William Phips, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1651
Place of Birth: Woolwich, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 18-Feb-1695
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William Phips
- Sir William Phips (or Phipps; February 2, 1651 – February 18, 1695) was born in Maine in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was of humble origin, uneducated, and fatherless from a young age but rapidly advanced from shepherd boy, to shipwright, ship's captain and treasure hunter, the first New England native to be knighted, and the first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
- 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 forced to prematurely disband after five months.
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