◄ At the left is the grave marker of Susanna Thomas Miller, the wife of Isaac Miller. She is buried in the Cemetery of Sewickley United Presbyterian Church in Sewickley Co. PA.  This Church is otherwise known as "Dick's" Cemetery because there are many "Dick" family graves there. "Dick" is the last name of a former minister of the church which was established in 1772.

 

Beside Susanna's stone is a Revolutionary War ► Memorial flag to signify that her husband, Isaac Miller, is a war veteran buried there.  He did not die in that war but came home to marry and father many children.  He was the first born son of Robert Miller and farmed his fathers' land and administered his father's estate.  Robert's land was only about 1 mile "as the crow flies" from the church and cemetery.

 

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Robert Miller is killed (before age 50) in 1775 by Indians and left his family without a will. The new nation soon entered its War of Independence after his death. After the war, Pennsylvania still was embroiled in establishing a new state carved out of a wilderness, a quickly growing population, continuing conflict with Indians, forming authoritative county governments and boundaries, and much more.

On February 6, 1776 a Westmoreland County "Orphan's Court" was held at the home of Robert Hanna in Hannastown, PA. Robert Hanna is named as one of four Justices of the Court. This court names the guardians of 9 of the children and their estates. Isaac is not named and is considered at age 26 the administrator of the estate along with his widowed mother, Agnes.

 I began my search for our Miller ancestors In Pennsylvania last spring in the two western counties of Westmoreland and Butler. I was following a slim lead passed on to all of us from a 1983 recorded interview with my father's brother, Ernest Lyle Miller.  When Lyle was asked where did the Miller family originally come from, Lyle replied, "Butler County, Pennsylvania. I don't know, and that's as far as I know.  I sure would like to know....."  When we, my husband Greg and I, arrived in Butler County, and began my search in the Genealogical section of the public library in Butler, the county seat, I was flabbergasted to find that there were Millers everywhere.  They peppered every township in that county.  Also, the Millers were, as you will see, a prolific bunch which made it even more difficult to locate our particular ancestors. ◄ At the left is a photo taken of my uncle, E. Lyle Miller in 1987.

Descendants of (Possibly) Isaac Miller

Millers in our direct line are printed in red type

Generation No. 1

 

1.  (POSSIBLY) ISAAC1 MILLER was born Abt. 1700 in possibly Ayr, Scotland.  He married "UNKNOWN".  Before the generation of our Robert Miller (below) our Miller ancestry is somewhat "squishy".  We really don't know what his parents or siblings names were for sure but former researchers have provided some possible clues.  Once the "family" immigrated to New Jersey in the 1750s and until they reached western Pennsylvania, these Millers stayed close to one another as they moved to different locations and until later generations diversified, they lived close to one another.  They probably clustered together for safety in the dangerous and untamed frontier and were bound together by their religious faith and similar heritage.  There is another Miller mentioned on historical PA. land records that may be a brother or uncle.  His name is Gideon Miller.  Read here what is known about Gideon. 

        

Children of (POSSIBLY) Isaac MILLER and "UNKNOWN" are:

     i.     ROBERT MILLER, b. Bet. 1725 - 1730, Ayr, Scotland; died in Oct. 1775, (before Oct 7th), Big Sewickley Creek, (now Sewickley Twp.), Westmoreland Co., PA.   Read here a detailed history of Robert Miller and his descendents as researched and written by Robert Rodgers Phillips who is a descendent of Robert Miller's son, Isaac.

     ii.    Captain SAMUEL MILLER (Probably Robert's brother but not proven yet), b. Bet. 1720 -1730; m. JANE (Little?).  Samuel Miller held the rank of Captain in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment serving under Col. Daniel Broadhead. Capt. Miller's regiment was ambushed by Indians near Fort Hand and he was killed in action on July 7, 1778.  Sometime after that event and before 1882 and the destruction of of Hannastown, Samuel's widow, Jane, who had been left with four children, married Andrew Cruikshank who had served under her husband. Read here about the Cruikshanks/Crookshanks and more about Samuel Miller. Since 1.) Samuel Miller was the founder of 2.) Miller's Blockhouse and the history of that place and that of 3.)Hannastown are closely entwined, I have decided to combine all three stories here. (Its the stuff of an epic novel)

Generation No. 2

 2.   ROBERT MILLER (POSSIBLY ISAAC1) was born Bet. 1725 - 1730 in Ayr, Scotland, and died 1 in October of  1775 before Oct. 7 in Big Sewickley Creek, Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA.  He married AGNES ( Possible last name CARSWELL) Abt. 1750 in Prob. Scotland.  She was born 1730 in Scotland, and died 1791 in Huntington, Westmoreland Co., PA.

      Children of ROBERT MILLER and AGNES (?CARSWELL) are:

      i.      ISAAC MILLER, ROBERT2, (POSSIBLY ISAAC1) was born about 1750 in Wales or Ireland, and died 13 Apr 1799

            in Sewickley Twp., buried at Sewickley Presbyterian Church.  He married (1) UNKNOWN NAME Abt. 1778.  He

             married (2) SUSANNAH THOMAS Abt. 1783 in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland Co., PA.  She was

            born 1748, and died 10 Jan 1821 in Sewickley Twp., buried at Sewickley Presbyterian Church.

          For the rest of Robert Miller's children, see below.    

Children of ISSAC MILLER and his first wife whose name is UNKNOWN are: 

i.    ROBERT MILLER, b. 1779.

ii.    ISAAC MILLER, b. 1781.



On February 1, 1780, another Orphan's Court is held in Hannastown, PA in the home of Robert Orr.  Robert Hanna is not mentioned.  By order of this court, £245.7.5 (English pounds, shillings and pence) are distributed to Agnes Miller, the widow, and to the 10 children of Robert Miller.  This, after court expenses of £10.10.0 are paid. Agnes receives £81.8.1/2, Isaac receives £28.17.10 and all the rest receive £14.8.11. This may have been after a sale of property or goods from the estate of Robert Miller.  As an aside:  Two years later on July 13, 1782, in one of the final actions of the American Revolutionary War, the Hannastown settlement was completely destroyed, except for the fort and blockhouse, by British-allied American Indians led by Guyasuta, a leader of the Seneca Indian tribe. The county government was moved to Newtown, which later became known as Greensburg.  ◄ To the left is a portrait of Guyasuta by an unknown artist.           See here more historic info about Guyasuta

What you see on this page of the Miller section of my website is the first five Miller generations that I have been able to locate. I first list Isaac Miller, a possible Miller ancestor who was born (estimated) about 1700 in Ayrshire, Scotland.  His son Robert, can definitely be called a verified ancestor. When I talked to my father, Lee Merle Miller, about his heritage he always said he/we were descendents of "Pennsylvania Dutch/Deutsch". Because of that memory, the name Miller in my mind was more a German name (perhaps a variant of Mueller) than a Scottish name. However, the dictionary defines Miller as an English or Scottish name which began from the Northern Middle English occupational name for a "miller". The Pennsylvania Dutch/Deutsch people are the descendants of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania prior to 1800 and were of various religious affiliations, most of them Lutheran or Reformed, but many Anabaptists as well. Dad's grandmother's maiden name was Hover, a Dutch name for sure, and Dad may have heard the "Pennsylvania Dutch" side of the family from her.  She was still alive when Dad and his siblings were children and teens.  Our line of Millers did live out their lives in Pennsylvania amongst  "Pennsylvania Dutch" neighbors but they began as strictly Reformed Presbyterians from Scotland.

v.   Cynthia F. Miller, b. Feb.1841. m. Robert H. Brown, b. 12 Sep 1824, Middlesex Co. PA. He is 16 years her senior and he is a widower. Cynthia Miller married quite well as Robert's family were well established and wealthy. The following are excerpts from the 1883 History of Butler County Pennsylvania, Chapter XXIV, Forward Township, page 234. "The BROWNS have always been prominent citizens of the township. In 1804, Adam BROWN (Robert's paternal grandfather) bought a "settler's right"  to a tract of 400 acres, and moved to it with his family from Cumberland County, Penn.  Adam BROWN, Sr., died about 1815, when a young man. Both he and his son John were in the war of 1812. Adam Brown Sr.'s children were John, Adam Jr. (who was Robert Brown's father, who married Sarah Brown, probably a distant cousin), Joseph, Thomas Ray, Elizabeth (MCCANDLESS), Margaret (WHITE), Matilda (WHITE), and another daughter, who died young.  Until mills were established, long journeys on horseback were necessary when the settler wished to procure meal or flour. To avoid these journeys as much as possible, there were frequent resorts to handmills, mortars, and sometimes wheat was boiled whole, a palatable and wholesome food. Mush was ever a staple article of food in the pioneer's   household." 

                   See here for more detailed information about the Browns

Children of Cynthia and Robert Brown are:

i.       DIED in early childhood BROWN

ii.     Stella E. BROWN, b. Oct.1876

iii.    MARY L. BROWN, b. Aug. 1878

iv.    ROBERT L. BROWN, b. Nov. 1880.

v.     NORA B. BROWN. b. July  1881

vi.    Charles H. BROWN, b. Feb 1893

vi.   JACOB MILLER, b. 1843.

vii.    SARAH E. MILLER, b. 1845. m. ? Moore

vii.    SAMANTHA MILLER, b. 1846.

ix.    JOHN R. MILLER, b. Sep 1848.  John attended his brother William's funeral in 1927 and the newspaper obituary reported that he lived in Redwing, Minnesota.  I found him on the 1930 census (recorded 2 Apr 1930) living at 613 Plum Street in Red Wing City, Goodhue Co., Minnesota. His wife's name is Margaret "Maggie" Huddleston, b. March 1854.  He is 79 and she is 76 and was born in Indiana.  Going back in time, I found them on the 1880 census.  John and Maggie are living with her parents A. and Susanna Huddleston and three of their daughters, Jane (age 8), Belva (age 8) and Florence (age 1).  Jane and Belva may be twins.  There may be more children but I was unable to locate their family on any in-between census records.  In 1900, John, Margaret and Jesse E. (age 8), their 4th and last daughter are living back in Forward Twp., Butler Co., PA.  Perhaps they have moved back to the area where he was reared because his father died in 1897 and John may have been called back home to help his mother, Jane, settle her affairs.  The 1910 census shows them living with their daughter, Jesse, now age 17, back in Ellsworth, Pierce Co., Wisconsin. John is a carpenter.   

x.     JAMES A. MILLER, b. Abt. 1851, Butler County, Pennsylvania. James also located to Ellsworth, Pierce Co., and at age 29 is still single in 1880, and is living with his oldest sister, Mary Ann and her husband, Jasper Hamilton.  He is mentioned as a surviving brother (on his older brother William's obituary in 1927) as living in Itasca, Wisconsin.  Indeed I did find him there, just south of the very small town of Itasca in Parkland Twp., Douglas Co., WI.  He is described as an inmate at a small "Work Farm" holding only 7 inmates both male and female.  He is said to be divorced.  James is again listed in 1830 although the institution has grown to house 41 male "prisoners", 6 female inmates. and 78 male inmates.  Its official name has become the Parkland Health Facility.  I am not sure what the difference is between a prisoner and an inmate. James A. Miller is listed at age 79.  Later. I also found a transcribed list of inmates who died at that facility on the internet and those who were buried mostly in unmarked pauper's graves in the cemetery situated behind the now unused buildings.  James, listed as "John A.", is among those buried on the property.  He died on March 3, 1940.  How sad this is.  I really think the spelling is a careless mistake because James A. is twice recorded on two different census records as a inmate at that facility and no other male has a name anywhere close to it.

   Miller, John A.                       03/04/1940                           Superior, WI

 

Here is a brief description of that former facility and is purposes written in 1983

 

●  Transcribe: Twin Ports Genealogical Society: Donna Anderson, Stanley Anderson, and Jean Hulter.

●   Recorded: Burial permits.

●  Address: Wentworth, Wisconsin

●  Directions: Five miles south of Itasca on County Trunk E. Turn right on County Trunk Z for approximately one mile. There will be a sign saying this is the "Parkland Health Facility" which is no  longer there. The cemetery itself is far behind the former building locations in a field. There are only a few wooden markers as many of the graves are unmarked.

●  History: The cemetery, located at the Parkland Health Facility, has been called many names; Poor

   Farm Cemetery, Douglas County Cemetery, Parkland Cemetery, Potter’s Field and the Asylum

    Cemetery are among the names found. The facility itself was listed in the 1941 City of Superior

    Directory as the Home for the Aged and Infirm and the Asylum for the Chronically Insane.

   

xi.     ESTHER S. MILLER, b. 1853, Butler County, Pennsylvania. m. ? Burtt

xii.     LUCY C. MILLER, b. 1854, Butler County, Pennsylvania. m. ? Levanduske

xiii.    ROBERT MILLER, b. Abt. 1856, Butler County, Pennsylvania.

xiv.    HUGH MILLER, b. 1860, Butler County, Pennsylvania.

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Generation No. 3

 

3.  SILAS MILLER, ROBERT2,( POSSIBLY ISAAC1) was born 1752 in New Jersey and was the second child of Robert and Agnes Miller.  He died 1831 intestate in Butler County, Pennsylvania.  He married JANE ENGLISH, daughter of JOHN ENGLISH and ANNE INSKEEP.  She was born Bet. 1755 - 1760 in New Jersey.  The English family had a very interesting story to tell.  See here.  All the information about the English family was provided to me by Jan Pedatella who has spent years researching the roots of our common ancestral Millers.  Many, many thanks to Jan.

Notes for SILAS MILLER: Silas Miller was a noteworthy hunter and trapper and a school teacher. He served in the Revolutionary War with a New Jersey militia as a wagon master.  In 1787, Silas Miller and his family removed to Westmoreland County, PA from New Jersey and for a time he was employed along with others in protecting the settlements against the Indians.  He settled in Middlesex Township, Butler Co. PA in 1794 and followed hunting, trapping and farming to earn his living. He sometimes served as a Cranberry Township school teacher.  Up until the 1850s Middlesex Twp. abutted just east of Cranberry Twp. In 1831, he fell from the roof of his neighbor's burning stable and died from the injuries then received. He was 79 and died 28 Apr 1831.

Silas Miller and his family are listed on the 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830 Federal Census records for Middlesex Twp., Butler County, PA.  Here is more historical information about Silas Miller

       Children of SILAS MILLER and JANE/JEAN ENGLISH are:

   i.    SILAS MILLER, Jr., was born Abt. 1788 in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., PA.  He married ELIZABETH SEFTON. 

 Children of SILAS MILLER Jr. and ELIZABETH SEFTON are:

 i.      MARGARET MILLER.  

 ii.      ABIGAIL MILLER.

 iii.     JOSEPH MILLER.

 iv.     WILLIAM MILLER.

 v.     SILAS MILLER.

 vi.    ROBERT MILLER, b. 1820, on Glade Run, Butler Co. Pa; d. Tarentum, Allegheny Co. PA; m.

        MARY A. VANCE, 1849, Tarentum,  Allegheny Co.

 

        ii    ROBERT MILLER, b. Westmoreland Co., PA;  m. ELIZABETH BIGGS.  Possibly his first cousin, daughter of

            his father's sister, Jean/Jane Miller Biggs?  See above ▲in Generation 2

        iii.   JOSEPH MILLER, b. 1789, Westmoreland Co., PA; d. 1877, Adams Twp., Butler Co., PA. Joseph is our direct

                     line ancestor.  See below in Generation 4 for his descendants. ▼ 

        iv    JAMES MILLER.

        v.    Margaret MILLER, m. ANDREW MCCOLLUM.

Known Children of Margaret Miller and Andrew McCollum are:

i.    Washington Miller McCollum. Died at Andersonville, a notorious southern prisoner of war camp,

        during the Civil  War.

ii.    James Miller McCollum, m. Fannie Strabel

  vi.      MARTHA MILLER, m. UNKNOWN SCOTT.

  vii.     JANE MILLER, m. JOHN BROWN.

  viii.     NANCY MILLER, m. WILLIAM CRITCHLOW.

   Generation No. 4

4. JOSEPH MILLER,SILAS3, ROBERT2, (POSSIBLY ISAAC1) was born 1789 in Westmoreland Co., PA, and died 1877 in Adams Twp., Butler Co., PA.  He married SUSANNAH RICE/REIS, daughter of FREDERICK RICE and Anna Catharina Lauffer.  Joseph Miller was a carpenter, farmer and a skilled hunter like his father.  He came to Butler Co. in 1794 and later volunteered for the defense of Ft. Erie on May 25, 1813 during the War of 1812. He enlisted as a Pvt. with the 12th US Infantry under Captain Sangster and Colonel Coles. He was described as 5'11½" in height, grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, 34 years old and a farmer.  He was discharged at Buffalo, NY on Nov 25, 1814. So both he and his father were Patriots who were ready to come to the defense of their country. This last information came from the US Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914.

Notes for Joseph Miller:  In the year 1794, Joseph's father, Silas, moved his family to Middlesex Twp. in Butler County, PA.  Joseph was 4 years old.  

 

In 1860, Joseph is living next door to two of his sons, Silas and James in Adams Twp. in Butler County.  Their addresses are listed as in the Breakneck Postal area which is north in Forward Twp. in the area around today's Evans City. Joseph at age 70, is a widower. He is a farmer whose land is valued at $1650 and his personal property is $350.

Children of JOSEPH MILLER and SUSANNAH RICE/REIS are:

i.   JESSE E. MILLER, b. 1813, Middlesex County, Butler Co. PA; died Thursday, 02 Dec 1897,Forward Twp., Butler Co., PA. Our direct line ancestor.(See his children below in Generation 5)

ii.    JACOB R. MILLER.             

iii.   MARY ANN MILLER was born 1816.  She married WILLIAM BAYLESS.  He was born 1809, and died 12 Jan 1873 in Sandy Creek, Allegheny Co. PA. See here a photo of Mary Ann and learn more about her.

Children of MARY MILLER and WILLIAM BAYLESS are:

i.    SARA JANE BAYLESS, b. 28 Mar 1836, Washington Co., PA; d. 07 Feb 1908, Oakmont,

       Allegheny Co, PA; m. JOHN KING, JR., 1863; b. 22 Apr 1839, PA; d. 03 Jul 1914,

       Oakmont, Allegheny Co, PA.

ii.    SUSANNAH BAYLESS, b. 1838.

iii.    RICHARD DUOHURST BAYLESS, b. 1842; m. SUSAN PYLE.

iv.    ELIZABETH BAYLESS, b. 1844.

v.    JULIA "JULEY" ANN BAYLESS, b. 1847; d. 20 Oct 1863, Sandy Creek, Allegheny Co. PA. vi.    WILLIAM BAYLESS, b. 1852.

vii.    JOSEPH BAYLESS, b. 1856.

iv.   SARAH J. MILLER, b. 1815.

v.    NANCY MILLER.

vi.    MARGARET MILLER, b. 1819

vii.   SILAS MILLER (named after his grandfather), was born 1820.  He married SARAH KIRK.  She was born 1815. Silas Miller was a school teacher.  The following (including a spelling error) is from the 1883 History of Butler County Pennsylvania, Chapter XX, Adams Township, page196: "He had been engaged in the business of teaching since 1839, up to that date, in various parts of the county. He was regarded as a good teacher, and was skilled not only in the common branches, but was thoroughly conversant with the dead languages, history and music. His wife is a sister of Elias W. KIRK, of Butler Borough. Mr. MILLER is now sixty-three years old, and though his physical strength is meager, yet his mental abilities are still good."

Children of JANE MILLER and ROBERT BIGGS are:

i.     JOHN BIGGS, b. 19 Nov 1779, Westmoreland Co., PA, d. 23 Jan 1864 Clark Co., Ind.

ii.     ANDREW BIGGS, b. 28 Mar 1782, Westmoreland Co., PA, d. 7 Feb 1863, Clay Co., Ind.

iii.    WILLIAM MILLER BIGGS, b. 16 May 1783, Westmoreland Co., PA; d. 18 Oct 1867, Harrison, Indiana.

iv.    ROBERT BIGGS, JR., b. 02 Oct 1785, Tenn.; d. 10 Oct 1867, Harrison, Ind.

v.    MELINDA JANE BIGGS, b. 25 Apr 1787, Tenn.; d. 22 Mar 1841, Clay Co. Indiana

vi.    ELIZABETH BIGGS, b. 18 Jan 1789; d. 08 Feb 1857.

vii.    MARY BIGGS, B. 1790

viii.   NANCY BIGGS, b. 12 Sep 1791; d. 2 Mar 1866, Clay Co., Ind.

ix.     JOSEPH BIGGS, b. Apr 10, 1793.

x.     THOMPSON HAY BIGGS, b. 1796.

xi.     SAMUEL BIGGS, b. 27 Jun 1797.

xii.     ABNER BIGGS, b. 17 Apr 1798, Clark Co., Ind.; d. Dec 1872 , Henryville, Ind.

xiii.    HANNAH BIGGS.  b. 25 Oct 1798, d. 11 Sep 1837on . Hannah marries a man named Robert Cairns on 10 Feb 1818. Al three life events occur in Clark Co. Indiana. Could this man be her cousin, the son of Mary and John Cairns, Mary being the sister of Jane Miller Biggs.   I could not locate any further definitive records of Mary and John Cairns.

v.    MARY MILLER, b. Abt. 1757, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA; m. JOHN CAIRNS. Their names are signed on the petition to

       the county court of Feb.1, 1791 requesting the final disposition of Robert Miller's land.

vi.    JOSEPH MILLER, b. Abt. 1758, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA. Appears to have to have moved to Monroe Twp., Clark Co.,

        Indiana.  He is shown at age 62 on an 1820 Federal Census of that county living next door to Robert Biggs, who is

        married to his older sister, Jane Miller Biggs. On that same1820 census there is a female living in his household

         less than 45 year old.  On the 1830 census I could no longer find a Joseph Miller household in that same area. There

         is a household headed by a Hannah Miller age between age 50 and 60, living with 6 other younger persons.

         Other sources say that Joseph Miller died in 1832 in Monroe Twp., Clark Co., Indiana.

viii.    REBECCA MILLER, b. 19 May 1764, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA; d. 1853, Okolona, Jefferson Co., KY. She married

        JOSEPH GAILBRAITH (also spelled Gailbreath) in 1787 Westmorland Co., PA..  He was born abt. 1752, and died 1832 in

         Jefferson, Kentucky. They are named on the petition of Feb.1, 1791 requesting the final disposition of Robert Miller's

          land from the Westmorland County Court. They are buried at Ferring Cemetery in Jefferson Co., KY.

          Learn more here about the Gailbraith/Gailbreaths and see some photos.

Children of REBECCA MILLER and JOHN/JOSEPH GAILBRAITH are:

i.      WILLIAM GAILBRAITH. b. 26 Jun 1789 Westmoreland Co., PA, perhaps d. 1851 Jackson Co., Tenn..

ii.     ROBERT GAILBRAITH, b. 1791 Westmoreland Co., PA, d. 1832, Okolona, Jefferson Co., KY.

iii.     ALEXANDER  H. GAILBRAITH, b. 1795, Westmoreland Co., PA

iv.     NANCY GAILBRAITH, b. abt.1798, Westmoreland Co., PA

v.     GEORGE L. GAILBRAITH, b. 28 Feb 1801, Crossroads Precinct. Jefferson Co., Kentucky; d. 27

       Jan 1879,Okolona, Jefferson, KY, buried at Ferring Cemetery in Jefferson Co., KY.

vi.     REBECCA GAILBRAITH b. abt. 1803, Jefferson Co., Kentucky

vii.     MARY GAILBRAITH. b. abt. 1805, Jefferson Co., Kentucky

viii.    SARAH GAILBRAITH, b. abt. 1812, Jefferson Co., Kentucky

ix.     ELEANOR GAILBRAITH, b. abt. 1813, Jefferson Co., Kentucky

ix.     ELIZABETH MILLER, b. Jun 1765, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA;  m. ADAM HUFFMAN.  They are named on the petition          of Feb.1, 1791 requesting the final disposition of Robert Miller's land from the County court.  I could not find any further

          definitive information about this family.

x.     SARAH MILLER, b. Abt. 1768, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA; and died in Missouri.  She married JAMES HAVENS

       04 May 1790 in Virginia ?.  He was born Abt. 1770, and died before 1850 in Newton Co., Missouri.  They are named on

          the petition of Feb.1, 1791 requesting the final disposition of Robert Miller's land from the Westmoreland County

         Court.  On the 1850 Census of Benton Twp., Newton Co., Missouri we find Sarah Havens age 80, living with her

          daughter, Charlotte Havens Smith, age 49, and her 5 children (ages 7-18).

 Children of SARAH MILLER and JAMES HAVENS are:

i.      MARY HENDERSON HAVENS, b. Abt. 1791, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; d. 1860,

       Tennessee; m. DAVID HAMILTON, 1810, Greene Co., Tennessee.

ii.     THOMAS HAVENS, b. 07 Mar 1793, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; m. ABIGAIL PURDON,

       1813, Tennessee.

iii.     CYNTHIA HAVENS, b. Abt. 1795, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; m. THOMAS TOLBERT.

iv.     RACHEL HAVENS, b. Abt. 1797, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; m. OLIVER BOLIVER.

v.     CHARLOTTE HAVENS, b. Abt. 1800, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; d. May 1884, Newton Co.,

       MO; m. DAVID SMITH, 24 Apr 1829,  Moulton, Laurence Co. Alabama.

vi.     JOHN HAVENS, b. Abt. 1803, Jefferson Co. Tennessee.

vii.    LOUVINIA HAVENS, b. Abt. 1806, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; m. JOHN 

       SHERFIELD/SHUFIELD, 1838, Mississippi.       

viii.    ANN HAVENS, b. 1808, Jefferson Co. Tennessee; m. WILLIAM JOHNSON.

Finally, in February 1791 the family of Robert Miller appeals to the Westmoreland County court to hold an inquest and "make partition" of the "Plantation and tract of Lands situate in Huntington Township an if the same can be divided to and and among the Widow and Children without injury to and spoiling of the whole and if it cannot be so divided then to value and appraise the same in order that the said Widow and Children may be paid their respective shares according to Law." On November 6, 1792, another "Orphan's Court" convenes at Greensburg, the new Westmoreland County seat.  A former court had ordered that the land belonging to their father was to be resurveyed and appraised for its value.  The amount of land was determined to be 347¼ acres and worth £1.7.6 per acre.

 

Isaac was instructed by the court to pay his widowed mother and each of his 9 brothers and sisters (the sisters are now all married) a fair sum of money plus interest before he could take full and "sole" possession of that land. Agnes, the widowed mother is apportioned 1/3 of the total appraised value to be further portioned and paid out (at £9.11) on a yearly basis "during her natural life".  Upon her death the court ordered that what remained of her 1/3 portion was to be divided equally among the children. After Agnes's portion, the remaining two thirds was to be divided equally among all 10 children, and spouses.   Isaac died in the last year of the 18th century, only seven years later. (In the list below of Isaac and Susanna's children are notations added from Robert Phillips research in maroon.)

Child of JOSEPH MILLER and MARY NEWLON is:

i.   SUSANNAH THOMAS MILLER, was born Abt. 1820 in Newlonsburg, PA., and died 29 Oct 1909

in Pittsburg, PA. She married Dr. JAMES HENDERSON DUFF 1848.  He was born 06 Aug 1824 in Westmoreland Co. PA, and died 22 Dec 1884 in Pittsburg, PA.

(See photos of this Susannah and the Duff family here)

                             Children of SUSANNA THOMAS MILLER and JAMES DUFF are:

                             i.    JOHN MILTON DUFF, b. 16 Oct 1849, Newlonsburg, PA; d. 29 Oct 1909, Pittsburg, PA;

                              m. ELIZA JANE KIRK on 7 Nov 1878 in Pittsburg.

                             ii.    MARY ANN DUFF, b. Abt. 1850, Newlonsburg, PA; d. Died as Child, PA.

                             iii.    JOSEPH MILLER DUFF, b. 14 Jan 1854, Newlonsburg, PA; d. 09 Sep 1941, PA.

                             iv.    ANNA MARY DUFF, b. 1855 Export, PA; d. in childbirth 03 Feb 1883, PA, m. Rev. J.C.

                              Ely on 20 Apr 1882 in Pittsburg.

                             v.    ALBERT JAMES DUFF, b. 1858 in Export. PA; became Presbyterian minister, d. 16 Oct

                             1886 in Denver, CO. while recuperating from failing heath.

                             vi.    ALFRED WILLIAM DUFF, b. 1860, Export, PA; d. 18 May 1925, PA.

                            vii.    SUE Templeton DUFF, b. 1866, Westmoreland Co. PA; d. 18 Oct 1954, PA.

 

          vii.      BENJAMIN MILLER, TWIN OF JOSEPH, b. 14 Feb 1788,SewickleyTwp.,Westmoreland Co., PA.  He was a

          farmer and remained in the Sewickley area.  He married Ann Pert, and they were members of the Associate Reformed

          or United Presbyterian Church.  He died 5 January 1839. (R.P.)

         viii.     ANN MILLER, She was born around 1789 and died when she was young prior to 1813 (R.P.) 1813.        

          x.     DEBORAH MILLER, She was born around 1791 and married Jacob Spenser.  They made their home in Ohio,

          and she died there on 5 September 1862, the same day as her brother Joseph. (R.P.) d. Fredricksburg, OH.

 

ii.     SILAS MILLER (2nd son of Robert Miller), b. 1752, New Jersey; d. 1831, Butler County, Pennsylvania.  Silas is our direct line ancestor.  See below for his descendants.

iii.     WILLIAM MILLER, b. Abt. 1753, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA. He was not found in Westmoreland Co. in 1791 and may have moved to another state. I have been unable to pinpoint any other information about William.

iv.     JANE (JEAN) MILLER, b. Abt. 1755, Big Cove, Fulton Co., PA; d. 11 Apr 1839, Henryville, Clark Co.,

Indiana. Jane/Jean married ROBERT A. BIGGS 1778 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.  He was born 1753 in Erins Isle, Ireland, immigrated ito Baltimore, MD in 1764 and died 09 Nov 1831 (age 78) in Monroe Twp., Clark Co., Indiana. Robert Biggs also served in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment during the Revolutionary War.  He enlisted in Aug 1876 and served for 18 months, Robert and Jane Miller Biggs moved to Tennessee in 1783, lived there a year and moved to Clark Co. Indiana.  They are buried in a small private cemetery in Indiana not far from Louisville, KY.  They are named on the petition of Feb.1, 1791 requesting the final disposition of Robert Miller's land from the County court.

Children of ISSAC MILLER (cont. from above) and his second wife, SUSANNAH THOMAS are:          

iii.         AMOS (EMAS) MILLER, b. 1784, Westmoreland Co., PA; d. According to court papers he must have died about 1815 without any children. (R.P.), Westmoreland  Co., PA

iv.        WILLIAM MILLER, b. 01 Feb 1785, Westmoreland Co., PA; William apparently leased his property since he was listed as a landlord.  He volunteered for service in May 1812 in South Huntington Township just before the war with Great Brittan.  He married Mary Markle/Marklin, daughter of Casper Marklin.  Their granddaughter married into the Duff family.  William Miller died on 2 September 1869, “aged 84 years, 7 months and 1 day.” (R.P.)

v.         SAMUEL MILLER, b. 05 May 1786. He is also identified as a landlord.  He too joined the same military unit as did his brother William.  He married Margaret Milligan, and they removed to Ohio in 1819.  He died there on 18 December 1862. (R.P.)

vi.        JOSEPH MILLER, Twin of Benjamin. b. 14 Feb 1788, Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA; d. 05 Sep 1862, Westmoreland Co., PA.  He married MARY " POLLY" NEWLON 1817 in Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA.  She was born 09  Feb 1789 in Westmoreland Co., PA, and died 11 May 1880 in Westmoreland Co., PA.  Joseph and Benjamin were eleven years old when their father, Isaac Miller died.  It is noted in one of the histories of Westmoreland County that he lived with the Marklin/Markle family as a boy.  It is possible that he may have worked with them as an apprentice.  The Markle family was close to the Miller family since William Miller married one of the daughters.  The Markle family operated both grist and saw mills, and Joseph may have learned the miller trade from them. (R.P.) The Marklin family was not only close to the Miller family, they were neighbors just across the Big Sewickley Creek to the south of the Miller land.  It is interesting to note that Casper Marklin (Gaspard Marklien) purchased his land from a Gideon Miller with the mill already in tact on the property. 

                     Child of SILAS MILLER and SARAH is:

        i.     JACOB A. MILLER, b. 1846.

viii.   JOSEPH MILLER, JR., b. 1822.

ix.    ELIZA MILLER.

x.    JOHN R. MILLER, b. 1825.

xi.   JAMES F. MILLER, b. 1827; m. Mary- last name unknown.b.1837.  On the 1860 census he is listed as a  bricklayer and lives next door to his father and brother, Silas. In 1870 James still lives next to his father but is now listed as a brick mason. and has property assets worth $1300.

Children of James and Mary Miller

i.     Elizabeth Miller, b.1859

ii.    Sarah Miller , b.1861

iii.    George Miller, b.1863

iv.    Ulissus Miller, b.1865

v.     Agnes Miller, b.1867

vi.    Julia Miller . b.1869

xii.    ADAM MILLER, m. MARGARET HENDRICKSON.

 

xii.   EZEKIAL D. MILLER, b. 1831.

   Generation No. 5

5. JESSE E. MILLER, JOSEPH4, SILAS3, ROBERT2, (POSSIBLY ISAAC1) was born 1813 in Middlesex County, Butler Co. PA, and died 02 Dec 1897 in Forward Twp., Butler Co., PA.  He married JANE Johnston. She was the daughter of BENJAMIN JOHNSTON, a native of Down county, Ireland, who came to America about 1794. He afterwards settled in Jackson township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased 150 acres of land, which he cleared and improved. He resided upon this farm until his death, which occurred about 1858. Mr. JOHNSTON was an elder in the United Presbyterian church for many years, and was a stanch adherent of the Democratic party. Jane was born 1815. When Jesse dies in 1897, Jane goes to live with her daughter, Cynthia, and son-in-law, Robert Brown as is shown on the 1900 US census record.

See here an 1858 map showing Jesse's land.

Children of JESSE MILLER and JANE are:

i.    MARY ANNE MILLER, b. Abt. 1832, Pennsylvania,  m. Jasper H. Hamilton, b. Abt. 1832, after 1870 because Jasper at age 39 is still a bachelor and is shown to be living with a Birkle Family in Ellsworth, Pierce Co., Wisconsin on the 1870 census.  I could not find Mary on the 1870 census anywhere but then "Mary Ann Miller" is a very common name.  On the 1880 Census they are married and living with their daughter Arretta, age 8, in Ellsworth, Pierce Co., Wisconsin.  As far as I can tell Arretta is their only child.  A James Miller, who matches the age of her brother, James A. Miller, age 29, is living with them. The next available census was taken in 1900.  At that time Jasper is identified as "widowed" and still lives in Ellsworth, Pierce Co., Wisconsin so Mary Ann is presumed dead before age 67.

ii.   SUSANNAH MILLER, b. 1834, Pennsylvania, m. Abraham Rice abt. 1855. He is born July 1832 in

     Pennsylvania.

Children of Susannah and Abraham Rice are:

I.    Erastus Rice, b. abt. 1856, Ohio

ii.    Luretta Rice, b. abt. 1858, Ohio

iii.   Jessie L. Rice, b. abt. 1860, Indiana

iv.   Juliette "Julia" Rice, b. abt. 1863, Pennsylvania                      

v.    Emma D. Rice, b. abt. 1865, Pennsylvania  

vi.   George Rice, b. abt. 1869, Wisconsin

Notes for Susannah (Susan) and Abraham (Abram):  On the 1900 Federal Census taken in Pierce Co., Wisconsin, Abraham is listed as a Widower.  Sometime between 1880 and 1900 Susannah has died and the children are grown and gone. Living with him, listed as a boarder, is Martha Grubb(s), his sister-in-law.  She , too, is a widow, age 67. See more below under Martha Jane Miller. ▼

iii.   WILLIAM BENJAMIN MILLER is my Great Grandfather. He was born in July 1837, Butler County, Pennsylvania;

       He died in 1927, Hartington, Nebraska and is buried at Hartington City Cemetery. Click here to see Jesse Miller's will

       where he names William B. Miller, of Nebraska as his son.  Click here to see the descendants of William B. Miller.

iv.   MARTHA JANE MILLER, b. June 1840, Pennsylvania. m. Lewis Grubb

        Notes for Martha Jane Miller Grubbs:  Martha Grubbs is found on 1900 Census (taken in Pierce Co., Wisconsin)        living as a boarder with her brother-in-law, Abraham Rice, a widower (age 67). She is listed as a widow, age 59. This

       is probably an arrangement of convenience and necessity. What happened to her husband and their 9 children is        also a mystery as they were all alive just 10 years before on 1880 census taken in Pennsylvania. Her youngest

         daughter would have been just 20 years old in 1900.

On the 1910 and 1920 Census Records of Gregory Co., South Dakota, Martha, is listed living with her daughter, Anna (or "Anne") M. Ayers, born about 1864, and granddaughter Nathole, born 1904. On the 1910 census Martha is listed as the "head" of the household and the address is "Young's Addition to Bonesteel".  In 1920, Martha's brother William Benjamin Miller, age 82, lives with them. There is one thing wrong here and that is Martha never had a daughter named "Anna M." unless she has changed her name for some reason. Her daughter, Margaret would be the right age to fit this bill as she was born in 1864. Or, she may be living with a widowed or divorced daughter-in- law.  If any out there reading this can explain this discrepancy please gmail me at miller.malcom.ft@gmail.com   In 1930 Martha is still alive at age 90 and living with Ann Ayres (age 66) who owns a garden truck farm in Schierver Twp, Gregory Co., So. Dak.

Children of Martha J. Miller and Lewis Grubbs are:

i.     John G. Grubs. b.1859, PA

ii.    Sarah A. Grubbs, b.1862, PA

iii.    Margaret B. Grubbs, b. 1864., PA

iv.    Mary L. Grubbs, b.1868, PA.

v.    Agnes E. Grubbs, b. 1871, PA

vi.    Ida A. Grubbs, b.1874, PA.

vii.   James F. Grubbs, b. 1875. PA.

viii.   Edith B. Grubbs, b.1878, PA.

ix.    Ada V. Grubbs, b.1880, PA.