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Sir William Phips (or Phipps; February 2, 1651 – February 18, 1695) was born in Maine in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was of humble origin, uneducated, and fatherless from a young age but rapidly advanced from shepherd boy to shipwright, ship's captain, and treasure hunter, the first New England native to be knighted, and the first ...
In American colonies: Competing claims in North America. …fleet of 34 ships under Sir William Phips which disastrously failed to take Quebec. The final Treaty of Rijswijk left matters just as they had previously stood.
Jan 21, 2008 · Sir William Phips, adventurer, colonial governor (b near Kennebec, Maine 2 Feb 1650/51; d at London, Eng 18 Feb 1694/95).
Sir William Phips. The New England-born, Swashbuckling, Royal Governour (1691-94) Confidant of Increase and Cotton Mather, Member of the Second (‘Old North’) Church. No one of our early colonial writers shapes a biography more intriguingly than Cotton Mather, the third minister of the Second ‘Old North’ Church in Boston.
Learn how William Phips, a royal appointee from Maine, cracked down on witchcraft in 1692 amid war, turmoil and political intrigue. Find out how he was influenced by the Mathers, the Salem trials and the Candlemas Massacre.
Learn about the life and role of William Phips, the first royal governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who created the Court of Oyer and Terminer during the Salem witch trials. Find out how he became a knight, a treasure hunter, and a controversial leader in colonial history.
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Sir William Phips was a New England-born adventurer par excellence, a treasure hunter who actually found treasure. His discovery resulted in his knighthood and appointment as a major general and the first royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
