Johannes Miller M.D. (abt. 1709 - 1755)

Born about 1709 in Chester (later Berks) County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1755 at about age 46 in Philadelphia (later Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania

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Johannes Miller was born in 1709 in Chester (later Berks) County, Pennsylvania. Alternate date of birth: 1710. Alternate birth information: 6 August 1713 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. John Miller, husbandman, on the 10th of August, 1732, bought of Humphrey Morrey and John Budd one hundred and twenty-five acres between Swamp Creek and Society Run at the confluence of these streams. He was a practitioner of medicine. He was married, in 1732, to Elizabeth Frey, born in 1717, and a daughter of Henry and Anna Catharine Frey, maiden name, Levering. Between 1732 and 1755 he is shown both as a husbandman and as a practitioner of medicine in Pennsylvania. On 18 August 1735, shortly after his twenty-second birthday, he married Elizabeth Frey; ELizabeth Frey in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Alternate year of marriage: 1734. Elizabeth bore him thirteen children, six sons, six daughters (including a daughter whom they named Elizabeth), and one child whose gender is unknown.

Children

1) Christen Muller/Miller 2) Catherine Muller/Miller 1733-? married Henry Happel 3) Salome (Sarah) Muller/Miller 1735-? married Daniel Knauss 4) Elizabeth Muller/Miller 1737-? married Jacob Echel 5) John Muller/Miller 1738-? 6) Anna Muller/Miller 1740-? married John Marberger 7) Joseph Muller/Miller 1741-? 8) Henry Muller/Miller 1743-? 9) Anna Marie Muller/Miller 1744-? 10)___Muller/Miller Abt 1745-? 11) Jacob Muller/Miller 1749-1751 12) Magdalena Muller/Miller 1747-? 13) John Phillip Muller/Miller 1751-?

On 16 September 1755, about six weeks after his forty-second birthday, he died in Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

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Additional information

Re: [BRE] Jacob Miller of Germantown From: "D E Miller" Date: Sat, October 14, 2006 15:19

Johannes/John, born 25 Mar 1726 in PA. We base his parentage on the following: Conrad Beissel's letter of 1756 to Johannes Muller in Dunker's Bottom in Virginia indicates that Johannes had a brother Henry. The Saint Adventures of the VA Frontier p 23 indicates that Henry Miller (Heinrich Muller) was a brother of solitary Sister Paulina (Maria Muller) in Ephrata and was very unhappy at Mahanaim and despised the life on the New River and the Ephrata Cloister Archives indicates that the father of Heinrich and Maria was Heinrich/Henry Muller/Miller. He married Maria Magdalena Faber circa 1749, either in Lancaster Co VA or the New River area of VA (no marriage record has been found). John was residing in Augusta Co VA in 1745 and built the first mill at present-day Fincastle. He bought property in Augusta Co VA on 14 Jan 1754. John Miller was in possession of parts of the bottom land, and a roadside store site of 37 acres which he purchased from Peter Shaver. On 3 Oct 1769 in Botetourt Co VA (formed from Augusta), John Miller and wife Mary of "Roan [Rowan]" Co NC, sold this 37 acres on the southwest (sic) side of the New River at the head of the Mill Creek, formerly patented to Peter Shaver, to John Cloyd. The deed is signed "Jahannes Muller" and "Marie Muller." He was residing in Augusta Co VA on May 17, 1756, when Conrad Beissel (a leader of the Ephrata Society) addressed the following letter to Johannes Mueller:

"Love and joy, blessings and salvation from God and his rich plentiful grace. It cannot be denied that a certain memory lingers on with me since you were with us the last time, but since the opportunities for spiritual action have been out of our hands, very little could be done between us. This opportunity to write presented itself for several causes both from letters from you and from others as well as my mental disposition. If I can shed light on your distress with my words my letter is well served. My affection remains unchanged towards all the souls who were originally enlightened . . . but were frightened to flee into a strange land by the sinking sun dwelling in darkness of bad dreams and nocturnal ghosts, although you were reminded: remain in the land make an honest living. You have physically and spiritually suffered ill fortune through a deviation from the eternal goodness and because you turned your countenance from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among murderers and thus you will again turn your eyes from Jericho back to Jerusalem . . . . P.S.S. It is a tremendous burden on my heart concerning the grace of your wife, because her physical mother left something with me when she still lived here and since she was very young then it has been with me until now. I think if she could be brought to be baptized I could be relieved of my oath, she could attain her grace and be saved. Please give my regards to her mother and tell her that she has not been forgotton. . . .As far as your brother (Heinrich Muller) is concerned though he is on very friendly terms with the congregation he has not regained his brotherly rights. . . . "

John Miller registered to pay taxes in Rowan Co NC 1759 and bought property there in 1762. He was in Rowan Co as early as 1757 when his line was mentioned in a deed. A notation in the Moravian Diaries on 15 May 1758 indicates that his wife's parents the Fabers went to live with their son-in-law John Muller.

Darrell Miller notes; With Conrad Beissel writing a letter as indicated above to Johannes Mueller, could a person surmise that Johannes Mueller could be related to the John Peter Miller in the following? "The title of a Father (spiritual father) was bestowed upon Beissel, whose monastic name was Friedsam, to which the brethren afterwards added Gottrich, implying together Peaceable, God-Right. Onesimus (Izard Eckerlin) was constituted prior, who was succeeded by Jaebez (John Peter Miller). The latter, on the death of Beissel, became father and head of the monastery. This society, which had its origin at Muhlbach."

(John Peter Miller was born before 1681 in Germany. He married Ann Margaretha about 1701 in Germany.)

Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Jacob Miller of Germantown To D. E. Miller, Hello, D. E., I just discovered your message regarding Anton Jacob Henckel, Heinrich and Jacob Miller of Germantown, and I thank you for sending it along to me. I got way behind in my email processing, and had failed to relate to your message until just now. Thanks so much for taking the time to share this with me. Emmert F. Bittinger

From: "D E Miller" Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Jacob Miller of Germantown Emmert, I believe I can help a little. It concerns the family of Anthony Jacob Henckel Aka "Reverend Anton". Sixth Generation: http:/www.fmoran.comhinkle.html Anton (Anthony) Jacob Henckel, a Lutheran pastor from the northern region Kraichgau area east of Heidelberg, was almost fifty when he arrived in 1717. Most of his children were christened at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Daudenzell, Germany. He had been ordained in Germany and had served 25 years as a pastor with various congregations in the upper east Heidelberg. He was probably responsible for organizing the first Lutheran congregations in Pennsylvania. He lived at Falkner's Swamp in today's Montgomery Co., PA and served the German communities throughout present-day Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties. He died in a fall from horseback in August, 1728 at the age of 60. Anton Jacob and Maria Elizabeth are buried at St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA.)

His wife was Maria Elizabeth Dentzer and their son was JOHANN GERHARD ANTHONY HENCKEL, born 1698 in Daudenzell, Mosbach, Baden, Germany; died 1736 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. see http:/familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/l/Glenn-W-MillerGENE2-0006.html

A daughter of Johann and his wife Anna Catherina "Unknown", Susanna Margaret Henckel was born 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died 1809 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She married HENRY EPHRATA MILLER 1752 in New Hanover Lutheran Church, Pennsylvania, son of HEINRICH MUELLER and CLARA UNKNOWN. He was born 1728 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 1778 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Note; American Genealogical Research Institute, THE MILLER FAMILY (1972), (Arlington, Virginia, 1972), 62, HEINRICH MILLER; born 1728, died 1778; married to Susannah Margaret Henkel; corporal in a Pennsylvania unit.

He was born 1728 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 1778 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married SUSANNA MARGARET HENCKEL 1752 in New Hannover Lutheran Church, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHANN HENCKEL and ANNA UNKNOWN. She was born 1734 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died 1809 in Ephrata Cloisters, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Susanna Henckel Miller married a second time to Johann Peter Leiss b 17 Apr 1725 and died 1 Jan 1806. Susanna died 4 Jan 1806 at Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA.

This does not answer who Jacob Miller was but maybe he was a brother to Heinrich Henry Miller??

From D E Miller -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] Daniel Wolf Jacob Miller history. A Jacob Miller lived in Germantown in the first half of the 1700s. His occupation was Wheelwright. His wife was Mary Magdalena. This Jacob signed his will on Feb. 8, 1755 and it was probated April 9, 1755. (K-283) The will names two sons, John and Jacob. The witnesses were: Philip Martin, Jacob Herman, Christian Lehman (Men-nonite). The Executors were his wife and brother-in-law, Sassmanhauren [?], and John Dewald Endt (Endt, a Dunker). John married Sybilla Endt, daughter of John D., and they both joined the Ephrata Society (Dunker) at Ephrata. The other son, Jacob, has always intrigued me. And I wonder if he wasn't the Jacob of 1735 (or father of) who went to Coventry and became the Dunker Elder. I always intended to follow through on this issue, but now it is too late and I am too involved in other tasks. So, my question is this: does anyone on the list know more about the family of Jacob Miller of Germantown, the home of the first Brethren in America, and/or is interested in following up with additional research? Emmert F. Bittinger

Endorsed upon the instrument are receipts, as follows: "Received the Eighteenth Day of August anno Dm, 1735 of the within named Jacob Fry the sum of Ten pounds in full with all other Legacies Portions Matters or things whatsoever within mentioned Due or becoming Due by the within articles unto the within named Elizabeth Fry now being my wife. I say recd. By me Johannes Muller." "Received the Nineteenth Day of November. A. D. one thousand Seven Hundred and thirty seven of the within named Jacob Fry the sum of Ten pounds in full with all other Legacies Portions

Note <span id='NI8669' NI8669</span John Miller, husbandman, on the 10th of August, 1732, bought of Humphrey Morrey and John Budd one hundred and twenty-five acres between Swamp Creek and Society Run at the confluence of these streams. He was a practitioner of medicine. He was married, in 1732, to Elizabeth Frey, born in 1717, and a daughter of Henry and Anna Catharine Frey, maiden name, Levering.

Email----------- Subject: Re: [BRE] Jacob Miller of Germantown Date: Sat, October 14, 2006 02:00 Could this guy be connacted in any way with Dr. Johannes Miller/Muller who married Elizabeth Frey (various spellings) by 1735. He died 9161755. I know nothing of his ancestry, but she was the daughter of Heinrich Frey and Anna Catherine Levering (married 426/1692 in the Mennonite?Quaker? New Log Church in Germantown. Heinrich is supposed to have been the first German settler in PA, arriving in 1680. He owned land in Frederick Township.

My 4x great grandmother Elizabeth Miller (daughter of Elizabeth Frey and Dr. Johannes Miller) married Jacob Ekel/Eccles and THEIR daughter Elisabeth Eckle was born at Falkner Swamp and married Mathias Schneider/Snyder (a Dunkard who did some preaching) in Rowan Co NC, and moved to Botetourt Co., VA, by 1784. Her sister Susannah Eckles married John Britts and moved to Montgomery Co., IN, in the early 1830s. John Britts was the son of Adam Britz and Margaret Stover, the daughter of Elder Wilhelm Stover of Antietam.

The oldest daughter of Elizabeth Eckle and Mathias Snyder (Catherine Snyder, b.1785 married at age 16 (10231801, Botetourt Co., VA) John Stover, the oldest sonchild of Dr George Stover, who was the oldest son child of Elder Wilhelm Stover of Antietam. John and Catherine's oldest son/child, Mathias Stover, who born in March 1802 and married Nancy Fleager in Botetourt, then moved about 1832 to St Joseph Co., IN, where he was a house joiner and I think a German Baptist minister.

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• WikiTree profile Miller-5321 was created through the import of Moody-Howell_2011-06-05.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Robert Moody.