There are many Mills and Fletchers in Bedford County PA in late 1700s There is also a Fletcher cemetery where many Mills are buried Carolyn Mills Hughes (descendent of Joseph Mills b.1754 who lived in Bedford County) > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Date: 8/13/2008 1:53:05 PM > Subject: [MILLS] Fwd: [NJUNION] Chandlers?First Pres. Church, Eliz., NJ > > > Any one out there in MILLS LAND, can you assist?? > > thank you. > > pat > cw > > > > ____________________________________ > From: ChekWriter > To: [email protected] > Sent: 8/13/2008 1:50:14 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time > Subj: Re: [NJUNION] Chandlers?First Pres. Church, Eliz., NJ > > > I just noticed Seth FLETCHER's name on the list, down a couple replies to > the list. > > Nancy PASCAL I think was just asking about his name on the list, too. > > Many people also responded to her about him. > > Very interesting person, Mr. FLETCHER. > > Pat > cw > Not sure how it all comes together, I am still drowning in MILLS surnamed > folk, and not found the complete link of all of them of Sussex Co. NJ, either. > > Found another MILLS, Jennie E who married Edward Vaughan, had son George > Robert. They all 3 died in 1933, and Rupert SEXTON wrote me back says there was > a Flu Epidemic that year and a lot of folk passed from it. > > Rupert SEXTON wrote me back says he does not recall those names on his > rootsweb data base, but they are on there. > > Did find Jennie E MILLS on the 1880 Census for Sparta, Sussex Co. NJ with > her parents, Robert and Mary, and brother, Peter R. > > So she was in the right neighborhood, and I kind of have put them together. > Now just need confirmation that Jennie E MILLS listed as dau of Robert and > Mary MILLS of Sparta, Sussex Co. NJ, is the same > > family of Robert MILLS and Mary HARDIN on various data bases on rootsweb. > > Also on that same census record list, down a few doors from the MILLS family > is a Samuel HARDIN age 70plus and a Carrie HARDIN age 22. Maybe a niece or > grand daughter?? > > Could one surmise that they too are related to Mary HARDIN, listed as spouse > to Robert MILLS etc. > > > > > In a message dated 8/10/2008 1:34:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Thanks for your reply. I'm not aware of any of those allied families. I do > know about connections with WOODHULL & HUNT, of Morris Co. NJ and with > CANFIELD/CAMFIELD. Everyone I know about was Presbyterian, from various > congregations. I wonder if the CHANDLER's you mention may have been > Loyalists, hence their departure to Canada. I know that there was a > prominent Loyalist (Anglican) family of CHANDLER's also in Elizabethtown. > Beats me whether these may have been different branches of the same > family. As luck would have it, I know more about the allied families than > I do about my Presbyterian CHANDLER line. I'll archive your message and > will see if I can find any connection. > > George Garmany > > > I see also a family of CHANDLER allied with POLHEMUS and LONCOR/CORE of > > Sussex Co. NJ, too. > > > > I thought I read a long time back, about the family these surnames, > > any > > way, down in the footnotes of someones posting on the net, something > > about MILLER and POLHEMUS and or MILLS were also related. Very early > > on 1740s or before. > > > > More than likely they are related to your family of CHANDLER too?? > > > > LONGCOR also of Morris County. > > > > Pat > > cw > > Also see that one of the children has a middle name of MILLER, too. > > > > Also see that one of the family second wife or first, was a MARTIN, > > again may tie into the > > MARTIN - SUTTON- SLACHT/SLAGHT - REED - MILLS - VAN SICKLE - etc family > > too, of Sussex Co. NJ. > > Similar of these surnames married into the MILLS - SMITH - ALFRED - > > DUNHAM family. > > > > Some of those removed to Ontario, Canada ca 1793/94 for sure. and may > > even have removed earlier on to Canada. > > > > > > > > In a message dated 8/9/2008 8:40:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > Thanks for all of the wonderful information that is humming around the > > web right now! I wonder if anyone has done work on the Chandlers of the > > First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, during the late 18th & early > > 19th centuries? I believe that I am descended from Moses Chandler, who > > is listed as a Ruling Elder for many years. If anyone can enlighten me > > about resources for that family genealogy or knows someone expert in > > the information on them, please let me know. I get to the area once or > > twice a year and would be willing to do my own book work. But if someone > > has already explored this family, I'd love to communicate with you! > > > > George Garmany > > > >> I just spent the evening with a great church history book, so I could > >> get a list of all the ministers of the church. Church of the > >> Founding Fathers of New Jersey : a history : First Presbyterian > >> Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1664-1964 by Harry C. Ellison (1964) > >> available on Ancestry.com. > >> > >> Within its 200 pages, you'll find lists of early members, deacons, > >> church officials, biographies and ministries of the > >> pastors/ministers, history of the area, and much more. So here's the > >> list, with dates of ministry, for the First Presbyterian Church in > >> Elizabeth, NJ: > >> > >> Jeremiah Peck, 1668-1678 > >> > >> Seth Fletcher, 1680-1681 > >> > >> John Harriman, 1687-1705 > >> > >> Samuel Melyen, 1704-1707 > >> > >> Jonathan Dickinson, 1708-1747 > >> > >> Elihu Spencer, 1749-1756 > >> > >> Abraham Keteltas, 1757-1761 > >> > >> James Caldwell, 1762-1781 > >> > >> James Francis Armstrong, 1782-1783 > >> > >> William Adolphus Linn, 1786 > >> > >> David Austin, 1788-1797 > >> > >> John Giles, 1799 > >> > >> Henry Kollock, 1800-1803 > >> > >> John McDowell, 1804-1833 > >> > >> Nicholas Murray, 1833-1861 > >> > >> Everard Kempshall, 1861-1898 > >> > >> John E Stuchell, 1899-1906 > >> > >> William Force Whitaker, 1907-1916 > >> > >> Charles Atwood Campbell, 1916-1927 > >> > >> Charles Joseph Wood, 1927-1936 > >> > >> Charles Alexander Ross, 1936-1957 > >> > >> Albert Fay Hill, 1957-1962 > >> > >> > >> > >> ---Robin M > >> www.mombasics.com > >> www.kidsplaybedford.com > >> www.njuniongenweb.com > >> > >> > >> Visit the Union county NJGenWeb at www.njuniongenweb.com. > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 Union county NJGenWeb at www.njuniongenweb.com. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > > budget? 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