Philip married Maria Catherina Altomus, a daughter of Wilhelm and Anna Caecilia (Reinmüller) Altomus of Offenbach-Hundheim in the Lower Palatinate. It is not known if they were married in the Palatinate or in America. The Offenbach church records do not list their marriage and no marriage record has been found in the records of the early churches at Philadelphia. After arriving in America, Philip Servas settled into daily life in Philadelphia where he took up the trade of stocking weaver and became actively associated with the Moravian Church. It is recorded that Philip assisted in building the first Moravian Church in Philadelphia in 1742.
 

The births and baptisms of four children born to Philip and Maria Catherina (Altomus) Servas are listed in the records of the Philadelphia congregation of the Moravian Church. These were: Wilhelm Servas born 27 September 1743; Anna Maria Servas born 29 August 1745; Sarah Servas born 20 October 1747, died 28 September 1750; and Johannetta (or Hannah) Servas born 12 April 1750. From other records, it is known that Philip and Maria Catherina had at least three other children born in Philadelphia during this same time period. However, no baptismal records have been found. These children were: Julianna Margaretha Servas born around 1739/1740; Maria Servas born around 1741/1742; and Johannes Servas born 20 March 1752.
 

In June, 1747 Philip Servas and his wife Mary Catherine were listed, along with other Germans in Philadelphia, as being "attached to, or in communion with the Moravians." This same membership list included the names of Frederic (Friedrich) Hoeth and his wife Johannetta, who would also settle on the frontier as one of Philip's neighbors. As early as 1747, some of the members of the small Moravian Congregation in Philadelphia began to take an interest in purchasing land and striking out on their own. Land warrants approved in June of 1750 show that five Moravian Congregation members acquired adjacent lands. Philip Servas and his wife, Maria Catharina, took out a warrant on 8 January 1750 for 100 acres adjoining the property of Adam Shuttehelm. Friedrich Hoeth purchased two adjacent tracts of land, one for 995 acres and the other for 326.88 acres.
 

These tracts of land were situated on the north side of the Blue Mountain in what was then the extreme reaches of upper Bucks County, PA. The area became part of Northampton County when that county was formed in 1752 and is now in Chestnut Hill and Polk Townships in Monroe County, PA, which was formed in 1836. The land area was in a valley about six miles north of the Blue Mountain and just south of the present villages of Gilbert and Kresgeville, PA. The valley was named "Peaceful Valley" or "Pleasant Valley" by the early settlers.
 

In the Fall of 1753 or 1754, Philip Servas and his family left Philadelphia to settle on their new land. The Moravian records in Philadelphia show that they left in October of 1754. However, according to an entry in the diaries of a number of Moravian pastors who traveled to the area of Dansbury (now Stroudsburg, PA), Philip was already situated on his homestead by September of 1753. The route taken by the Servas family to the other side of the Blue Mountain is not recorded. However, it is reasonable to assume that they traveled north to Bethlehem and then to Nazareth along the same route taken by the Hoeths four years earlier. They then crossed the Blue Mountain either at Nazareth or at the Wind Gap, which lay just east of there. Once across the mountain, they traveled several miles west to their property. By 1755, Philip Servas and his family had established themselves on their land, built a log house, and cleared sites for the spring planting. Unfortunately, their plans for a peaceful farm life were soon upset by the beginnings of the French and Indian War.
 

The first attack by marauding Indians came at the nearby Moravian settlement at Gnadenhuetten, which is now the town of Lehighton, on the evening of November 24, 1755. Only a few colonists escaped the wrath of the Indians and soon the night sky was illuminated by the glare of burning homes and barns. Between 5 and 6 o'clock on the evening of December 10th, a band of Indians raided Friedrich Hoeth's farm on Hoeth Creek and killed or captured most of the family. Philip Servas and his family, probably hearing the gunshots from Hoeth's farm, took up the few guns at hand and prepared for the onslaught but, fortunately, the Indians had moved on.
 

On December 11th, the day after the tragic death of their friends, Philip Servas and his family, fearing for their safety and not knowing if the Indians would return or not, abandoned their homestead and fled to Nazareth on the south side of the Blue Mountain for protection. The family, consisting of nine persons at that time, took up refuge in the vicinity of the "Red Rose Inn" at Nazareth and may have stayed in the Inn itself for some period of time. By the 17th of December, 1755, according to an official enumeration, 200 refugees were billeted at Nazareth and 100 at other nearby Moravian settlements at Bethlehem, Friedensthal, Christian's Brun, and Gnadenthal. To assist the bedraggled stragglers, the Moravians sought help from their Quaker brethren in Philadelphia to collect money, food, clothing, and woolens. Lists show that, in January 1756, "Phil Searfass & fam." were given strips of flannel, "thicks"??, four pair of shoes and two pair of stockings. Despite this help, the Christmas of 1755 must have been particularly grim in the small stockades overflowing with refugees.
 

In reaction to the Indian raids on the northern frontier settlements, the colonial government built a line of forts along the Blue Mountain to afford the settlers some degree of protection. One of these forts, "Fort Norris', was built on Philip Servas' abandoned farm. With the line of forts now in place, many of the refugees returned to their homes during the Spring of 1756. However, Philip apparently found that conditions were not yet safe enough to remain there and he and his family moved back to Philadelphia shortly thereafter. Their names appear along with other members of the Moravian Congregation in Philadelphia in 1758, 1760, 1762 and 1764. The Moravian Church records in Philadelphia also show the names of three more Servas children. These were: Frederick born around 1752/1758; Christian born 14 October 1758; and Sarah born 31 May 1761.
 

On several occasions between 1756 and 1762, Philip visited his farm, or perhaps even attempted to resettle there, but was driven off by the threat of continued Indian raids. Finally, in the spring of 1763, Philip moved his family back to their farm, where he would spend the rest of his life. According to the Northampton County, Pennsylvania, tax list of 1772, Philip was living on his farm in Chestnuthill Township and paid a tax of 1 pound and 18 shillings. It can be assumed that they continued to farm on their property well into old age.
 

On March 11, 1785 Philip made out a Last Will and Testament. In his will, Philip turned over the title to his homestead to his son, William, with the stipulation that William continue to care for his father and mother until their death. The will mentions all of his children living in 1785 including his daughters Jules ("my oldest datter"), Mary, Molly, and Sarah and sons Willem, John, Fredrick, and Christan. On 22 June 1786 Philip added a codicil to his will. The will, written in English in the will books, and the codicil, written in German script, were probated on 20 March 1787. Philip Servas is believed to have died sometime between 22 June 1786 and 20 March 1787. His burial location is unknown.
 

By 1850 branches of this immigrant Servas family were living throughout eastern Pennsylvania and in Loyal Oak, Ohio. Today the descendants of Philip and Maria Catharina (Altomus) Servas number in the thousands.