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    1. Re: [MDWashin] MILLS question German Church Records
    2. Lauren Brantner
    3. Catherine Mills on the will index has a will. James no Jampes on the will administration Sorry - my eyes are giving me fits this morning and reading small print sends them spinning (smile) Lauren Brantner --- On Mon, 5/20/13, Lauren Brantner <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Lauren Brantner <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MDWashin] MILLS question German Church Records > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, May 20, 2013, 9:57 AM > In Vol. 13 of the German Church > Records there s only one Mills entry: > > John son of Jacob[?] and Cath. Mills b. 27 Jan. 1805, bp. > April 1817, Sponsor:  Parents > > Washington Spy (Hagerstown)September 3, 1794 > "The following citizens are draughted in Col. Thomas > Sprigg's Regiment: From Capt. Joseph Hurst's Co:  Peter > Miller, Robert MILLS......" > > Maryland Herald April 6, 1803 > Letters remaining at the Hagerstown Post Office included > Samuel MILLS, Blare's Valley > April 8, 1812 same newspaper there is a letter for Samuel > MILLS > > Hagerstown Gazette April 18, 1806 Andrew Mills of Frederick > Co was offering a reward for a missing apprentice named > Jacob Stocks. > In 1808 he made another announcement in another newspaper > that he had taken up a stay mare. > > The Torchlight  March 14, 1826 > > "Married in Balt first inst by Rev. Davis: Levin MILLS to > Mrs. Elizabeth Brown." First Inst translates to at the first > of the month. > > The Torchlight November 8, 1827 > "Died 29th September last at the res of her son Samuel MILLS > on Elk Ridge, Anne Arundel Co, Md, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, in > the 76th year of her age, relict of the late William Miller > of this co." > > There is a MILLS family Bible in Fuller's Family Bible > Recors in the Washington County Free Library.  You may > want that information for sorting. > > Morrow and Morrow's Will Index > MILLS Cath. 2 1789 > Jac. w 1801 > Jas. P. fw 1843 > Mich. f1832 > Tho. f1855 f1856 > > f = estate documents and w = will > > In Morrow & Morrow's Dist. of Estate Accounts 1778-1835 > > surrounding entries for this estate are in the 1830s > MILLS, Michael.  Adm. Jampes P. n.d.; Thomas, James, > Elizabeth, Robert Thedrick and wife, Jacob, Rach? Ward, > Ellen Ward T. $88.70 > Levin Mills was administrator for the estate of William > Miller, Thomas Shepherd in 1818. > MILLER, Elizabeth. Adm. John Hall 2/26/1830; Nancy > Filengame, Levin MILLS, William H., John, Sophia Haslette, > Samuel MILLS, William MILLS, Eliza I. HallEmily H. Hall, > Hannah H. Hall. > > Have you checked the usual histories? > > Hopefully someone who has other church records will check > for you.  I would also check records other than the > German Church Records in that I find general works with them > in many other counties and allied with early families like > Dorsey,etc. I would guess they are Welsh or English. I would > check all the cemetery books - I know there are some burials > in Episcopal Churchyards.  Kanely's Directory of > Maryland Church Records indicates that Episcopal records for > Washington County are in the Maryland Historical > Society.    > > Morrow & Morrow's Mariage Index: > Abr./Eliz. Toncray 12/19/1805 > Jc./So. Wellls 1/28/1823 > Levi/Esther Blair 3/17/1835 > Otho O./Mary Bowman 10/9/1847 > Rob./Mar. Nicholson 8/3/1839 > Abr./Eliz. Whetstone 11/1/1853 > > I would also check the land records and other online > resources. Land records helped me sort Brantners who were > cousins with the same first and last names (and no middle on > record). > > Hopefully someone else who has researched you lines or who > has more suggestions will respond. > > Lauren Brantner > > --- On Sun, 5/19/13, Tracy Mills <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Tracy Mills <[email protected]> > > Subject: [MDWashin] MILLS question German Church > Records > > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013, 12:19 PM > > Hi. I noticed that some had accessed > > a volume of German church records. I'm wondering if > you > > could check for MILLS for me? I know it's a broad scope > so > > the first names I'm most interested in are: > > Thomas > > Michael > > Jacob > > William > > Eli (jah) > > Levi > > > > I'm researching Mills in the Indian springs area. > Thomas was > > the father of Otho Mills but I can't find Otho's > mother. By > > 1850 Thomas was married to a woman who would have been > about > > 10 when Otho was born. I'm also trying to connect the > dots > > of some of those early families. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Tracy > >  > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > > subject and the body of the message > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

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