Margaret (Winslow) Miller (1640 - 1698)

Born 16 Jul 1640 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Miller — married 24 Dec 1659 (to 26 Oct 1698) in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1698 at age 58 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Margaret Winslow was born on 15 (or 16) July 1640 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Bourne) Winslow.^{[1] [2]}

She married John Miller of Yarmouth, son of Rev. John and Lydia Miller, on 24 December 1659 in Marshfield.^[2] Her father, Major Josiah Winslow, performed the ceremony.^[2]

Margaret, wife of John Miller, died 26 October, 1698, in her 61st year and was buried in the Ancient Cemetery at Yarmouth.^[3][4]

Her husband married, secondly, Sarah Crosby of Harwich, the widow of Thomas Crosby, on 28 April 1703 in Yarmouth.^[5][6]

Her husband died on 9 June 1711 in Yarmouth.^[7]

Children (Miller) born Yarmouth:^[2][8]

1. Lydia, b. 18 May 1661
2. Rebecca, b. 07 Nov 1663
3. Hannah, b. 19 Apr 1666
4. Margaret, b. 19 Apr 1668
5. Mehitable, b. 14 May 1670
6. John, b. 15 Feb 1672/3, prob. d. bef. 1681.
7. Margery, b. 02 Mar 1675
8. Susannah, b. 26 Jul 1677
9. Josiah, b. 27 Oct 1679
10. John, b. 16 Oct 1681

Sources

1. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 2:4.

   Margarett the Daughter of Josias winslow borne the 15 July 1640

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} William R. Cutter, "Miller, Cook, Clark, Hall, Crosby & Smith," NEHGR Vol. 51(1897):33-34].

   Margaret Winslow : daughter of Mr: Josiah Winslow of Marshffeeld was Borne in July : 16th : in the year 1640:

   John Miller and Margreat Winslow above named : weare Maryied at Marshfeeld by Majour Josiah Winslow upon the : 24: of desember in the year of our Lord 1659:

3. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1:130, 2:815, Yarmouth Cemetery Inscriptions.

   Miller, Margaret, wife of John, died 26 October, 1698, in her 61st year. This is the oldest stone in Yarmouth Ancient Cemetery and one of the oldest on Cape Cod. The wide border around the inscription area is visible below the skull. This stone most likely was carved by Joseph Lamson (1658 - 1722) of Boston.

4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 September 2019), memorial page for Margaret Winslow Miller (16 Jul 1640–26 Oct 1698), Find A Grave: Memorial #50042595, citing Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by happi (contributor 47230744) . (Includes gravestone photo.) Inscription:

   HERE LYES Ye

   BODY OF

   MARGARET MILLER

   WIFE TO JOHN

   MILLER DECEASED

   OCTOBER 26th 1698

   IN Ye 61st YEAR

   OF HER AGE

5. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, compilers, Vital Records of Yarmouth, MA to the year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1975, second printing 1993), Vol. 1:136.

   John Miller of Yarmouth and Sarah Crosbey of Harwich were joined in marriage upon the 28th day of April in the year 1703 by Nathanill Stone, Minster of Harwech

6. ↑ "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877", by Lucius R. Paige, pub. Cambridge Hist. Soc. 1930, p. 164
7. ↑ Sherman and Sherman, VRs of Yarmouth, Vol. 1:132.

   Mr. John Miller departed this life on the 9th of June 1711.

8. ↑ Sherman and Sherman, VRs of Yarmouth Vol. 1:128.

See also:

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Vol. 1-3, p. 2033 Josiah Winslow. (Link by $ubscription.)

• Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/i/7373/54/235156653 Vol. II, C-F, p. 54] Ralph Chapman. (Link by $ubscription.)

• Source: S-1486907223 Repository: #R-1670203836 Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2495::0
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Ancestry Family Trees
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc

Acknowledgments

Contributors: Bobbie Hall, Gregory Nelson, Brad Fisher, C Sevener, Linda Weishahn.