Helen, Do you have any information on a John and Hulda Mills of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, CT? He was born about 1776. He and Hulda are buried in the Ridgefield Cemetary, along with Jesse Mills, which I am assuming is thier son. Jesse is my gggggrandfather. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks, Susan >From: "Helen S. Ullmann" <hsullmann@comcast.net> >Reply-To: MILLS-L@rootsweb.com >To: MILLS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MILLS] John MILLS of Fairfield, Conn. >Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:51:34 -0500 > >I've never been able to determine which family this John Mills belongs >with, if any. He is not the same as John Mills of Stamford, shipwright. >Donald Lines Jacobus said "MILLS. John (I:411) of Milford and Fairfield, >1678, was a Dutchman. [East Hampton Town Records, I:414]." This is on p. 23 >of his "Additions and Corrections to the Families of Old Fairfield" bound >in the back of his HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD. >The first reference, I:411, refers to volume one of the FAMILIES OF OLD >FAIRFIELD but the second on, I:414, must refer to East Hampton Town >Records. > >He may be a Dutchman, but I've never seen the slightest evidence that he >has any relationship to Peter Mills of Windsor, the Dutchman who signed his >name as "Pieter Wouterse vander Meulen." > >There were Vermeulens, a variant of Van der Meulen," in New Jersey, but >more likely in East Jersey. Whether John Mills of Fairfield has any >relationship to them is only a possibility. > >Helen Ullmann > > > >==== MILLS Mailing List ==== >Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet >http://www.snopes.com/ ><A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > >============================== >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 >