William Phipping

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William Phipping called himself a baker in his will ^WI44. The baptism record for his daughter, Joan, and the burial record for his wife, Judith, indicated that he and his family resided in the village of Wedmore, because he was called Willmi Phippen de Burgo and Willmi de Burrow ^{SO1, HA40}. The specific locality was was used to differentiate between other families with the same surname in the parish of Wedmore, such as “de Sand”, “de Cocklake”, or “de Heathhouse”. He was the brother of Joseph Phipping and the father of “Judah” (Judith), Elizabeth, Francis, and Joane ^WI44. This brother, Joseph, may have been the Joseph Phippen who married Elynor Marten on August 2, 1603 in the parish of Wedmore, Somerset, England ^HE21. Their children were baptized in Wedmore, and they were Christoper, who was baptized on August 17, 1603, Isabella, who was baptized on December 5, 1604, Joseph, who was baptized on October 12, 1606, and George, who was baptized on March 16, 1610/11 and was buried on March 24, 1610/11 ^{HE19, HE20}.

Judith Phippen may have been the “Judith dr. of William Phippen” who was christened on September 25, 1617 in Burnett Parish, Somersetshire, England ^JE5.

Elizabeth Phippen married John Addams and was the executrix of her father’s will ^WI44. Her marriage record was not located in the parish register of Wedmore.

Francis Phippen may have been Francisca, daughter of William Phippen, who was baptized with two children on February 10, 1627/8 (“Baptizati fuerunt… Francisca filia Willmi Phippen…”) ^SO1. She was mentioned in her father’s will dated September 22, 1647 ^WI44.

Joan Phippen may have been Joanna, daughter of William Phippen de Burgo, who was baptized with another child on January 9, 1630/1 (“Baptizat[i] fuere… Joanna filia Willmi Phippen de Burgo…”) ^SO1. She was mentioned in her father’s will dated September 22, 1647 ^WI44.

The parish record for Wedmore, Somerset, England stated that Judith Phippen, the wife of William, was buried on December 10, 1637 (“1637 Septembris 1637… 5 Sepult fuit Judith Phippen Uxor W^mi de Bur…”) ^SO1. The ending of this phrase was likely “Willmi de Burrow” ^HA40. William Phipping of Wedmore, Somerset, England wrote his will on September 22, 1647 which stated that he was a baker and named his daughters, Joane, Francis, Elizabeth, and Judah (who was then in New England), his son-in-law, John Addams, and his brother, Joseph Phipping (who was then in Ireland) ^WI44:

In the name of God Amen I William Phipping Wedmore in the County of Sommersett Baker being sicke in body but thankes bee to God of perfect memory doe make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme ^as following That is to say first I yeeld and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator and Redeemer. Item I give unto my daughter Joane x^es [ten shillings]. Item I give unto my daughter Francis x^es. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth xiij poundes which remaines from Richard Page. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth xij poundes which remaines from my brother Joseph Phipping upon Bond. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth seven and forty shillings which I lent to my bother Joseph Phipping in Ireland. Item I give to Elizabeth my daughter six pound from Richard Numan upon Bond. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth twenty shillings and two paire of Stockings ov| [the preceding symbol or phrase is uncertain] two thredes of wo[r]steed and one of yarne from the hands of Ellinor Andrewes widdow. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth xvj^es [sixteen shillings] from William Peacocke of olom in the parish of Bitten in the County of Glocestershire. Item I make my daughter Elizabeth whole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament I doe appoint Richard Page and Richard Browne overseers of this money it shall be put out to use for the maintenance of my daughter Elizabeth and her Children. Item I give to the two Overseers x groate a peece. Item I give to my daughter Elizabeth seven shillings which remaines from John Smease of Cocklock [perhaps “Cocklake”] in the parish of Wedmore. In witnese whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the xxij day of September in the yeere of our Lord 1647. The marke of William Phipping. Witnesse to the same Richard Webb William Addams Thomas Webb

Item I doe make over the estate in the house at Wedmore to my sonne in law John Addams till the returne of my daughter Judah returne out of New-England.

The parish record for Wedmore, Somerset, England stated that William Phippen was buried on October 5, 1647 (“1647 Octobris 1647… 5 Sepultus fuit Willmus Phippen de Wedmore”) ^SO1. His will was proved on November 9, 1650 on the oath of Elizabeth, the wife of John Addams and the executrix (“Nono die mensis Novembris Anno Domini millessimo sexcentessimo quinquagessmio Juramento Elizebethæ uxoris Johannis Addams et Executricis”) ^WI44.

The will of another man named William Phippen dated May 16, 1624 and proved July 30, 1624 has been transcribed below to provide more context of the Phippen families who lived in Wedmore in the early 1600s ^EN3. He did not appear to be closely related to William Phippen (d. 1647), unless he was perhaps his uncle. His will stated that the residence of William Phippen (d. 1624) was in Sand, which is just south of the village of Wedmore, and that had a lease of land with an additional house in Lympsham, which is approximately eleven miles northwest of Wedmore ^EN3. His will named his sons, Edward, John the Elder, George, Thomas, William, James, and Peter; James and Peter were also his executors ^EN3. He bequeathed his house in Sand to his son, William, and he bequeathed the use and profits of his tenements in Sand to John the Elder, George, and Thomas ^EN3. He appointed overseers of his will, whom he called “my bretheren”, and these men were John Urch, George Phippen, Richard Urch, and John Tutton ^EN3. John Urch alias Fry, Thomas Urch alias Fry, John Tutton, and John Petheram were witnesses to his will ^EN3. His probate record stated that George Phippen was the natural and last brother of the deceased William Phippen ^EN3. The parish register for Wedmore had marriage records for John Urch alias Fry, Thomas Urch alias Fry, Richard Urch, John Tutton, and John Petheram, but no marriage record was found which linked any of these men with a woman with the Phippen surmame, so it is likely that William Phippen used the word “bretheren” in the sense that they were fellow church members. No marriage record in Wedmore was found for his brother, George Phippen. Below is the transcription for the will of William Phippen of Sand (d. 1624) ^EN3:

In the name of god Amen: I: William Phippen of the p[ar]ishe of Wedmore in the County of Som[er]se^t husbandman doe make and ordaine this my last will and testam^t. the xvj^th day of May in the xxij^th yeares of King James his raigne of England &^t And of Scotland the lvij^th Anno dm[ini] 1624 in maner and forme followinge, First I give and bequeathe my selfe to Allmightie god Item I give to the Church of Wedmore three shillinges foure pence Item I give to the poore of this p[ar]ishe three shillinges foure pence Item I give to my sonne Edward my estate and interest w^ch I have in fower acres of meadowe and three yardes of erable land at Limpsham togeather wth the Lease thereof Item I give to the said Edward all the Corne w^ch I have in my barne at Lympsham and other ymplem^tes [implements] in and about my house there and the ?yrbage [the first two letters of the previous word are uncertain, but this word was probably “herbage”] of the meadowe and pasture of all my other tenem^t at Lympsham untill Michelmas next Item I give to my sonnes John thelder George and Thomas ioyntly [jointly] the use and profittes of all my tenem.^tes whereon I dwell exceptinge to my sonne William my yong orchard conteyning about an acre & halfe or therabout on the south side of my dwelling house for six yeares to comence and begin at the feast of S^t Michaell Tharkangell next ensuing the date hereof in the errable land and in the meadowe and pasture at Christmas next except the fallow ground for wheate, to w^ch fallw they shall enter into imedatly after my decease the said John George and Thomas payinge therefore all duties and observing the forme of the lease w^thout any spoile or wast and toleave as many acres of fallowe made upon the said tenem.^t at thend of the said six yeares as is now made of it. p[ro]vided and my will is that if my sonne Will[ia]m decease before thend of the said sixe yeares then the lease of my ground called Bleekes ham shall right and leavie such porcones [portions] unto my sd sonnes John thelder George and Thomas for so many yeares according to the valuation as shalbe wanting of the said sixe yeares Item I give to my sonne William my estate & interest wch I have in my dwellinge house and tenem.^tes in Sand wthin the p[ar]ishe of Wedmore aforesaid together wth the lease thereof exceptinge the terme aforesaid w^ch I have given to my said Children John George and Thomas All the rest of my goodes moveable & unmoveable togeather wth my lease of Blekes ham I give and bequeath to my sonnes James and Peter whome I make ioynt executores of this my last will and testam^t And further my will is that if it doth happen either or any of my Children to decease before he or they shall accomplishe the age of one & twenty yeares that the porcion or porcones w^ch I have given to that Child or Children shall remaine and be equally devided amongst the other of my said Children that survive And I intreate my bretheren John Urch George Phippen Richard Urch and John Tutton to be o[ver]seeres of this my will. the handmarke of William Phippen. In witnese of John Urch als [alias] Fry Thomas Urch als Fry John Tutton and John Petheram /It[e]m the Testator gave in his will although not aforewritten) to every of the said Fower Overseeres astocke or swarme of Bees apiece

Tricesimo Die: mensis Julij Anno Domini Millesimo sexcentesimo vicesimo quarto emanavit Commissio Georgio Phippen fratri naturali et [u]ltimo dicti defuncti Ad administrandum bona bona iura [jura] et credita dicti defuncti iuxta tenorem testament huiusmodi durante minori estate Jacobi Phippen et Petri Phippen filiorum dicti defuncti et executorum &c [etc] de bene &c Coram Johanne Todd vicario de Wedmore vigore Comissionis in ea p[ar]tea als. [alias] emanate Jurat

[On the thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-four, a Commission was issued to George Phippen, natural and last brother of the said deceased, to administer the goods, rights and trusts of the said deceased according to the terms of the said will during the minor estate of James Phippen and Peter Phippen, sons of the said deceased and executors etc. of the property &c. Before John Todd, vicar of Wedmore, who swears by the force of the Commission in that part elsewhere issued]

Inspired by the work of John Insley Coddington (“The Wheelers of Bedfordshire and New England” ^CO42), who extracted the baptism, marriage, and burial records of members of the Wheeler families from the parish registers of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England (which were transcribed by F.G. Emmison), I decided to chronologically arrange the records of the Phippen families of Wedmore, and then I attempted to assemble these records into family groups. The first group is simply the raw data arranged chronologically, and the second group contains my deductions and guesswork regarding the family groups.

Joseph Phippen married Elynor Marten on August 2, 1603 ^HE21.

Christoferus, the son of Josephi Phippen, was baptized on August 17, 1603 ^HE19.

Isabella, the daughter of Joseph Phippen, was baptized on December 5, 1604 ^HE19.

Gulielmus Phippen married Weltham Huchens on January 26, 1604/5 ^HE21.

Guilielmus, the son of Gulielmi Phippen, was baptized on September 15, 1605 ^HE19.

Joseph, the son of Josephi Phippen, was baptized on October 12, 1606 ^HE19.

Edwardus, the son of Gulielmi Phippen, was baptized on March 11, 1607/8 ^HE19.

Richardus Phippen was buried on January 22, 1609/10 ^HE20.

Joannes, the son of Gulielmi Phippen, was baptized on September 30, 1610 ^HE19.

Georgius, the son of Josephi Phippen, was baptized on March 16, 1610/11 ^HE19.

Georgius, the son of Josephi Phippen, was buried on March 24, 1610/11 ^HE20.

Johannes, the son of Willmi Phippen, was baptized on August 8, 1613 ^HE19.

Georgius, the son of Willmi Phippen, was baptized on November 19, 1615 ^HE19.

Thomas, the son of Thomæ Phippen, was buried on January 21, 1615/16 (“Thomas f. [filius] Thomæ Phippen defuncti”; this could mean that his father was already dead) ^HE20.

Joh[ann]es Phippen married Dorothiam Thorne on June 10, 1616 ^HE21.

Thomas, the son of Willmi Phippen, was baptized on September 13, 1618 ^HE19.

Jacobus, the son of Willmi Phippen de Sand, was baptized on May 12, 1621 ^HE19.

Petrus, the son of Willmi Phippen de Sand, was baptized on February 1, 1623/24 ^HE19.

Welthian, the wife of Willmi Phippen, was buried on April 2, 1624 ^HE20.

Willmus Phippen de Sand was buried on May 24, 1624 ^HE20.

Petrus Phippen was buried on July 14, 1624 ^HE20.

Francisca, the daughter of Willmi Phippen, was baptized on February 10, 1627/28 ^HE19.

Johannes, the son of Willmi Phippen de Sand, was baptized on October 24, 1630 ^HE19.

Joanna, the daughter of Willmi Phippen de Burgo, was baptized on January 9, 1630/31 ^HE19.

Willmus, the son of Willmi Phippen de Sand, was buried on January 11, 1630/31 ^HE20.

Welthian, the daughter of Willmi Phippen de Sand, was baptized on July 10, 1633 ^HE19.

Joh[ann]es Phippen married Mariam Counsell on May 25, 1635 ^HE21.

Willmus, the son of Willmi and Elizabethæ Phippen, was baptized on October 18, 1635 ^HE19.

Willmus, the son of Willmi and Elizabethæ Phippen, was buried on November 28, 1635 ^HE20.

Johannes, the son of Johannis and Joannæ Phippen, was baptized on May 1, 1636 ^HE19.

Christiana, the daughter of Richardi Phippen and Issabella Haine (who were unmarried) (“ut dixit mater ejust Issabella Haine inconjugata”), was baptized on May 13, 1636 ^HE19.

Anna, the daughter of Willmi and Elizabethæ Pippen de Sand, was baptized on December 28, 1636 ^HE19.

Willmus, the son of Johannis and Joannæ Phippen de Burrow, was baptized on July 19, 1637 ^HE19.

Maria, the daughter of Johannis and Mariæ Phippen de Heathhouse, was baptized on November 5, 1637 ^HE19.

Judith, the wife of Willmi Phippen de Burrow, was buried on December 10, 1637 ^HE20.

Willmus, the son of Johannis and Joannæ Phippen de Burrow, was buried on September 5, 1638 ^HE20.

Johannes, the son of Johannis and Mariæ Phippen de Wedmoore, was baptized on April 13, 1639 ^HE19.

Johannes Phippen de Wedmoore was buried on December 10, 1639 ^HE20.

Willmus, the son of Willmi and Elizabethæ Phippen de Sand, was baptized on June 14, 1640 ^HE19.

Willmus, the son of Willmi and Elizabethæ Phippen de Sand, was buried on October 2, 1640 ^HE20.

Annis, the daughter of Willmi and Elizabethæ Phippen de Sand, was buried on March 25, 1643 ^HE20.

Mariam Phippen married Joh[ann]es Wall on November 30, 1644 ^HE21.

An infant of Willmi and Elizabethæ Phippen de Sand died and was buried on November 28, 1645 ^HE20.

Willmus Phippen de Wedmore was buried on October 5, 1647 ^HE20.

Annam Phippen married Will[ia]mus Clement on November 1, 1648 ^HE21.

Jacobus, the son of Jacobi and Ellianoræ Phippen de Wedmore, was baptized on January 23, 1648/9 ^HE19.

Welthianam Phippen de Sand married Stephanus Champeny on January 9, 1650/1 ^HE21.

William Phippen married Elizabeth Shephard on September 27, 1653 ^HE21.

Two sons of John Phippen of Sand were not baptized on November 10, 1653 ^HE19.

Two sons of John Phippen of Sand who were not baptized were born on November 10, 1653 and were buried on the following day ^HE20.

Elizabeth, the daughter of John Phippen of Sand, was baptized on May 10, 1655 ^HE19.

Anne, the daughter of John Phippen of Sand, was baptized on August 18, 1657 ^HE19.

Anne, the daughter of John Phippen of Sand, was buried on March 15, 1657/8 ^HE20.

John Phippen was buried on May 20, 1659 ^HE20.

John, the son of John and Elizabeth Phippen of “Sond”, was baptized on February 16, 1659/60 ^HE19.

Ann, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Phippen of “Sond”, was baptized on March 7, 1660/1 ^HE19.

Elisabetha, the wife of Johannis Phippen de Sand, was buried on April 20, 1663 ^HE20.

Joannes Phippen de Sand was buried on January 12, 1663/4 ^HE20.

Elizabetha, the wife of Guilielmi Phippen de Sand, was buried on July 10, 1665 ^HE20.

From this data, we can see patterns emerge. The first two recorded families of the early 1600s were Joseph and Elynor (Marten) Phippen and William and Weltham (Huchens) Phippen de Sand, followed by William and Judith Phippen de Burgo/de Wedmore and William and Elizabeth Phippen de Sand ^HE21.

Family of Joseph and Elynor Phippen: