Massachusetts, 1620-1930 Local and Family Histories
The Pickering Genealogy, Volume 1, Fifth Generation, Page 105
(In regards to Nathaniel Phippen)
"An account of the Phippen family by his great-grandson, the late Mr. George D. Phippen, of Salem, is recorded on the Salem Records. From this account the following extract is made:--
The family name was anciently 'Pen' which afterwards became Fitz-pen, or son of Pen, and more recently taking its present form Phippen, perhaps not long before the settlement of New England."
David Phippen, a native of England, probably of Melcomb, in Dorsetshire, came to New England and began the settlement of Hingham, in Mass. colony, with thirty persons, among whom was their minister Rev. Peter Hobart, which persons drew their House Lots on 18th Sept. 1635. He married Sarah__ and had eight sons and three daughters. He died in Boston about 1653." #
#For an interesting account of this family, with its armorial bearings, by George D. Phippen, see the Heraldic Journal, Vol. IV. pp. 1-20
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David Phippen found in:
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1600s-1800s
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1653
Town of Record: Salem
County of Record: Essex
Comment: NATIVE OF ENGLAND, H. SARAH AT BOSTON, -, ABT.