John Philbrick², son of Thomas the Emigrant, came from Watertown, Massachusetts and settled in the town of Hampton, New Hampshire. His brothers and father soon followed and also settled in Hampton. Hampton was an ideal place to establish a colony. Here was a place they could fish in both the ocean and rivers. The Hampton River also provided clams and fresh water. In the Salt Marshes south of town, grew an abundance of "salt hay" which provided feed for the cattle and oxen brought by the early settlers. Trees for building houses, barns and the church were plentiful in the heavily wooded New Hampshire.

    In 1641, John Philbrick² and his family lived in a house on "Wigwam Row," a location purportedly once occupied by the local Indians and their wigwams. By 1646, John owns one share of "Cow Commons," an area shared by the townsfolk for feeding their livestock.

    Thomas² (Jr.) was elected as a "selectman" in 1654. As a selectman, he was part of committee who decided on granting land to new settlers who now began to join the colony in Hampton. Chapman refers to Thomas Jr. living on land in what is now Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Religion, politics and farming were intertwined in Hampton during the 1600's. In 1656, Thomas the Emigrant testified against Eunice "Goody" Cole, a local woman accused of witchcraft. In "History of Hampton," Joseph Dow writes that Thomas stated that she "had said if his calves should eat any of her grass 'she wished it might poysen them or choke them;' and he further testified that he never saw one of his calves afterward, 'and the other calfe came home and died aboute a weeke after.'" Eunice Cole was convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to confinement in a prison in Boston.

Thomas Jr., the last surviving son, would be active in the affairs of the town of Hampton till his death in 1700. During that time he was a member of the Congregational Church in Hampton (1671), lead by the Calvinistic preacher, Seaborn Cotton.

In 1685, John Philbrick³, moves from Hampton to Greenland, New Hampshire and signals the first migration of Thomas the Emigrant's descendants. By 1700, William Philbrick3 and his family are found in Greenland also while Ephraim Philbrick (or Philbrook)3 and his family appear to have moved to Groton, Massachusetts.

In 1925, "Founder's Park" was dedicated as a memorial to the founding families and "daughter" towns of Hampton, New Hampshire. Among the 42 family stones is the one marked "Philbrick 1638-1925". The "Philbrick" stone sits near Park Avenue and between the stones for the "Sleeper" and "Godfrey" families.

    A stone marker at the center of the park reads, "A little band of pioneers under the leadership of Rev. Stephen Bachiler of South Hampton, England seeking a larger liberty in October 1638 settled in the wilderness near this spot to plant a free church in a free town. They were joined in 1639 by others and in that year the town incorporated. To do honor to the founders and fathers of Hampton to exalt the ideals for which they strove and as an inspiration to posterity the memorial is dedicated October 14, 1925"