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Descendants of Isaac Miller

Generation No. 3

3. ISAAC³ MILLER (ISAAC², ISAAC¹) was born Abt. December 1795 in Prob. Northampton, York. Co.,New Brunswick, Canada., and died June 30, 1873 in Jacksontown, Carleton Co., NB. He married (1) MARY JANE NESMITH March 31, 1831 in York Co., New Brunswick. She was born 1810 in of Northampton, formerly York, Now Carleton Co.,NB, and died Bef. 1842 in ?. He married (2) HARRIET NELSON April 13, 1842 in Woodstock, Carleton County, NB, daughter of WILLIAM NELSON and ANN BURTT. She was born 1825 in ?, and died January 18, 1883 in Williamstown, Carleton Co.,New Brunswick.

Notes for ISAAC MILLER:
By Paul B. Miller:
Sources: Carleton Co., N.B., Census 1851 Parish of Wakefield, lists the family by name, relation and age. Harriet is 26 years of age, wife, Elizabeth Jane, 19, daughter, Stephen, 8, Lucy, 7, William, 5. It also includes John Prior, B. June 1830 in England, who was a hireling farm servant.

There were probably other children by Hannah Parks, but they are not in the household in 1851.

N. B. Provincial Records, Frederickton, N. B.: Woodstock Anglican Church Records: Isaac's baptism was in the Anglican Church in Woodstock, N. B., by Rev. Dibblee.Isaac's father Isacc was listed as a Northampton farmer. In the Woodstock and Northampton Anglican Church Records, Baptisms 1812-1830, he was baptized 14 July 1817, "of age, farmer."

See John Allan Miller letter, Aug. 8, 1908. In this letter written to Herbert Miller in Admire, Kansas, by John Allan Miller from Seattle, Washington, Isaac's father's family is discussed in depth. He says Issac lived in Jacksontown between Woodstock, N. B. and Houlton, Maine.

The Carleton Co. Sentinel, 31 July 1849, reports "a barn belonging to Mr. Isaac Miller of Jacksontown was destroyed by fire, together with a quantity of hay, a sleigh. and several other things."

Calvin Miller notes: Isaac married (1)Mary Jane Nesmith in 1831.(2) Harriet Nelson, in 1842.
Harriet's maiden name proven by death record of son William.
(See notes on discussion of marriages for Isaac Miller, b. 1767/70 and son Isaac, b. 1795.)
It is possible that there were more children by Mary Jane Nesmith and Isaac Miller, since there is a gap of 12 years between Elizabeth Jane, b. 1832 and Isaac's next child b. 1844
In previous notes, It has been recorded that Isaac had a farm on the third tier of lots in Jacksontown. I have in my possession, a list of members of the Jacksontown Church (1876) obtained from the Hartt family website. The Hartt family were also located in this area. On this list are several of Isaac's descendants including William, Stephen, Isaac's wife Harriett, and several others.This list can be viewed at: http://myhartt.com/church/church.htm
Source, Main Site: http://myhartt.com/index.html
Many thanks to the Hartt family for making this available.

From List of members, minutes of meetings, etc of the Third Tier Jacksontown Church Book. 1843-1903. Transcribed by Carroll L. Kimball
Isaac and Harriet joind May 27,1854
Monthly Conference, Mar 4,1858-"isaac Miller, Daniel Tracy, Thomas Everitt Trsutees for the present year"
Isaac's death recorded as June 30,1873
List of Millers in 1864:
Harris -not sure who this is
Isaac
Elizabeth
Stephen
Emma

Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspapers Vital Statistics:
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 34 Number 1455

Rank 152
Date July 12, 1873
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel
d. Third Tier, Jacksontown (Carleton Co.) 30th ult., Isaac MILLER, age 77 years 7 mos.

More About ISAAC MILLER:
Burial: Unknown, Prob. Lower Waterville, United Baptist Church, T.C.Hwy,NB

Marriage Notes for ISAAC MILLER and MARY NESMITH:
Provincial Archives: York County Marriages 1812-1837,page 49, transcribed by Geo H Hayward, 1990.
Miller Isaac of Wakefield, 31 March 1831 to Mary Jane Nesmith of Northampton. Witneses: David Cronkhite and John Clynick. The presence of John Clynick, Isaac's brother-in-law (Married Ann or Nancy Ann Miller) seems to verify this is the same Isaac Miller.

LDS Family Search, International Genealogical Index verifies the marriage of Mary Jane Nesmith, b. 1810, to Isaac Miller of Wakefield, March 31, 1831.

More About ISAAC MILLER and MARY NESMITH:
Marriage: March 31, 1831, York Co., New Brunswick

Notes for HARRIET NELSON:
Date of death recorded in records of Jacksontown, NB church members of 1876 found at Hartt family website.
Harriett Nelson is named as mother on William Miller's(1846-1939) death certificate. A copy received from Carroll Kimball, Jan,2005.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 60 Number 77

Rank 101
Date April 21 1883
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel

d. At home of her brother, William NELSON, Williamstown (Carleton Co.) 18th Jan., Harriet Miller relict of Isaac Miller, age 58.

More About HARRIET NELSON:
Burial: Unknown, (?)Lower Waterville, United Baptist Church, T.C.Hwy,NB

Marriage Notes for ISAAC MILLER and HARRIET NELSON:
Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspapers Vital Statistics:
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 10 Number 602

Rank 101
Date May 6, 1842
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning News
m. Woodstock (Carleton Co.) 13rd ult., by Rev. G. Spurr, Isaac MILLER / Harriet NELSON eldest d/o Wm. NELSON both of Wakefield parsh.

More About ISAAC MILLER and HARRIET NELSON:
Marriage: April 13, 1842, Woodstock, Carleton County, NB

Child of ISAAC MILLER and MARY NESMITH is:

17.

ELIZABETH JANE⁴ MILLER, b. Abt. 1832; d. June 12, 1886, (age 54) Prob. Jacksontown, NB. area.

Children of ISAAC MILLER and HARRIET NELSON are:

18.	ii.	STEPHEN⁴ MILLER, b. April 17, 1844, Prob.Jacksontown or Waterville New Brunswick.; d. July 09, 1920.
19.	iii.	LUCY MILLER, b. Abt. 1845, New Brunswick, Canada; d. Unknown.
20.	iv.	WILLIAM MILLER, b. January 04, 1846, New Brunswick, Canada; d. May 26, 1939.

4. IRA³ MILLER (ISAAC², ISAAC¹) was born December 16, 1796 in Southampton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada, and died February 27, 1886 in Woodstock, Carleton Co., Canada. He married SALOME HARTLEY April 06, 1821 in Florenceville, Carleton Co., New Bunswick, Canada, daughter of GEORGE HARTLEY and ABIGAIL ESTY. She was born October 1797 in Parish of Woodstock,York Co., New Brunswick, and died November 08, 1865 in Tracey Mills,Carleton County,New Brunswick,Canada.

Notes for IRA MILLER:
By Paul Miller:
Sources: Carleton Co., N.B., Census 1851and Provincial Archives, New Brunswick, at Fredericton, "Baptisms, Mic. Marriages and Burials of the Anglican Church of Woodstock, N. B., 1491-1838. "Isaac's children were baptized on 14 July 1817: Iva (Ira) # 1001. Salome Esty Hartley, "adult spinster," of Woodstock was also baptized there on 14 July 1817. Isaac Miller certified Ira was his son, 22 years old on 18 Apr. 1818. Ira filed a land petition on 6 Mar. 1819, for 360 acres above Falls Island, land applied for by A. Easty in 1814, but not improved.
Married by Rev. E. Dibblee at the Anglican Church, Woodstock.
In a petition to Major General Sir Archibald Campbell, Baronet G. C. B., Lt. Gov. and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick, Parish of Wakefield, County of Carleton, Ira states he is a British subject, desires purchase of 150 acres, lot # 14, 6th tier, Presque Isle, settlement in the Parish of Wicklow and the County of Carleton, adjoining East of lot # 15 purchased by Abraham Cronkite, 4 shillings per acre payable by installments, no improvements made Nov. 4, 1834. Other sources: New Brunswick, Canada Census 1851, P. 210; gravestones at Tracy Mills Church; N. B. Archives, land records; Barnett & Sewell, "Loyalist Families," P. 22.
Dates of birth and death for Ira Miller and Salome are from an internet inquiry by Joan Miller at http://www.rootsweb.com/-nbcarlet/01queries.htm. Also, Joan Miller, "Descendants of Ira Miller," by Email 30 July 2001, luxe@kerv.net, shows Ira and Salome's marriage in York Co., N. B., according to "York Co. Marriages," Ira Miller of Northampton Parish married Salome Esty Hartley of Woodstock Parish, 6 April 1821 by Frederick Dibblee, rector of Woodstock, witnesses: Oliver Miller and Maria J. Dibblee.
Frank Crosby (Email: crosbyfj@ime.net) in his file "Ancestors of Ruby Miller," page 8, gives Salome's birth date as Oct. 1796 in Wakefield, and confirms her death date as 8 Nov. 1865 in Tracy Mills, source: Tombstone. He also notes a Land Petition - 1818 Ira Miller: "That your petitioner as a native of the Province and has ever resided therein. That he is a single man and has never received any grant or allotment from the Crown - pray your excellency will be pleased to grant the vacant lot at Woodstock next above the lot received for a Pickle and marked in the plan by the letter 'C'. It contains about 360 acres and is included a short distance above Falls Island - that the said land is in its natural un-occupied state. that the petitioner to the Royal Instructions - and also that he has not directly or indirectly bargained or acquired for the sale or transfer of the same to any person or persons what-so-ever and is bound prayer forever. signed Ira Miller." Also, "on the 18th day of November 1818, Grant Cooper, one of his Majesty Justices of the Peace, for the County of York - appear personally before me the above named person Ira Miller and made under oath that the several matters and things in the aforesaid are true. The petition has been described is vacant, same applied for in 1814 by an Estey but not improved by him. I verify that Ira Miller is my son and the age of 22 years, signed Issac Miller."
Also: "Land Petition - 1834 Ira Miller. To Major General Archibald Campbell - Lt Governor of New Brunswick,'' as shown above with the exception that the lot 14 is in the 5th tier (not the 6th tier) and is dated 2 Sept. 1835. There is a note: Lot already given to Snodgrass. Also, "Deed - county of York Book 21 page 339, Ira Miller to Levi Grant. I Ira miller and Salome my wife in the Parish of Wicklow, County of Carleton for 150 lbs. to Levi Grant - Parish of Southampton, Dumfies - now York Co. - easterly corner of Lot 'D' - formerly Parish of Woodstock - granted to me in a grant dated 20 Sept. 1820 - description is SE corner of St. John River at eastern corner of Lot "D" granted to John Dow - 360 acres in aforesaid Grant of lot 'D', dated 8 Nov. 1836, signed by Ira Miller and Salome Miller."

See John Allan Miller letter, Aug. 8, 1908. John says Ira settled in Presque Isle, Maine. This appears to be an error, but the 150 acres of land for which he petitioned was near Presque Isle(River) in the Parish of Wicklow, County of Carleton. Tracy Mills is on the Presque Isle River.

Calvin Miller Notes about land grant petition of 1818:
MILLER, Ira *
Volume: 5
Page: 115
Grant: 1231
Place/Parish: Woodstock
County: York County
Date: 1820/09/23
Accompanying plan: Yes
Acreage: 360
Microfilm: F16309
Comments: See Reconveyance File #744, Dec.15, 1971
Other names on this grant: (0)
Note: Re; The land petitioned by Ira, near Falls Island. Falls Island was an approximate 36 acre land mass situated upon the St.John River near present day Temple, which is a short distance east of Meductic. The Island is now under water; a result of the dam systems on the river at Mactaquac and Beachwood.
Provincial Archives, New Brunswick Cemeteries:
MILLER, Ira
Born: --
Died: Feb 27 1886
Aged: 89 Years 2 Months 11 Days
Birth Place: --
Death Place: --
Relationship: --
Notes: --
Cemetery: Tracey Mills, Carleton County
Cemetery Location: Tracey Mills NB compiled by R Wallace Hale Woodstock NB 18 Sept 1982
Other records that may be associated with this marker/plot
> None Found

Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspapers Vital Statistics:
Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 66 Number 69
Rank 101
Date March 6, 1886
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel
Centreville (Carleton Co.) March 3rd - Saturday morn. Ira MILLER, aged nearly 90 died. Saturday eve. Mrs. Chas. WHITE died at her father's residence after a short illness. Both funerals took place this afternoon at Tracey Mills. Mrs. White was formerly Miss Bell OWENS

Rank 76
Date March 8, 1886
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

Centreville, March 3 - This afternoon Rev. J. Wesley Clark, F.C. Baptist buried at Tracey Mills (Carleton Co.), Ira MILLER, a deacon of the F.C.B. Church, age 89 and also Mrs. Chas. WHITE d/o John OWENS, age 29. Mrs. White was a her father's on a visit and one storm after another prevented her from going back to her husband's. Saturday eve. she was taken sick and one hour after the birth of her child, she departed this life. Her husband was present when she died.

More About IRA MILLER:
Burial: Unknown, Tracey Mills,Carleton County,New Brunswick,Canada

Notes for SALOME HARTLEY:
Solome is my-- (Calvin Miller) G. G. Grandmother
See notes for spouse- Ira Miler
From my studies of the Hartley family history, her father settled near the Eel River, present day Meductic.
Provincial Archives, New Brunswick Cemeteries
MILLER, Salome
Born: --
Died: Nov 8 1865
Aged: 69 Years 1 Months
Birth Place: --
Death Place: --
Relationship: w/o Ira
Notes: --
Cemetery: Tracey Mills, Carleton County
Cemetery Location: Tracey Mills NB compiled by R Wallace Hale Woodstock NB 18 Sept 1982
Other records that may be associated with this marker/plot
> None Found

More About SALOME HARTLEY:
Burial: Unknown, Tracey Mills,Carleton County,New Brunswick,Canada

Marriage Notes for IRA MILLER and SALOME HARTLEY:
York County Marriages,1812-1837, page 49. by Geo H Hayward. Ira Miller of Northampton, April 6, 1821, Salome Esty Hartley of Woodstock. Witnesses: Oliver Miler and Maria J. Dibblee.
Note concerning "of Woodstock": � Woodstock Parish - Erected in York County in 1786, included Dumfries (York Co) until 1833, and part of Richmond until 1853.

More About IRA MILLER and SALOME HARTLEY:
Marriage: April 06, 1821, Florenceville, Carleton Co., New Bunswick, Canada

Children of IRA MILLER and SALOME HARTLEY are:

21.	i.	JARVIS R.⁴ MILLER, b. March 20, 1824, Southampton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada.; d. Aft. 1901, Unknown.
22.	ii.	ZEBULON BURPEE MILLER, b. February 07, 1826, New Brunswick.; d. October 06, 1885, Tracey Mills, Carleton Co., N.B., Canada..
23.	iii.	MARY P. MILLER, b. May 16, 1828, New Brunswick.; d. Aft. 1901, ?.
24.	iv.	ESTHER JEWELL MILLER, b. July 11, 1831, New Brunswick; d. September 03, 1904.
	v.	ISAAC MILLER, b. Abt. 1833, New Brunswick.; d. Unknown, ?.

Notes for ISAAC MILLER:
By Paul Miller:
From P. F. Miller notes and Joan Miller, "Descendants of Ira Miller," by Email 30 July 2001, luxe@kerv.net. See also John Allan Miller letter, Aug. 8, 1908. This Isaac may the one that John refers to as Isaac (3) who lived along the St. John River above Woodstock.
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I don't think this is the Isaac that John referred to. I believe John was referring to Ira's brother Isaac-born in 1795. John did mention this Isaac (Ira's brother); "He says Issac lived in Jacksontown between Woodstock, N. B. and Houlton, Maine."

It seems to make sense that the Isaac of Jacksontown would be referred to as Isaac(3) since his father was Isaac and his father was also Isaac.
1880 United States Census. This could be our man although only speculation. He may have emigrated to Wisconsin as did others of the Miller family.
Isaac Miller
Birth Year <1833>
Birthplace CAN
Age 47
Occupation Saloon Keeper
Marital Status
Race W <White>
Head of Household Isaac MILLER
Relation Self
Father's Birthplace CAN
Mother's Birthplace CAN
Wisconsin 1880 Federal Census
Census Place 6th Ward, Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin
Family History Library Film 1255426
NA Film Number T9-1426
Page Number 259B

Another possibility: Ancestory. Com; Passenger and Immigration Lists Index

Name: Isaac S. Miller
Year: 1871
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Place: Ontario, Canada
Source Publication Code: 1823.14
Primary Immigrant: Miller, Isaac S.
Annotation: Date and place of census. Census films are available from the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Place of birth, sex of the immigrant, religion, ethnicity, occupation, district, subdistrict, division, and page number of original record are also provid
Source Bibliography: ELLIOTT, BRUCE S. Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario: Hastings, Prince Edward. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, (1991). 217p.
Page: 137

25.	vi.	IRA MILLER, b. July 05, 1835, New Brunswick.; d. October 27, 1909, Tracey Mills,Carelton County,New Brunswick,Canada.
26.	vii.	EDWARD W. MILLER, b. March 02, 1838, Tracy Mills, Carleton Co., N.B., Canada; d. September 03, 1913.
27.	viii.	CHARLES H. MILLER, b. September 21, 1840, Parish of Wicklow,Carleton Co., New Brunswick, Canada; d. July 12, 1904, Tracey Mills (?).

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