The saga of an American Jewish family since the Revolution
Subtitle: a history of the family of Jonas Phillips
By: Samuel Rezneck ; foreword by Malcolm H. Stern.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Phillips family.; Jews -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- Biography.
Description: Jonas Phillips (1736-1803) immigrated from Germany to Charleston, South Carolina, moving to Albany, New York in 1761 and then to New York City, where he married Rebecca Machado in 1762. The family moved to Philadelphia in 1774. Descendants lived in New York, Pennsylvania, California and elsewhere.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 214-220.
Includes index.