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- Rev John Miller1604 - 1663
- H. Rev John Miller1604 - 1663
- W. Mary Ward1594 - 1663/64
m. Aft 20 Nov 1659
Facts and Events
| Name |
Rev John Miller |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[9] |
21 Oct 1604 |
Ashford, Devon, EnglandCitation needed |
| Graduation[1] |
1627 |
Cambridge, Gloucestershire, EnglandA.B., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, admitted as a Sizar |
| Marriage |
Abt 1630 |
Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, Englandto Lydia _____ |
| Marriage |
Aft 20 Nov 1659 |
after death of John Cutting
to Mary Ward |
| Death[1][5][6] |
12 Jun 1663 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Other? |
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Refuted parents?: John Miller and Mary Pylston (1) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
3:209.
"JOHN Dorchester 1636, by some thot. not by me, perhaps s. of Richard the first, had sh. in 1637, says Harris, of the lds. in the neck, now South Boston; but he was rather of Roxbury, in my opinion, for there is rec. of his d. Mehitable, b. 12 July 1638, and with w. Lydia, he belonged to Eliot 's ch. of wh. he was an elder, was bred at Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, where he took his A. B. 1629, freem. 22 May 1639, without the prefix of respect; brot. from Eng. John, b. Mar. 1632, perhaps had there other ch. or aft. coming here, may have had at Roxbury, or at Rowley, some not ment. went to be min. 1639 at Rowley, and was also the first town clk. there, where he had Lydia, b. 2 Feb. or 12 Apr. 1640, as the numerals are read both ways, contin. only two or three yrs. and he was invit. to go on the mission of 1642 to Virg. but declin. it, and soon aft. accept. the call to Yarmouth, Cape Cod; yet he can hardly have been long resid. there. At Roxbury, again he was liv. had Susanna, b. 2 May, by Yarmouth rec. but by R. 24, bapt. 29 Aug. 1647, who d. at Charlestown, unm. 14 Oct. 1669; Elizabeth 13 Oct. 1649; perhaps preach where any tempo. want existed. His w. d. at Boston, 7 Aug. 1658, and he d. at Groton, 12 June 1669. His s. John took admin. of his est. 3 July foll. His d. Mehitable m. John Crow of Yarmouth; Lydia m. a Fish of Sandwich; Faith m. 3 Aug. 1664, Nathaniel Winslow of Marshfield, and d. 9 Nov. 1729; Elizabeth m. Samuel Frost of Billerica; Hannah m. 22 May 1666; Joseph Frost of Charlestown; and Mary, the youngest I suppose, m. 8 Nov. 1677, John Whittmore of Charlestown."
- Venn, John, and Susanna Carnegie Venn. Admissions to Gonville and Caius college in the University of Cambridge, March 1558-9 to Jan. 1678-9. (London: C.J. Clay, 1887)
p. 155.
Miller, John; of Kent; son of Martin Miller, weaver. School, Ashford, under Mr. Burton. Age 18. Admitted, May 20, 1624, sizar of his surety, Ds. Elvin.
- Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
vol. V (M-P), p. 118.
Argues (and concludes) that the John Miller who was granted land in Dorchester 18 Feb 1635/36 was probably a different man because he was not called "Mr. Miller", as a minister would. However, notes that the sale of land in Dorchester occurs about the same time as the appearance of Rev. Miller in Roxbury.
- Massachusetts Historical Society (Boston, Massachusetts). Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society : vol. 7 of the third series. (Boston, Massachusetts: C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1838)
p. 248.
- ↑ Record Commissioners of Boston. Roxbury Land and Church Records. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 1881)
p. 200.
1663.
June 14. mr John Miller Preacher of ye Gospell at Groyton, sometime Pastor to ye Church at Yarmouth rested fro[m] his labours.
[Presumably 14 Jun is when the news was heard. See below]
- ↑ Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)
p. 245.
MILLER, Jona[than] [sic], Rev., [died] June 12, 1663. CT. R.
[Note: "Jno." apparently misinterpreted by the compiler as Jonathan. Source:Butler, Caleb. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655, p. 155, "In the first return of births and deaths, by the town clerk of Groton to the clerk of the courts, his death is thus stated: 'Mr. Jno. Miller, minister of God's holy word, died June 12, 1663'."
- Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of the Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. (New York, New York, United States: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913-14)
vol. 1, p. 58.
Children of John Miller and unnamed wife: John, born Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England 1606-5, matriculated in Caius College, Cambridge, 1623, graduated A. B. 1627, probably came to New England in 1635; was at Dorchester, 1636...
[Note: Since Cutter clearly refers to the college student shown records cited above, his identification of the parents appears to be completely at odds with the college records, and hence not credible.]
- Mather, Cotton; Lucius F. (Lucius Franklin) Robinson; and Thomas Robbins. Magnalia Christi americana, or, The ecclesiastical history of New-England: from its first planting in the year 1620, unto the year of Our Lord 1638, in seven books. (London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns, 1702)
Vol. 1, p. 236.
List John Miller in "the first clasis", meaning Mather believed he was ordained as a minister in England prior to emigration. No details given.
- ↑ The birth date given here, 21 Oct 1604 (possibly meant to be a baptism?), is at odds with the age 18 upon admission to Cambridge on 20 May 1624, which would say he was born between 20 May 1605 and 19 May 1606. I'd change the Ashford, Devon to Ashford, Kent, but since I don't know the source for this date, I don't want to make it say something it didn't.
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