Birth Name: John Edmund Andrew Phillips
Place of Birth: Parris Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 30, 1935
Date of Death: March 18, 2001
Ethnicity: English, some Irish
American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter. Phillips was leader and a member of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas, with his then-wife Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot. He is the father of actress Mackenzie Phillips, singer/actress Chynna Phillips and actress/model Bijou Phillips. John Phillips was the son of Edna Gertrude (Gaines) and Claude Andrew Phillips.
John’s paternal grandparents were John Phillips and Anna Moran. John was born in Canada. Anna was born in New York, to Irish parents.
John’s maternal grandparents were Edmund Franklin Gaines and Zora Gertrude Hargrave. Edna was born in Mexico, to American parents.
John’s mother was said to have partial Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has ever been documented/verified.
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Sources: Genealogy of John Phillips – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
John’s father, Claude Andrew Phillips, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org