Person:James Miller (115)

Watchers
m. 1700
  1. Elizabeth MillerBet 1700 & 1710 -
  2. Sarah Miller1701 - 1775
  3. James MillerAbt 1708 - 1758
  4. Mary MillerAbt 1711 -
  5. Katharine Miller1713 -
m. 10 Apr 1734
  1. Ann Miller
  2. Hannah Miller
Facts and Events
Name James Miller
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Jun 1669 County Antrim, Northern Ireland?Sherry?
Marriage 1700 Irelandto Catherine Lightfoot
Residence[1] Bef 1729 County Kildare, Republic of IrelandTimahoe MM
Religion[1] 1730 Quaker - New Garden MM
Residence? 1733 New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States[per dau's marriage cert]
Marriage 10 Apr 1734 to Ruth Seaton
Death[1] 1749 Leacock (township), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Family Recorded, in Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750. (Swarthmore, PA, USA: Albert Myers Cook, 1902)
    356.

    James Miller, dated 5 Mo. 20, 1729, from Dublin, Ireland, received 2 Mo. 25, 1730.

    James Miller, possibly a brother of Gayen and John Miller, married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Lightfoot, in Ireland, and lived for some time at Timahoe Meeting, County Kildare. They arrived at Philadelphia, in the Sizargh, of Whitehaven, 9 Mo. 10, 1729. Here the wife, who was a minister in the Society, died, 10 Mo. 17, 1729. James Miller then settled with his children in New Garden. He was married a second time to Ruth Seaton, of London Grove, 2 Mo. 10, 1734, and removed to Leacock Township, Lancaster County, where he died in the early part of 1749.

    Children of James and Catharine Miller :
    1. Sarah, m. Thomas Milhouse, in Ireland, and came to New Garden in 1729.
    2. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Hiett, in Ireland, and came to New Garden in 1733.
    3 James, b. about 1708, d. 1758; m. 1st Rachel (Fred) Miller, widow of James (son of Gayen), 1733, and had
    children (Thomas, Benjamin, Katharine). He m. 2d Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Kirk, 1 Mo. 6, 1749, and had children (Rachel, Sarah, Hannah).
    4. Mary, m. Isaac Jackson (son of Thomas), 4 Mo. II, 1730, and had seven children ; they removed to Eno, North Carolina, in 1751.
    5. Katharine, b. 1 Mo. 30, 1713, at Timahoe County, Kildare, Ireland ; d. 4 Mo. 2, 1781 ; m. William Jackson, 9 Mo. 9, 1733.
    6. Ann, m. William Farquhar, 2 Mo. 19, 1733.
    7. Hannah, m. James Jackson, 8 Mo. 31, 1745. No issue.
    — Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 248-9.