This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PHILLIPS/ROOT/DAVIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nNABAIB/5768 Message Board Post: My GG-grandfather was John Phillips b. 1804 in Cherry Valley, Otsego Cty, NY d. 1878 in Grand Haven, Ottawa Cty, MI. Father was Phillip Phillips and mother was Elizabeth ? both may have also been born in NY. I would like to find more info on them. Also my brick wall is his wife. He married Asinath or Esineth Root of MA. Only place I can find a record of her was 1880 census in MI widowed,living with her son. They had two children Sarah Marie Philips Davis b.1828 Erie Cty, OH and Walter R. Phillips b. 1833 Erie cty OH