John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 368

The children of Henry and Susanna Miller were:

  1. ? Miller . No record of the birth of this child has been found but tradition stated that Mary was the second child.
  2. Mary (Mollie) Miller , b. 17 Sep 1756, m. 15 Feb 1779 Isaac Haines.
  3. Sarah Miller , b. 7 Nov 1757, no further information on her.
  4. Henry Miller , b. 4 Jan 1759, d. 7 Jan 1833, m1. 14 May 1782 Achsah Warner, m2. before 1810 Margaret ?.
  5. John Miller , b. 5 Feb 1762, d. 3 Aug 1841, m. 16 Dec 1789 Nancy Hitt.
  6. Susanna Catherine Miller , b. 4 Dec1763, no further information on her.
  7. George Miller (twin) , b. 6 Feb 1766, chr. 17 Jan 1772, little is known about him and he is thought to have moved west.
  8. Margaret Miller (twin) , b. 6 Feb 1766, chr. 17 Jan 1772, no further information on her.
  9. Elizabeth (Betty) Miller , b. 8 Dec 1767, m. 18 Apr 1802 Francis Le Campion.
  10. Adam Miller , b. 17 Dec 1768, d. 5 Jul 1813 (in War of 1812), m. 11 Nov 1790 Mary Wilhoit.
  11. Sophia Miller , b. 23 Oct 1771, m. 15 Oct 1792 Burgess Rogers, no further information on the couple.
  12. Anna Miller , b. 27 Jan 1773, m. 5 Jul 1790 Jesse Berry, no further information on the couple.

There are differences between the birthrates above and the Hebron Church records which contain obvious errors.  The Hebron records for the first children, in the 1775 rewrite of the Register, are not based on original Hebron records but came from the family.

The daughter Elizabeth moved to Philadelphia where she had a dress shop.  She met her husband there.  Either Sarah, Susanna, or Margaret married Jesse Backster (Baxter).

John Miller married Nancy Hitt, the daughter of Peter and Sarah (James) Hitt of Fauquier Co.  He lived at "Mountain Green" in Rappahannock Co.  The farm remained in the family for 160 years.  Mary Wilhoit was the daughter of John Wilhoit and Elizabeth Blankenbaker.

Much of the family tradition originated with John Wesley Miller, son of Adam and Mary (Wilhoit) Miller, who was born in 1809 and lived to be 96.  His information has proven to be reliable and he is the source that there was a child older than Mary in the list above.  But this child does not appear in the Hebron Register or in the estate settlement suggesting that she probably died very young.

The George Miller in the Hebron Register who is a contemporary of Henry is believed to be Henry's brother.  The several Millers in the neighborhood other than Henry and George, including other Henrys, are not believed to be related.

We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.