Shelley: Here goes the Mills family: Source: Wells, Frederic P. History of Newbury, Vermont : from the discovery of the Coös country to present time : with genealogical records of many families St. Johnsbury, Vt.: The Caledonian Co., 1902, c1900, 857 pgs. Mills - page 639-640. This family originated in Argyleshire, Scotland, and were of teh Scotch colony which came from teh north of Ireland about 1725, and setled in Londonderry, N.H.. With them came the McDuffies, McKeens, McGregors, McAllisters anmd otyher well known families. John and Robert Mills, brothers came about 1720 or the next year.John settled in Haverhill, Mass, but after a few years removed to Coleraine in that state where he was killed by Indians. Robert settled in Chester, N.H. He was m. before coming to America. John, son of Robert, m. Susan Ferrin of Chester. Their c. were John, Thomas, James, and Mary. The last named John served in the French and Indian War, came early to Coos, and was a grantee of Haverhill, but settled in Newbury, his farm being that now owned by W.W. Brock. Jr. His wife was a daughter of Archibald McDuffie. He built not far from 1780, the houose now known as the Davenport house at South Newbury. This house has been greatly altered and was back in the early 60's, a square-roofed house of large size. John Mills and his son John served as scouts in Capt. John G. Bayley's Co., in the Revolutionary War, one month each. John Mills (whether the father or sonis not known) served as a corporal in Capt. Ezekiel Ladd's Co. of Bedel's regiment, from April 6, 1778, 11 months, 25 days. John Mills, Sr., was a carpenter, mechanical ingenuity being hereditary in that family. The date of his death is unknown. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Chester; as witness this certificate in the town records: "Chester, Nov,. 25, 1787. This may certify whom it may concern, that John Mills, son of Deacon John Mills was in full communion in the Presbyterian church of Chester and was brought up a Presbyterian. Witness my hand, Matthew Forsyth, ruling Elder." Both father and son were held in respect and filled many public offices. One of them was of the committee which built the "Old Meeting House" in 1788. the names of all the c. of John Mills, Sr., are not known, but the following marriages recorded on our town records are believed to be of hios family: "Josiah Pratt and Mary Mills, Oct. 13, 1785. James Kent and Tamar Mills, Jan 31, 1793. James Caruth and Molly Mills, Oct. 20, 1800. Archibald McDuffie Mills and Ann Aikin, Dec, 4, 1800. Samuel Hall and Sally Mills, Dec, 28, 1800." Another daughter m. John Orr of Ryegate. John Mills, Jr., was admitted to the church Dec. 2, 1791 and hisi wife May 5, 1793, and teh following baptisms of c. are reported: Nathan, May 5, 1793; Suzanne, Sept. 25, 1796; Betsey, April 29, 1798; Mindwell, Sept. 8, 1799. He is said to have been one of the first settlers of Derby, but seems to have returned here, as the following inscriptions in the cemeterty at the Ox-Bowe seem to indicate: "John Mills, died March 21, 1833, aged78. Elizabeth his first wife, d. June 5, 1796, in her 44th year. Susanna, second wife, d. March 6, 1843, aged 84.:. Archibald McDuffie Mills settled on the homestead where most of his c. were born., but later, exchanged his farm with Ben Porter for wild land in Topsham, where he rem. He built the house called the John Johnson house just below the Bradford line, before he went to Topsham, and lived there some years. He was born Sept. 13, 1775, and his wife Anna Aikin was b., April 16, 1780. Children of Archibald and Anna Mills (dates of their births from Topsham Town Records): i. William, b. Nov. 7, 1802; m. Aug. 27, 1829, Esther, dau. of Adam Dickey. ii. Jacob, b. March 30, 1805; m. Jan. 22, 1829, Marion Dickey iii. Archibald, b. March 4, 1807; m. Jan. 8, 1832, Sarah Ann, d. of Samuel Eastman, d. 1894. iv. Calvin, b. June 26, 1809; m. Mary Forsyth; d. March 22, 1891. v. Caroline, b. June 9, 1813; m. a Mr. Dickey. vi. Horace, b. Nov. 30, 1815; m. Jane Batchelder. vii. Joseph, b. March 6, 1817; m. 2nd Nancy Felch. viii. John, b., March 5, 1820; d. y. ix. Hiram, b. March 1824; m. Jane Forsyth. The Mills brothers were all carpenters of rare skill and they probably erected more buildings in this vicinity than any equal number of men. This family has always been porominent in Topsham. Hope this helps Happy Hunting Steve > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [VTORA] Newbury History > From: > "Shelley Prelusky" <sprelusky@telus.net> > Date: > Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:47:51 -0700 > To: > VTORANGE-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi Steve, > I certainly would be interested and thanks a lot for the kind offer. >My MILLS line started early in Newbury VT. >Thanks again, >Shelley > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Donahue" <elfstone@erols.com> >To: <VTORANGE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 8:21 PM >Subject: [VTORA] Newbury History > > > > >>I have access to Wells' "History of Newbury Vermont" . I would be more >>than happy to post a "last names" index to the list and do lookups and >>transcripts from to book if anyone is interested. 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