Samuel Phillips (February 17, 1690[a] – June 5, 1771) was an American Congregational minister and the first pastor of the South Church in Andover, Massachusetts.

[3] Phillips was the second eldest child and eldest son of Samuel Phillips and Mary Emerson[b][c] and one of eight siblings, including one half-sister:[9] Child with second wife Sarah Mayfield, married April 27, 1704: His grandfather was Rev.

[4] After about a year of teaching in Chebacco (formerly a parish of Ipswich and currently Essex), Massachusetts, he became more focused on preparing for the ministry.

[34] Reverend John Webb[g], in the preface of Advice to A Child, writes of Phillips: "The discourses he has published heretofore, have given him this testimony in the consciences of all good Christians who have read them.

[38] Phillips remained pastor of the church until his death on June 5, 1771, serving nearly sixty years.

[citation needed] He is buried in the South Church Cemetery, Andover, Massachusetts along with other members of the Phillips family.