Barry, Pat and all Thanks for the link to the map of the Middlesex/Union County area of NJ. This map has allowed me to locate the Widow Miller's land mentioned in "History of Union County New Jersey 1664-1923 by Abraham Van Doren Honeyman" within the context of the Peter Sonman's 2500 acre land purchase. "Peter Sonmans found sales slow. In 1733 he sold 660 acres at the southwest end of his tract to Henry Slydorn, who sold it again, in 1735, to Adrian Verneule and his brother -in -law, Dick Cadmus, of Bergen. This tract extended along present Front street from Clinton avenue to within 200 feet of Geraud avenue, thence northwest to the mountains. When it was surveyed in 1733, "the Widow Miller" had a house near the present intersection of Front and Clinton avenue. (Doubtless she was the widow of Andrew Miller of Piscataway, and the mother of Rev. Benjamin Miller (1715-1781), pastor of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church, but proof is not absolute). " "Apparently "the Widow Miller" held by Elizabethtown right and sold her claim to Luke Covert in about 1740. " "In 1740 the known houses within the present limits of Plainfield were those of John Shotwell, William Webster, James Manning, Widow Miller, John Vail, and Isaac Drake. " Does anyone know if West Front Street, Plainfield also labeled "620" on the Yahoo map might be a road dating back to the 1730's? Based on the information below which I found since first reading the above Honeyman passages, I wonder if this Andrew Miller/Millar mentioned above was not the youngest son of William Miller mentioned on page 266 of the History of Elizabeth NJ by Edwin Hatfield? The Ancestral File 13KC-FTW lists birth dates for the children of an Andrew and Mary Miller who were reported born in the 1687 and 1690 time frame. The children's list included: Andrew b. 18 Sept 1708 Mary b. 8 Aug 1710 John b. 30 Jan 1712 and all are reported to have been born in Woodbridge. While I do not know the reference for this material, the precise dates that early suggest church records of some sort. Then in the book History of Union and Middlesex Counties published in 1882 by Everts and acknowledging Hetfield's work, there is a list of people who "came for a short while but did not locate" in Piscataway. This list includes one Andron Miller in 1714. So one wonders if Andron Miller is not Andrew Miller: "... widow of Andrew Miller of Piscataway, and the mother of Rev. Benjamin Miller (1715-1781), pastor of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church, ..." The 1715 birth date would fit the above sequence from Woodbridge. To add more to this theory, I note that in the Rahway Month Meeting minutes, in the 1788 time frame when my research subject Peter Miller's wife Tacy Maxson-Miller had moved to the Rahway MM, I am also finding several mentions to Elstones/Ailstones (Hannah and Agnefs) and wonder if these are not related the Woodbridge Elstones/Elstons remembering that William MIller's daughter Sarah married Peter Elstone of Woodbridge as per William's will mentioned in Hatfield. [The Miller family I am searching has names from 1750's born children of Andrew, Peter, Sarah, Susannah and Catharine but the parents are unknown but linked by the 1822 intestate filings for Agnefs (? or unmarried) Miller] So could Andrew Miller, youngest son of William Miller have married prior to 1708, lived in Woodbridge near his sister, Sarah, wife of Peter Elstone/Elston, until about 1714 after his father's estate was settled and then have moved to the Piscataway area only to die after 1715/1717ish but before 1733 leaving his widow to live on "Elizabethtown right" land in Plainfield? This might explain the differing birthplaces mentioned for the 1715/1717 birth of the Rev. Benjamin Miller of Scotch Plains. One source mentions he was from Piscataway and another says he was a native of Scotch Plains. It is really too bad the records of the Piscataway Baptist Church are lost. Can anybody support or shoot holes in this theory? Many Thanks, Mike Miller On Sunday 01 February 2004 11:58, Pat Mount wrote: > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Barry Pavelec <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 08:06:29 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [NJMID] Clements , 1669 Piscataway > > There is a map of the land ownership along the Raritan River in 1685 in the > Library of Congress map collection showing Captain Clement's 500 acre > holdings lying about half way between the falls at Landing Lane (New > Brunswick) and Bound Brook on the south side of the river. > > Go to this address: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html > > Look under "Geography" and do a search for "Raritan River." 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