Philippa

- 1681

• Name	Philippa
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Aug 1681	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Alternate death	31 Aug 1681	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I18460	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family	William Stevens,   b. England d. Massachusetts
  Children	1. James Stevens,   b. Abt 1630, England d. 27 Sep 1688, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 58 years)   2. Mary Stevens,   b. Bef 2 Jan 1640, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 7 Nov 1692, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 52 years)
  Family ID	F11458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Walton Ferris, in Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (citation details below), documents a tale of considerable pathos regarding Philippa after her husband was imprisoned for verbally traducing the recently-restored Charles II. She wrote to the Bay Colony General Court and, with great humility but also great eloquence, pointed out that she had been powerless to forestall her husband's tantrum and that nonetheless the penalties imposed against his property (specifically, his small herd of cattle) were causing her great hardship in her old age. Twice the General Court agreed that she should be shown mercy -- and twice the magistrates of Gloucester rejected their advice. She died in August 1681 before she could go another round.

  
  

• Sources

  [S647] Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines by Mary Walton Ferris. Volume 1, 1943; volume 2, 1931.