John
Millard
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Millard
and Sarah (Horton) Millard
Brother of
Keziah (Millard) Mason and Barnard Miller
Husband of
Susannah (Luther) Millard
— married
29 Jan 1744 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Experience Millard and Consider Miller
Died
at age 85
in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Apr 2017
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Biography
John was born in 1723 at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, the son of John and Sarah (Horton) Millard.[1]
He married Susannah Luther in 1744 at Swansea.[2] By 1748, they had settled in Warren, Rhode Island, where they had children[3]
- Experience b. 28 August 1748 m. Stephen Thurber 26 Oct. 1766 at Providence
- Dorcas b. 6 May 1752 m. John Shannah 10 Nov. 1769 at Providence
- Prudence b. 5 February 1754
- Tabitha b. 22 May 1756
- Consider b. 7 September 1760
He passed away in 1808 at Providence, Rhode Island and is buried at the North Burial Ground. His gravestone is inscribed, "In memory of John Miller, who died Feb. 28, 1808 in the 89th year of his age."[4]
Sources
- ↑ Arnold: Page 682
- ↑ Mass. VR, Swansea VR, page 185
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Births, Page 81
- ↑ Gravestone viewable at American Ancestors (with subscription), courtesy of the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries project.
- book "Vital Record of Rehoboth 1642-1896 Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths" by James N. Arnold 1897. Listed on page 682 is John Millard's date of birth. Internet Archive link to page: https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordofreh2164arno/page/682/mode/1up
- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891)
- Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018), (Transcriptions by volunteers of Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project; compiled by John Sterling. "Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database," 2017).
- Find A Grave: Memorial #125822782
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