Jane,
>My ancestor who emigrated to New York from Parc, Sarnau,
Merionethshire
signed his name William En Phillips.
A place in that format may follow the format Place, Township, County.
Certainly the county is Merionethshire. There is also a place Parc in the
parish
of Llanycil. It is near the south end of Llyn Tegid.
So does Sarnau fit the format and is a township?
Looking through the book 'History of Merioneth' volume 2 :- Appendix 2 which
lists
parishes and townships.
Sarnau is not listed as a township in the whole of Merionethshire.
However the place Sarnau is mentioned in the publication 'Memorial
Inscriptions
of the Church of St. Deiniol Llanfor, Bala, Parish of Llanfor, Meirionnydd,
Wales' by
the Gwynedd Family History Society.
For example, the place Pen-y-bryn, Sarnau. For example, the place Rhyd
Ellis, Sarnau.
For example, the place Ty'n y ffridd, Sarnau.
You mentioned Ismynydd. This is a farm between Bala and Llyn Celyn to the
north west.
Regarding the abbreviation E superscript n. Two names come to mind for this
period: 1) Evan 2) Enoch.
I would think Evan is highly likely.
I have tried to find the birth/baptism of John Phillips who was known as
the poet Tegidon. I haven't found a source given to his birth although many
references give the date. (His father was Philip Jones.) Apparently he was
born in Bala on 12 Apr 1810. I haven't found him in the Llanycil or Llanfor
baptism registers. (His mother was Grace Evans, a relative of mine.)
So it seems there are a few Philips families in the area, your efforts in
sorting them out may help me.
Regards,
Peter Evans