Jerusha Margaret (Welling) Mills (1799 - 1856)

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis Mills — married 8 Jan 1823 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1856 at about age 57 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Jerusha was born in 1799 or 1798 according to the census listing her age as 52 in the summer of 1851.^[1]

Jerusha M. Welling married Lewis Mills on July 8, 1823.^[2]

Jerusah died Feb 2, 1856 at the age of 57.^[3] The gravestone is weathered and appears to say "aged 37" but that cannot be correct. The cemetery transcription by Weldon Turner indicates that her age was 57. She is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery, in the family plot A2062.^[4]

Canadian Census, 1851

According to the Canadian census of 1851 (Westmorland County, New Brunswick), the household of Lewis Mills included:^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, 1851 Census. Surname: Mills, Given Name: Jerusha, Gender: Female, Age: 52, Relationship: Wife, Ethnic Origin: English, Province: New Brunswick, District Name: Westmorland (county), Sub-District Name: Moncton, Sub-District Number: 85, Page Number: 13, Microfilm: C-997, Reference: RG 31, Item Number: 1013014. Document e002294944
2. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P9-Z4S : 10 February 2018), Lewis Mills and Jerusha Welling, 08 Jul 1823; citing Westmorland,New Brunswick, reference ; FHL microfilm 847,576.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 September 2019), memorial page for Jerusha M. Mills (1819–2 Feb 1856), Find A Grave Memorial no. 201448399, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada ; Maintained by Pat Redmond (contributor 49129253) .
4. ↑ Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton N.B. Cemetery Transcriptions by Mr. Weldon Turner, 1995. Page 108. Available from the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Inc.
5. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, 1851 Census. Document e002294944
6. ↑ Alternate Citation: "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWRS-8DD : 3 August 2016), Lewis Mills, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 13, line 14; Library and Archives Canada film number C_997, Public Archives, Ontario.

One of the most important sources is Register of marriages for the county of Westmorland, 1790-1835 containing the marriage registrations of most of Reuben Mills' children. It is puzzling that the records are all in Dorchester, however, Dorchester included parts of Westmorland and Shediac parishes. The page numbers for the Mills marriages include:

• David - Married Jane - 1808 - Dorchester. Image 13, document page 9.
• Lewis - Married Jerusha - 1823 - Westmorland — Too hard to read, maybe near page 80 based on the date? The writing is terrible and I couldn’t locate their names.
• Mary - Married Pharez Constantine - 1811 - Dorchester. Image 16, document page 14.
• John - Married Mary Welling - 1814 - Dorchester. Image 27, document page 36. (Marriage date 9 Nov 1814. Registration date 24 Jan 1815).
• Peter - Married Rhoda Constantine - 3 Oct 1815 - Dorchester. Image 31, document page 44.
• Felix - Married Jane - 1824 - Dorchester - Unknown details since the microfilm image is washed out. (around page 88 based on the dates).
• Samuel - Married Rebecca - Unknown date/location - Their eldest child was born 1824 so marriage date likely around 1822/1823.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to David McAvity for starting this profile.