When Josephine Leland Phipps was born on 28 September 1825, in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Houston Phipps, was 24 and her mother, Rebeca Howe, was 27. She married Joseph Kimball Pierce on 6 March 1870, in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 21 September 1924, in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 98.
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English: from a shortened form of the Middle English personal name Philip , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
History: The Phipps family, which holds the titles of marquess of Normandy and earl of Mulgrave, are descended from Constantine Phipps (1656–1723), who was lord chancellor of Ireland. A cousin with a different background, Sir William Phip(p)s (1651–95), was born in ME, where his parents had emigrated. Originally a ship's carpenter, he rose to become royal governor of MA.
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