There is also a Thomas MILLS born: about the same time period as your John and Jacob. Could they have been brothers, and came with their parents with either the Winthrop Fleet, or one of the ships around the same time period? This information is on the family page for MILLS by _creisinger@sbcglobal.net_ (mailto:creisinger@sbcglobal.net) on rootsweb.com. Has the same Jacob, Michael, Keziah, Cassius, etc. listed as descendants from Jay Co, IN and Warren Co, Ohio, etc. I am not sure if it is the same family MILLS but Beverly Whitaker also found that some of her entries on her family database needed to be changed, do not know what they might have been, but it was about the various John's who were in and around PA at the time. pat cw

I am attempting to confirm information and obtain additional information on the following: Absolam (Absalom?) W(yatt?) Mills B: 01 Feb 1809, Spotsylvania Co., VA D: 1899 M: Mary A. White (I have absolutely no information on Mary or her ancestors. Any help would be greatly appreciated.) Father and Mother of Absolam: F: Wyatt Mills B: 1781, Spotsylvania Co. (near Stafford or Fredericksburg?), VA D: abt 1867, Spotsylvania Co., VA M: Mary (Polly) S. (?) Mills B: abt 1786(?) possibly of Caroline Co., VA (a likely cousin. Many of their offspring suffered congenital defects, with the likely exception of Absalom.) Children (not all confirmed): Lawrence B., Lafayette A., Mary Catherine, George W., William H.H., Benjamin Franklin, Virginia M., Susan A., Martha V. Absalom, John A. Father and Mother of Wyatt: F: Henry Achilles Mills (likely) B: abt 1741, Caroline Co., VA D: 1801, Spotsylvania Co., VA M: Elizabeth Children (not all confirmed): Ann ("Nancy"), Benjamin J., John H., Robert T., James H., Wyatt, Willis, Achilles, and possibly 2 other daughters It is believed that Henry Achilles Mills' father's name was: Henry Mills B: abt 1715, Caroline or Hanover Co., VA D: 1768, Caroline Co., VA Any assistance with this line would be greatly appreciated. Scott Mills smills@eblg.com 703.584.3257

Ken, DNA kit 5266 and kid 26042 belong to John Mills and Jacob (although Ted Mills is still looking for documentation) but on the DNA chart it says "Jacob b. 1660, England?) These are Washington Co, PA Mills who most probably were born in Frederick Co., MD. Does that help any? If you did not get a match to these two DNA tests, you are most probably not connected to this line. But you should get a match with someone soon. Sometimes the wait is frustrating. The more tests we get done the more things become clear. It's very hard to find a donor for the test, but it would be great if more would try. We have so many documented Mills families in this country that without the test it is almost impossible to get it all straight. Try and get a hold of the book "The Ten Mile Country and Its Pioneer Families" by Howard L. Leakey. There is a lot of Washington CO, PA information in this book. Maybe your library can find it for you, or you can order it from Willow Bend Books. They are online. I also recommend that anyone with ancestors in this area during the Revolutionary War read "That Dark and Bloody River" by Alan Eckhardt. It's available from Amazon in paperback for about ten bucks. The hard back copy has excellent maps of the area inside the front and back cover. Shirley

Carlene lists her Mills line (see below), and it occurs to me that there may be someone on this list who is linked to the following. (These are children or grandchildren of Michael Mills, who came to Jay Co, IN in 1838.) Jacob, Aquila or David, perhaps near Noblesville, IN; Jesse, who married Sarah LaFollette and lived in IN; David, who married Margaret Wells of Liber, Jay Co, and migrated to Missouri about 1868. They had a large family of sons, many of whom were reported to he educators. They were reported to have lived in the St. Joseph area of MO. Cyrus and Casseus, both of whom went to Kansas. Among the girls in the family, Keziah married Gustus Bosworth, Amy married John LaFollette, and Rachel married Asa Davis. All of them lived in IN. Does anyone find these names familiar? Ted Mills carlene remington wrote: >My mills line is: > >William Mills born abt 1778 > married to Elizabeth Abshire >Lewis Mills born born 8 Jun 1809 > married to Hannah Lindsey >William Berle (Burl) Mills born 29 Oct 1833 preble ohio > maried to Susannah Shaubhut >Rufus Mills born November 1859 Indiana > married to Sarah E. Chrisman >Maude Ruth Mills born 29 Sep 1881 > married James Lycurgus Person born 6 feb 1870 Boliver Missouri >Josephine Maude Person born 3 aug 1906 Salt Lake City, Utah > married David Rau > married James William Calder >James William Calder born 7 May 1910 dallas, texas > >I do have a picture of William Burl Mills > >Carlene Calder Remington > >

Hi, My great-grandfather was David Adams Mills brother to your William. David moved to Greene County, Mo. He married Henrietta Wine or Nine. His daughter Lou Olive (Ollie) married William Andrew Moore and my father is William Andrew Moore Jr. I like near Springfield, Mo., where do you live. You are the 1st one I have found researching them. Andrea Moore Ummel ----- Original Message ----- From: "carlene remington" <dick.remington@charter.net> To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: [MILLS] Mills from missouri, ohio, indiana and virginia > My mills line is: > > William Mills born abt 1778 > married to Elizabeth Abshire > Lewis Mills born born 8 Jun 1809 > married to Hannah Lindsey > William Berle (Burl) Mills born 29 Oct 1833 preble ohio > maried to Susannah Shaubhut > Rufus Mills born November 1859 Indiana > married to Sarah E. Chrisman > Maude Ruth Mills born 29 Sep 1881 > married James Lycurgus Person born 6 feb 1870 Boliver Missouri > Josephine Maude Person born 3 aug 1906 Salt Lake City, Utah > married David Rau > married James William Calder > James William Calder born 7 May 1910 dallas, texas > > I do have a picture of William Burl Mills > > Carlene Calder Remington > > > ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== > List Mom for MILLS-L: > Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >

Ken I am Michael Mills of Mount Airy, MD. My ancestors date back to 1658 when they settled in Calvert Co., MD. I have spend many hours researching the Washington County, Maryland Mills line as I was certain that they were related. As it turns out DNA ruled otherwise and they were not related and to that end saved me much thought and additional research. However in my research I became aware of the Bedford County, PA, Mills line and have come to believe that they are related to the Washington Co., Maryland Mills line. I was able to with the help of Shirley (sevansn8s@aol.com) who is a member of this list and descendant of John Mills, Bn 1727, of Washington Co., MD, male descendant of that line and a DNA sample was provided and the results when posted proved that the Washington Co., MD Mills line was not related to my Southern, MD Mills line. That you believe that your Thomas was born at Washington Co., PA causes me thing a bit for the following reasons. Washington Co., PA was first noted to be a small camp along the trail followed by the many Rev War soldiers who came from MD and eastern, PA as they traveled westward to protect the western frontiers from the Indians and those British soldiers who had the courage and guts to go there. The camp, was then known as Catfish Camp. It did not become settled and known as Washington Township until the late 1770s (I think 1779 or thereabout) It's rise in population did not occur until after 1780 to 1784 as soldiers and family thereof began populating the area. Washington PA was the gateway to the Wheeling Creek and the soon-to-be settled Northwest Territories. As history and the records confirm, most of the Mills family members found to be in Washington Co Pa during the period 1778 to 1790, were of the Washington, MD line. If your DNA results are on file and do not much with Robert Mills of California then it is not likely that you are related to Thomas Mills of that era and in the area of Washington, PA. I will check my records for the email and name of a woman who I know is a direct descendant of Joseph Mills of Bedford County, PA. Her father is a Mills and as I recall she indicated that he would be willing to participate in the Mills Surname DNA Project. I can recall only that her name is Wendy Mills ??. But I will get in touch with her. I am convinced that Carolyn is also related to this Bedford County, PA Mills line and that would mean that Carolyn was descended from the Mills at Washington County, MD. Keep in mind that before 1776 Washington County, MD known as Frederick County and that prior to 1748 was known as Prince Georges County, MD. Ken, feel free to call me at 301.370.4393 anytime and I can then provide much more insight as to the Washington Co, MD and PA Mills lines. I do not often get the time to chat by computer as hearth, home and business keep me from the keyboard. So I am much better able to talk then type. Look forward to hearing from you soon. Michael A. Mills SERENITY KNOLL FARM 7941 Bennett Branch Rd, Mount Airy, Maryland 21771 Cell 301.370.4393 Home 301.831.5659 The information contained in this email is considered CONFIDENTIAL and is intended only for the person named and should not be read or disseminated by any person other then the person named. If this notice was received in error please notify the named sender at the applicable number which appears in the header of this notice.

While scanning for my surnames, I came across this MILLS couple. Perhaps someone will recognize them as members of their family. Audrey HeritageQuest On-Line: 1850 > OHIO > DARKE > NEAVE TWP Series: M432 Roll: 674 Page: 324 Image: 13 #90-90 Robert Mills, 71, male, chairmaker, born South Carolina Mary, Mills, 78, female, born South Carolina

Cheska Wheatley was also researching this family MILLS. See her research posted on Internet, I did not keep ref web site, as it did not take me anywhere with my NJ MILLS. Her postings were back 1998/2000. She had James MILLS as William's father. Also some refs about James MILLS Sr & Jr but could not find documents to prove its link. There is a book about early plantations in Virginia I browsed through in the Culver City, CA public library, in history department about 1989 or so. Has maps etc re locations of MILLS plantation. pat cw

I guess this is my best chance to jump in and, just maybe, at long last, make a connection. My ancestor is Thomas Mills, believed to be born between 1761-1770 in Washington County, PA. If he was not born there he was there from an early age as he married Hannah Winn d/o Joseph Winn and Polly Higgins in Washington County. Children were Sally 1794, John 1800, William 1804-07, Margaret 1808, James 1810-12, David Ervin (my ancestor) 1811-1820, Jonathan 1813. The family moved to Ohio (I believe to Harrison and Carrol counties first and then to Tuscarawas County) some time after the turn of the century. Sally m/ John Beamer; John m/ Margaret Hibbetts, William m/Catherine Strawn; Margaret m/ George Farabee thus fostering a long line of Farabees); David Ervin m/Ann(e) Russell; Jonathan m/Sarah Downing. My ancestor Thomas (1835) was the son of David Ervin. With all of the Millses who were in Washington County, I have always been puzzled as to why I cannot connect Thomas to the rest of them. I have for some time believed that Thomas is the brother of Carolyn's Joseph but have never been able to prove it. Perhaps if any of you from the Washington Millses can get a male Mills relative to enter his DNA we might be able top come up with something. My DNA is listed as number 5257. I have to believe that all of this must mean something to someone out there. I sure would like to hear from you. Ken Mills (MO) Kenneth Mills 124 Roehampton Lane St. Charles, MO 63304 kenmills23@charter.net tel: fax: mobile: 636-936-0628 636-936-0628 636-288-6201 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this?

Dear Pat and all, Please, please, please do not continue to say Jonathan Mills married Martha Halstead! There is no evidence for it! He almost certainly married Martha Wood, daughter of Timothy and ___ (Strickland) Wood. That would explain where the name Timothy in the Mills family of Morristown came from. But if you can show me some solid evidence for the name Halstead, I'll be glad to consider it. Marna, if you've been on this list for awhile, I'm sure you've heard of my book on a line from George Mills of Jamaica, NY, through Jonathan, his son Samuel and his son Samuel to Timothy of Morristown who married Phebe Lindsley. The book then follows Timothy's half brother, but you can see a lot of good info on Timothy in the Morristown Presbyterian Church records that are on Heritage Quest Online. Yes, my database, bare bones vital records, is online, at WorldConnect on Rootsweb.com and in the Ancestry World Tree at Ancestry.com. But the book has far, far, far more information. It's available from the New England Historic Genealogical Society at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org. Click on store and my name as author. It's titled A MILLS AND KENDALL FAMILY HISTORY. Do not get confused with my book on descendants of Peter Mills of Windsor, Conn. That is a totally different family. My book disagrees with several "facts" about this family, such as that George came from Yorkshire and his wife was surnamed Tanner. My arguments are based on old contemporary documents, not on later compilations. You might google for my book. We had a booksale at NEHGS a few weeks ago and some dealers picked up copies at a ridiculously low price. So you might find it on someone's website for less than the $50 NEHGS charges. Helen Ullmann

Carlene lists her Mills line (see below), and it occurs to me that there may be someone on this list who is linked to the following. (These are children or grandchildren of Michael Mills, who came to Jay Co, IN in 1838.) Jacob, Aquila or David, perhaps near Noblesville, IN; Jesse, who married Sarah LaFollette and lived in IN; David, who married Margaret Wells of Liber, Jay Co, and migrated to Missouri about 1868. They had a large family of sons, many of whom were reported to he educators. They were reported to have lived in the St. Joseph area of MO. Cyrus and Casseus, both of whom went to Kansas. Among the girls in the family, Keziah married Gustus Bosworth, Amy married John LaFollette, and Rachel married Asa Davis. All of them lived in IN. Does anyone find these names familiar? Ted Mills carlene remington wrote: >My mills line is: > >William Mills born abt 1778 > married to Elizabeth Abshire >Lewis Mills born born 8 Jun 1809 > married to Hannah Lindsey >William Berle (Burl) Mills born 29 Oct 1833 preble ohio > maried to Susannah Shaubhut >Rufus Mills born November 1859 Indiana > married to Sarah E. Chrisman >Maude Ruth Mills born 29 Sep 1881 > married James Lycurgus Person born 6 feb 1870 Boliver Missouri >Josephine Maude Person born 3 aug 1906 Salt Lake City, Utah > married David Rau > married James William Calder >James William Calder born 7 May 1910 dallas, texas > >I do have a picture of William Burl Mills > >Carlene Calder Remington > >

Dear CW, My mills JAMES MILLS, b. 1759/1763, near Boston, MA was the father of ALONZO DERRICK MILLS, b 8 Dec 1812, Genesee Co., NY JAMES married Mary E. Derrick. I have been unable to find anything on this line. Help !!!!! Thanks........... Don Dye texdye@msn,com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChekWriter@aol.com> To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:20 PM Subject: [MILLS] MILLS BATES etc > Thank you Helen. > > The list that I received from Ancestral Findings free lookup gave me 3 pages > of John MILLS marriages in Massachusetts. > > For some reason, I cannot recall seeing any research on that particular > branch of the MILLS. Unless I must have overlooked it at some point. > > There is listed in the book about "Mayflower Arrivals" a John MILLS family. > Am curious if any of those MILLS have descendants down to present day. Also > would be curious about their DNA studies to see where they fall in the scheme > of the MILLS tree. > > pat > cw > > > ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== > USGS Mapping Information query form > http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

My mills line is: William Mills born abt 1778 married to Elizabeth Abshire Lewis Mills born born 8 Jun 1809 married to Hannah Lindsey William Berle (Burl) Mills born 29 Oct 1833 preble ohio maried to Susannah Shaubhut Rufus Mills born November 1859 Indiana married to Sarah E. Chrisman Maude Ruth Mills born 29 Sep 1881 married James Lycurgus Person born 6 feb 1870 Boliver Missouri Josephine Maude Person born 3 aug 1906 Salt Lake City, Utah married David Rau married James William Calder James William Calder born 7 May 1910 dallas, texas I do have a picture of William Burl Mills Carlene Calder Remington

Pat: Yes, you are correct: Timothy (1718), Jedediah (1744), and then John, Sr. 1773. Timothy Mills - Phebe Lindsay Jedediah Mills - Sarah Roberts (he was in the Revolution) John Mills, Sr. - Sarah (Sally) Prudden John Mills, Jr. - Temperance (Tempy) Hatch. He had 2 other wives and I believe 18 children. Isaac Carlisle Mills - Christina Potts George Ellery Mills - Amanda Elizabeth Combs Fred Pearl Mills - Upha Erma White Margaret Marna Jeanne Mills - Chester A. Scott I also have the dates for the above, but decided to send this ahead; if you wish dates, let me know. - Marna - ChekWriter@aol.com wrote: >Marna: > >Do you show that your John B: 1773, is the son of Jedidiah B: 1744, >Morristown NJ? son of Timothy B: 1718? > >Or another MILLS in the same area? > >You say that they died in Ohio? Who were their wives? I have not seen that >detail anywhere. > >Still looking for the parents of John B:1733, Sussex Co, NJ, which matched >my DNA KIT #33009 on the _www.familytreedna.com_ (http://www.familytreedna.com) > web site, under MILLS. > >Pat >cw > >I thought my next little project would be to accumulate all the New Jersey >entries into one database and try to put together all the families that way. >Any insights? > > > >==== MILLS Mailing List ==== >USGS Mapping Information query form >http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

Pat - We have a story in my Mills family that my Aunt, Miss Clara Belle Mills, of Plainfield, NJ was trying to trace her family line (she was my father's half sister). She allegedly was able to trace it back to "the Mayflower", but stopped when she found out that her relative (maybe mine?) was one of the first horse thieves to be hung in the new world. Don't know if ANY of it is true. Aunt Clara is long gone (she was born in 1898 or so), and I don't know if it was on my Grandfather Mills' side or her mother's side (name unknown). Cousin Jim in Fillmore ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChekWriter@aol.com> To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:20 AM Subject: [MILLS] MILLS BATES etc > Thank you Helen. > > The list that I received from Ancestral Findings free lookup gave me 3 pages > of John MILLS marriages in Massachusetts. > > For some reason, I cannot recall seeing any research on that particular > branch of the MILLS. Unless I must have overlooked it at some point. > > There is listed in the book about "Mayflower Arrivals" a John MILLS family. > Am curious if any of those MILLS have descendants down to present day. Also > would be curious about their DNA studies to see where they fall in the scheme > of the MILLS tree. > > pat > cw > > > ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== > USGS Mapping Information query form > http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Have a great day.

I'm sorry.. I don't have much more info. Only that WILLIAM (Billy) Mills was born 1780 died 1890. (and I am not positive dates are exact). It is believed he came over from Ireland? I have a first name of his wife (Rebecca). Of their 12 children: Henry Washington Lang Willis Joseph Thomas ANDREW West(Wesly?) Christopher Tippie Lydia Martha I am related to his son ANDREW Mills who married Dorcas Cupp. They had 4 children: Kate(married Frank Lewis of Mobile, AL) Missouri (married John Hayes of Greene Co, MS) Dell (married Mr. Long of Hattiesburg, MS) and ELIAS (married Sarah Frances Mason) Andrew was killed in the Civil War and Dorcas married again to a Mr. Williams of Vinegarbend, AL. The links I have are Mills, Mason, Holliman. I would be happy to look, if I only knew where to begin. Thank you for your help thus far. Cathy Mills

Cathy: You did not say in your posting, where this family was from ? State, City, County, needed. Also you did not mention the mother of the 12 children. pat cw

Whooppsss, missed it a bunch. typo, and did not subtract correctly. First John should be 77 years old. pat cw

Only SHAW MILLS I have is: John SHAW married Caroline MILLS, 1803 Washington County, Ohio, marriages, page 221. will keep your family in mind as I continue on in case I run across any links. pat cw