Eunice (Ward) Miller (1733 - abt. 1800)

Ancestors

Wife of Jabez Miller — married 17 Jan 1754 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

William Ward and Eunice Miller had a daughter named Eunice born in 1733 (Record of her birth can be found in Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)). Their daughter Eunice was most likely the same Eunice Ward who married Jabez Miller in Middletown, Connecticut in 1754. This idea is supported by the location of both the birth and the marriage, and by the connections between the Miller and Ward families (Jabez and Eunice daughter of William and Eunice would have been distant cousins). There were no other Eunice Wards of the correct age to have married Jabez that were known to be living in Connecticut at the time. I was unable, however, to uncover definitive evidence such as a will and so I have left the connection as "uncertain" for the time being.

Notes: Previously there was a different Eunice Ward attached as the child of William Ward and Eunice Miller. There is a New York marriage record for a "Juuna Waart" (Eunice Ward) and John Ryckman, and the Eunice Ward who married John Ryckman was previously believed, based on her name, to be the daughter of William and Eunice. However no sources could be found that indicated a connection between the Eunice who married John Ryckman and the Ward family of Connecticut. Moreover, that Eunice was both born and married in New York according to her marriage record, and is thus unlikely to have been the Eunice born in Connecticut to William Ward and Eunice Miller.

Sources

• Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

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Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.