James Miller (1669 - abt. 1749)

Following my earlier comment, the Ireland Quaker team and the Quakers project have now finished a review of the various Miller family profiles. You will see the results of our work in this freespace page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Irish_Quaker_Millers%2C_and_the_emigration_to_Pennsylvania and this g2g post https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1729643/quaker-miller-families-of-ulster-and-pennsylvania.

There are no serious problems with the relationships shown in this profile, but I plan to re-write the biography adding information on his travels around Ireland (Antrim to Londonderry to Westmeath) and information similar to that added to the profile of his first wife.

As you will see from the comment by Todd Stanton on the profile of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lightfoot-54, the Quakers Project and the Ireland Quaker team have been reviewing the profiles of the Lightfoot, Wyly and related families. As a result, I would like to make some changes to this profile. I have already removed two children who belonged elsewhere, and I think that the remaining changes are mainly to the text. I have already made similar changes to his wife's profile and I would like to tidy his up too, making the whole more logical.

- describing first his birth in co Antrim to parents Robert and Elizabeth, with sources.

- then mentioning his presence in co Derry where he married and where his first child was born.

- then his move to Westmeath, where the remainder of his children were born.

- all this with some details of his farming activities as revealed in his losses in the Quaker sufferings

- then his migration to Pennsylvania, with the background that other members of his wife's family had moved too, that his wife's step sister was on the same ship and died at sea (James having witnessed her will), and his own wife's death shortly after their arrival

- then his re-marriage and his will.

I would also like to make an improved research note about the place of his birth and his relationship to other members of the Miller family. We currently say that Scorry was probably Scaryhill. This may be true, but I am not convinced. Jane Wyly-228 was also recorded as born there and all other other records place her family in a different part of Antrim. We also say now that he was probably a brother or other close relative of Samuel Miller-72987. He may well have been a close relative - both Millers were Quakers who moved from Antrim to Timahoe, Kildare, but they could not have been brothers; both sets of parents are identified in their birth records and they are not the same,, and Samuel Miller identifies a brother James in his will who lives at a different location.

We can make a more orderly summary of some of the secondary accounts that mention him, and there are quite a few.

I need to do a bit more research before doing this, but want to give warning that I will probably re-write the profile in its entirety and give others the chance to comment or object.

Alan

James Miller, dated 5 Mo. 20, 1729, from Dublin, Ireland, received 2 Mo. 25, 1730.

James Miller, possibly a brother of Gayen and John Miller, married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Lightfoot, in Ireland, and lived for some time at Timahoe Meeting, County Kildare. They arrived at Philadelphia, in the Sizargh, of Whitehaven, 9 Mo. 10, 1729. Here the wife, who was a minister in the Society, died, 10 Mo. 17, 1729. James Miller then settled with his chil- dren in New Garden. He was married a second time to Ruth Seaton, of London Grove, 2 Mo. 10, 1734, and removed to Lea- cock Township, Lancaster County, where he died in the early part of 1749. Children of James and Catharine Miller : i. Sarah, m. Thomas Milhouse, in Ireland, and came to New Garden in 1729. 2. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Hiett, in Ireland, and came to New Gar- den in 1733. 3 James, b. about 1708, d. 1758; m. 1st Rachel (Fred) Miller, widow of James (son of Gayen), 1733, and had children (Thomas, Benjamin, Katharine). He m. 2d Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Kirk, i Mo. 6, 1 749, and had children (Rachel, Sarah, Hannah). 4. Mary, m. Isaac Jackson (son of Thomas), 4 Mo. II, 1730, andhad seven children ; they removed to Eno, North Carolina, in 175 1. 5. Katharine, b. i Mo. 30, 17 13, at Timahoe County, Kildare, Ireland ; d. 4 Mo. 2, 1781 ; m. Will- iam Jackson, 9 Mo. 9, 1733. 6. Ann, m. William Farquhar, 2 Mo. 19, 1733. 7. Hannah, m. James Jackson, 8 Mo. 31, 1745. No issue. — Potts, Our Family Ancestors, 248-9.

Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750 : with their early history in Ireland

https://archive.org/details/immigrationofiri00myer/page/356/mode/2up?q=JACKSON

James and Katharine Miller , formerly members of Timahoe Meeting of Friends in Ireland . She was born Imo . 30 , 1713 .

Katharine , wife of James Miller , was the daughter of Thomas Lightfoot , a native of Cambridgeshire , England , who at an advanced age removed from Ireland and settled in Chester county , Pa . He died 9mo . 1725 , aged about eighty - five years , and was buried at Friends ' burying ground , Darby . Concerning him , Thomas Chalkley bore this testimony : “ Our dear friend was greatly beloved for his piety and virtue , his sweet disposition and lively ministry . ”

James and Katharine Miller , accompanied by five of their children , removed to America , arriving at Philadelphia in “ the Sizargh of Whitehaven , Jeremiah Cowman , Master , ” in the 9th or 10th mo . , 1729 . In a memoir , which has been preserved , it was stated that “ Katharine was a worthy pub lic Friend , but in the great loss to her family and friends , she departed this life in said city , a few weeks after their arrival . ” + Soon after this sad event James and the five children settled in New Garden , and produced at that meeting in the following year their certificate of removal from Dublin , Ire land , dated 5mo . 29 , 1729 . The names of their children were as follow : Sarah , Elizabeth , James , Mary , Katharine , Ann Hannah , — the two oldest daughters , Sarah and Elizabeth , having married in Ireland , the former to Thomas Millhouse , the latter to Thomas Hiett ..... Thomas Millhouse and family came with his father - in - law to Pennsylvania , and Thomas Hiett and family followed them in 1733 , settling in New Gar den ,

James Miller married ( 20 ) Ruth Seaton , of Londongrove , 2mo . 10 , 1734 , at Londongrove Meeting , and after his death , she married John Gracy , 3mo . 8 , 1751 .

James , Jr . , born about 1708 , married in 1733 , Rachel ( Fred ) , widow of James Miller , of Kennett , by whom he had three children . He married ( 20 ) Rebecca Kirk , daughter of Jacob , of Lampeter , 1mo . 6 , 1749 ; was Clerk of New Garden Monthly Meeting for several years , and died 1758 .

Mary Miller , daughter of James and Katharine , married 4mo . 11 , 1730 , Isaac Jackson , son of Thomas , of East Marlborough . They had several children , with whom they removed in 1751 to Eno , North Carolina . Mary was a minister . Ann Miller , the remaining daughter , married 2mo . 19 , 1733 , William Farquhar , son of Allen , of Pipe Creek , Maryland .

PG74/75 Proceedings of the sesqui-centennial gathering of the descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson : at Harmony Grove, Chester Co., Pa., eighth month, twenty-fifth, 1875 : together with the family genealogy.

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044086450731 OR https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofses00injack/page/76/mode/2up

Miller-84231 and Miller-227 appear to represent the same person because: Same person

Miller-5650 and Miller-227 appear to represent the same person because: spouses are set for merge.

children of spouse should be linked to father as appropriate

The group of profiles

father Miller-227 mother Lightfoot-388 daughter Miller-226 (unsourced) is in conflict with the group Miller-5650 Lightfoot-297 Miller-13167 (sourced)

The group of profiles

father Miller-227 mother Lightfoot-388 daughter Miller-226 (unsourced) is in conflict with the group Miller-5650 Lightfoot-297 Miller-13167 (sourced)

Miller-13176 and Miller-5650 appear to represent the same person because: same parents and spouses

Miller-35024 and Miller-13176 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates