Hello,
I just found this site and know this message is very old, so you may not receive my message. My mother was an Ifill from Philadelphia and her father was James Sherry Ifill. I believe he was born in 1859. He had a first wife with 4 children, and when the first wife died he remarried and had my mother and her sister who were much younger (my mother was born in 1913). I would be interested in learning more about the Philadelphia Ifills, I know there is a connection to Barbados as well, since my mother mentioned a relative who was a governor (?) there.
Thanks for any information!