 Est 1702 - 1772 (~ 70 years)
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| Name |
Jacob Miller |
- Surname also as Muller and Mueller
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| Suffix |
Sr. |
| Born |
Est 1702 |
Hesselbach, Hessen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
18 Dec 1772 |
Augusta Co, VA |
| Person ID |
I10605 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Family |
Margaret C. Mueller, b. Abt 1704, Germany |
| Children |
| + | 1. Jacob Miller, Jr., b. Abt 1726, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. 13 Apr 1806, Monroe Co, VA (Age ~ 80 years) |
| | 2. Henry Miller, b. Abt 1728, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. Rockingham Co, VA |
| | 3. Christian Miller, b. Abt 1730, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. Rockingham Co, VA |
| | 4. George Miller, b. Abt 1732, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. KY |
| + | 5. John Miller, Sr., b. Abt 1735, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. 23 May 1826, Greenville, Monroe Co, VA (Age ~ 91 years) |
| | 6. Hannah Miller, b. After 1737, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA |
| | 7. Barbary Miller, b. Abt 1739, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. 1819 (Age ~ 80 years) |
| | 8. Katherine Miller, b. Abt 1741, Faulkner Swamp's, Montgomery Co, PA , d. KY |
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| Last Modified |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Family ID |
F357 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Below is an excerpt from Part I, Chapter One, Genealogy of Jacob Miller and his Descendants (With Some Brief History Thereto), by Everett W. Miller, 1953. Note that local records were destroyed by fire, and existing records came from other sources, including records in Washington, D.C.
— Note that this work is a compilation of records, recollections and other previous works.
"According to Government records obtained by Sigfus Olafson, Jacob Miller was born in Germany in the year 1702 and came to America with his parents in 1715. They settled about 30 miles from the Port of Philadelphia, at a place known as Faulkner's Swamp. Here Jacob, the boy, lived to manhood and at the age of 23 married a German girl of the same name, who either came over with them, or at a later date; more probably at a later date, since she was from another part of Germany and spoke a different dialect. One spoke High German, being from the Highlands, while the other spoke Low German, being from the Lowlands.
"Philadelphia being the port to which most of the early emigrants came, the nearby territory soon became thickly populated. Consequently, they spread outward into the less settled parts of the surrounding country-Westward into the Pennsylvania Territory; South and Southwestward into the Virginia Territory.
"JACOB MILLER and family went south westward along the southern fringe of the Allegheny Mountains and found their way into the Shenandoah Valley, making their home in the fertile valley of (now) Rockingham County, near the present town of Harrisonburg, where he reared his family."
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