Sarah Miller (abt. 1718)

Born about 1718 in Lancaster County, Virginia

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Jim Miller [send private message]

Biography

Sarah was born about 1717. She is the daughter of John Miller and Margaret Carter.

Sara's father died about July, 1717 (based on his will date and its recording date); so Sara could not have been born any later than April, 1718. So I am changing Sara's estimated birth year to 1718. This would have made Sara Miller about 14 years old when her mother (Margaret Miller) mentions Sara in Margaret's November, 1732 will. Sarah Miller is the last child Margaret Miller mentions in her will, so she may have been the youngest child. However she is not the Sara Miller that married Gideon Marr in Amelia Co., VA on 9/4/1745 (the Sara Miller of this WikiTree profile would have been about 27 years old in 1745). The Sara (Miller) Marr was the daughter of John Miller, Jr. and Sara Hadley.

Sara's sister, Mary (Miller) Woodson married a John Woodson; and a John Woodson (could be the same person) was surety in the marriage of a Sara Miller to a Gideon Marr on 9/4/1745 in Amelia County, Virginia. This could indicate a tie between John Miller (D-1742 Middlesex / King and Queen County, VA) descendants and Randolph Miller's descendants.

Also given the fact John Miller died in 1717 and he and Margaret had six known children (based on wills noted); the first child had to have been born by about 1708 (with Sara Miller the last child born about 1718). Margaret notes she was the mother of these children in her 1732 will; so if the first child was born when Margaret was 18; Margaret would have been born about 1690 (about 8 years prior to the date Margaret Carter is noted as born). These means that Margaret Carter was not born on the date noted OR Margaret Carter was NOT the Margaret who was the wife of John Miller (son of Randolph Miller). The 3 sources noted for the Margaret Carter born 6/1/1698 were a transcription of a Margaret Carter born in "Virginia" on that date (no county noted); and two Ancestry.com family trees.

I am also changing the birth year of the Margaret that married John Miller to about 1690 from the date noted as 6/1/1698.

Sources

From Virginia colonial abstracts. Abstracted by Beverley ... v.5. Fleet, Beverley, 1883- from the HathiTrust.org:

4/1/1746 King & Queen County, VA: "Ordered that SARA MILLER pay CHRISTOPHER MILLER of King and Queen County for one days attendance in her suit against Henry Baden and for once coming and returning fourteen miles. Page 69. Dated April 1st 1746."

• Mentioned in her grandfather's (Randolph Miller) 1/31/1721 will in Lancaster Co., VA:

Betty Tartas, Corrected name to Randolph R. Miller ACCORDING TO ONE TRANSCRIPTION OF Rootsweb.com : J&N Blagg's Roots Rootsweb.com : Harry Doggett Rootsweb.com : NOTES (1) [Harry Doggett.ged] [Betty Tartas.ged]

WILL OF RANDOLPH MILLER "In the name of God, Amen. I, Randolph Miller, of the county of Lancaster in the Colony of Virginia being ..in years and indisposed in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks to Almighty God, do make this my last will and testament, dated the 31st day of Jany, Anno Dom: 1720/21, that is to say first of all I bequeath my soul to God and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian manner after the directions of my Excrs after named and my estate disposed of in manner following: Viz: I will and bequeath all that parsol of land and the appurtenances that lyeth between the line of land that was my son John Miller's when alive, and Edwin Conway, and the great road to Edwin Conway and his heirs forever, provided he give up or causes to be give up a bond that my son Wm Miller passed to him when alive. Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson John Miller, son of William Miller, a Negro boy named Bob which I now have to him and his heirs forever after the death of my wife. Item: I give and bequeath the plantation whereon I now live with appurtances and after the death of my wife....to William Miller the son of John Miller, and the heirs of his body and if any of them dies without issue then the survivor shall have all to his heirs of his body....and if both die without issue then it shall go to Henry Miller the son of John Miller and his heirs forever and the other to another grandson, viz: Randolph Mott, the son of my daughter Katherine. My will is also this: Thos. Chattin & John Mott my two sons in law, to have the care of the aforesaid plantation & my two grandsons aforesaid to whom the land is first given and the Negro boy given to John after the death of my wife, my wish is Randolph Mott shall have his land to him and his heirs....just before him. Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson Peter Miller, the son of Peter Miller a Negro boy named Anthony, to him and his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to his brothers Stephen and George Miller each of them five hundred lbs of Tob (tobacco?) apiece, when of age. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter in law Margaret Miller a Negro man named Kitt during the term of one year from the date hereof and after to her daughter Jean Miller for the term of two years, that is to say they shall have the tobacco he makes and her mother aforesaid the corn and other like priviledges, and my will is that afterward her brother John Miller shall have him & his heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my grandaughter Anne Miller a bed and furniture at the death of my wife or the day of marriage of sd. Anne. Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Katherine Mott a Negro lad called Dick to her and her heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret Chatton a Negro girl called Hagar to her and her heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my two grandaughters Katherine and Mary Miller, daughters of John Miller, an Negro girl named .. to them and their heirs forever and they shall equal profit in the .. of said negro. My will is also that their brother Henry Miller and their sister Sarah Miller have both of them two hundred lbs of Tob. at the death of my wife. Item : I give and bequeath the use and occupation of all the rest of my personal estate & also three Negroes a man called Robin and another called Dempsy & a woman Ambo to Katherine my well beloved wife during her life and afterward to be appraised and their value as well as the rest of my estate to be divided between my children and the issue of my other children and that of the children belonging to .....have but one part among them all and I do hereby ...to my beloved wife aforesaid and my afore's sons in law Jno Mott and Tho Chatton joint excrs. of this my last will and testament hereby ...this and revoking all others in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my seal the day and year above written. Signed Randolph K Miller (seal) Test: Geo Murdock Jno (X) Hogan Eliz (X) Jones [Source: Lancaster CO VA Will Book 10 page 347.]