1.JACOB1MILLER was born 1683 in Germany. He married MARY 1704 in Germany.
Notes for JACOBMILLER: ACCORDING TO TRADITIONAL STORIES, JACOB AND MARY MILLER WERE MARRIED IN GERMANY IN 1704. IN 1726 THEY SAILED FOR AMERICA WITH THEIR 3 SONS:THOMAS, DANIEL, BORN 1710, --OUR ANCESTOR--, AND GEORGE. BOTH JACOB AND MARY DIED AT SEA. THE BOYS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BOUND OUT WITH OTHER FAMILIES; HOWEVER, NO RECORD OF THIS HAS BEEN FOUND. ONE OLD HISTORY SAYS THAT THE SHIP LANDED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
AS WAS COMMON FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE FAMILIES MOVED A LOT. THERE ARE STRONG SUGGESTIONS IN SOME THEORIES THAT THEY LIVED, AT LEAST FOR A TIME, IN PENNSYLVANIA. EVERYONE AGREES THAT THEY WERE IN VIRGINIA FOR A TIME, PROBABLY ABOUT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
PAPERS FOUND IN A BOOK OWNED BY AND IN THE POSSESSION OF L.C.MILLER, 610 S. 20TH ST. CORVALLIS, OREGON--SEPT, 1949.
LUCINDA EARL MILLER SAYS THAT OUR GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER MILLER STARTED FROM GERMANY TO AMERICA AND DIED AT SEA WHILE ON THE TRIP. HIS FAMILY CONSISTED OF THREE SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. THEY CONTIUED ON THEIR VOYAGE AND LANDED IN AMERICA, SETTLING IN VIRGINIA; THE CHRISTIAN NAMES OF THE FATHER AND THREE SONS WERE UNKNOWN TO HER, AND THE YEAR THEY STARTED FROM GERMANY WASN'T KNOWN. ONE OF THESE THREE SONS MARRIED AND RAISED A FAMILY OF FIVE OR SIX CHILDREN WHOSE NAMES WER JOHN, CONRAD, SUSAN (SHELLY) MILLER, AILSIE (PETRIE) MILLER AND KATHERINE (MULKEY) MILLER. TO HER A SLIGHT RECOLLETION EXISTS THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SON WHOSE NAME SHE DOES NOT RECOLLECT. CONRAD FELL IN ONE OF THE BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR--THE PLACE NOT KNOWN. AFTER THE WAR ENDED, JOHN WAS OFFERED A TRACT OF LAND BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA FOR HIS BRAVERY AND MERITORIOUS SERVICES RENDERED DURING THE WAR WHICH COMPLIMENT HE DID NOT ACCEPT ON ACCOUNT OF HIS CONSCIENTOUS SCRUPLES BELIEVING IT WAS NOT RIGHT. AFTER PEACE WAS DECLARED IN 1782, JOHN MARRIED MARY KEENE OF VIRGINIA AND MOVED TO CARTER COUNTY, TENN., WHERE HE RAISED A FAMILY OF SIX CHILDREN: KATHARINE, GEORGE, ELIZABETH, ISAAC, JOHN, AND ABRAHAM. SIXTY CHILDREN WERE BORN FROM THE MARRIAGES OF THESE FOUR SONS, BEING AN AVERAGE OF FIFTEEN TO THE FAMILY. FROM THE TWO DAUGHTERS, SEVENTEEN CHILDREN WERE BORN. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE START, A NUMEROUS GENERATION SPRUNG FROM JOHN MILLER, THE REVOLUTIONARY HERO. THE ABOVE WAS WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON TWO-LINED 8X11 SHEETS. NOTHING INDICATES BY WHOM IT WAS WRITTEN.
JOHN GLENN MILLER, SON OF FRANK BENJAMIN MILLER, B 23 MAR. 1882, LENOX, IA. HIS MILLER FAMILY HISTORY--A RECORD OF OLD FAMILY BIBLES AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH GREAT UNCLES LIVING IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON...JACOB MUELLER, BORN IN GERMANY IN 1683, MARRIED MARY ? IN 1704, LEFT GERMANY WITH FAMILY in 1726. DIED IN VOYAGE. FAMILY SETTLED IN VIRGINIA.
GEORGE MILLER, BORN 1705, MARRIED SARAH OLIVER IN 1728 IN VIRGINIA...ALL CHILDREN BORN IN VIRGINIA. SUSAN B. 1729; JOHN B. 1731, M. ELIZABETH WARREN IN 1752, CHILDREN BORN IN VIRGINIA. CONRAD B. 1734...ISAAC B. 1736...AILSIE B. 1738...NANCY B. 1739...HEN RY B. 1743
