Hi Shirley Please tell me more about your Mills family history saying they came from WALES in 1660. Where did they enter the country and what towns did they settle in. Thanks Carolyn > [Original Message] > From: <Sevansn8s@aol.com> > To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 10/31/05 3:45:11 PM > Subject: [MILLS] John Mills 1727 and son, John Mills 1760 > > I found two Family Tree entries on Roots Web that incorrectly identifies the > John Mills of 1727, MD, as the John Mills living in Washington Township > during the Revolutionary War. > > John Mills of Morgan Township, Washington County, PA, was born in 1760 and > is the son of John Mills of 1727. Not all of the children in the family have > been identified at this time. The 1760 John Mills turned up on a Pension > Application submitted to the Mills list in the summer of 2003, It states that > he was born in 1760, that he served as a Pvt. in the PA militia, that his > wife was Rachel Leonard, and that he died in Knox County, Ohio in 1829, > > Many reports have Joseph, Jacob, and Elijah being born in PA. Elijah is > identified in his Pension Application as having been born in Frederick CO, MD. > It seems logical that all of the children were born in MD, Our family history > states that the family immigrated into Maryland from Wales in about 1660. > The relationship of John Mills of 1760 to the family of John > Mills of 1727 was proved with a DNA test. There was a 36/37 marker match > between a male descendant of John and a descendant of Jacob. This means that > 8 generations back there was a common ancestor and that puts us right at the > doorstep of John Mills of 1727. making both John and Jacob his sons. > > I can understand how the confusion of the two John's occurred. But I can't > understand how someone failed to question the fact contained in the notes, > that a man born in 1727 could endure the hardship of serving as a Frontier > Ranger in the late 1770's, and die in 1829. Our Mills line contains some real > he-men. But this is a little too much. > > > Shirley > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== > Hoaxes and Urban Legends on the Internet > http://www.snopes.com/ > <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a> > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx