On This Day: August 21

1669: William Phillips, one of my maternal 7^th great-grandfather, son of James and Mary (maiden name unknown) Phillips, was born at Taunton, Massachusetts. He died 12 June 1705 and is buried at Fox Cemetery, Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Digital photograph by Chris and Susanne Eliasen,
added to FindAGrave memorial on 8 October 2010

Sources:

1. Edgar H. Reed Esq., "Marriages, Births and Deaths of Taunton, Mass.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October 1862, 325; online database and images, New Eengland Historic and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (www.american ancestors.org : accessed 19 Aug 2011).
2. findagrave.com, digital images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 Aug 2011), William Phillips, Memorial #20994544, created by Nareen, et al, 17 Aug 2007.

© 2011 Denise Spurlock