Thomas Philbrick

born - 23 September 1584, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England

He emigrated to New England about 1635 - settling in Watertown, Massachussetts.He was a mariner in early life, perhaps master of his own vessel. He was a culler of slaves in 1655. ("His homestead was on the N. W. comer of Belmont and Lexington Streets. Probably he was of that company that came over in 1630."

He signed a will on 12 March 1663/64.

parents - Thomas Felbrigge and Elizabeth Unknown

died 89 October 1667, Hampton, New Hampshire. Estate probated on 8 October 1667. He was also known as Thomas Felbrigg.

spouse - Ann (or Elizabeth?) Knapp; married 4 June 1615, Bures, Suffolk, England

baptized - 8 July 1593, Bures St. Mary's, Suffolk, England

died - 19 February 1664, Hampton, New Hampshire

children -

James Philbrick

John Philbrick

Elizabeth Philbrick

Mary Philbrick

Sgt. Thomas Philbrick

Hannah Philbrick

Martha Philbrick

In 1639, the second summer after the settlement of Hampton, N. H., JOHN (son of Thomas) PHILBRICK moved to Hampton, and his younger brother, Thomas, soon followed him. We are told that "The first settlers of Hampton were attracted to the place by the fishing, the fowling, the best of clams, and the salt marshes, almost ready for the scythe." In 1645-6, Thomas Philbrick, Sen., a grantee of eight lots, sold his estate in Watertown to Isaac Stearns, and in 1650 or '51 he had removed to Hampton, where his elder sons lived. In 1661 he bought of John Moulton, land joining the farms of his son James and his son in law, John Cass. His wife, Elizabeth, died, 12 mo. 19, 1663, and in March, 1664, when he made his will, he calls himself "very aged." He d. in 1667. No.1.