lost at sea, "sailed from Newport in November of said year" 1793? (no year given) Testimony 19 Sep 1842 from brother James Miller of East Greenwich, age 89. Both he and John were Lt.'s serving under Col. John Topham. Testimony 12 Oct 1842 from brother Nathan Miller of Warwick, age 94.
↑ b. at Scituate, 2 May 1756, d. at sea 28 Feb. 1795 aged 39 yrs., bur. In a cemetery just off the Post Road from E. Greenwich to Apponaug, R.I.; m. (1) at E. Greenwich, 15 May 1789, Sarah Potter, who d. there 20 Sept. 1792 in her 27th yr., dau. of Robert Potter; m. (2) at Gloucester, R.I., 31 Mar. 1793, Zerviah Potter, b. 15 Feb. 1767, d. at Scituate, 7 Nov. 1855, dau of Ezra Potter. One son, born at E. Greenwich. She m. (2) in 1800 Stephen Peckham, b. 1748, d. 4 Jan. 1822. (Peirce; Bonsall) John Miller of E. Greenwich was a lieutenant in Capt. Hoppin’s Co., Col. Topham's Reg’t, March 1778, March 1779, March 1780; in Col. Spring’s Co., Col. Topham’s Reg’t, December 1781. (Abstract of pension application Book 49 in the Rhode Island State House, Bonsall; of. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, Vols. VIII, IX)
