Is this line of Mills "Quakers?" -------------- Original message from Ted Mills <[email protected]>: -------------- > [email protected] wrote: > > I have a direct Link to James H. Mills born 28 Aug 1828 in Ohio Died 16 Nov > > 1866 Indiana Married to Mary Smith. The 1850 Census of Whitley County Indiana > > shows him living next door to Joseph Mills borrn 15 Feb 1821 Knox County Ohio > > Married to Jane Michener? 16 Nov 18? Marion County Ohio (probably an Older > > Brother) Joseph is the son of Thompson Mills? Am Looking to corispond with > someone who is familier with Joseph and Thompson Mills. I have the James H. > Mills descendants. > > Dear Fritz: I have nothing on your James and Mary Mills, but I have > some knowledge of Knox and Coshocton Co (OH) Mills that may be relevant. > > John and Rachel (Leonard) Mills came from Morgan Twp Greene Co PA to > Knox Co in the early 1800s. Eventually (at least by 1814), they settled > in Bladensburg, which is in the southeast portion of Knox Co. Among > their children was Thompson Mills, probably b in the 1780s. A Knox Co > court record includes Thompson Mills (and his brother Michael) as a > witness in 1808, so we know he was still there. I have no further > knowledge of Thompson and his children (if any), but neither have I > tried to find it. I imagine you could track him. > > Bladensburg (Knox Co) is just about 15 miles from New Guilford, in Perry > Twp, Coshocton Co (OH). A notice in the Coshocton Democrat, 19 Sep 1876, > says: "Joseph Mills, one of the pioneer settlers of this county, died on > the 4th inst, in the 87th year of his life. He was born July 4, 1790, > and came to Coshocton Co and settled in Perry Twp in 1823, where he > continued to reside for fifty three years." Land records show that > Joseph actually bought Perry Twp land as early as 1820, and that he was > "the original proprietor," meaning that he cleared and improved it for > farming. In the 1824 tax roll, James Mills appears in Berlin Twp, > Coshocton Co, but I suspect he is not part of this family. > > There is some reason to believe that this Joseph is Joseph Mills Jr, son > of Joseph b 1754 who moved from Frederick Co MD to Bedford Co PA. Joseph > Jr. was a gunsmith. > > Given the tendency of families to rely on relatives for help when > moving, and the closeness of New Guilford and Bladensburg, I suspect > there was kinship between John of Bladensburg and Joseph of New > Guilford, but I have no evidence for it. But it would suggest that if > Thompson Mills had a son Joseph, he might have been named for his > (cousin? brother? nephew?) Joseph of Perry Twp, Coshocton Co. > > The Mills Family Genealogy volumes of Edward C. Mills (available from > the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, and on microfilm for > InterLibrary Loan) list some of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills' twelve > children (Vol II, pp 50-54). One is Joseph W., b 1830 at New Guilford > and d in Minerva IA in 1888. However, Joseph W. was still living in > Perry Twp Coshocton in 1850, so I doubt that he can be yours. > > Finally, an article found by Shirley Evans refers to Samuel Mills, son > of the Joseph who came to Coshocton in 1820. Samuel was born 1818 in PA > and had nine children, including a Joseph and an S. A. Mills (probably > Samuel). This youngest Samuel spent some years in Buckeye City (a few > miles west, in Knox Co) but returned in 1882 to farm his grandfather's > (Joseph Jr's) land. This also suggests a possible link to Knox County > Mills, among whom the younger Samuel might have lived as a youth. > > Really finally, I am eager to locate descendants of John, Thompson, > Michael, Joseph or James who are living Mills males and will do the DNA > test with Family Tree DNA, where we have a terrific Mills project going. > It is urgent that Mills men with solid paper trails back to the Ohio > families of the early 19th century get into this DNA project. It's our > best hope for resolving the confusion of Mills genetic lines. > > Ted Mills > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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