Dear Eileen, Now I understand more why you were such a wonderfull helper to me on my recent posting about my own MILLS family. I had NOT asked you about what families you were working on personally, sorry for that. As you already know, I am looking for my Mills family which starts off with Gideon Mills b. about 1797 in New York state ( that is a BIG place). His moved to Fulton Co IL, and he and his second wife had a son named Nelson Mills b. 4-8-1844 Fulton Co IL. This man married Ellen Jones, d/o Isaac and Ruth Jones. I see that you mention a NELSON MILLS as well. Is this pure coincidence, or is NELSON a family name used?? My MILLS family has an old letter which says that their line began on "LONG ISLAND" NY. (another big place). I think I am looking for a Mills family who has Gideon Mills, then Ira Mills, then Alonzo Mills, and these 3 brothers went to Fulton Co IL as of 1840 census. They might be cousins only, but more likely brothers, all born in New York State. Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen" <frngdwlr@mhtc.net> To: <NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: [NYSUF] Brick Wall #2 possibly Mills > I'm happy to report that my brick Wall #1 has crumpled, thanks to Y-DNA > Eaton Family Project! I now know that I am descended from John Eaton of > Dedham, via Jacob Eaton who came to Long Island,NY about 1760 and married > Jane Robinson. > My 2nd brick wall is his son Thomas Eaton's first wife, Phebe > (b.1775-1785) probably on Long Island,NY. The Eaton's lived at Mt Sinai > and Jacob died 1798 and then on 1800 census Jane is found HH in Ward 5 NYC > and based on ages of males in the HH, Thomas is one of them. > The following HH for Mills in Wd 5 NYC are as follows; > George Mills, male age 45yr up (born before 1755) alone in HH > James Mills, male age 45yr up(born bef. 1755) with female same age > Joshua Mills, male age 45yr up(born bef 1755) with female same age, 2 > females 25-45(1755-1775) > and 1 female age 15-25(1775-1785) this could be my > Phebe** > Samuel Mills, 4 males 15-25 (1775-1785) 1 male 0-10(1790-1800) 1 fem > 15-25,1 fem 0-10 > Thomas Mills, 1 male 25-45(1755-1775) 1 fem same age,1 male 10-15, 1 male > 0-10 > > Thomas is shown with property on a tax list in Brookhaven, Suff Co. NY > 1802 and 1806, so he must have returned to Long Is. He married Phebe > about 1802 and their first son, Apollos was born 1803. > By the 1810 NY census, they are living at Wallkill, Orange Co.NY where > there are also Mills families living.The HHs of Jacob Mills and Samuel > Mills are on the same page of this census as Thos Eaton. > Jacob Mills was male 45 up(b.bef.1765)female same age,and 9 others of > varied ages > Samuel Mills : 2 males 15-25(1785-1795) 2 females 15-25, 5 children > There was also an Ebenezer Mills at Wallkill in 1800 and 1810 census;on > 1810 his HH was: > Ebenezer male 45up (b.bef. 1765) female 25-45(1765-1785) 3 males 15-25, > 1male 16-18,2 fem 10-15 > and 1 male 10-15. > On 1790 Brookhaven census, there was a Micah Mills. > > Thos & Phebe had the following children; Apollos b.1803, Charry Ann > b.1805,Nelson 1807(his grandson stated in later records that Nelson was > born "Long Island NY") Eliza b.1808 and the > following born Orange Co. NY;MaryAnn b.1810, Adeline b. 1814 and Harvey > b. 1817. By 1820 census > they are living in Tompkins County NY where they had their last son, > Chauncey b.ca.1824 and Phebe must have died in that childbirth or shortly > after and she is buried there. Thomas subsequently married again to > Sarah (Tompkins? Fosdick?) and had another son and daughter in Tomp.Co.NY. > > I've favored Phebe being a Mills because there always seemed to be a > closeness to that family, but she may not have been. I just do not have > enough info on her to determine who she was. The obit of her son, > Nelson(1842) said she was very religious and influenced him greatly so > that he was instrumental in helping establish a church at Varna, > Tomp.Co.NY in 1840. Her daughter, Adeline somehow owned a property in > Ithaca which I have surmised must have come from an inheritance from her > Mother's family. > > Any of this "strike a chord" for any researchers of Mills, or other > surname? Thanks for any help and/or leads on this. > Eileen > > > > ==== NYSUFFOL Mailing List ==== > Please forward all virus warnings to: > unclefred@att.net NOT to the list. > For Long Island Talking book info, goto: > http://www.litbl.org/appl-inst-info.pdf > > ============================== > 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 > >