| Show some of li rooks ancestors the old phillips home in north an clover where the bishop elect passed much of his boyhood is a venerable gambrel roofed building built in 1782 by dr brooks great grandfather the hon samuel lieutenant phillips one of the founders of academy it was in its day one of th most elegant houses of the town old house is now rich in old family treas ures there are fine old family portraits there is a portrait of washington presented by one of his nephews old tankards tank ards and porringers por ringers massive sida board tapestries an old carved cabinet a library of quaint old books in the southeast parlor general washington was once phebie foxcroft Fos croft phillips wife of samuel phil lips she was a lady graced with social accomplishments she was extremely beautiful sweet and graceful in macnei and carriage and a person of extraordinary conversational powers it was said by one who knew her that her of conversation surpassed that of any one male or female in the country she was the chief donor on the occasion of the establishment of andover theological seminary she was a gifted writer of letters and possessed great strength of mind and te lacity of purpose that she was beautiful ono could well believe judging hei by the portrait of her eon colonel john phillips his face is remarkably sweet and regular in expression classic denoting refinement high breeding purity and composure of spirit the face ol 01 colonel phillips is remarkably like thai of his grandson phillips brooks and the resemblance is heightened by the eyeglasses worn uy each colonel phillips graduated at harvard in 1795 studied law but on account ot ill health never practiced but went into trade in Charies town where ho married miss lydia gorham a daughter of judg nathaniel gorham one of his daugh mary anne phillips married mr william gray brooks and became tbt mother of phillips brooks william gray brooks was for forty years a hardware merchant in boston he was a member of st pauls church and was a near relative of peter chardon brooks the wealthy marine underwriter of boston boston transcript |
