This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phillips, Philips Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nNABAIB/5893 Message Board Post: I am looking for the parents of James Phillips who was born about 1786 probably in Ireland. He arrived in the US in 1795 from Ireland at the age of 9 years. He got his citizenship in Carlisle, PA in 1808. I cannot find any relatives for him in the Carlisle area and suspect that he was either an indentured servant sent from Ireland or his parents died on the way over and he was put in a guardianship. He most likely arrived in the Philadelphia area. Since his first son was named John (his first grandson also was John), his father may have been John Phillips. I estimate that he was born about 1760 in Ireland or possibly Wales. Bob Phillips