Henry Phillips (died 1685[1]) was a wealthy businessman and politician from Boston and Dedham, Massachusetts.
[1] Though he received "better than average" dividends of land,[1] he complained in 1656 that too many people had been admitted to the town commons, diluting the value of his interest.
[3] He led a group of dissatisfied settlers in a rare public complaint.
[4][1][5] He brought his complaint before the General Court, which was an action even more rare in a community whose covenant called for disputes to be resolved by local mediation.
[1] There he became a deacon at First Church in Boston and a delegate to the Great and General Court of Massachusetts.