Sevila (Mueller) Francke (1694 - 1752)

Born 1 Jun 1694 in Herzogtum Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Died 8 Dec 1752 at age 58 in Craven, North Carolina

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Biography

Anna Sevilla Civilla "Cival" Miller (Mueller) was born on June 1, 1694, in Herzogtum Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich . Her father, Jacob Miller (Mueller), was 27, and her mother, Catherine Lether, was 22 at the time of her birth.

She immigrated to North America with her parents (Catherine and Jacob Mueller) in the Palatine arrival of 1709-1710, which settled in the New Bern, North Carolina area.

She married first, John GASPER Timmerman, who died before May 21, 1722. She is mentioned in his will, along with their daughter, Mary Magdalena:

May 21, 1722. September Court, 1722. Legatees: Sevilla Timmerman (wife) and Mary Magdalen Timmerman (daughter). Witnesses: Jacob Miller, John Leilker Miller, Jacob Sheets. Clerk of the Court: Caleb Metcalfe.^[1]

Sevilla Mueller then married Johan Martin Franck and their children included ^[2] ...

1. Johan "John" Franck
2. Edward Franck
3. Susannah Franck
4. Sevil Franck
5. Barbara Franck
6. Cathrine Franck
7. Mary Franck
8. Elizabeth Franck.

Other possible children may be Jacob Franck

She was mentioned in her husband, John Franck's Will, dated 03 Nov 1744. ^[2]

After the death of John Franck, she married Jacob Sheets, who was a witness to her first husband, Gaspar Timmermann's Will. ^{[1] [3]}

Oct 17, 1783 Deposition of John Granade stating that a deed was made by Edward Franck, executor, and Sibilla Sheets, executrix to Martin Franck, deceased, May 3, 1758, for land containing 200 acres in Jones Co. to Samuel Fields;, deceased, along Worsley's line. This plat to land was not complete and Granade swore at request of Richard Field to the line originally meant in deed at December court, 1783, before Lew Bryan, C. C. F. Harget, Register. ^[4]

She died on December 8, 1752, in Jones, North Carolina, at the age of 58, and was buried in Trenton, North Carolina.

Sevila had other first and last names through out her life:

Other first and last names include: Civil Miller, last name includes Timmerman, Temberman

Sevilla was born about 1698. Sevilla Miller ... She passed away in 1751. ^[5]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 377
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Last Will of her husband John Franck, dated: 03 Nov 1744; recorded: 1745.
3. ↑ Blanche Humphrey Abee, Colonists of Carolina in the lineage of Hon. W.D. Humphrey The William Byrd Press,Inc. Richmond Virginia. 1938. p.114
4. ↑ Jones Co., NC Deed Book C (1789-1784), pp. 187-188. Abstracts of the records of Jones County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 Vol. 1, p. 109.
5. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Donna Thompson, Monday, April 13, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

See also:

• Victor T. Jones, Jr., compiler, Local History and Genealogy Librarian, "Swiss and Palatines to New Bern: A List of Known Persons who left Switzerland and Germany to settle in New Bern, North Carolina in 1710". New Bern-Craven County Public Library. http://newbern.cpclib.org/research/settlers.htm
• http://www.geni.com
• http://www.ancestory.com
• Blanche Humphrey Abee, Chapter XIV. Biography of Col. Jacob Mueller in Colonists of Carolina in the lineage of Hon. W.D. Humphrey The William Byrd Press, Inc. Richmond Virginia. 1938. pp. 123-127
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) list that Record details Name Sevil Franck Volume 58 Page number 10 Reference North Carolina Hist. and Gen. Reg. Jan.1900-July 1903. Edenten, N.C, 1900-03. (V.1-2, V.3, No.1-3):1:213 (http://ancestory.com/ancestory)

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