bur. 28 June 1571 Bures, Suffolk

Sir Simon & Lady Margaret Felbrigg- brass at St. Margaret's church- 1416 - Felbrigg, Norfolk

The family of Felbrigge of Felbrigge descended from Simon le Bigod and Maud Felbrigge whose son, Roger Bigod de Felbrigge, is seen in 14 Edward I or 1286/87 A.D. Maud is daughter and heiress of Richard de Felbrigge of Felbrigge and their descendants took on the Felbrigge or Fylbrigge name from their manor. On February 3, 1390 a Felbrigg is recorded in a request for an old license of a passport. "At the request of the King's uncle, the Duke of Gloucester. For William Arundell, knight; Simon Felbrigg, knight; and Robert Teye, who proposes to visit and see the world in divers places . To pass beyond the sea from London, Dover, Sandwich or elsewhere, with their men and twelv e horses, and to change 300 pounds of money and expenses." Sir Simon was a Knight of the Garter and his wife Margaret was a cousin of Anne of Bohemia, wife of King Richard II. In the early part of the 15th century a John Filbrigge is listed in the court records of Earl s Colne, a town in Essex County, west of Colchester. Through out the 1400's the Felbrigge name is spelled many different ways in the court rolls Filbrigge, Fylbrygge, Filbrigg, Fylbrygg , Fylbrigge, and Felbrygge. The family variant of these many spellings appear throughout the court records of Earls colne and of Bures, a small town six miles north in Suffolk county. The Felbrigg estate in Norfolk remained in the family until it was acquired by John Wyndham (d. 1475). The current Felbrigg Hall dates from the early 17th century.

Ref:

History of Norfolk- Blomfield- Vol. VIII, p. 89
The English Connections of Thomas Felbrigge or Philbrick of Hampton, NH- G. Andrews Moriarty, NEHGR - Vol. 108 (Oct. 1954), p. 252-9

3I. THOMAS (NICHOLAS 1, ROBERT 2)

b.c.1545
m. ELIZABETH ______ (bur. 24 Apr. 1619 Bures)
bur. 7 Mar. 1623 Bures, Suffolk

St. Mary's Church- Bures, Suffolk

Thomas worked as a fuller of cloth as well as a buyer of cloth and an aletaster.

Fulling Cloth

Now, the fuller softened the wool by treading on it barefooted or stirring it in a vat of week old urine and fuller's earth The ammonia would remove the oil from the wool and slowly felt up the cloth and the Fuller's earth clay would decolorize the wool. So, if one started out in this horrible occupation I can see why he later became an ale taster! Needless to say, several web sites list "Fuller" as one of the worst jobs of all time. I hope poor Thomas was well paid for his work.

Ref:

The English Connections of Thomas Felbrigge or Philbrick of Hampton, NH- G. Andrews Moriarty, NEHGR - Vol. 108 (Oct. 1954), p. 252-9

4I. THOMAS-(NICHOLAS 1, ROBERT 2, THOMAS 3) bpt. 13 Sept. 1584 Bures, Suffolk
m. 4 June 1615 Bures, ELIZABETH KNAPP (bpt. 8 July 1593 Bures, d. 19 Feb. 1663/4 Hampton, NH)- d. of William Knop and Elizabeth Read
will 12 Mar. 1663-8 Oct. 1667 Hampton, NH

Supposedly Thomas came in the Winthrop Fleet Having left Yarmouth on 8 Apr. 1630 and arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 12 June 1630. However, his daughter Martha was baptised in Bures in Sept. 1631. It is possible that he came over first and his wife and children followed. They first attempted a settlement in the area of Salem, however, by July they were in Watertown. Thomas was a proprietor in Watertown in 1637 and 1642 however by 1645 he had moved to Hampton, his son John having settled there in 1639.(1)

Deposition of Tho : Philbrick, aged about 43 years: That ye 3 acres of fresh meadow granted to Henry Moulton, and bounded by Henry Sawer, John Moulton, dec'd, and Tho : Chase (sometime of Willi : ffifield) have been in the quiet possession of William Samborn of Hampton these twenty years, and that several times he heard Henry Moulton own it to be Tho : Philbrick, sr.'s, who was one of the assignees of William Samborn, 21 : 2 : 1668. James Philbrick, sr., testified the same, except as to the last clause. Sworn to 22 : 2 : 1668, before Samuel Dalton, commissioner. (2)

I Thomas Philbrick being very Aged and weak in body Butt sound in understanding senc & memory Doe settle my Estate according to this my last will here under written

Impri I Give and Bequeth unto my son James Philbrick and to my Grand Child John Philbrick my fresh medow lying near to the Beach being by Estimation six acres more or less as itt is the which to bee Equally Devided betwen them att such time as shal be . after mentioned:

Ittem I Give unto my son James Philbrick . . my Dwelling House and my House lott with the orchyard and all . . . priveledges and appertinances thear unto belonging to him . . His Heiers for Ever:

Ittem I Give & bquith unto my son James Philbrick . . and to my Grand Child John Philbrick my marsh I bought of Thomas Sleeper lying towards the Clam bancks in that . . of marsh Comonly Called the Little ox Comon to bee Devided [ ] them att such time as is hereafter mentioned

ittem I Give unto my sonn Thomas Philbrick the land which was sometimes Daniel Hendrakes Called the Hop Ground to bee wholly att His Disposall at this prsent time:

Ittem I Give unto my Grand Child John Philbrick that Bed which hee useth to ly upon with the Bedding Belonging to It. and my Beetle and wedges and one of my Hakes: and a weanable Cow Calfe within a yeer after my Diseace to bee payd by my Exequetor and like wise I Give to my Grand Daughter Hanna Philbrick one weanable Cow Calfe the next yeer to bee payd by my Exequetor

Ittem I Give unto my son James Philbrick my mare and hee is to pay or deliver unto my sonn Thomas Philbrick the first Colt which she shall bring when itt is weanable

Ittem I Give my fower Cowes to my fower Daughters to my Daughter Elizabeth one to my Daughter Hanna one to my Daughter mary and to my Daughter martha one to bee Delivered by my Executor after my Deseace and the moveables in the House which not Expressed above are to bee Equally Devided between Daughters after my Desease.

and I Doe appoint my sonn Philbrick to bee my lawfull Exequetor to this my Last and Testament and I Doe Declare itt to bee my Intent thatt my Grand Child John Philbrick shall Come to the age of twenty one yeeres thatt then hee shall Enter upon & posses whatt I have Given him by this last will: and thatt att the Deseace of my Daughter Elizabeth Garland her son James Chase shall have one Cow in lew of the Cow which I have Given my daughter Elizabeth & thatt the Cow Given to my Daughter Cass shalbee for the use and Pfitt of her daughter martha:

Thomas Philbrick X his mark

Signed & Sealed in ye prsents of Samuell Dalton Mehetabel Dalton"

Thomas died 4 Oct. 1667 in Hampton. His estate was probated on 8 Oct. 1667.(3)

Issue-

Ref:

Vital Records of Hampton, New Hampshire, to the End of the Year 1900- George & Melinde Sanborn, NEHGS, 1992

"History of Hampton, New Hampshire"- Joseph Dow, The Salem Press, 1893- pp.917-8

5III. JAMES (NICHOLAS 1, ROBERT 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4)

On 12 Feb. 1667/8 James Philbrick of Hampton, mariner, sold to Nathaniel Batcheller of Hampton, five acres of pasture in Hampton, bounded by the highway against land of John Huggins, and Moses Coxe, called the hop land, 6 Feb. 1667. Witnessed by Henry Down, Judith Philbrick. James' wife Anne signed and released her dower.(1) James' brother Thomas had sold to Moses Cox a similar five acres at "ye old hop ground" bounded by the highway, Nathaniel Bacheller and James ffilbrick on 1 Mar. 1663/4.(2)

James was a mariner and drowned in the Hampton River with Peter Johnson.

Issue- All children born in Hampton

Ref:

"History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892"- Joseph Dow, Salem Press, 1894- Vol. II, pp.918-9

6IV. THOMAS (NICHOLAS 1, ROBERT 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, JAMES 5)

Thomas was a cordwainer in that part of Hampton which became Kingston and was therefore, most likely, the first shoe maker in the area. He was a selectman in 1694 and a constable in 1700.

Thomas Philbrock Jun. signed the Address of New Hampshire Inhabitants 10 Aug. 1692 asking for equal privileges with Massachusetts: Whereas your Majesties have been graciously pleased to settle the government of the Province of the Massachusetts wherein we always hoped to have been included, but finding it otherwise we are but four poor towns daily exposed from French and Indian enemies... (1)

William & Mary by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King and Queen, Defendr. of the Faith, &c. To all people to whom these presents shall come, greeting know ye that we of our special Grace certain knowledge & mere motion for the due encouragement of settling a new plantation by & with the advise & consent of our Council have given & granted & by these presents as far as in us Lies Do Give & Grant unto our beloved subjects, James Prescott Sen. Isaac Godfred Gershom Elkins Thos Philbrick Jr. Samuel Colcord Thomas Webster Sam'l Dearborn William Godfrey, Jacob Garland John Mason Ebenezer Webster, Nathaniel Sandburn Benjamin Sandburn John Moulton Daniel Moulton & Francis Toule and several others of their Majestys Loving Subjects that Inhabit or shall inhabit within the said Grant, within our province of New Hampshire all That Tract of Land to begin seven miles Westward of the meeting house now standing in Hampton... & that the same be a town corporated by the name of Kingstown... & we do by these presents give & grant unto... the said men & Inhabitants... full... authority... to establish... & direct the establishing making Laying out ordering amending & Repairing of all streets, Lanes Highways Ferries places & Bridges... provided always that our said License... be not extended... the the taking away of any person or persons Rights or property without his or their consent, or by Some Law of our said province To have and to hold... the premises... to the said men & Inhabitants or those that shall inhabit the said Town of Kingstown & their successors forever Rendering & paying therefor to us our Heirs & Successors... the same yearly the annual Quitt Rent or acknowledgment of one pepper Corn in the said Town on the 25th of October, yearly forever & for the Better order, Rule & Government of our Said Town, We do... Grant... that yearly and every year upon the first Tuesday in March for ever They the said men & inhabitants... shall elect & chuse by the Major part of them Two sufficient & able men, Householders of the said Town to be constables for the year Ensuing, which said men so chosen & elected shall be presented to the next Quarter sessions of the Peace to be held for said province there to take the accustomed oaths appointed by Law for the Execution of their offices... That yearly & every year upon the first Tuesday in March forever, then the said men & Inhabitants or the Major part of them shall elect & chuse Three inhabitants & Householders within our said Town, To be overseers of the Poor & Highways or selectment of our said Town for the year ensuing, with such powers Privideges & authoritys as any Overseers or selectment, In testimony whereof we have caused the seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed. Witness John Usher, Esqr. our Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Chief of our said Province at our Town of New Castle the 6th Day of August in the six year of Reign Anno que Domini, 1694.

William Bedford, Dep'y Sec'y. (3)

Kingston's settlement occured in the middle of the Second Indian War and was twice abandoned. In 1701 Thomas and seven others "as the first settlers" received grants of home lots and near by meadows. (2) The designation "Junior" at this time could mean that he was the son of Thomas, or, as in this case, the younger member of the family with the name Thomas, as opposed to his uncle who was the "senior" Thomas Philbrick in the community.

Issue- All children born in Hampton

Ref:

A Genealogy of the Philbrick and Philbrook Families, Descended from the Emigrant, Thomas Philbrick, 1583-1667- Rev. Jacob Chapman, Exeter Gazette, Exeter, NH, 1886- pp.10-11
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p. 546

"History of Hampton, New Hampshire"- Joseph Dow, The Salem Press, 1893- pp.919-20