Person:Garret Miller (3)

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Garret Miller
b.1729 Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
d.6 Oct 1777 Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  William Miller (add)
  • M.  Margaret (add)
m. Abt 1719
  1. William MillerAbt 1720 -
  2. Henry MillerAbt 1723 -
  3. Sarah MillerAbt 1724 -
  4. John MillerAbt 1725 -
  5. Lisha MillerAbt 1726 -
  6. Elizabeth MillerAbt 1727 -
  7. Garret Miller1729 - 1777
  8. Kattrun MillerAbt 1730 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1753
  1. Elizabeth Miller1754 - Bet 1817 & 1827
  2. Sarah Miller1755 - 1837
  3. Joshua MillerAbt 1756 - Abt 1781
  4. Garret Miller1758 - 1824
  5. Absalom MillerAbt 1759 - Bef 1777
  6. Phebe MillerAbt 1762 - Bef 1777
  7. Nathan MillerAbt 1765 -
  8. Samuel MillerAbt 1766 -
  9. Mary Catherine Miller1767 -
  10. Hampton Miller1769 - 1857
  11. Jeremiah MillerAbt 1770 -
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Facts and Events
Name Garret Miller
Gender Male
Birth? 1729 Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Alt Birth? 1729 Bernards, Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesHis father had a 17 acre plantation in Bernards by 1768 and while the early records of the Dutch Reformed church have survived, the other miller children are not listed, therefore the birth location of Garret is uncertain.
Baptism? 25 May 1729 Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesReformed Church (Old Dutch Reformed Church)
Marriage Abt 1753 Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United Statesto Patience _____
Military? From 1776 to 1777 Orange, New York, United StatesCaptain of the Upper Clove Company in the East Orange or Cornwall Regiment (Col. Jesse Woodhull) of the Orange County Milita
Will[1] 6 Oct 1777 Manhattan, New York, New York, United States"Garret Miller, of Smith's Cove, signed his will in prison, in presence of Benjamin Goldsmith, Abr. Skinner, and myself. C. G. Miller died of small-pox--P. M. Buried."
Death[1] 6 Oct 1777 Manhattan, New York, New York, United StatesProvost's Military Prison, Old Jail
Cause of Death? 6 Oct 1777 Manhattan, New York, New York, United StatesSmallpox contracted while a prisoner of war.
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Death

"Beginning in September 1776, several notorious prisons were established in New York City. One of the first was the three-story, Provost, located in the Old Jail, where American prisoners who were difficult to control, civilians suspected of espionage, local criminals and derelicts of all types were housed. [xvi] Ethan Allen was known to have spent some time in the Provost.

William Cunningham, the Provost Marshal, had a reputation for being harsh with the prisoners. Among Americans, he was well known and feared. Cunningham had originally come to New York in 1774 with a shipload of indentured servants whom he had kidnapped in Ireland. While he was auctioning off his servants, the Liberty Boys of New York City freed the Irishmen and dragged Cunningham face down across the cobblestones to the base of the Liberty Pole. [xvii] Cunningham fled to the British and volunteered his services "in order to wreck vengeance on the Americans." [xviii] While serving as Provost marshal, Cunningham was even put in charge of the hanging execution of Nathan Hale, a graduate of Yale, a captain in the Knowlton's Rangers, who was caught spying in occupied New York City. Before he died, Hale issued the infamous remarks of our revolution, "What a pity it is ...that we can die but once to serve our country." [xix]" http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/pows.htm

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Fell Journal, quoted by Onderdonk.

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