I can tract my lineage to Christian MILLER who died in 1778 in Rockingham County, VA. Another researcher indicates that Christian was the son of Jacob and Catherine MILLER who came to what is now Rockingham County from PA. On 15 Dec 1733, 5,000 acres in Spotsylvania County, VA was patented to Jacob STOVER. From the legal description, it appears the land is located in present-day Rockingham County along the South Fork of the Shenandoah River to the south of Elkton. This is the area where the family of my Christian MILLER lived. The patent was contingent upon Jacob STOVER importing 100 people to live in Virginia (not the exact words). The patent lists exactly 100 people by name, who appear to comprise seven families (i.e., five different surname). Each family starts with a male and female (presumably husband and wife), followed by male and female names grouped in that order (presumably children of the first two). In any event, the first couple listed is Jacob and Catherine MILLER. The males listed following them are: Abraham, Christian, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Mathew. The female names are: Sarah, Catherine, Ann, Susannah, Barbary, Dorothy, and Rachel. This totals 15 for the family, including the parents. The second family MIRE had 28 people, but these appear to be two families with the same surname, based on the way the names are listed. I feel that more than likely the actual list of names was "padded" by Jacob STOVER so he could claim the 100 needed to quality for the patent. I say this because the chances of recruiting 7 families having exactly 100 people are small. Also, some names appear in every family or almost every family. For example, I looked at the male names only and every family had a son named Isaac, all but one had sons named Jacob and John, and five had a son named Joseph. Now back to the Jacob MILLER family. If Jacob and Catherine did have 13 children (by 1733), and each child was spaced at two-year intervals, that means they had been married at least 25 years (2x12=24+1=25). If there was an average of only 18 months between children, that still means they had to be married about 19 years (12x1.5=18+1=19). This does not allow for any dead children, miscarriages, children already married and gone their own way, etc. I am interested in learning if anyone else has seen evidence of "padding" of persons to be imported in order to quality for a patent. Also, I am interested in learning of any information on the family of Jacob and Catherine MILLER, and particularly their son Christian. Jim Messersmith Rockville, VA