Philip Taber^1,2,3 (M)
b. circa 1605, d. between 24 February 1672 and 27 April 1682, #98
Pedigree
Relationship=9th great-grandfather of Robert Michael Damon.
Reference=TABER0001

Taber Coat of Arms

     Philip Taber was born circa 1605.⁴ He was the son of James Taber and Susam Maltwood. Philip Taber is also recorded born on 1 September 1604 in Rommford, Essex, England.⁵ He married first Lydia Masters, daughter of John Masters and Jane Cox, before 21 December 1639 in Watertown, (now Middlesex County), Massachusetts Bay Colony.^5,3 Philip Taber married second Jane (____?____) before 1669.⁴ Philip Taber died between 24 February 1672 and 27 April 1682 survived by Mrs Jane (Latham) Taber.⁴
     
Philip Taber has ID 1024 in Taber Family Tree.² Philip Taber is described in The Great Migration Begins.⁴ Philip Taber had arms. He immigrated before 1633 to in Watertown, (now Middlesex County), Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁴ He was a Sawyer and Carpenter.⁴ As of 1634, Philip Taber lived in Watertown, (now Middlesex County), Massachusetts Bay Colony.^5,3 He was listed a freeman on 14 May 1634 in Watertown, (now Middlesex County), Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁴ He was listed prepounded freeman on 7 January 1638/39 in New Plymouth Colony.⁴ He was listed a freeman on 4 June 1639 in New Plymouth Colony.⁴ As of 1640, Philip Taber lived in Yarmouth, (now Barnstable County), New Plymouth Colony.^5,3 He became a widower with the death of his wife, Lydia Masters before 1651 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁵ As of 1653, Philip Taber lived in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.^5,3 As of 1654, Philip Taber lived in New London, Connecticut.^5,3 As of 1654, Philip Taber lived in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.^5,3 As of 14 February 1655/56, Philip Taber lived in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.⁴ As of 1659, Philip Taber lived in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.^5,3

Appears on charts:

Taber Line
Pedigree for Robert Michael Damon
Pedigree for Robert Michael Damon (Paged)
Descendant Chart for John Taber

Children of Philip Taber and Lydia Masters

Esther Taber ; there is no evidence that any member of the Mayhew family in the seventeenth century had a wife Esther, by any surname.⁶
John Taber b. 8 Nov 1640, d. 1702
Philip Taber+ b. s 1642, d. 11 Nov 1720
Thomas Taber+ b. Feb 1643/44, d. 11 Nov 1720
Joseph Taber+ b. c 1645, d. 20 Jan 1733/34
Lydia Masters Taber+ b. s 1648, d. 29 Jan 1719/20

Citations

1. [S40] J Edwards, WFT Vol. 1, Tree 0504.
2. [S34] Barbara Wood Taber, Taber Family Tree, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (in, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts).
3. [S9] George L Randall, Descendants of Thomas, Son of Philip Taber ( New Bedford, MA: Vining Press, Printers, 1924). Repository: Richard Smith Damon in, Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Hereinafter cited as Thomas, Son of Philip Taber.
4. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I-III, CD-ROM (n.p.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000). Hereinafter cited as The Great Migration Begins.
5. [S18] Mary K Knudstrup, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/n/u/Mary-K-Knudstrup.
6. [S142] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Tabor, Philip.