Mackenzie Phillips

Phillips in 2016, photo by cvanwagoner/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Laura Mackenzie Phillips

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 10, 1959

Ethnicity: Irish, English, Scottish, as well as Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and Welsh

Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress and singer.

She is the daughter of Susan Stuart (Adams) and John Phillips, singer in The Mamas & the Papas. She is the half-sister of singer/actress Chynna Phillips and actress/model Bijou Phillips. She has a son with her former husband, rock guitarist Michael Barakan/Shane Fontayne.

Michelle’s paternal grandfather was Claude Andrew Phillips (the son of John Phillips and Anna E. Moran). Claude was born in Watertown, Jefferson, New York. John was born in Canada, to Irish parents, Thomas Phillips and Marcella Mercy Burgess. Michelle’s great-grandmother Anna was born in New York, to Irish parents.

Michelle’s paternal grandmother was Edna Gertrude Gaines (the daughter of Edmund Franklin Gaines and Zora Gertrude Hardgrave). Edna was born in Coal Hill, Johnson, Arkansas. Edmund was born in Bellefonte Township, Boone, Arkansas, the son of Charles William Gaines and Martha Isabell Black, who was from Ontario, Canada, and whose paternal grandparents were from Ireland, and Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, respectively. Michelle’s great-grandmother Zora was born in Johnson, the daughter of Jasper Newton Hardgrave and Mary/Winnie Jane Steele.

Mackenzie’s maternal grandfather was James Frederick Adams (the son of Dr. James Frederick Adams and Nellie Bland Appold). Mackenzie’s grandfather James was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Mackenzie’s great-grandfather James was born in Coventry Parish Church, Somerset, Maryland, the son of Frederick Adolphus Adams and Sally/Sarah W. Hayman. Mackenzie’s great-grandmother Nellie was born in Maryland, the daughter of George Julius Appold and Sarah Mackall MacKenzie.

Mackenzie’s maternal grandmother was named Juanita E. Wilkins. Juanita was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mackenzie’s father was said to have partial Cherokee Native American ancestry. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.

Source: Genealogy of Mackenzie Phillips – https://gw.geneanet.org

Genealogy of Mackenzie Phillips (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Mackenzie’s paternal grandfather, Claude Andrew Phillips, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org