Phillips, 20s. in bills of credit." (Middlesex Co. Probate no. 17335)
Jonathan, son of Theophilus and Mary (Bennett) Phillips, survived both of his parents, and was still living in 1733. However, he does not appear to have lived in Hopkinton or nearby towns in Massachusetts. Given this fact and the few other men named Jonathan Phillips who lived at that time and are accounted for, it is more than likely that he is the same who removed to Preston and then Plainfield, Connecticut.
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The marriage of Jonathan Phillips and Esther Ayer, 15 March 1721/22, was recorded in the records of the First Church of Preston, Connecticut, as are the birth dates of their ten children. While the original church records were lost, they were transcribed into the original Town Records Books and survive.
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According to Evee Palmer < http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2419439&id=I519960294 >:
About 1731, John Ayer of Preston gave to his daughter, Esther, wife of Jonathan Phillips, a farm and titled it to her sons, Jonathan and Ayer. The farm now known as Burdick Farm, located in Jewett City water shed. The fifth Jonathan Phillips to own the farm was the last Phillips. There were several Burdicks who married into various Phillips families.
Jonathan's will, 2 July 1776 (Court in Canterbury Dist. of Plainfield, Connecticut) mentioned Stephen Clark, Hannah Mocksfield and Esther Kimball. [This statment appears to be erroneous: no will of Jonathan Phillips was filed, and the probate court record dated 2 July 1776 names all hiers of Jonathan Phillips--see notes below regarding his probate records.--NMS]
Lexington Alarm Lists Asa, the son of Jonathan, Plainfield Sixth Regiment, 6th Co. p. 75.
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Jonathan Phillips purchased land in Preston in 1724 (earliest deed record for him).
John Parke of Preston ... for ye sum of [20?] pounds 14s ... paid by Jonathan Phillips of ye same town ... tract of land inPreston near ye New Meeting House containing by estimation 26 ac. and 64 rods which is yefifth part of ye two thirds of the whole tract of Land which was my honored father's William Parke which fifth part my Honored father have me in his Last will and testament ... 20 Feb 1729. Signed: John Parke. Wit: Thomas Woodward, John [Pargr?] of Stonington. Ack: Preston 21 Feb 1728/9. Ent: 14 [Oct?] 1728/9. (Preston, Connecticut, Deeds, Vol. 4, p. 465)
Jonathan Tracy and Benjamin Parrish and Mary Parrish, sd Benjamin Parrishe's wife, all of Preston ... for £52 19s ... paid by Daniell Harrisof Ipswich, Essex, MA ... sold ... 34A in Preston being part of ye 95A ofLand formerly granted to Sargt. Thomas Tracy and Lieut. Jonathan Tracy In exchang for other Lands... 3 Nov 1726. Signed: Jonathan Tracy, Benjamin Parrish, Mary Parrish. Wit: John Brown, Jonathan Phillips. Ack: 5 Nov 1726. Ent: 12 (Preston, Connecticut, Deeds, Vol. 4, p. 255)
In 1735, John Ayer of Stonington deeded lands in North Preston to his daughter, Esther Phillips, and her two eldest sons (Jonathan and Ayer).
Jonathan Phillips sold land in Preston to Abijah Avrill, adjacent to Edward Coggswell’s, for £300. (Preston, Connecticut, Deeds, Vol. 5, p. 374)
Peleg Ballard of Plainfield, for £350, sold to Jonathan Phillips of Preston a certain tenement of housing and lands "Scituate lying and being in ye Township of Plainfield, about 70 acres." Dated 17 August 1739; filed 4 October 1739. ([Preston or Plainfield Deeds?] Vol. 3, p. 303)
Jonathan Phillips of Plainfield purchased land from Isaac Park, 3 September 1747.
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The probate record for the estate of Jonathan Phillips:
At a Court held in Canterbury in and for the District of Plainfield, 23 November 1775:
Administration was granted to Ayer Phillips, of Plainfield, for the estate of Jonathan Phillips, late of Plainfield, deceased, and the court ordered Ayer to provide the Court an inventory of the estate on or before the first Tuesday of May 1776, and also render to the Court an account of the administration on or before the first Tuesday in July 1776. (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 6, p. 218)
The inventory of the estate of Jonathan Phillips was subscribed 24 November 1775 [recorded later at Court]:
The inventory includes clothing; furniture, hosehold and kitchen items; as well as general farm items and tools; a mare, saddle and bridle; 5 bushels of Indian corn; "1 Cnt" [100 weight?] of cheese; 7 barrels of "cyder" [hard apple cider]; rye in the bundle; one two-year-old hiefer [young cow]; 3 swine; hay in stacks; one colt; one calf; ten sheep. [While this list is all personal estate, it seems to be totaled as "real estate", valued at £128.14.--NMS] (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 6, p. 303)
A valuation dated 30 January 1776 [but recorded at Court later] for real estate "in the Town of Plainfield in ye County of Cheshire, Province of New Hampshire" owned by the estate of Jonathan Phillips, deceased, was made by Thomas Gallup and Abel Stafford, who appraised the land to be worth £75. Also, three items (an old loom, a 1/2 calf skin and an old pair of woolen cards) were added to the inventory of the estate by James Bradford and Benjamin Corry, dayed -- January 1776. (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 6, p. 314)
[NOTE: Plainfield, New Hampshire, is situtated in present-day Sullivan Co. It was originally developed by proprietors from Plainfield, Connecticut--including the Kimball in-laws of Jonathan's daughter, Esther. It would appear that Jonathan Phillips had invested or speculated in land there.--NMS]
At a Court held in Plainfield in and for the District of Plainfield, 6 February 1776:
The Court "set out [as nesesaries ?] unto the widow Esthor Phillips, widow and relick to Mr. Jonathan Phillips, late of Plainfield, deceased, out of sd. deceased estate, which is as follows ..." The inventory includes mainly furniture, household and kitchen items, farm tools, one cow, two sheep, one swine, a half a load of hay, pork, 5 bushels of corn, a bundle of rye, one hundred weight of cheese, and two barrels of "syder" [hard apple cider]. Values were given for the itemized list, but not totaled. [This list apparently represents the one-third part of the estate that widow Esther received.--NMS] (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 6, p. 220)
At a Court of Probate held in Canterbury in and for the District of Plainfield, 7 May 1776:
Mr. Ayer Phillips, administrator of the estate of Mr. Jonathan Phillips, late of Plainfield, deceased, exhibited into Court an account of the debts due from the estate and the cost of administration and allowances to ye widow, etc., amounted to £95.16.10. The personal estate amounted to no more than £54.13.8, so that the debts and costs exceeded the value personal estate by £41.3.8. (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 7, p. 131)
In May 1776, Ayer Philllips filed a petition with the Colonial Assembly to be granted liberty to sell land owned by the estate of Jonathan Phillips:
“On the memorial of Ayr Phillips, of Plainfield in the Colony of Connecticut, administrator on the estate of Jonathan Phillips late of Plainfield, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts, costs, and necessaries set out to the widow of said deceas'd, allowed by the court of probate for the district of Plainfield, surmount the moveable part of said estate the sum of £41 3 8, L. money; praying for liberty to sell lands &c., as-per memorial on file, dated the 7th of May 1776: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have liberty and he is hereby authorized and impowered, to sell so much of the real estate of the said deceas'd as will procure the aforesaid sum of £41 3 8, L. money, together with the incident charges arising on such sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Plainfield therein.”
[from The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, From May, 1775, to June, 1776, inclusive, with the Journal of the Council of Safety from June 7, 1775, to October 2, 1776, and an Appendix Containing Some Council Proceedings, 1663-1710 … ed. By Charles J. Hoadly, LL.D., State Librarian (Hartford : 1890), p. 362]
At a Court held in Canterbury in and for the District of Plainfield, 2 July 1776:
The heirs of the estate of Mr. Jonathan Phillips, late of Plainfield, deceased, moved to the Court to have a distrobution of the estate, whereupon the court appointed James Bradford, Esq.,and ["Corll' ?] John [Dog*** ?] & Mr. Benjamin "Crerey", freeholders, all of Plainfield, to distribute said estate in the manner following--
to set out and distribute and distribute to Esthor Phillips, "wido and releck of sd. deceased", one third part of the deceased's real estate "to improve during life;"
to Jonathan Phillips, eldest son, 2/9ths part of sd. estate to him forever;
to Ayer Phillips, 2nd son, 1/9th part of sd. estate to him forever; and in like manner [1/9th part each] unto: Daniel Phillips, 3rd son; Samuel Phillips, 4th son; Asa Phillips, 5th son; Stephen Clark, only heir of Sarah Clark, deceased; Esthor Kimbal, 2nd daughter; Hannah Mackefield [or Macksfield], 3rd daughter. (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 6, p. 239)
At a Court of Probate held in Plainfield in and for the District of Plainfield, 2 December 1808:
Mr. Abel Kimball, attorney for Mr. Jacob Kimball and Esther Kimball, his wife, of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, stating that Esther was the daughter and legal heir of Mr. Jonathan Phillips, late of plainfield, deceased, and petitioned the Court for an order of distribution to distribute the part of the real estate of Jonathan Phillips, deceased, that had been set out to the widow Esther Phillips as her dower to improve during her life, "who is now deceased." Esther Kimball asserted her right to her share of the lands that had been set out for her mother. The Court appointed Jonathan Gallup, Ebenezer Keyes and Aron Crary, all of Plainfield, "to distribute & set out to the said Esther Kimball, heir to sd. estate, that is to set out her part or share in the lands which was set out to the widow Esther Phillips to improve during her life out of the estate of Jonathan Phillips, deceased--which has never been distributed to and amongst the heirs of said Jonathan Phillips since the decease of said widow as aforesaid..." and the appointed men were ordered to report back to the Court on their doings, etc., which they did as follows:
Jonathan Gallup, Aron Crary and Ebenezer Keys, reported on 3 December 1808, that they had proceeded to set out to Esther Kimball her part and proportion of the real estate that had been set out to the widow Esther Phillips, widow to the said deceased, who is now also deceased, described as: "begining at the highway at Ebenezer Kee's [Keyes'] northeast corner, westerly 14 rods bounding on this land to stake & stones, thence northerly three rods and one forth of a rod to stake & stones, then easterly fourteen rods to stake & stones by the high way, then southerly by said highway three & one quarter of a rod to the bound first mentioned--which we judge to be the said Esther's just proportion of said real estate set out to aid widow as her dower aforesaid ..." The Distribution was approved by the Court 3 December 1808. (Plainfield, Connecticut, Probate Records, Vol. 12, p. 38-39)
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