Have for William Mills - Amy he B: ca 1722/23 D: 1795 Nothing on her. For his son William Mills - Rebecca B: 1752 D: 1815 Nothing on her. Jeremiah MILLS - Betsey Marsh B: 1746 D: 1824 Mountainside, NJ. Nothing on her Jeremiah had a son Jeremiah Jr. went to Northwest Territory ca 1800 married 2nd abigail bryant 1st Elizabeth Monteith Patterson he born 1769 D: 1860 Warren Co. OH nothing on her. abigail bryant B: 1782 D: 1827 washington co oh So was thinking the land transactions were taken place before they all left New Jersey. More than likely just after William Jr. died 1815. Settled his affairs up there in New Jersey before they all departed for Northwest Territory. Or did it on a trip back east later on after removed to Northwest Territory then returned to New Jersey to get Abigail and family??? For the moment am lost War of 1812 lasted how long??? The land was in Somerset county, not Essex where they appeared on the tax lists for 1781 to 1790. Said Westfield by their names. Elias. William, William, etc. So did they remove from Essex Co over to Somerset on way west to Northwest Territory??? Or was that land actually situated in that part of Essex that became Somerset at a later date??? After the formation of the other counties being broken up. Virtual Formation maps at _http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/nj_cf.html_ (http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/nj_cf.html) Original Plat Map of East Jersey: Only 4 original counties in 1675: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth. Says that Somerset County organized in 1714. Elias was out of the picture as he was in New York by that time with Joseph Jr and Phebe DREW. Says one researcher that he died ca 1827/28 in New York. Elias' parents both died in 1779 and 1782 respectively. So only person left to take care of any MILLS family affairs would have been Jeremiah Sr. Pat In a message dated 12/14/2008 9:18:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: My mind went blank, however believe that you are working on the Mills lineage? Sorry should have remembered. tto ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:29 AM Subject: WorldConnect: Revised Post-em posted > Database: 441 > Individual: I622029 > Link: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=441&id=I622029 > Name: Audrey Hancock > Email: [email protected] > URL: > URL title: > Note: > I do not believe that Jeremiah Mills is a son of Elias Mills. What are > your sources or references for such a conclusion? I am certainly open to > research that would prove my conclusion to be wrong, but the records I > have at this time, appear to validate my theory that Jeremiah's (#1) Mills > father was William (#1) Mills rather than other's like yourself who > indicate he was s/o Elias Mills. > > Audrey > > > > MILLS FAMILY CONNECTIONS > for Jeremiah (#1) & (#2) Mills and William (#1), (#2), & (#3) Mills vs. > Elias Mills as father of Jeremiah (#1) Mills > > Two Records of Significant Importance: > > The deed records posted by Lori on the RootsWeb Message Board reflects the > year of 1804 and 1816. > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mills/5662/mb.ashx > > 1804 > Deed Book "D" page 837, on 4 Feb 1804, William and Rebecca MILLS of > Westfield Township, Essex County, NJ sold 2 3/4 acres and 3 square rods to > Robert Woodruff for $125.00. The lot was 1/2 of Lot # 8 located on the > north side of the second mountain in Bernards Township, Somerset County. > The other 1/2 Lot was owned by Jeremiah MILLS. > > 1816 > Deed Book "I" page 464, on 4 June 1816, John and Anna MILLS of Westfield > Township, Essex County, NJ sold 2 3/4 acres and 3 square rods to Joseph > Linns for $75.00. The wooded lot was located in Bernards Township, > Somerset County. The lot was next to the lot of William MILLS. > > (Internet, RootsWeb Message Board, 14 Dec 2008: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mills/5662/mb.ashx by Lori MacCormack) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Jeremiah Mills and William Mills to Joseph Line, Bill of Sale, Know all > men > by these presents that we Jeremiah Mills and William Mills, both of the > Township of Westfield, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, Adms. to > the > estate of William Mills, dec., have for and in consideration of the sum of > eighty-five pounds of good and lawful money of the State aforesaid, -to us > in hand paid by Joseph Line of the same place aforesaid sold unto the said > Joseph Line one negro boy about fourteen years old,--named Tom; which said > negro boy we do bind ourselves to warrant and defend unto the sd. Joseph > Line and to his heirs and assigns against the just and lawful claim and > demand of all manner of persons whatsoever. In witness whereof we hereunto > set our hands and seal this second day of May in the Year of Our Lord one > thousand seven hundred and ninety-five. > > Sealed and delivered in the presence of > John Miller, Charles Clark, Jeremiah x (his mark) Mills, William Mills. > (Source: Tim AYERS: Book: Scotch Plains, "The Story of an Old Community," > by Reignette Marsh, page 46) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > William (#1) Mills (wf/Amy ???) died 1795 Essex Co., NJ. His estate of > 1795 in Essex Co., NJ was administered by Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William > (#2) Mills and they sold Tom (their negro slave) to Joseph Line. (See > record administration record above.) Then with the deed information of > 1816 posted by Lori (given above), we find that land in Somerset Co., NJ > was sold to Joseph Linn (probably clerk error in spelling or error in > transcription for Line). It is my opinion that Joseph Line and Joseph Linn > are probably one and same person. It is my belief that John Mills (wf, > Anna Denman) was s/o Jeremiah (#1) Mills and Elizabeth Marsh. > > In my 40 years of research I have never found Elias Mills of the town of > Westfield, NJ connected with William Mills (#1), (#2) or (#3) of Westfield > Township, Essex Co. (now Union Co.), NJ in other than a cousinly > relationship. Their names show up on tax rateables and petitions as > freeholders, but nothing more to connect Elias as father of Jeremiah (#1) > Mills. However, all evidence and research done by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, > CG, points to the fact that William (#1) Mills was s/o Samuel Mills and > (2) Mary ???, of Elizabethtown, Essex Co. (now Union Co.), NJ. Her same > research points to the fact that Elias Mills was s/o Joseph Mills, brother > of Samuel Mills. This means that William (#1) and Elias were first > cousins, and that Jeremiah (#1) would have been a 1st cousin once removed > to Elias Mills. > > It is my belief that Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills were > brothers although nothing has yet been found to substantiate this theory > except for preponderance of evidence based upon these facts and these > records that bring them together as probable sons of William Mills (abt. > 1722-1795) and wife, Amy [maiden name unknown], and thus brothers. The > information below appears to connect Jeremiah much more closely to the > fact that he is s/o William (#1) Mills and wife, Amy, than to Jeremiah > (#1) being a son of Elias Mills. > > 1. Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills were administers of the > estate of William Mills (#1). (Essex Co., NJ Records, 1795) > > 2. Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills were adjacent owners of land > in Somerset Co., NJ. It is my belief that Jeremiah (#1) and William (#2) > are brothers and their ownership of adjacent equal lots in Somerset Co., > NJ in 1804 indicates this probable relationship. (Somerset Co., NJ Deeds, > 1804) > > 3. Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills names along with William's > wife (Rebecca) and his mother ("Amy Mills") are found in the records of > Scotch Plains Baptist Church in Union Co., NJ. Also, found buried in this > church cemetery is their sister, Elizabeth (Mills) Roll, wf/o Jacob Roll, > dau/o William (#1) and Amy. > > 4. Jeremiah (#2) Mills (1769 NJ-1860 Warren Co., Ohio) married 1798 in the > Scotch Plains Baptist Church to Abigail Bryant. Jeremiah (#2) Mills was > s/o Jeremiah (#1)Mills and Elizabeth Marsh. > > 5. William W. (#3) Mills (1790 NJ-1873 Shelby Co., Ohio) married 1810 in > the Scotch Plains Baptist Church to Elizabeth Clark. William W. (#3) Mills > was s/o William(#2) Mills and Rebecca. William W. (#3) Mills paid taxes in > Warren Co., OH in 1810, but did not move there until 1822. (Warren Co., OH > Tax Records) > > 6. Jeremiah (#2) Mills and wife, (1) Abigail Bryant, left NJ for Warren > Co., Ohio; sometime later (1820) William W. (#3) Mills also left NJ to > join Jeremiah (#2) Mills in Warren Co., OH. Here both lived for about 3 > years before William W. (#3) Mills was able to purchase land 1823 in > Shelby County, Ohio. At this time they apparently went their separate > ways. (Sutton's 1883 Edition of History of Shelby County, Ohio: Cynthian > Twp.: William Mills) > > 7. Jeremiah (#2) Mills died in Warren Co., OH. (Gravestone indicates he > was from Essex Co., NJ.) He was in Hamilton Co., OH 1802; in Montgomery > Co., OH in 1810; and 1818 in Warren Co., OH. > > 8. Family research for my ancestor, William W. Mills, indicates he, too, > was in Montgomery Co., OH; Hamilton Co., OH; Warren Co., OH; and lived > most of his life in Shelby Co., OH, before dying in Miami Co., OH. Also > one needs to take into consideration that Montgomery Co., OH and Warren > Co., OH were parts of Hamilton Co., OH at one time; that Miami Co., OH was > part of Montgomery Co., OH at one time; and that Shelby Co., OH was part > of Miami Co., at one time. > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11331 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11331 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
This is wrong, Pat, Jeremiah Mills (s/o Jeremiah Mills and Elizabeth Marsh) married 1st Abigail Bryant in NJ; he married 2nd Elizabeth Monteith Patterson in OH. You wrote: "...married 2nd abigail bryant 1st Elizabeth Monteith Patterson." Audrey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:37 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: Fw: WorldConnect: Revised Post-em posted Have for William Mills - Amy he B: ca 1722/23 D: 1795 Nothing on her. For his son William Mills - Rebecca B: 1752 D: 1815 Nothing on her. Jeremiah MILLS - Betsey Marsh B: 1746 D: 1824 Mountainside, NJ. Nothing on her Jeremiah had a son Jeremiah Jr. went to Northwest Territory ca 1800 married 2nd abigail bryant 1st Elizabeth Monteith Patterson he born 1769 D: 1860 Warren Co. OH nothing on her. abigail bryant B: 1782 D: 1827 washington co oh So was thinking the land transactions were taken place before they all left New Jersey. More than likely just after William Jr. died 1815. Settled his affairs up there in New Jersey before they all departed for Northwest Territory. Or did it on a trip back east later on after removed to Northwest Territory then returned to New Jersey to get Abigail and family??? For the moment am lost War of 1812 lasted how long??? The land was in Somerset county, not Essex where they appeared on the tax lists for 1781 to 1790. Said Westfield by their names. Elias. William, William, etc. So did they remove from Essex Co over to Somerset on way west to Northwest Territory??? Or was that land actually situated in that part of Essex that became Somerset at a later date??? After the formation of the other counties being broken up. Virtual Formation maps at http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/nj_cf.html Original Plat Map of East Jersey: Only 4 original counties in 1675: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth. Says that Somerset County organized in 1714. Elias was out of the picture as he was in New York by that time with Joseph Jr and Phebe DREW. Says one researcher that he died ca 1827/28 in New York. Elias' parents both died in 1779 and 1782 respectively. So only person left to take care of any MILLS family affairs would have been Jeremiah Sr. Pat In a message dated 12/14/2008 9:18:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: My mind went blank, however believe that you are working on the Mills lineage? Sorry should have remembered. tto ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:29 AM Subject: WorldConnect: Revised Post-em posted > Database: 441 > Individual: I622029 > Link: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=441&id=I622029 > Name: Audrey Hancock > Email: [email protected] > URL: > URL title: > Note: > I do not believe that Jeremiah Mills is a son of Elias Mills. What are > your sources or references for such a conclusion? I am certainly open to > research that would prove my conclusion to be wrong, but the records I > have at this time, appear to validate my theory that Jeremiah's (#1) Mills > father was William (#1) Mills rather than other's like yourself who > indicate he was s/o Elias Mills. > > Audrey > > > > MILLS FAMILY CONNECTIONS > for Jeremiah (#1) & (#2) Mills and William (#1), (#2), & (#3) Mills vs. > Elias Mills as father of Jeremiah (#1) Mills > > Two Records of Significant Importance: > > The deed records posted by Lori on the RootsWeb Message Board reflects the > year of 1804 and 1816. > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mills/5662/mb.ashx > > 1804 > Deed Book "D" page 837, on 4 Feb 1804, William and Rebecca MILLS of > Westfield Township, Essex County, NJ sold 2 3/4 acres and 3 square rods to > Robert Woodruff for $125.00. The lot was 1/2 of Lot # 8 located on the > north side of the second mountain in Bernards Township, Somerset County. > The other 1/2 Lot was owned by Jeremiah MILLS. > > 1816 > Deed Book "I" page 464, on 4 June 1816, John and Anna MILLS of Westfield > Township, Essex County, NJ sold 2 3/4 acres and 3 square rods to Joseph > Linns for $75.00. The wooded lot was located in Bernards Township, > Somerset County. The lot was next to the lot of William MILLS. > > (Internet, RootsWeb Message Board, 14 Dec 2008: > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.mills/5662/mb.ashx by Lori MacCormack) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Jeremiah Mills and William Mills to Joseph Line, Bill of Sale, Know all > men > by these presents that we Jeremiah Mills and William Mills, both of the > Township of Westfield, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, Adms. to > the > estate of William Mills, dec., have for and in consideration of the sum of > eighty-five pounds of good and lawful money of the State aforesaid, -to us > in hand paid by Joseph Line of the same place aforesaid sold unto the said > Joseph Line one negro boy about fourteen years old,--named Tom; which said > negro boy we do bind ourselves to warrant and defend unto the sd. Joseph > Line and to his heirs and assigns against the just and lawful claim and > demand of all manner of persons whatsoever. In witness whereof we hereunto > set our hands and seal this second day of May in the Year of Our Lord one > thousand seven hundred and ninety-five. > > Sealed and delivered in the presence of > John Miller, Charles Clark, Jeremiah x (his mark) Mills, William Mills. > (Source: Tim AYERS: Book: Scotch Plains, "The Story of an Old Community," > by Reignette Marsh, page 46) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > William (#1) Mills (wf/Amy ???) died 1795 Essex Co., NJ. His estate of > 1795 in Essex Co., NJ was administered by Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William > (#2) Mills and they sold Tom (their negro slave) to Joseph Line. (See > record administration record above.) Then with the deed information of > 1816 posted by Lori (given above), we find that land in Somerset Co., NJ > was sold to Joseph Linn (probably clerk error in spelling or error in > transcription for Line). It is my opinion that Joseph Line and Joseph Linn > are probably one and same person. It is my belief that John Mills (wf, > Anna Denman) was s/o Jeremiah (#1) Mills and Elizabeth Marsh. > > In my 40 years of research I have never found Elias Mills of the town of > Westfield, NJ connected with William Mills (#1), (#2) or (#3) of Westfield > Township, Essex Co. (now Union Co.), NJ in other than a cousinly > relationship. Their names show up on tax rateables and petitions as > freeholders, but nothing more to connect Elias as father of Jeremiah (#1) > Mills. However, all evidence and research done by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, > CG, points to the fact that William (#1) Mills was s/o Samuel Mills and > (2) Mary ???, of Elizabethtown, Essex Co. (now Union Co.), NJ. Her same > research points to the fact that Elias Mills was s/o Joseph Mills, brother > of Samuel Mills. This means that William (#1) and Elias were first > cousins, and that Jeremiah (#1) would have been a 1st cousin once removed > to Elias Mills. > > It is my belief that Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills were > brothers although nothing has yet been found to substantiate this theory > except for preponderance of evidence based upon these facts and these > records that bring them together as probable sons of William Mills (abt. > 1722-1795) and wife, Amy [maiden name unknown], and thus brothers. The > information below appears to connect Jeremiah much more closely to the > fact that he is s/o William (#1) Mills and wife, Amy, than to Jeremiah > (#1) being a son of Elias Mills. > > 1. Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills were administers of the > estate of William Mills (#1). (Essex Co., NJ Records, 1795) > > 2. Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills were adjacent owners of land > in Somerset Co., NJ. It is my belief that Jeremiah (#1) and William (#2) > are brothers and their ownership of adjacent equal lots in Somerset Co., > NJ in 1804 indicates this probable relationship. (Somerset Co., NJ Deeds, > 1804) > > 3. Jeremiah (#1) Mills and William (#2) Mills names along with William's > wife (Rebecca) and his mother ("Amy Mills") are found in the records of > Scotch Plains Baptist Church in Union Co., NJ. Also, found buried in this > church cemetery is their sister, Elizabeth (Mills) Roll, wf/o Jacob Roll, > dau/o William (#1) and Amy. > > 4. Jeremiah (#2) Mills (1769 NJ-1860 Warren Co., Ohio) married 1798 in the > Scotch Plains Baptist Church to Abigail Bryant. Jeremiah (#2) Mills was > s/o Jeremiah (#1)Mills and Elizabeth Marsh. > > 5. William W. (#3) Mills (1790 NJ-1873 Shelby Co., Ohio) married 1810 in > the Scotch Plains Baptist Church to Elizabeth Clark. William W. (#3) Mills > was s/o William(#2) Mills and Rebecca. William W. (#3) Mills paid taxes in > Warren Co., OH in 1810, but did not move there until 1822. (Warren Co., OH > Tax Records) > > 6. Jeremiah (#2) Mills and wife, (1) Abigail Bryant, left NJ for Warren > Co., Ohio; sometime later (1820) William W. (#3) Mills also left NJ to > join Jeremiah (#2) Mills in Warren Co., OH. Here both lived for about 3 > years before William W. (#3) Mills was able to purchase land 1823 in > Shelby County, Ohio. At this time they apparently went their separate > ways. (Sutton's 1883 Edition of History of Shelby County, Ohio: Cynthian > Twp.: William Mills) > > 7. Jeremiah (#2) Mills died in Warren Co., OH. (Gravestone indicates he > was from Essex Co., NJ.) He was in Hamilton Co., OH 1802; in Montgomery > Co., OH in 1810; and 1818 in Warren Co., OH. > > 8. Family research for my ancestor, William W. Mills, indicates he, too, > was in Montgomery Co., OH; Hamilton Co., OH; Warren Co., OH; and lived > most of his life in Shelby Co., OH, before dying in Miami Co., OH. Also > one needs to take into consideration that Montgomery Co., OH and Warren > Co., OH were parts of Hamilton Co., OH at one time; that Miami Co., OH was > part of Montgomery Co., OH at one time; and that Shelby Co., OH was part > of Miami Co., at one time. > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11331 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11331 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now.