His  children  were — Nehemiah,  born  February  17,
1631-32;  Samuel,  probably  older,  as  he  is  mentioned
first ;  Mehitable,  who  married  Jeremiah  Bogers ;
Mary,  bom  March  6,  1638 ;  Mercy,  and  one  other
child,  probably  Exercise.  About  1642  he  removed
to  Boston,  and  sold  his  house  in  Dorchester  to
Bichard  Curtis.  He  died  in  Boston  in  1661.  His
son  Nehemiah  was  a  cooper  also.
John  Pierce  and  Pamell  his  wife  had  a  son  Jo-
seph, bom  in  Dorchester  October  30, 1631 ;  Abigail,
bom  July  17,  1633 ;  John,  bom  1634,  and  died  the
same  day  ;  Nehemiah,  bom  July  12,  1637,  and  died
in  October,  1639.  Parnell,  wife  of  John,  died  in
October,  1639.  This  John,  it  is  supposed,  is  the
one  designated  mariner,  and  was  of  Stepney,  coimty
of  Middlesex,  in  England.
John  Phillips,  one  of  the  first  settlers ;  jBreeman
in  October,  1630 ;  grantee  of  land  in  1634;  held
property  in  Dorchester  in  1656,  but  removed  to  Bos-
ton in  1645  ;  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Old  North
Society  in  1649.  He  was  styled  "Biskett  Maker."
By  his  wife  Johanna  he  had  a  daughter  Mary,  bom


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in  1633  and  died  in  1640;  John,  bom  April,  1635  ;'
Israel,  bom  June  3, 1642,'anddied  September,  1643.
Mary,  supposed  to  be  a  daughter  of  his,  married
a  Mr.  George  Mountjoy,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Phillips
was  a  man  of  good  circumstances,  among  the  best
in  the  town.  After  his  removal  to  Boston,  he  sold
some  of  his  property  in  Dorchester  to  Augustine
Clement,  and  the  latter  sold  property  in  Boston  to
him.  Mr.  Phillips  also  sold  house  and  lands  in
Dorchester  to  William  Robinson,  in  1651.  He
lived  in  Leeds's  Lane,  now  Savin  Hill  Avenue,  and
sold  his  place  to  Mr.  Gumsey.
