Hannes Miller (1723)

Born 20 Nov 1723 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Husband of Magdalena (Lehman) Miller — married 1 Jan 1748 in Somerset County, Colony of Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

Hannes Miller performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Birth : Conflicting reports are given of John's origins. He is identified variously as John Miller, Johannes Muller, or Hannes, and is said to have been born :

• in Europe in 1730
• in 1724 Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

!!Two different John Millers seem to be getting conflated here and work needs to be done to sort them out.

The earlier date of birth (1723/1724) is probably for the Hannes Miller that immigrated aboard the Phoenix on 15 Sept 1749. This Hannes Miller is probably also the one that was a soldier in the American Revolution. The other Johann Miller was Amish and probably did not fight in the war, based on their belief in non-violence. Also, being born that early would have made his father only 15 when he was born, and created a large gap between he and his other siblings.

Immigration: arrived in Philadelphia in 1749, aboard the Phoenix.^[1]

Most of the info that follows is probably for the Amish John rather than this one.

Family tradition holds that was "wounded by the Indians when they were taking the family of Jacob Hostetler into captivity",^[2] and he is thus frequently known as Indian John, Wounded John, or Crippled John by family historians. He moved later with his family to Somerset County.^[2]

John Miller appears in census records in :

• 1790 Census : Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania
• 1800 Census : Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania

John married Magdalena.^[3] They were the parents of :

1. Jacob m. Anna Stutzman ^[2]
2. John / Annas (moved to Ohio) ^[2][3]
3. Christian ^[2]
4. Peter m. [FNU] Stutzman ^[2]
5. Joseph m. [FNU] Gehman ^[2]
6. Elizabeth m. Joseph Speicher ^[2]
7. Veronica m. Christian Speicher ^[2][3]
8. Catherine m. Jacob Kauffman ^[2]
9. Susanna m. Christian Mishler ^[2]
10. Mary m. John Schrag ^[2]
11. Barbara m. Jacob Hochstetler ^[2]

One source ^[4] records that :

John and Magdalena lived in Elklick township for only eleven years. The first four children married, settled and stayed in Elklick or Summit township. Hannes and Magdalena moved with the younger children to the Glades. He Miller [?] bought a farm from Abraham Coxson.

Hannes, Sr., and his wife lived together in the Glades only from 1786 to 1798, twelve years, although Magdalena lived another nineteen years. Hannes died at about age sixty-eight, an average age for that time, but not a great age.

On the Maust Farm itself is a small cemetery with several markers, only one of which has an inscription. It reads: "M1817M," which we could interpret as : Magdalena Miller, died 1817. The gravestone of John, Sr. is no longer there.

Death : John died in Somerset County,^[2] and is buried in the Miller's Choice Cemetery, Brothersvalley Township.^[5] His widow Magdalena renounced her claim to administration of his estate, and administration was given to her son John Miller and Christian Speicker on 29 Jul 1798.^[3]

Research Notes

• Elizabeth Center Miller was removed as a spouse. She lived in Middletown, Connecticut her whole life and married Jared Miller in Middletown in 1737.

Sources

1. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.49015000086612&seq=480
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Hostetler, Harvey (1912). Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler the immigrant of 1736, p.953. Elgin, Ill. : Brethren. Viewed at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/15777/images/dvm_GenMono001038-00504-1 (image 991/1230). [Identifier 9146 : John Miller]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-RW2Z?cc=1999196&wc=9PM6-SPR%3A268498401%2C269075801 : 3 July 2014), Somerset > Wills 1795-1814 vol 1 > image 66 of 314; county courthouses, Pennsylvania. : Administration of estate of John Miller of Conemaugh Twp, Somerset, PA.
4. ↑ Miller, J. Virgil (nd). Anniversary History of the Family of John "Hannas" Miller, Sr. (ca. 1730-1798), pp.9, 22, 119
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88769008/john-hannes-miller: accessed 13 November 2023), memorial page for John Hannes “Indian John” Miller Sr. (1728–17 Jul 1798), Find A Grave: Memorial #88769008, citing Miller's Choice Cemetery, Brothersvalley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Brian J. Ensley (contributor 47190867). Entry notes that no grave marker has been identified.

• Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume 22, pages 253, 255.

See also :

• Ancestry trees at :
  • https://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=3066227&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Trees
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1790usfedcen&h=288793&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Trees
  • httsp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=448490&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Trees
  • https://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=25352682&pid=468 Ancestry

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Tom Greene for creating Miller-27580 by the import of wikirobinson1.ged on Apr 17, 2015.