 And they took her home and they named her Phyllis. Phyllis was the name actually of the schooner that brought her to Boston. So that's where she gets her name. What her name was before, we will never know. So they brought her home and most of her tasks were delineated to household chores, sweeping the floor, dusting things off books, helping Mrs. Wheatley with whatever was necessary. The Wheatleys had five children.