Thankful (Miller) Alvord (1669 - 1738)

Born 25 Apr 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Alvord — married 12 Jan 1693 in Northampton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1738 at age 68 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thankful Miller was born 25 APR 1668/9 at Northampton, Massachusetts, daughter of Patience (Bacon) & William Miller.

Her siblings were:

1. Mary Miller was born c. 1652 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. She married 1) Zebediah Williams (1649-1675) on 18 December 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts and 2) Godfrey Nims (1650-1705) on 28 November 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mary died on 27 April 1688 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
2. Patience Miller was born on 15 September 1657 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. She married John Nott (1650-1710) on 28 March 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Patience died in April 1745 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. William Miller III was born on 30 November 1659 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He married Mary Bushnell (1623-1735) on 19 April 1693 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. William died on 22 August 1705 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.
4. Mercy Miller who married Fowler.
5. Ebenezer Miller was born on 7 June 1664 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Allen. (1668-1748) on 9 February 1688. Ebenezer died on 23 December 1737 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
6. Mehitable Miller was born on 10 July 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. She married Josiah Dewey Jr. (1666-1750) on 15 January 1690 in Westfield, Massachusetts. Mehitable died in 1729 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
7. Abraham Miller was born on 20 January 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Clapp (1681-1758) who later married John Parsons. Abraham died on 7 February 1727 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

She married Jonathan Alvord (1669-1729) on 12 January 1693 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

Children of the Alvord-Miller Marriage; all children born Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay ^[1]:

1. Jonathan Alvord born 9 April 1694. He died on 4 March 1701 in the same place.
2. John Alvord (1696-abt.1780), born 28 June 1696.
3. Jonathan Alvord, 2nd of this name, born after March 1701. He died on 11 April 1706.
4. Patience Alvord born 22 June 1701. She died on 16 January 1766, unmarried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
5. Zebadiah Alvord born 30 October 1705. He died young in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
6. Mary Alvord born 21 July 1707. No further records available.
7. Thankful Alvord born 10 August 1709. She died on 7 August 1747 unmarried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
8. Jonathan Alvord (1712-1796); married Elizabeth Goslin

Thankful (Miller) Alvord was granted the power of administering her husband's will on 11 March 1729. She had minor children Jonathan and Thankful who chose her for their guardian.

Will

25 March 1738 Hampshire County, Massachusetts is the recording date. She names her sons John and Jonathan and daughters Patience and Thankful.

Death

Thankful (Miller) Alvord died on 30 March 1738 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts at the age of 68.

Sources

1. ↑ A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 11: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/54

See Also:

• Source S24 Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley,West Virginia (Originally published in 3 volumes, 1912. Reprinted in 2 vols., 1978) Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. Butcher

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Birth of Thankful 25 April 1669.

• Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Marriage of Thankful and Jonathan Alvord.

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Death of Thankful Alvord.

• Whittemore, Henry. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America. New York: Unknown, 1898. Volume 1, Page 10. View full text here [1]

• Whittemore, Henry. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America. New York: Unknown, 1898. Volume 3, page 371 for William Miller.; Miller born 1620 in Ipswich, MA; removed with earliest settlers to Northampton, MA. Wife Patience had Mary, Rebecca, Patience born 1657, William 1659, Mercy 1662, Ebenezer 1664, Mehitable 1666, Thankful 1669, Abraham 1672. William Miller died in 1690.

Profile History

This profile was created through the import of rfedele.ged on 22 September 2010.

Footnotes

NOTE: SAR says William Miller, born Middlesex, England, married to Patience Bacon, born St. Nicholas Parish, London, England.