Thomas Philbrick and his family are first recorded in America in 1636, in Watertown, Massachusetts. According to "History of Watertown," p. 909, "His homestead was on the N.W. corner of Belmont and Lexington Streets."

Massachusetts Bay - 1633

    Chapman tells us that "In 1639, the second summer after the settlement of Hampton, N.H., John (son of Thomas) Philbrick moved to Hampton, and his younger brother, Thomas, soon followed him. We are told that 'The first settlers of Hampton were attracted to the place by the fishing, the fowling, the best of clams, and the salt marshes, almost ready for the scythe.'" Chapman goes on to say that Thomas the Emigrant sold his estate of eight lots in Watertown to Isaac Stearns, and in 1650 or 1651 had joined his sons in Hampton. In 1661 Thomas the Emigrant had bought from John Moulton land adjoining the farms of his son James and his son in law, John Cass.