William Phips
First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1651-1695) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 44
Major-General Sir William Phips was a treasure hunter, military officer, and colonial administrator from the New England Colonies. He was the first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and the first native-born New Englander to be knighted.
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The agreement between Phips and his crew, drawn up at Whitehall
1684 map of the Bahamas
Engraving of Phips raising the sunken treasure
Phips added to the rolls of the North church. MHS with permission.
French drawing showing the English attack on Quebec
Frontenac receiving the envoy of Sir William Phips demanding the surrender of Quebec, 1690.
Inaccurate posthumous portrait of PhipsAbout this person
Phips was famous in his lifetime for recovering a large treasure from a sunken Spanish galleon but is perhaps best remembered today for establishing the court associated with the infamous Salem witch trials, which he grew unhappy with and was forced to prematurely disband after five months.
