James PHIPPS

1687 - 1723  (~ 36 years)

• Name	James PHIPPS
  Birth	Abt. 1687	England
  Gender	Male
  Will	11 Aug 1722	Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana
  	Only mention of his wife, Catherina Phipps, born at the town of Morea on the coast of Guinea but originally from Axim on the same coast
  Death	15 Jan 1723	Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana
  	Died at Cape Coast Castle while awaiting a ship to return to England
  Person ID	I352560275590	Family History Group
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas PHIPPS
  Mother	Eleanor HAYES
  Family ID	F2595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine,   b. Abt. 1690, Moree, Central Ghana, Ghana d. 11 Mar 1738, Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana (Age ~ 48 years)
  Children	1. Bridget PHIPPS,   b. Abt. 1707, Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana d. Jan 1762, London, London, England (Age ~ 55 years)   2. Susannah PHIPPS,   b. Abt. 1708, Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana d. Sep 1729, England (Age ~ 21 years)   3. Henrietta PHIPPS,   b. Abt. 1710, Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana d. England   4. Grace PHIPPS,   b. Abt. 1712, Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana d. Abt. 1721, Cape Coast, Central Ghana, Ghana (Age ~ 9 years)   5. Thomas PHIPPS
  Family ID	F2050	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  James Phipps was at the heart of the Atlantic slave trade in the early 18th century, being Captain-General of the Royal African Company and appointed Governor of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast with both civil and military authority on 23 July 1719. Dismissed 3 years later.