Jacob Miller (abt. 1739 - 1807)

Born about 1739 in Holy Roman Empire

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1807 at about age 68 in St. Landry, Orleans Territory, United States

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Biography

Jacob Miller migrated from Germany to Louisiana.

Jacob Miller, son of Nicholas Mueller and Rosalie (Unknown), was born about 1737-1739 in that part of present-day Germany or perhaps the Alsace region of France which often changed governance between France and Germanic kingdoms through the years. Most church records for his children indicate he was from what is now Germany.

Jacob married Anna Marie Theisen probably in Frederick, Maryland before about 1760.

Their known children were:

1. Marie Barb Miller (~1760 - 1824)
2. Catherine Isabelle Miller Marks (1765 - 1796)
3. Anne Marie Miller (1767-)
4. Jacob Jacques Miller (1770 - 1831)
5. Frederick Miller (~1772 - >1820)
6. Jean Baptiste Miller (~1775 - <1850)
7. Marie Anne Miller Cormier (1777 - 1796)
8. Marie Therese Miller (1782-1852)

From an uncredited source:

Jacob MUELLER MILLER, born c1739 (probably in Alsace), husband of Anne-Marie THEGEIN, born c1739 also in Alsace, was living in Maryland with his wife, four daughters, and son Jacob, fils, born c1767, when they decided to migrate to Louisiana with seven other German families and seven Acadian families from Maryland. Mueller was changed to Miller while residing in [colonial] Maryland.

On 5 January 1769, they left Port Tobacco, Maryland, aboard the English schooner Britannia, heading for New Orleans. Unfortunately, their ship missed the entrance to the Mississippi River, got lost in the Gulf of Mexico, landed on the Texas coast, and the passengers and crew were held by the Spanish at Goliad, Texas, for several months, suspected of being spies or smugglers.

After they were released by the Spanish, they traveled overland to Natchitoches Post, Louisiana, arriving there 24 October 1769.

Refusing to settle there, they reached New Orleans via river transportation, 9 November 1769.^{[citation needed]}

At the age of thirty years, he and his family, which then included his wife, thirty year old Anne-Marie, six year old daughter Barbe, four year old daughter Catherine, three year old daughter Anne Marie, and two year old son Jacob arrived in New Orleans after an extended ordeal aboard the schooner, Brittania, which also carried some Acadians released from Maryland after the Seven Years War.^[1]

They settled first in present-day St. John the Baptist Parish (known as the Second or Upper German Coast) then moved to the Opelousas District.^[2]

Jacob died on 20 December 1807 in St. Landry, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, United States. He was buried, at the approximate age of seventy on 20 December 1807 at the cemetery of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana.^[3][4]

Research Notes

Note, this first source refers to their grandchild and not to his wife.

• Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications); text: “THAISON, Anne Marie (Jean & Anne Marie MILHER) b. 26 Nov. 1792, bt. 19 May 1793 Spons: Jean THELER & Marie Anne MILHER. Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.111)“

• Listed in the Foreigners in the District of Opelousas, May 15, 1781: Jacob Miller, full citation needed.

• Colonists of Opelousas full citation needed.

Sources

1. ↑ "List of German and Acadian families who went by an English vessel to New Orleans to settle," Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1945, Volume II: Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794, edited by Lawrence Kinnaird, (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office,1949) pp. 140-143.
2. ↑ "German Settlers in Louisiana," [https://www.thecajuns.com/britgerm.htm thecajuns.com genealogy, history and culture], citing Glenn R. Conrad, Some Maryland Germans Who Settled in Louisiana, and "Census of Iberville, May 10, 1772," Archivo General de Indias, Papeles procedentes de Cuba, (Seville, Spain) Leago 202 folio 241.

   Jacob Miller - 30

   Anne Marie, his wife- 30

   Barbe, their daughter - 6

   Catherine, their daughter - 4

   Anne Marie, their daughter - 3

   Jacob, their son - 2

3. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);

   MILLER, Jacob bur. 20 Dec. 1807 at age about 70 yrs. Fr. Louis BUHOT (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.92).

4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42683992/jacob-miller: accessed 07 August 2023), memorial page for Jacob Miller (1737–20 Dec 1807), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42683992, citing Saint Landry Church Cemetery, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Smitty (contributor 50515434).

See also:

• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-196660851-3-806/johan-jacob-miller-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841