I have that one person posted that Elijah's father was John MILLS. And another says that Isaac is actually Isaac Clarkson MILLS. That Rachel was either BALES or BEALS. Isaac CLARKSON MILLS father is listed as Aaron E and Charity E MENDENHALL MILLS of Opekan Co. VA and Jefferson Co. TN and Wayne, Indiana. Also they are linked by DNA tests Kits #5257, 5545, 5625, 32395 and possible more found on _www.familytreedna.com_ (http://www.familytreedna.com) under MILLS, click link, go to DNA results page. Pat cw

I see a lot errors as usual on John Mills Sr. b. ca 1688. I wish this information was accurate, it would remove the infamous brick wall that I have battled for the last 25 years. For those of you who remember Cheska, she had also spent a lot of time trying to find any proof of who the two wives of John Sr. were. To date, the only information found that has any references, all come from Paul Mills. An excerpt from my communications with the late Cheska: I am also familiar with the work of the late Paul Mills and long ago tossed his book in the trash as it was so full of errors that it was a detriment rather than a help. I also corresponded with his son Rodney who could not provide any basis for the links that his father made. I am aware that there was a John Mills and Sarah Mills mentioned in the Philadelphia MM records BUT I have found no evidence that they were (1) married; (2) they had any children; or (3) that Sarah's surname was HARROLD. I also find it difficult to believe that if John was the son of this Sarah that he left his widowed mother in Philadelphia and moved on to Maryland leaving her behind. My proven MILLS line of descent consists so far of: John MILLS born about 1688 died 24 11m 1760 in New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC buried Nov 1760 in New Garden, Guilford Co., NC married probably about 1708 to Rebeckah --- who died by 1740 at Monacacy, MD. He married next to a woman also named Rebeckah by whom he also had children beginning in 1742. || Thomas MILLS born about 1709 in Chester Co., PA died 10 9m 1793 in Deep River MM, Guilford Co., NC; buried at Deep River MM, Guilford Co., NC married 18 3mo 1730 at Monoquasy (MD) under New Garden MM, PA to Elizabeth HARROLD born 10 5mo 1711 in New Garden MM, Chester Co., PA died 9 9m 1771 in New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC buried 1771 at New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC. || Rebecca MILLS born 30 4m 1745, died 20 Sep 1821 Springfield, Wayne Co., IN, married first 1760 New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC to William MORGAN; married (2) 5 2m 1778 New Garden MM, Guilford Co., NC to Joseph THORNBURGH. -- -=CHESKA=- Unfortunally, Paul Mills', book contains many errors on John Mills Sr.. I have been in contact with his son Rod Mills several times over the years and he is also aware and confirms the errors. Once you get to the Children of John Sr. and his first wife, Thomas, John, Hur, Henry and Mary ..... most of the data is very accurate. Paul Mill was a descendant of Henry and I am a descendant of John Jr.... The other 7 children by John Sr. and his second wife are all mysteries. One of my fellow Mills' researchers, the late Mary MILLS Payne of champagne IL did have a lot of information on these children and their moves to SC and GA. However, with her passing these records were lost. There is no Opekan county VA nor was there ever a Opekan Co. There is a Opekon creek that is now in Berkley Co.WV. In the 1700's it was part of Frederick Co. VA This was the location of the Quaker Monthly Meeting Hopewell, and Opekon was the name that was used by many of the locals when describing the location of their home and legal documents. The reference to the name Opeckon is found in the Land Patent of John Mills ....1743 when he deeded land in his patent located "on a Branch of Opeckon, near but not adjoining Lewis DeMoss' land" (this branch is called Mill Creek today not Mills Creek) to sons Thomas, Hurr and Henry who were living in Frederick Co., VA. I have visited and phographed the VA, WV, NC, OH and TN property and Quaker MM sites. Just a point of interest, the families that are always near to the Mills' in marriage business and neighbors are Thornburg, Beeson, Ballinger, Hyatt, Wright, Mendelson, Harrold and Beals. But, never a Bates. I'm more than happy to share any information, Pictures, legal documents or Maps on these Mills lines. Dave Mills ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChekWriter@aol.com> To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [MILLS] Re: Mills >I have that one person posted that Elijah's father was John MILLS. > > And another says that Isaac is actually Isaac Clarkson MILLS. > > That Rachel was either BALES or BEALS. > > Isaac CLARKSON MILLS father is listed as Aaron E and Charity E MENDENHALL > MILLS of Opekan Co. VA and Jefferson Co. TN and Wayne, Indiana. > > Also they are linked by DNA tests Kits #5257, 5545, 5625, 32395 and possible > more found on _www.familytreedna.com_ (http://www.familytreedna.com) under > MILLS, click link, go to DNA results page. > > Pat > cw > > > ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== > We have archives! Search for your MILLS information here..... > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MILLS > > ============================== > 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 >