Quarterly Lists of Ordinations, etc. 103, 211,339, 459 Sprague, John, M. D., Newburyport,

30, 33 Sparrow, Rev. P. J., two Addresses noticed,

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BEFORE We proceed to give some account of the life and of the beneficent deeds of the late Lieutenant Governor PHILLIPS, we shall present details somewhat minute, in relation to some of his distinguished ancestors. The family of Phillips has been among the most honorable and useful in the annals of New England from its first settlement. In the amount of property which various members of this family have bestowed in charity, it doubtless takes the highest rank.

The first minister of Watertown, Ms., was the Rev. GEORGE PHIllips. He was born at Raymond, in the County of Norfolk, England. Having given early indications of deep piety, uncommon talents and love of learning, his parents sent him to the University of Cambridge, where he distinguished himself by remarkable progress in his studies, especially in theology, to which he manifested an early partiality. He was settled in the ministry in Boxsted, in the County of Suffolk, about 60 miles N. N. E. from London. His strong attachment to the principles of the Non-Conformists soon occasioned him trouble. As the storm of persecution grew more threatening, he resolved to take his lot with the Puritans, who were about to depart for New England. He joined the company who arrived in 1630. On board the vessel, as Gov. Winthrop testifies, he "gave very good content to all the company, as he did in all his exercises, so as they had much cause to bless God for him." Soon after his arrival, he was afflicted by the loss of his wife; who though an only daughter, had left her parents, to share cheerfully and affectionately the sufferings of her husband. She died at Salem, and was buried by the side of the lady Arbella Johnson, "who," as Cotton Mather says, "also took New England in her way to Heaven."* The greater part of the emigrants who came with Winthrop, lived at Charlestown; " many of them," says Capt. Roger Clap, "in tents and wigwams, their meeting place being abroad under a tree, where I have heard Mr. Wilson and Mr. Phillips preach many a good sermon." Phillips was minister at Watertown about fourteen years. He died July 1, 1644, "much desired and lamented by his church at Watertown, who testified their affection to their deceased pastor by a special care to promote

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Mr. Phillips arrived in this country June 2, 1630. The date of the death of his wife does not appear. His eldest child by his second wife was born April 5, 1632. "It is said that Lady Arbella Johnson was buried near where the present church of England now stands."-Judge Lynde, quoted in Fell's Annals of Salem, p. 522.